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Western Europe
“Recent Holocaust survey could have been done better”
The recent study that concluded that a quarter of Dutch young adults do not believe in the Holocaust is unscientific. The controversial research led to much upheaval, but some argue that the results are heavily exaggerated. On Wednesday, a report was presented with statistics on the views on the Holocaust…
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Central Europe
German school encourages gender change of students
German sixth-graders in North Rhine-Westphalia are taught about transsexuality and pansexuality. Gender reassignment is promoted in the classroom. That is reported by the German news website Junge Freiheit. The eleven-year-old students are confronted with materials that urge them to have gender reassignment as soon as possible if they feel uncomfortable…
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European Union
Getting children makes us more religious, researchers say
It is a widespread idea that religious people have more children. But that is not true, researchers say. It is rather the other way around: having children makes you more religious. The Norwegian daily Vart Land reports about new international research on this. The general impression is that religious people…
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Central Europe
Jewish students take Twitter to court because of anti-Semitism
A group of Jewish students has started a court case against Twitter. They want to force the social media platform to remove anti-Semitic posts. The students are part of the European Union of Jewish Students (EUJS). They are supported in their court case by the German human rights organisation HateAid.…
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Northern Europe
Danish Ethics Council advises liberalisation surrogacy
The Ethics Council in Denmark pleads for a relaxation of the law on surrogacy in the country. It recommends changing the law so there is room for health organisations to be involved in non-commercial incubation. Currently, surrogate mothers cannot get help for insemination legally. That should change in the future,…
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Southern Europe
ING Bank in Spain promotes LGBT ideas
The Spanish branch of the Dutch bank ING explicitly advertises queer people. It runs a campaign on Spanish television, showing a little boy in a pink dress, a polyamorous couple and a drag queen, for example. To promote its payroll accounts, the bank uses its diversity policy to attract attention.…
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Central Europe
Information board condemns Judensau
The Regensburg Cathedral, which has an exemplar of the so-called Judensau, now also contains an information board on the piece of art. It was unveiled on Monday by the Bavarian Minister of Education, Micael Piazolo. Visitors can read the information on the historical background of the Judensau, Idea writes. Furthermore,…
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Eastern Europe
Former Chief Rabbi warns of a second 'Iron Curtain' for Russia's Jews
The former Chief Rabbi of Russia has warned that its Jewish community is in danger. Pinchas Goldschmidt, who presided as Moscow's Chief Rabbi announced at the Conference of European Rabbis that a “new Iron Curtain” will separate the Russian regime from the Jews. Goldschmidt also warned in a Süddeutsche Zeitung…
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Eastern Europe
Bible Society in Holland sends thousands of camouflaged Bibles to Ukrainian soldiers
The Reformed Bible Society (GBS) from the Netherlands has printed almost 10,000 New Testaments in Ukrainian. They are meant for soldiers at the front in Ukraine. The special Bibles have a camouflaged cover, the Dutch daily Reformatorisch Dagblad reports, based on a press release from the Bible Society. The books…
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European Union
Doomsday Clock moves closer to midnight
The Doomsday Clock, which indicates how close humanity is to a self-induced end of civilisation, has never been so close to midnight. We are left with 90 symbolic seconds. A group of international scientists and politicians moved the symbolic Doomsday Clock 10 seconds closer to midnight. As of now, the…
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