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Northern Europe
Norwegian Storting holds onto law that King must be Christian
The Norwegian King must be a Lutheran believer. The Norwegian Parliament voted against an amendment to the Constitution that would change that requirement on Thursday. The leftist parties Venstre and SV wanted to remove the clause that states that the King of Norway must profess the Evangelical Lutheran religion. However,…
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Eastern Europe
Artificial intelligence can read Ukrainian Bible out loud
A Ukrainian programmer has taught Google Assist to read the Ukrainian Bible out loud. Viktor Shymko, an IT specialist from Kropyvnytskyi, has written a program for Google Assistant service so that it can read the Ukrainian translation of Ivan Ohiyenko out loud. That is reported by InVictory. Within three weeks,…
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Western Europe
Christian fighter against forced prostitution leaves Dutch politics
The leader of the Dutch coalition party ChristianUnion, Gert-Jan Segers, leaves the stage. Coming Tuesday, the parliamentary party will decide about the new party leader. In a letter to his party members, he says that politics is a “greedy” business and that his family deserves more from him. “We have…
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Western Europe
Largest Muslim cemetery of Western Europe opens in the Netherlands
Muslims believe that deceased people should be secure of an eternal burial place. Due to a lack of space, this is often impossible in the Netherlands. Now, the Muslim community has opened a large cemetery specially designed for this purpose. The cemetery, called Maqbara Rawdah Al Moslimin (Cemetery Garden of…
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Eastern Europe
Church worship only in Ukrainian language, says Zelensky advisor
Church services should only be held in one language: Ukrainian. That says Mykhailo Podolyak, the advisor of the Ukrainian President Zelensky. In an interview with journalist Vasily Golovanov, Podolyak spoke about the language of worship in the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC). This church uses Ukrainian, Russian and the old Church-Slavonic.…
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Western Europe
Study: Prenatal NIPT does not cause lower number of Down children
The introduction of the NIPT (non-invasive prenatal testing) blood testing of unborn babies has not caused a stronger decline in the number of babies born with Down Syndrome. Prenatal tests, in general, do contribute to the continuing decrease in numbers, but the NIPT, in general, does not do so, says…
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Eastern Europe
Latvian school accused of 'preaching' to students
In Latvia, there has been discontent about the primary school in Ogre. The school board is accused of subjecting its students to 'preaching.' The principal denies any allegations. On Twitter, a father of one of the students complained that the pupils had been made to listen to the speeches of…
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Central Europe
German churches ask for Christian education at all schools
Currently, German schools in Lower Saxony offer either Catholic or Protestant religious classes. That should change, some churches in the province think. They plead for the introduction of ‘Christian religious instruction’. The churches want more cooperation between Protestants and Catholics in religious education, both in general and vocational schools, Idea…
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Northern Europe
Christian TV channel set to go off the air in Norway
Christian TV channel, TVL, will soon turn off its cameras and close its doors. The channel's parent company, Vårt Land, announced on Monday that they were “liquidating the company”. According to the Christian news publication, dwindling revenues in the media industry and a challenging financial situation have been cited as…
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Central Europe
Study: Germany one of the least religious countries
Every third person in Germany describes himself as non-religious or atheistic. Only in China are more people not religious, a study says. This is the result of a survey held in eight countries by Statista. The German Christian magazine PRO writes about it. The statistics are based on surveys of…
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