Friday, 29 July 2016 03:02
Ireland: Christians, Muslims and atheists unite for alternative religious education
In an unexpected coalition, the Evangelical Alliance of Ireland (EAI) has joined with Atheist Ireland and Irish Ahmadiyya Muslims to work for alternatives to religious education in schools. They are hoping to do away with state-sponsored…
Friday, 29 July 2016 03:01
Germany: Pegida
Germany's anti-Islamic, anti-immigrant Pegida movement wants to found a political party. The new group would be called the Popular Party for Freedom and Direct Democracy (FDDV), according to its head Lutz Bachmann. Bachmann was fined recently…
Thursday, 21 July 2016 15:24
France warns against ‘repression’ in wake of Turkey coup
France's foreign minister, Jean-Marc Ayrault, warned Turkish President Erdogan against using the country's failed coup as ‘carte blanche ’. ‘We want the rule of law to work properly in Turkey,’ adding that Turkey's government should not…
Thursday, 21 July 2016 15:21
Germany: Train stabbing - warning of lone attacks
Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere warned Germans to be prepared for further attacks carried out by small groups and radicalised ‘lone wolves’. Five people were wounded by a 17-year-old on a train in Bavaria on Monday.…
Friday, 08 July 2016 10:05
EU’s post-Brexit paralysis
Two weeks after the British referendum vote, the European Union is still reeling from the result. In Brussels and Strasbourg a strange sense of paralysis has taken hold, as the mysterious momentum that propels the EU…
Friday, 08 July 2016 10:00
EU coastguard and border force approved
The European Parliament has agreed to set up a new border and coast guard agency to help countries cope with unusually high levels of migration. The force of 1,500 guards will be able to deploy even…