Tuesday, 09 June 2015 01:00
Czech Republic: Elections every year until 2027
Prague announced on Monday that Czechs will go to elections every year from 2016 until 2027 - a total of 19 elections are scheduled. This year is the only year when voters and political parties can…
Tuesday, 09 June 2015 01:00
Denmark: Rehabilitating addicts with Caribbean cruises
The Government is spending millions sending young convicts on cruises in the hope it will help them stay clean. How should social services respond to a young hooligan who holds up a convenience store with a…
Tuesday, 09 June 2015 01:00
Estonia: Moving towards western values
Estonia has shale-oil reserves, which it uses for producing energy, making it the leading energy producer for much of Latvia and northwest Russia. There is a need for wise officials to stand firm on Biblical foundations…
Tuesday, 09 June 2015 01:00
Faroe Islands: Brutal cull of pilot whales
On Saturday a large pod of pilot whales was slaughtered in the first grindadráp (grind) of the year, on the island of Vágar in the northwest of the Faroe Islands archipelago. The slaughter occurred just two…
Tuesday, 09 June 2015 01:00
Finland: Terminal care lacking
Finnish palliative care is well behind other European countries, with doctors and nurses receiving inadequate training for treating terminally ill patients. Finnish patients who are living out the final months, weeks or even days of their…
Tuesday, 09 June 2015 01:00
France: Islamists had Jewish store 'hit list' and nuclear bomb manual
Fourteen members of a banned Islamic group stood trial in Paris on Monday on terror charges after police found a ‘hit list’ of Jewish stores marked ‘targets’ in files belonging to its leader. Several of the…