New subsidies law might pose threat for religious communities Sweden

The Swedish governments want to tighten grant rules for religious communities. These groups are not happy with the plans and fear, among other things, more government control.

A Christian school in Norway has to fire employees and increase student fees because of financial problems. Recently, the Norwegian government decided to reduce subsidies to private schools strongly. Therefore, Danielsen secondary school in Bergen now has a deficit of four million kroner (almost 400,000 euros).

Jehovah's witnesses in Norway disagree with the decision of the State to withdraw state subsidies from the community.