NEWS ALERT: Lists Of Jews Compiled At Hungary’s Largest University
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife reporting from Budapest, Hungary
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- There was an outcry in Hungary on Wednesday, February 20, over revelations that the country's largest university has been involved in compiling lists of presumed Jewish students amid growing anti-Semitism in this nation of some 10 million people.
NEWS ALERT: Russian Christians In Meteor-Hit Region Appeal For Prayers
By BosNewsLife News Center with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
CHELYABINSK/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Christian missionaries and a pastor in Russia's Ural Mountains appealed for prayers late Friday, February 15, after a meteor with the power of an atomic bomb exploded over the region injuring more than 1,000 people.
NEWS WATCH: Massive Meteor Hits Russia: Hundreds Injured
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CHELYABINSK/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- A meteor with the power of an atomic bomb hit central Russia Friday, February 15, injuring more than 750 people and causing damage to buildings across the Ural Mountains, emergency officials said. At least three of those injured the blast are in critical condition, though no deaths have been reported.
BREAKING NEWS: Pope Benedict XVI Resigns Citing Poor Health
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife with additional reporting from Vatican and BosNewsLife Research
VATICAN CITY (BosNewsLife)-- Pope Benedict XVI, who oversaw the Catholic Church through nearly eight turbulent years, says he will resign on February 28 because of health reasons. "Before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are [no] longer suited to an adequate exercise" of his position as head of the world’s one billion Roman Catholics, he said in a statement Monday, February 11.
Hungary “Forcing” Missionaries To Leave Under New Law
By BosNewsLife News Center in Budapest with additional reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Foreign missionaries living in Hungary fear they will be forced to leave the country under new tax legislation, amid a wider government crackdown on religious groups.
NEWS WATCH: Russia’s 70th Anniversary of Battle of Stalingrad Sparks Debate
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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondenty BosNewsLife
VOLGOGRAD, RUSSIA (BosNewsLife)-- For one day the southern Russian city of Volgograd was called Stalingrad, again, as Russia remembered the bloodiest battle in human history. Survivors were among those commemorating the Battle of Stalingrad, which ended here exactly 70 years ago.
Hungary’s First Sentence For Holocaust Denial
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BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- A middle-aged man is Hungary's first person to be sentenced for Holocaust denial, Hungarian media reported Thursday, January 31
Poland’s Cardinal Glemp Laid To Rest At Massive Funeral Mass
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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
WARSAW, POLAND (BosNewsLife)-- Prayers reverberated throughout Warsaw's main cathedral Monday as the nation laid to rest Cardinal Jozef Glemp, who headed the Polish Catholic Church through the last years of Communism and the painful transition towards democracy.
BREAKING NEWS: Dutch Queen Beatrix Abdicating; Son Becomes King (News Watch)
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THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS (BosNewsLife)-- Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands announced Monday she is abdicating in favor of her son, Prince Willem-Alexander.
Holocaust Memorial Day Overshadowed By anti-Semitism
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BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Europe remembered Sunday, January 27, the killings of six million Jews and others the Nazi's didn't like, amid concerns about rising anti-Semitism in Hungary and other countries.