Norway: Diocese inflating membership figures
17 Jul 2015
The government of Norway is demanding $5.1 million from the Oslo diocese in compensation for what the government sees as fraud in the inflated reporting of church membership figures. The government charges that the Oslo diocese…
Netherlands: Schools are failing pupils
17 Jul 2015
Secondary school pupils in deprived areas are not getting the education they need, the Volkskrant newspaper reported on Thursday 9 July. There is not enough money to pay for extra lessons or for the care some…
The Community of Christian Service Workers are in Montenegro with a training and inspirational forum for Christians working in service to others. They are ministers, missionaries, the staff and volunteers of Christian organisations , charity workers,…
Monaco: Christian outreach
17 Jul 2015
Trans World Radio has been sending out Christian programmes from Monaco for 55 years. The first programme was broadcast from a 100,000-watt shortwave transmitter in Monte Carlo. TWR now utilises the facility to transmit the Good…
Moldova faces different problems
17 Jul 2015
Sandwiched between Romania and Ukraine, Moldova is one of the poorest countries in Europe; children are often abandoned by families trapped in poverty with no hope. Moldova still suffers from a Communist legacy and has a…
Malta: Buying children
17 Jul 2015
On Thursday 9 July police identified a suspect after two women reported a man trying to buy their daughters while walking along the Sliema front. Police said, ‘Investigations are still ongoing to identify the man who…