Evangelicals in Belarus and Kazakhstan Detained, Beaten, Fined
By BosNewsLife News Center in Budapest
ASTANA/MINSK/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Evangelical Christians in Belarus and Kazakhstan faced increased pressure Friday, October 21, to halt unauthorized worship services after pastors were fined and churches raided in the former Soviet republics.
ASTANA/MINSK/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Evangelical Christians in Belarus and Kazakhstan faced increased pressure Friday, October 21, to halt unauthorized worship services after pastors were fined and churches raided in the former Soviet republics.
Bible Publishers Mourn Death Steve Jobs
By BosNewsLife News Center and BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Bible publishers on Thursday, October 6, were among those mourning the death of Steve Jobs, a technology pioneer whose inventions helped to spread the Scriptures to autocratic nations. Jobs co-founded Apple in 1976 and used it to introduce successful products including the Macintosh computer, iPod, iPhone and iPad.
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Bible publishers on Thursday, October 6, were among those mourning the death of Steve Jobs, a technology pioneer whose inventions helped to spread the Scriptures to autocratic nations. Jobs co-founded Apple in 1976 and used it to introduce successful products including the Macintosh computer, iPod, iPhone and iPad. Hungary Village Still Suffers After Worst Chemical Disaster (Special Feature)
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife reporting from Kolontar, Hungary
KOLONTAR, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Some villagers pause to remember, or pray, around a memorial to those who died a year ago in Hungary's worst ever chemical disaster on record. On October 4, 2010, over 184 million gallons (700,000 cubic meters) from an alumina plant's broken reservoir flooded this Hungarian village of Kolontar and nearby towns, 150 kilometers west of Budapest.
KOLONTAR, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Some villagers pause to remember, or pray, around a memorial to those who died a year ago in Hungary's worst ever chemical disaster on record. On October 4, 2010, over 184 million gallons (700,000 cubic meters) from an alumina plant's broken reservoir flooded this Hungarian village of Kolontar and nearby towns, 150 kilometers west of Budapest.
BREAKING NEWS: EU Chair Poland Demands Iran Halts Pastor’s Execution
By BosNewsLife News Center in Budapest with BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
TEHRAN/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Poland has summoned Iran's ambassador to demand a stay of execution for pastor Youcef Nadarkhani who has refused to abandon his Christian faith and return to Islam, officials said Thursday, September 29.
TEHRAN/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Poland has summoned Iran's ambassador to demand a stay of execution for pastor Youcef Nadarkhani who has refused to abandon his Christian faith and return to Islam, officials said Thursday, September 29.BREAKING NEWS: Kazakhstan Lawmakers Adopt “Repressive” Religion Law
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
BUDAPEST/ASTANA (BosNewsLife)-- Lawmakers in Kazakhstan have voted for controversial legislation that Christians and rights activists say will further limit religious freedom in the mainly Muslim Central Asian state.
BUDAPEST/ASTANA (BosNewsLife)-- Lawmakers in Kazakhstan have voted for controversial legislation that Christians and rights activists say will further limit religious freedom in the mainly Muslim Central Asian state. NEWS ALERT: Dutch-Iranian Pastor In Netherlands After One Year Jail
By BosNewsLife News Center
AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS (BosNewsLife)-- A prosecuted Dutch-Iranian pastor arrived in the Netherlands Friday, September 16, after spending one year in an Iranian jail on charges of spreading Christianity, the Dutch Foreign Ministry said.
AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS (BosNewsLife)-- A prosecuted Dutch-Iranian pastor arrived in the Netherlands Friday, September 16, after spending one year in an Iranian jail on charges of spreading Christianity, the Dutch Foreign Ministry said. Hungary’s Teachers Protest Religion Law
By BosNewsLife News Center in Budapest with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Hungary's largest trade union of teachers, Pedagogusok Szakszervezete (PSZ), has turned to the Constitutional Court, asking for the new religion law to be annulled.
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Hungary's largest trade union of teachers, Pedagogusok Szakszervezete (PSZ), has turned to the Constitutional Court, asking for the new religion law to be annulled. NEWS WATCH: Europe Remembers 9/11 Attacks Amid Heightened Security
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife reporting from Budapest
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Europe is commemorating the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the United States amid heightened security after police in Sweden detained four people suspected of plotting a terrorist attack there. Four former Communist nations that joined the EU in the last decade are among the Union's member states commemorating the 9/11 attacks.
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Europe is commemorating the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the United States amid heightened security after police in Sweden detained four people suspected of plotting a terrorist attack there. Four former Communist nations that joined the EU in the last decade are among the Union's member states commemorating the 9/11 attacks.
America Remembers September 11 Amid Controversy
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
NEW YORK/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Christians around the world were among those remembering the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the United States, but pastors expressed concerns that in New York no clergy-led prayer was includedin a ceremony near where the World Trade Center towers collapsed.
NEW YORK/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Christians around the world were among those remembering the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the United States, but pastors expressed concerns that in New York no clergy-led prayer was includedin a ceremony near where the World Trade Center towers collapsed.NEWS WATCH: American Evangelicals Launch ‘Greatest Soul Winning Effort’
By BosNewsLife News Center with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
BUDAPEST/WASHINGTON (BosNewsLife)-- Christians around the world were urged Saturday, September 10, to leave their church buildings and preach the "Good News of Christ" in what organizers said was "the greatest soul winning effort in church history."
BUDAPEST/WASHINGTON (BosNewsLife)-- Christians around the world were urged Saturday, September 10, to leave their church buildings and preach the "Good News of Christ" in what organizers said was "the greatest soul winning effort in church history."
