Is public worship a privilege or a protected right? The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has rejected a request to make it illegal for countries to restrict religious gatherings, as during the COVID pandemic.

NewsRound Europe is CNE’s news podcast. It has a bulletin with some remarkable news topics from the European continent. At the end, we have a question-and-answer session with a colleague about an article.

"Over the past 30 years, the atmosphere in Slovak society has become very harsh." So states Bishop Robert Géresi of the Reformed Christian Church of Slovakia (RCCS). He responds to the attack on Prime Minister Robert Fico.

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.

The coalition formation in Slovakia was well on its way. Now, the Christian Democratic Party may unexpectedly shake up the process.