Europe

Church of England Laity Rejects Proposal for Women Bishops

Laity within the Church of England shocked the rest of the denomination November 20 by rejecting a proposal that would have allowed women...

Dave Bohon November 24, 2012

EU Leaders Work on Seven-year Budget

Warren Mass November 23, 2012

The European Council meeting in which EU leaders will attempt to reach an agreement on the multi-annual financial framework (MFF) for 2014-2020 began...

EU Supports New Syrian Opposition Group

Warren Mass November 20, 2012

At the meeting of the European Union's Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels on November 19, a group of 27 European foreign ministers issued...

Spanish Theater Owner Starts “Carrot Rebellion” to Protest Tax Increase

Bob Adelmann November 19, 2012

A Spanish theater owner is protesting the VAT increase on his tickets to 21 percent by offering carrots for sale, which are subject...

“Pan-European” Protests Turn Violent While Advancing Globalism

Alex Newman November 16, 2012

Across Europe this week, an unprecedented and well-coordinated series of transnational mass strikes and protests led largely by Big Labor took to the...

Hamburg, Germany Expands Religious Rights of Muslims

James Heiser November 16, 2012

In a move toward religious toleration which would not be seen in a Muslim-majority nation, the government of Hamburg, Germany, has now reached...

Danes Say “Cheese” as Fat Tax Is Repealed

Michael Tennant November 12, 2012

The Danish government repealed a year-old tax on fatty foods because it wasn't keeping Danes from eating them and was causing job losses....

British Gov’t: Closed Communion Means Brethren Church Not a Charity

R. Cort Kirkwood November 12, 2012

The British government is attacking a Christian church because it enforces its doctrine. The government’s Charity Commission has ruled that the Plymouth Brethren...

Irish Vote to Give State Nearly Unbridled Power to Seize Children

R. Cort Kirkwood November 12, 2012

The Irish approved an amendment to their national constitution on Saturday that will bring it into compliance with mandates of the United Nations that...

France Pledges $25 Billion Tax Break to Businesses

Brian Koenig November 8, 2012

To improve business competitiveness and revitalize the economy, France’s government has pledged $25 billion in tax credits to businesses. ...

U.K.’s Cameron Suffers Defeat Over EU Budget

Bruce Walker November 7, 2012

British Prime Minister David Cameron has just faced a humiliating defeat in a recent non-binding vote in the House of Commons. Enough members...

Teenage Girls Secretly Given Contraceptive Implants and Injections in U.K. Schools

Michael Tennant November 6, 2012

In the past two years thousands of teenage girls across the United Kingdom — some as young as 13 — have been given...

In Berlin, Global Homeschooling Leaders Unveil Historic Declaration

Alex Newman November 4, 2012

BERLIN – Leaders in the homeschooling movement from some two dozen countries signed a historic document dubbed the “Berlin Declaration” on November 3,...

France to Hike Tax on Beer by 160 Percent

Bruce Walker November 4, 2012

Francois Hollande, the new socialist president of France, has a plan for solving his nation’s economic woes: raising taxes. Having already promised much...