NEWS WATCH: Georgia Parliamentary Vote Overshadowed By Scandals (Update)
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TBILISI/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Voting began Monday, October 1, in heavily Orthodox Georgia in parliamentary elections with the party of the pro-western president facing a strong challenge following mounting criticism over his policies and a prison scandal.
NEWS WATCH: Man Shoots Czech President Klaus With Plastic Gun; Security Questioned
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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
PRAGUE/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Politicians and experts raised questions Saturday, September 29, about national security in the Czech Republic after a man was able to fire a replica pistol at President Václav Klaus and calmly walk away.
‘2,300 Albanians Converted At Evangelism Festival’
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
TIRANA, ALBANIA (BosNewsLife)-- Over 2,300 people have made public "decisions to follow Jesus Christ" or asked for spiritual help during Albania's largest evangelistic festival in recent history, organizers said Thursday, September 27.
‘Thousands’ Accept Christ In Albania At Palau Evangelism Festival
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TIRANA, ALBANIA (BosNewsLife)-- Tens of thousands have heard the Christian "Good News" in Albania's capital Tirana and "many" made "public decisions for Jesus Christ" at an evangelism festival of American evangelist Luis Palau, organizers said.
Albania Hosts Massive Evangelism Festival Of Luis Palau
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
TIRANA, ALBANIA (BosNewsLife)-- Preparations were underway Saturday, September 22, for American preacher Luis Palau's first evangelism festival in Albania, one of the world's least evangelized nations.
Jailed Uzbek Pastor Faces Extradition From Kazakhstan
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ASTANA/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Kazakhstan has detained an Uzbek house church pastor who is wanted in his home country for "illegal" religious teaching and Christian literature distribution, according to local Christians and rights activists.
NEWS WATCH: Hungarian Prime Minister Ends Hunger Strike For Voters Rights
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLIfe reporting from Budapest, Hungary
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- The former prime minister of Hungary, Ferenc Gyurcsány, has ended a week-long hunger strike that he said was aimed at ensuring free and fair elections. Gyurscany has expressed concerns over plans by the government to overhaul the election system in the young democracy of this European Union nation.
NEWS WATCH: Czech Republic Detains Two Over Deadly Poisoning Wave
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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
PRAGUE/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Authorities in the Czech Republic have detained two men for their alleged involvement in a deadly wave of alcohol poisoning that killed at least 19 people and injured 24 others.
Hungary Detains Former Minister For “War Crimes” In 1956 Revolution
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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife reporting from Budapest, Hungary
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- A former Communist-era Interior minister of Hungary was forced to celebrate his 91th birthday in custody Thursday, September 13, after he was detained for his role in the bloody suppression of the country's 1956 Revolution against Soviet domination.
Moscow Destroys Russian Pentecostal Church
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
MOSCOW/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- A congregation of evangelical Christians in Russia's capital Moscow were without a church building Tuesday, September 11, after workers with bulldozers and other equipment destroyed their Holy Trinity Pentecostal Church complex, backed by local police, witnesses said.