41 posts tagged “european”
This is just really interesting link to what the BBC see as the most important stories in Europe today through their website.
BBC's Most Popular European Stories
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Meanwhile, The Prague Post reported on the 28th February
"Court decisions over the years have tossed the ownership of St. Vitus, the architectural center point of Prague Castle, back and forth between the two institutions. But a Feb. 16 Supreme Court ruling reversed a lower court's October decision to hand the cathedral keys to the Catholic Church.
Zderčík said he plans to take the issue back to the Czech courts and, as a last resort, would consider going before the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France. He added that it's too early to see how the Supreme Court decision will affect the hundreds of other church properties in the Czech Republic for which legal ownership is still unresolved".
Personally I think the Church should control the Cathedral, with the help from the Government when required. However, it's wrong to intervene in eclessastical matters, in some ways this mirrors almost the purging of churches as happened in England hundreds of years ago!
Your thoughts and comments are appreciated.
Overnight two ethnic Albanians have been killed in Kosovo, following a demonstration in Pristina held by around 2,000 people. Ethnic Albanians see political changes not going far enough towards an independent Kosovo. Proposals announced by the United Nations on the 2nd February call for a self governing setup for the country with the minority Serbs gaining a certain amount of control, despite the dominant 90% ethnic Albanian population . The UN has delayed discussions on the proposal unitil February 21.