A bowl of liquid and a rock-hard hunk of bread. That was pastor Lavooij’s daily breakfast when he was imprisoned in Czechoslovakia for two months for smuggling Bibles and other reading material.

Homes destroyed. Belongings swept away. Loved ones missing. That is the reality this week after massive water floods in many parts of Central Europe.

More and more kids Czechia receive homeschooling. So are Jitka Evanova's children. This has been the way to let the twins flourish, writes Jitka just before twins go to a real school for secondary education.

Many had expected that Czechia would embrace entire same-sex marriage. However, the parliament only extends the existing partnership for homosexual couples. The decision shows that even in a secular country such as the Czech Republic, homosexuals do not have a self-evident monopoly.

A child should grow up with his mother. That’s the theory. But in the real world, some new mothers are in panic and try to hide their baby. That is where the baby hatch seems to be an outcome. The number of them is growing in Europe.