Europe

France determined to legalise gay marriage despite huge demo

A huge weekend protest against the legalization of same-sex marriage and adoption has not dented the French government’s determination to pass the planned reform into law soon, leading cabinet ministers said on Monday. In one of the largest protests in decades, roughly half a million people marched through Paris on […]

2 300 make decisions for Christ in Albania

Originally published in God Reports After the fall of Communism and state-imposed atheism 20 years ago there were only five known believers in Albania. But recently, local churches and  evangelist Luis Palau collaborated to proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ to more than 20,000 people at Tirana’s Mother Teresa […]

Spanish government plans to ban abortion

Originally published in Hurriyet Daily News (via Contact Online Blog) Spain’s conservative government plans to ban abortions, overturning a two-year-old law allowing terminations on demand, a justice ministry source told Reuters, in a move likely to galvanize support among its core voters. The previous Socialist government passed a law in […]

Israel blames Iran for deadly attack on Israeli tourist bus in Bulgaria

Originally published in CNN A deadly explosion on a bus carrying Israeli tourists outside an airport in Bulgaria was “clearly a terrorist attack,” Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak said yesterday (Wednesday). Key Israeli politicians pointed to Iran as the likely instigator, but Israel’s US ambassador acknowledged they had no proof. […]