Europe

India’s prime minister and human rights

06 Oct 2017
On 6 October, Donald Tusk, president of the European Council, and Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission, will meet India's prime minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi. Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) International,…

Germany - CALL OF THE WATCHMEN

03 Oct 2017
Send forth Your light and Your truth! How often have we proclaimed this word of the Lord over our land – and that God has answered! At the German Prayer Conference in Berlin,…

Germany: influence of AfD

29 Sep 2017
Alternative for Germany (AfD), founded in 2013, is a right-wing populist and Eurosceptic political party. In 2016 it made an alliance with the Freedom Party of Austria, with both party leaders saying border…

German election, Brexit and Ireland

29 Sep 2017
The German elections have weakened Chancellor Merkel’s leadership authority. Weeks of Brexit talks will be lost while Germany forms a government that can command a majority in its parliament. In the UK there…

Crimea: human rights crimes

29 Sep 2017
The UN has accused Russia of committing grave human rights violations in Crimea. There is a need for accountability. Russia annexed the peninsula from Ukraine in 2014, after that country's leader was overthrown.…

EU: Macron demands EU treaty changes

22 Sep 2017
In what will be seen as a kick in the teeth to Jean-Claude Juncker, the European Commission president, Emmanuel Macron insisted that the EU should set goals for the next ten years and…

EU: Theresa May’s Brexit speech

22 Sep 2017
On 21 September, the day before Theresa May delivers her first major Brexit speech in Florence, she met with her Cabinet to discuss her terms for Brexit. The last time she addressed the…

Germany: election on 24 September

15 Sep 2017
Angela Merkel has been chancellor since 2005. Her Lutheran faith (she calls it an inner compass) expresses itself in her unflashy style and her instincts - debt is bad; helping the needy, good.…

Spain: refugees embrace Christianity at dramatic rate

15 Sep 2017
Pablo leads a small indigenous ministry. He says Syrian refugees are frustrated with Islam, and when we begin to show the love of God in our actions and tell them about God in…

France: Macron v unions

15 Sep 2017
French unions are famously radical and resistant to reforms. On 12 September rail workers, students and civil servants protested in cities from Paris to Toulouse against loosening labour regulations, seen as a key…
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