Children and women left behind by men who have gone to find work abroad turn into thugs and prostitutes, a Romanian minister has said. As many as three million Romanians have migrated to western European countries…
Portugal: State of Nation debate
17 Jul 2015
On 8 July, Portugal's Prime Minister, Pedro Passos Coelho, opened the State of the Nation debate in parliament - taking place barely three months before the legislative elections. The last State of the Nation debate was…
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,…