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European Union
Europe tries to undermine African sovereignty with LGBT laws
If African countries want to benefit from trade agreements with European countries, they will have to change their laws concerning abortion and LGBT rights. African leaders are outraged. Last year, African and European countries negotiated a new trade agreement, the Post-Cotonou agreement, as it is called. But African countries are…
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Central Europe
German Protestants ready to confront their guilt towards Roma and Sinti
The German Protestant Churches have been silent about their complicity in persecuting and murdering Sinti and Roma during the Nazi era. Now, the Protestant Church of Germany (EKD) wants to break the silence. The EKD recently publicly acknowledged its guilt towards the Sinti and the Roma, ethnic minorities that were…
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European Union
New: Free newsletter on education in Europe
CNE.news launches a new free newsletter focused on education in Europe. Every month, subscribers get an overview of the most relevant news articles, op-eds and background stories on (Christian) education in Europe. The first edition will appear on February 20th.Across Europe, education plays a key role in government policies. In…
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Western Europe
Reformed politician wants tanks for the Dutch army
According to the Dutch Reformed SGP MP Chris Stoffer, the Netherlands needs a new tank battalion. “We should be able to sustain ourselves.” “We have a constitutional duty to defend our citizens”, Reformed MP Chris Stoffer said on Monday morning in a Dutch TV show. According to the Christian politician,…
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Central Europe
More and more German children live in poverty
The number of German families living in poverty is increasing. More than a fifth of the country's children and a quarter of the young adults are at risk of being unable to make ends meet. That is shown by new research from the Bertelsmann Foundation on Thursday, as reported by…
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Western Europe
French police arrest suspected church arsonist
French authorities arrested a man suspected of trying to set a church on fire. In recent days, three other Paris churches suffered arson attempts as well. A 47-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday afternoon. He is suspected of having set fire to the front door of the Saint-Laurent church in…
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Eastern Europe
Ukrainian religious leaders call for global day of prayer
Ukrainian religious leaders called for a worldwide day of prayer on February 24th, one year after the Russian invasion. “The genocidal ideology of the Russian Orthodox Church is a problem for Christianity as a whole.” Twenty religious leaders from Ukraine visited Vatican City last week. On Thursday, they held a…
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Northern Europe
Finnish MP Räsänen receives award of Christian appreciation
The Finnish Christian Member of Parliament, Païvi Räsänen, was awarded with a “certificate of appreciation” from the organisation Christian Council International (CCI). We “value her brave battle for the freedom of religion and the freedom of speech”, CCI's President Henk-Jan van Schothorst said from the Finnish capital Helsinki, on Friday…
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Central Europe
Catholic entrepreneurs in Germany against more shopping hours on Sunday
In the past, it was the Liberal FDP that in Germany called for more shopping hours on Sundays. Currently, the Christian Democratic CDU in the city of Cologne is pleading for trading facilities. The Federation of Catholic Entrepreneurs thinks it is better not to go for this. Opening your shop…
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Southern Europe
Pope: Homosexuality is not a crime but a sin
Pope Francis argues that all countries should remove homosexuality from their criminal code. He calls the clause that makes same-sex attraction illegal “unrighteous” and urges the Roman Catholic Church to put an end to the criminalisation of it. “Being homosexual is not a crime”, the Head of the Roman Catholic…
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