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Tuesday, 09 June 2015 01:00
Hungary: Europe losing Christian identity
Hungary's prime minister Victor Orban, who has expressed fears that migration will undermine Europe's Christian identity, told Egypt's visiting president on Friday that he nonetheless respects Islam ‘as one of the great intellectual and spiritual creations…
Tuesday, 09 June 2015 01:00
Iceland: Icelanders have started worshipping Norse gods again
Icelanders will soon be able to publicly worship at a shrine to Thor, Odin and Frigg with construction already started in February on the island's first major temple to the Norse gods since the Viking age.…
Tuesday, 09 June 2015 01:00
Ireland: Marriage referendum - perspective from Rt. Rev Dr. Paul Colton
Whichever view we took on the referendum proposition, the result gives all of us in the Church pause for thought. I know that in this, throughout our Church of Ireland in this Republic, there were people…
Tuesday, 09 June 2015 01:00
Italy: 1,200 rescued migrants
On Monday Royal Navy warship HMS Bulwark arrived in an Italian port, carrying 1,200 migrants rescued from the Mediterranean Sea. The ship docked at Catania, in Sicily, where the migrants will be handed over to the…
Tuesday, 09 June 2015 01:00
Kosovo: Five EU members under pressure to recognise Kosovo
Five European Union member states that have not recognised the 2008 unilateral declaration of Kosovo’s independence are under pressure to change their position. Slovakia, Greece, Cyprus, Romania and Spain were ‘targeted by great powers,” Vecernje novosti…
Tuesday, 09 June 2015 01:00
Latvia: Military exercises by 11,000 troops from 8 to 19 June
The Baltic-region based Saber Strike military exercises have been an annual part of NATO’s Allied Shield training exercises since 2010. This year they began in Latvia at 10 am at the Adazi military base in Latvia…