PA: Europe
Thursday, 17 September 2015 16:20
Norway: Proposal to put refugees in Arctic
Norwegian politicians are considering sending refugees to Svalbard, an Atlantic archipelago and one of the world’s most remote areas, which is currently inhabited by more polar bears than people. Local government representatives hope that Svalbard could…
Thursday, 17 September 2015 16:19
Belgium: Freedom of philosophy
Belgium embraces a strong sense of ‘living together.’ This is seen in the way the country, though split into a Dutch-speaking region in the north and a French-speaking region in the south, encourages unity among its…
Thursday, 10 September 2015 20:50
Berlin: Asylum seekers converting to Christianity
Hundreds of Muslim refugees are converting to Christianity in a Berlin church. Pastor Gottfried Martens has seen his congregation at the evangelical Trinity Church grow from 150 to more than 600 in just two years, describing…
Thursday, 10 September 2015 20:49
Europe’s migrant crisis
Europe is facing the world’s biggest refugee crisis since the second world war and it is being propelled by wars and persecution. Last autumn the EU suspended full-scale maritime rescue operations in the Mediterranean, believing that…
Thursday, 10 September 2015 20:48
Greece faces emergency
Images of a small boy washed up on a Turkish shore flashed around the globe as a tragic representation of the current Mediterranean migrant crisis in which Greece is at the epicentre, with over 230,000 migrants…
Thursday, 27 August 2015 18:28
Malta: A large majority mistrust the police
72% of respondents taking part in an online poll by MaltaToday agree that Malta’s police force needs a radical shakeup. The 1,586 respondents outnumbered the 550 respondents who stated they trusted the police but agreed the…