PA: Europe
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…
Friday, 16 February 2018 09:47
Poland: Holocaust complicity bill
Recently a bill was approved that makes it illegal to accuse Poland of complicity in crimes committed by Nazi Germany, including the Holocaust. The bill bans the use of terms like ‘Polish death camps’ in relation…
Friday, 16 February 2018 09:44
Hungary: NGOs helping immigrants could be banned
Viktor Orbán’s government has outlined plans for a new law giving it powers to ban any NGOs that ‘sponsor, organise or support a third-country national’s entry into or stay in Hungary via a safe third country…
Friday, 09 February 2018 09:50
Increased risk of war, warns report
The 2018 annual Munich Security Report cited growing pressure on nuclear disarmament treaties and ongoing security concerns in eastern and central Europe as a cause for concern, and most worryingly the erosion of arms control agreements.…