Friday, 10 September 2021 04:50
Netherlands: Pre COP26 dialogue on adaptation
On the heels of last month’s warning from the UN climate science panel that extreme weather and rising seas are hitting faster than expected, over 50 ministers, heads of climate organisations and development banks met in…
Friday, 10 September 2021 04:46
Russia: Kremlin stops 'Smart Voting’
Political leader, Aleksei Navalny, is documenting corruption and ostentatious spending by government officials and launched ‘Smart Voting’ to loosen the chokehold the Kremlin-allied United Russia party has on elected legislatures nationwide. Authorities have stepped up a…
Thursday, 02 September 2021 22:33
Italy: overcrowded boat with 539 migrants
The Italian coastguard rescued 539 migrants crammed onto a decrepit fishing boat off the tiny southern Italian island of Lampedusa. A Médecins Sans Frontières nurse said the passengers included three women and several unaccompanied minors in…
Thursday, 02 September 2021 22:18
Belarus: criminal charges for church's outdoor worship?
At a meeting in Parliament and in two letters, officials warned New Life Pentecostal Church that continuing to meet for worship in the car park of their seized church in Minsk could lead to administrative or…
Thursday, 26 August 2021 20:53
Luhansk: Christian books officially labelled extremist material
The government of the Luhansk People’s Republic, which declared itself independent from Ukraine in 2014, has added four Christian books to an official list of banned extremist materials. The books were seized from the Council of…
Thursday, 26 August 2021 20:51
Ireland: lifting Covid-19 restrictions ‘as quickly as possible’
Minister for health Stephen Donnelly said that the government will continue to lift Covid-19 restrictions ‘as quickly as possible’. There would still be public health advice for situations where infection rates are higher. When asked if…