Friday, 20 May 2016 09:46
Zika virus could reach Europe this summer
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said the Zika virus could spread to Europe this summer, although the likelihood of an outbreak is low to moderate. Areas most at risk are those where Aedes mosquitoes spread the…
Friday, 20 May 2016 09:43
Authorities vow solidarity over missing aircraft
French and Egyptian authorities have been reacting to the disappearance of EgyptAir flight MS804 with 66 people on board. The French foreign minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said in Paris, ‘Obviously, we can only imagine the anguish of…
Friday, 13 May 2016 10:13
Germany: Christian refugees abused
Open Doors workers in the country claim that believers, many of them Muslim converts, are sometimes a tiny minority and so are easy targets for insults, being punched, spat at and sexually assaulted. After surveying 231…
Friday, 13 May 2016 10:11
Rome: plot to attack Vatican and Israeli embassy
Last Thursday Italian police thwarted an alleged plot by Moroccan nationals to attack the Vatican and the Israeli embassy in Rome. Four people were arrested. Three men and three women, one an Italian, escaped to Iraq…
Friday, 06 May 2016 15:56
Helping migrant churches
In a recent conference on the migrant situation, one refugee commented, ‘It’s not the ground we serve with the gospel, it’s the people.’ In Denmark there are now more than two hundred migrant churches, making up…
Friday, 06 May 2016 15:54
EU visa-free travel deal with Turkey
EU governments and the European Parliament still have to approve it but, should they agree, Turkish citizens will be able to travel to all Schengen-zone countries . Freedom of speech, the right to a fair trial,…