BREAKING NEWS: Dutch Queen Beatrix Abdicating; Son Becomes King (News Watch)
By BosNewsLife News Center
THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS (BosNewsLife)-- Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands announced Monday she is abdicating in favor of her son, Prince Willem-Alexander.
Christian Party Re-elected In Dutch Town After Hindu Row
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife with BosNewsLife Special Correspondent Johan Th. Bos reporting from Amstelveen
AMSTELVEEN, NETHERLANDS (BosNewsLife)-- A small Christian party which made world headlines with protests against local government support for a Hindu religious festival has been re-elected in the municipal council of Amstelveen, a strategic town near the Dutch capital Amsterdam, local election results showed Wednesday, March 3.
Dutch MPs Cancel Egypt Trip Over “Ethnic Cleansing” Row
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife with reporting from the Netherlands
AMSTERDAM/CAIRO (BosNewsLife)-- A visit to Egypt by the Dutch parliament's foreign affairs committee has been canceled because lawmaker Raymond de Roon from anti-Islam Freedom Party (PVV) was refused a visa after accusing Cairo of "the ethnic cleansing" of minority Christians.
EU Urged To Make Religious Freedom Priority After Deadly Clashes
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (BosNewsLife)-- A Christian member of the European Parliament has urged the European Union's foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, to make more rights for Egyptian Christians, also known as Copts, a policy priority and to develop an EU strategy for religious freedom.
NEWS ALERT: Secret Christian Church in Mecca
By Eric Leijenaar, BosNewsLife Senior Special Correspondent
MECCA, SAUDI ARABIA (BosNewsLife)-- Christians have set up an underground church in Mecca, viewed by Muslims as the "holiest city in Islam", while tens of thousands of other Saudi Christians are worshipping via the Internet, a mission group confirmed Friday, April 24.
Christians In Kenya, Netherlands Mourn Murdered Missionary (UPDATE)
(ADDS NEW DETAILS ABOUT ATTACKS, REACTIONS FROM YOUTH WITH A MISSION, MORE BACKGROUND)
By BosNewsLife News Center with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
NEWS WATCH: The Netherlands Celebrates New King
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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent reporting from Terschelling, Netherlands
TERSCHELLING, NETHERLANDS (BosNewsLife)-- Tens of thousands of people crammed shoulder-to-shoulder outside crammed shoulder-to-shoulder outside the royal palace in Amsterdam where Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands abdicated on Tuesday after a 33-year sometimes turbulent reign, handing over to her eldest son.
URGENT BREAKING NEWS: Afghanistan Releases Christian Convert Facing Execution
>Said Musa outside Afghanistan
>Christian convert Shoib Assadullah remains jailed
>Dutch government lobbied for release
By BosNewsLife News Center
KABUL/AMSTERDAM (BosNewsLife)-- An Afghan man who faced the death penalty for converting from Islam to Christianity has been released, a well-informed Christian aid and advocacy group confirmed Thursday, February 24.
Controversy Over Dutch Support For Hindu Goddess
By BosNewsLife News Center
AMSTELVEEN, NETHERLANDS (BosNewsLife)-- Citizens in the Dutch town of Amstelveen have condemned plans by local authorities to support a controversial Hindu festival that would involve praying to a Hindu goddess from India, in the heart of the town.