Friday, 13 May 2016 10:13
Germany: Christian refugees abused
Open Doors workers in the country claim that believers, many of them Muslim converts, are sometimes a tiny minority and so are easy targets for insults, being punched, spat at and sexually assaulted. After surveying 231…
Friday, 13 May 2016 10:11
Rome: plot to attack Vatican and Israeli embassy
Last Thursday Italian police thwarted an alleged plot by Moroccan nationals to attack the Vatican and the Israeli embassy in Rome. Four people were arrested. Three men and three women, one an Italian, escaped to Iraq…
Friday, 06 May 2016 15:56
Helping migrant churches
In a recent conference on the migrant situation, one refugee commented, ‘It’s not the ground we serve with the gospel, it’s the people.’ In Denmark there are now more than two hundred migrant churches, making up…
Friday, 06 May 2016 15:54
EU visa-free travel deal with Turkey
EU governments and the European Parliament still have to approve it but, should they agree, Turkish citizens will be able to travel to all Schengen-zone countries . Freedom of speech, the right to a fair trial,…
Friday, 29 April 2016 09:26
German intercessors praying for UK
Germany’s intercessors are taking an interest in the UK referendum. Their May prayer letter says, ‘Thank you for all your support in prayer for the European Union of Prayer meeting in The Hague in Holland in…
Friday, 29 April 2016 09:23
EU told not to interfere in Hong Kong affairs
Beijing ‘strongly opposes’ the European Union making irresponsible accusations about Hong Kong affairs, and ‘warns foreign governments not to interfere in the city’s affairs’. Hua Chunying, from the Chinese Foreign Ministry, made these remarks at a…