Friday, 09 March 2018 10:10
Slovakia: press freedom
Transparency International reported, ‘Unfortunately this week we were reminded again of the terrible risks facing journalists who report on corruption. Ján Kuciak, a Slovakian investigative journalist, and his fiancée were shot dead in their home. Ján…
Friday, 02 March 2018 10:53
Germany: a letter from Watchman International
‘Five months after the elections we still do not have a new government in Germany! We await approval of SPD party membership for the SPD to join the CDU/CSU in a ‘grand coalition’ new government. In…
Friday, 02 March 2018 10:50
Italy: violent demonstrations ahead of election
Clashes between anti-fascist and far-right activists have increased ahead of a general election on 4 March. Recently, police in Milan used batons as left-wing demonstrators tried to break through a police cordon. The Anti-immigration League party…
Friday, 02 March 2018 10:46
Turkey’s Armenian Apostolic patriarch
The state has again blocked the long-delayed election of a new Armenian Apostolic patriarch, arguing that an election would be contrary to the community's traditions. Yet freedom of religion protects the right of religious communities to…
Friday, 23 February 2018 10:34
Christianity - Europe's 'last hope'
Hungary's prime minister Viktor Orbán has called Christianity the ‘last hope’ for Europe, as the continent struggles to integrate millions of Muslim migrants who have fled their countries of origin. Orbán also accuses some Western European…
Friday, 23 February 2018 10:31
Montenegro: Serb attacks US embassy
At midnight on 21 February Serbian Dalibor Jaukovic, formerly of the Yugoslav People's Army, threw a grenade into the US embassy compound and then blew himself up. According to Facebook publications he was against Montenegro's accession…