Europe

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  Private Christian schools fear closure if UK government's value added tax (VAT) plan goes ahead

  By Chris Eyte Europe 21 hours ago

  Christian schools plan to seek a Judicial Review over U.K. Government plans to add Value Added Tax (VAT) onto private school fees, which they say risks closing the schools and denying parents the rights to give children an education based on school curriculums prioritizing Christian values and beliefs.

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  Top Christian doctor questions timing of assisted dying bill for UK, highlights urgent need to improve end of life care

  By Chris Eyte Europe

  2 days ago

  Members of the U.K. House of Commons [Parliament] are to be given a “free vote” on whether assisted dying should be legalized - but a top Christian doctor has questioned the timing of the legal bill. Assisted dying was rejected by parliamentarians in 2015 but Labour MP Kim Leadbeater is pushing for a renewed debate on the issue after Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer pledged to allow MPs a vote, after indicating his own support for a change in law. 

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  Evangelical alliance calls for prayer after far right party wins most votes in Austria’s general election

  By Chris Eyte Europe

  4 days ago

  Austria has seen a far right political party winning the largest vote share in a general election held on Sept. 29, marking a significant change in the political landscape. A leading evangelical body has called for prayer as negotiations continue to form a new government. Die Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs (The Freedom Party of Austria, FPÖ) is the first far right political party since the Second World War to mark such an achievement, gaining 29 percent of votes for the 183-member National Cou

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  ‘Hate speech’ removed from hate crime bill in Ireland

  By Chris Eyte Europe

  10 days ago

  The Irish government has backed down from plans to include “hate speech” in legislation that risked imprisoning Christians and others for possessing varied and undefined materials deemed offensive.