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Central Europe
Central Europe: March for Life in Germany and Hungary draw crowds
After the violence erupted in Cologne last year, 2024 became more peaceful for the nation's Marsch für das Leben (March for Life). So far, March for Life has come to Berlin and Cologne and will expand to Munich next year.Alexandra Linder, who is chairwoman of the pro-life organisation Bundesverband Lebensrecht…
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Northern Europe
Northern Europe: Sweden resumes walk for life after several decade hiatus
After decades of silence, a new generation resumed Sweden's walk for life.Some organisers wanted to include the new marches in the Christian Value Party's platform, but according to Plamen Najdenov, they felt it was best to keep them politically neutral. Najdenov works for the organisation Livsval, which was founded in…
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Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe: Former TV journalist and Orthodox priest spread pro-life message in ongoing abortion debate
When a series of health problems plagued the former T.V. reporter, Laura Doveika, she said that this was a warning that her life needed to change radically.Doveika loved her career and all the benefits that it brought. Yet, all those came to a halt when her health issues drew her…
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European Union
European leaders advise on the “plague or cholera” election in the US
Trump or Harris? Christian leaders in Europe are very much engaged with the upcoming U.S. elections. But some fear the American campaign, too. Christians can damage themselves by identifying too much with earthly politics. In Sweden, evangelical church leaders were surveyed about who they support in the U.S. elections.> Stay up…
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Northern Europe
Why same-sex relations are not the end for the Church of Sweden
For some, it is already too far for the Church of Sweden to bless same-sex relationships. But for others, the Church must go further and embrace polyamory in its Good Message. “This is not about marriage,” say some who represent Sweden's national Lutheran Church.” This autumn, the Church will decide.…
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Central Europe
Christian aid provides relief in central Europe flooding
Homes destroyed. Belongings swept away. Loved ones missing. That is the reality this week after massive water floods in many parts of Central Europe. > Receive CNE's weekly newsletter? Feel free to sign up here. Storm Boris has killed at least 23 and has left several others displaced. Despite widespread…
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Central Europe
How the Polish government fails to change the abortion law
In the election campaign, Donald Tusk promised to liberalise the abortion law in Poland. But now he is prime minister; he realises that his coalition does not have enough votes for this. Now, he plans to ease the regulations in the hospitals. In 2020, Poland's court issued a landmark ruling…
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Central Europe
Assisted suicide capsule 'Sarco' set for release throughout Switzerland
When it is time to leave this world, most would say that they would want to have a peaceful death. That is why a new invention is set up for release. However, it is not uncontroversial.Sarco's founder, Dr. Philip Nitschke, has wanted to guarantee a drug-free departure of life through…
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Central Europe
Here you see how Poles leave the Catholic church in large numbers
As the numbers of non-believers increase in Poland, the people are becoming less Catholic and more secular as a population. In 2011, Poland became the only EU state to have its population identified as 88 per cent Catholic. Then in 2021, that number plummeted to 71 per cent in 2021,…
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European Union
How Europe has not learned; anti-Semitism still seems to blossom
The Israel-Gaza conflict has triggered a threatening animal in Europe. In all countries, anti-Semitic acts are rising. For many Jews, life is getting more difficult by the day. And nobody knows where this will end. When the National Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam opened in March, trouble was already brewing after…
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