Europe
What solutions to population decline in Europe’s regions?
What the EU can do about population change Demographic change can pose a major challenge for the EU. The European Parliament has examined the causes and possible solutions around this…
Year: 2021
Christianity
Hospital ministry service courses in Moscow
With the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill, on April 19, 2021, at the Hospital of St. Alexis, a 5-day course for clergy began on organizing spiritual assistance to the…
Europe
First debate and briefing on adequate minimum wages in the EU | News | European Parliament
The committee on Employment and Social Affairs will discuss the draft report on the proposal for a directive on Adequate minimum wages in the EU on Thursday from 16.45 –…
Europe
Antitrust: Commission fines three EU railway companies €48 million for customer allocation cartel
European Commission Press release Brussels, 20 Apr 2021 The European Commission has fined railway companies Österreichische Bundesbahnen (ÖBB), Deutsche Bahn (DB) and Société Nationale des Chemins de fer belges /…
News
Pupils who follow a religion do better in class… even if they are not studying at a faith school – Daily Mail
Religious children aged 14 typically go on to pass more GCSEs than their peers The difference amounts to more than a third of an extra GCSE on average The advantage…
Europe
Sierra Leone: European Union brings over 1,2 billion SLL in aid to Freetown fire victims
In response to the devastating fire incident in the capital city of Sierra Leone (Freetown) on 24 March 2021, which left 1,600 families homeless and more than 400 people injured,…
News
Meteorologist Sven Sundgaard sues KARE 11, claiming he was fired over his sexual orientation, religion
Filed Thursday, April 15, the lawsuit includes additional claims of a hostile work environment, defamation and violation of the Minnesota Human Rights Act. Sundgaard is suing for back pay since…
Food
The road to COP26 starts in urban biocanteens
Small towns, mega-cities, districts, regions, federal states, all sort of subnational territorities have at least two things in common: their inhabitants need to eat and, at the same time, they…
Books
Rotary celebrates Pike history with books
PITTSFIELD — Nursing home and assisted living facility residents in Pike County now have access to local history materials through the efforts of the Rotary Club of Pike County. Club…
News
Bishop Router: Peace, protection of family life needed to combat parental alienation – Vatican News
The Auxiliary Bishop of Armagh, Ireland, has highlighted the importance of peaceful family bonds which foster healthy relationships between parents and children ahead of the International Parental Alienation Awareness Day…