Friday, 03 July 2015 18:54
Slovakia: Outgoing US Ambassador condemns anti-Immigration protest
He expressed deep concern at the recent violent anti-immigration protests in Bratislava on 20 June, a date also celebrated as World Refugee Day. These are complex issues and even in the United States there are multiple…
Friday, 03 July 2015 18:52
Serbia: An empty Christian tradition
Captured sixty times and destroyed thirty-eight times, Serbia’s beautiful capital city Belgrade exemplifies the war and civil unrest that the Balkan Peninsula has undergone over the past two millennia. Ethnicity and religion go hand-in-hand. Over half…
Friday, 03 July 2015 18:50
San Marino: Evangelists needed
San Marino is a small country located inside the borders of Italy. It is the world’s oldest republic and was founded in AD301. Most of the country is Catholic, and there is freedom of religion but…
Friday, 03 July 2015 18:48
Russia: Gas links to Ukraine break down
Russian gas firm Gazprom has confirmed that it has again halted gas supplies to Ukraine after a breakdown on pricing talks. It comes a day after Ukraine's state energy firm Naftogaz announced it was suspending gas…
Friday, 03 July 2015 18:34
Romania: Evangelism growing in a struggling environment
Romania is still working to overcome the physical, economic, and emotional damages brought about by 42 years of oppressive totalitarian rule. Much-needed economic reforms were slow to be implemented. Motivation to join the European Union accelerated…
Friday, 03 July 2015 18:18
Portugal: Catholic country that needs reviving
As a predominantly Catholic country, Portugal is even further unified by the culturally embedded traditions and practices of the church. Despite this, drug use has become prevalent, with half of all teenagers reportedly experimenting with illegal…