Poland: IVF bill divides senators
17 Jul 2015
Senators spent 11 hours debating a bill on IVF on Wednesday 6 July in what has proved one of the most divisive issues in current Polish politics. The bill was passed in the lower house of…
Norway: Diocese inflating membership figures
17 Jul 2015
The government of Norway is demanding $5.1 million from the Oslo diocese in compensation for what the government sees as fraud in the inflated reporting of church membership figures. The government charges that the Oslo diocese…
Netherlands: Schools are failing pupils
17 Jul 2015
Secondary school pupils in deprived areas are not getting the education they need, the Volkskrant newspaper reported on Thursday 9 July. There is not enough money to pay for extra lessons or for the care some…
The Community of Christian Service Workers are in Montenegro with a training and inspirational forum for Christians working in service to others. They are ministers, missionaries, the staff and volunteers of Christian organisations , charity workers,…
Monaco: Christian outreach
17 Jul 2015
Trans World Radio has been sending out Christian programmes from Monaco for 55 years. The first programme was broadcast from a 100,000-watt shortwave transmitter in Monte Carlo. TWR now utilises the facility to transmit the Good…
Moldova faces different problems
17 Jul 2015
Sandwiched between Romania and Ukraine, Moldova is one of the poorest countries in Europe; children are often abandoned by families trapped in poverty with no hope. Moldova still suffers from a Communist legacy and has a…