Friday, 19 August 2016 12:53
Turkey-EU clash just a matter of time?
President Erdogan is issuing warnings that Turkey will stop taking refugees back from the EU if it fails to waive visa restrictions for Turks. The two sides are on a collision course with emergency rule declared…
Friday, 19 August 2016 12:51
Irish parents’ financial support for children
The majority of students attending third level institutions will be financially supported by their parents spending an average of €447 each month, an Irish League of Credit Unions survey has found. Out of the 87% of…
Friday, 05 August 2016 05:23
Europe refugee centres and child brides
This week in Afghanistan a cleric in his 60s was arrested after marrying a six-year-old girl. Mohammad Karim claimed he married the child as a ‘religious offering,’ and her parents agreed. Elsewhere, in European asylum camps…
Friday, 05 August 2016 05:21
Germany: Weapons stolen from US military base
Special agents from the US Army Criminal Investigation Command are investigating the theft of guns and other military equipment from an arms room in a Stuttgart base. The Army declined to say what kind of or…
Friday, 29 July 2016 03:02
Ireland: Christians, Muslims and atheists unite for alternative religious education
In an unexpected coalition, the Evangelical Alliance of Ireland (EAI) has joined with Atheist Ireland and Irish Ahmadiyya Muslims to work for alternatives to religious education in schools. They are hoping to do away with state-sponsored…
Friday, 29 July 2016 03:01
Germany: Pegida
Germany's anti-Islamic, anti-immigrant Pegida movement wants to found a political party. The new group would be called the Popular Party for Freedom and Direct Democracy (FDDV), according to its head Lutz Bachmann. Bachmann was fined recently…