Ukraine Christians Mourn Killed Church Workers Amid Crackdown
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
KYIV, UKRAINE (BosNewsLife)-- Christians in eastern Ukraine are mourning the death of four local church workers and a pastor who were killed in separate attacks by pro-Russian separatists as part of a wider crackdown on evangelicals in the war torn region, BosNewsLife learned.
NEWS WATCH: Ukraine’s Rival Protests Escalate Amid Military Tensions
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
KYIV, UKRAINE (BosNewsLife)-- Ukrainian Christians gathered for prayers as pro-Russian activists attacked a pro-Kyiv rally on Ukraine's disputed Crimea's peninsula with clubs and whips on Sunday, March 9, while thousands took to the streets across Ukraine in rival demonstrations. The protests came while Interim Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk vowed Ukraine would not cede "an inch" of its territory to Moscow.
Belarus Pastor Facing Criminal Charges As Police Raid Churches
By BosNewsLife News Center with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
MINSK/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Christians say a pastor in southeast Belarus may face criminal charges after police raided his church venue during a Sunday worship service as part of a wider government crackdown on devoted believers in the autocratically-ruled former Soviet nation.
NEWS ALERT: Christians Concerned AS Ukraine’s Pro-Russian Rebels Reject Ceasefire
By Stefan J. Bos. Chief International Correspondent
KYIV, UKRAINE (BosNewsLife)-- Non-Russian Orthodox Christians in eastern Ukraine fear for their after pro-Russian separatists in the east rejected a presidential peace offer.
NEWS WATCH: US, EU Concerned Over Ukraine Peace Agreement
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
BRUSSELS/KIEV/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- The United States and the European Union have expressed caution about a new Ukraine peace agreement reached during talks in Minsk between the Russian, Ukrainian, French and German leaders. Thursday's accord includes a ceasefire starting Sunday, followed by the withdrawal of weapons, the establishment of a demilitarized zone and the exchange of prisoners.
BosNewsLife’s Latest Twitter Feeds: Russia Plane Crash Kills 71, Christians Attacked
BosNewsLife News Center in Budapest
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Here is a look at the latest Twitter Newsfeeds produced by BosNewsLife News Agency on Sunday 21:20 CET:
NEWS WATCH: Frail Chernobyl Clean-Up Workers Protest Benefit Reductions
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
BUDAPEST/KIEV (BosNewsLife)-- Thousands of veterans involved in cleaning up Ukraine's devastated Chernobyl nuclear power plant have demonstrated against cuts in benefits they receive as compensation for their exposure to radiation. The protest in Ukraine's capital, Kiev, comes just before the 25th anniversary of what is considered the worst atomic accident in history.
Azerbaijan Christians Appeal Closure Of Protestant Church
By BosNewsLife News Center in Budapest
BAKU/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Devoted Christians on Tuesday, August 14, prepared to go to Azerbaijan's Supreme Court after a lower tribunal upheld a decision to close down their Baku Greater Grace Protestant Church, adding to concerns about a reported crackdown on Protestants in Azerbaijan.