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…
Tuesday, 09 June 2015 01:00
Germany: G7- Merkel and Obama and Russia sanctions
The US and German leaders say sanctions on Russia must stay until it implements a deal to end fighting in Ukraine. President Barack Obama and Chancellor Angela Merkel held talks as the G7 summit of economic…
Tuesday, 09 June 2015 01:00
Gibraltar: 300-year-old tradition of military governors could end
Britain's failure to tackle Spanish aggression over Gibraltar has sparked the shock resignation of the governor of the Rock. Lieutenant General Sir James Dutton took the unprecedented step of quitting the overseas territory after less than…