US Congressmen Demand Romania Returns Church Properties And Ends “Persecution”
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
BUCHAREST/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Twenty U.S. congressmen have urged Secretary of State John Kerry to pressure Romania's government to end "persecution" and "fully restitute" properties that were "illegally confiscated" from churches and other religious groups under Communism after 1945.
BREAKING NEWS: Belarus Orders Evangelical Church To Evict Building; Pastor Hospitalized
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent at BosNewsLife News Center in Budapest
MINSK/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Authorities in Belarus have ordered the country's largest evangelical congregation to evict its building in Minsk and there are concerns over the health of its pastor, the church confirmed Friday, June 14.
NEWS WATCH: Hungary Facing Record Floods
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Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- The Danube River has spilled over its banks in Budapest, claiming the Hungarian capital as the latest victim of record floods in Central and Eastern Europe that has killed at least 21 people.
Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan Sentences Pastors For Evangelism, Literature Distribution
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ASTANA/TASHKENT/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Evangelical Christians in Central Asia remained concerned Tuesday, June 4, about the plight of Pastor Sharofat Allamova who was sentenced to 1.5 years "corrective labor" in Uzbekistan for distributing Christian literature while in neighboring Kazakhstan a pastor was detained after distributing red tea during communion, activists and missionaries said.
NEWS WATCH: Thousands Flee Deadly Central Europe Flooding (Update)
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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
PRAGUE/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Thousands of people have been evacuated in Central and Eastern Europe where flooding and heavy rainfall has left at least a dozen people dead or missing. Rescue workers and soldiers desperately tried to protect millions of people in especially Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Czech Republic, but the raging water still managed to inundate areas across the region.
NEWS WATCH: Central Europe Flooding Leaves Several Dead or Missing
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PRAGUE/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Authorities in parts of Central and Eastern Europe have issued disaster warnings as heavy rain has caused flooding that left several people dead or missing. The situation seemed especially serious in the Czech Republic where Prime Minister Petr Necas said already "200 soldiers have been deployed so far" to help local authorities in the capital Prague and other areas.
NEWS WATCH: Kyrgyzstan Imposes State of Emergency After Gold Mine Riots
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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
BARSKOON/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- The government of Kyrgyzstan has imposed a state of emergency on a northern district to protect one of the world's highest goldmines from protesters after clashes with police injured dozens of people.
NEWS WATCH: Bulgaria’s New Prime Minister Takes Over Troubled Nation
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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
SOFIA/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Bulgaria’s new Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski has begun his first full day in office with a difficult task to help overcome social and political tensions in what is the European Union's poorest member state. Parliament approved him and his cabinet late Wednesday, ending a three-month long political stalemate.
BREAKING NEWS: Europe Court Rejects Appeal Of Dismissed British Christians
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STRASBOURG/LONDON (BosNewsLife)-- The European Court of Human Rights has refused to allow another appeal of three British Christian professionals who claimed they were dismissed for openly expressing their Christian faith, representatives told BosNewsLife Wednesday, May 29.
NEWS WATCH: UN Tribunal For Ex-Yugoslavia Marks 20th Anniversary Amid Controversy
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THE HAGUE/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague has marked its 20th anniversary on Monday, amid concern about the future of some cases. Dutch King Willem-Alexander was among those invited to commemorate the occasion at a time when the United Nations court is under pressure to end its operations.