Europe

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife BUDAPEST/WASHINGTON (BosNewsLife)-- Millions of Christians from Vancouver to Vladivostok were praying Sunday, November 8, for persecuted Christians, amid reports of increased repression in several countries around the world.

By BosNewsLife News Center in Budapest SOFIA/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Bulgaria's government is planning to appeal a ruling of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), which found Bulgaria guilty of violating religious rights of over 100 Bulgarian Orthodox priests, bishops and lay-workers, who were violently thrown out of their churches, BosNewsLife learned Monday, March 23.

Listen to the shorter BosNewsLife News version story via Vatican Radio:  By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife KYIV/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Ukrainian Christians continued to pray around the clock in a special prayer tent at the capital Kyiv's  Independence Square where as many as 200,000 people rallied Sunday, December 15, against the government and for European Union integration.

Eric Leijenaar, BosNewsLife Senior Special Correspondent SEOUL/AMSTERDAM (BosNewsLife)-- Thousands of North Korean Christians have received food and Christian education from a major Western organization, despite fresh attempts by North Korea's leadership to crackdown on foreign aid, BosNewsLife established Wednesday, March 18.

By BosNewsLife News Center ROME, ITALY (BosNewsLife)-- Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi canceled a trip to Russia and declared a state of emergency after a powerful early morning earthquake in central Italy killed scores of people and left many people injured and tens of thousands of people homeless.

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife SREBRENICA/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- An estimated 40,000 people gathered in Srebrenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina on Monday to mark the 16th anniversary of Europe's worst civilian massacre since World War II. The remains of 613 victims only recently dug up and identified were reburied as part of Monday's commemoration.

By BosNewsLife News Center LONDON, BRITAIN (BosNewsLife)-- A church in southwestern England planned to celebrate Friday's  wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton with a difference by inviting local married couples to renew their vows.

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife BELGRADE/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- The lawyer for war-crimes suspect Ratko Mladic has warned that the former general has serious health problems and could die before the start of his trial on genocide charges. Attorney Milos Saljic said he would therefore appeal the planned extradition of Mladic to the Netherlands-based U.N. War Crimes Tribunal.

By BosNewsLife News Center TOULOUSE, FRANCE (BosNewsLife)-- The man held responsible for killing a rabbi and three young children at a Jewish school in France and three French paratroopers has died after jumping from a window while "shooting" at police, French authorities confirmed Thursday, March 22.