Catholic Church to pay €1.6 million to abuse victims but says payments ‘do not erase past’

ByAna Filipa PalmawithEuronews Published on 03/26/2026 – 15:08 GMT+1 In February 2023, the report of the Independent Commission for the Study of Child Sexual Abuse was published, which estimated that at least 4,800 children are believed to have been victims of sexual abuse within the Catholic Church in Portugal since 1950. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING This Thursday, […]

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Supreme Court fines MP who called homosexuality a ‘developmental disorder’

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Finland’s Supreme Court fined a Member of Parliament for calling homosexuality a “developmental disorder”, in a landmark ruling. Paivi Rasanen, a long-serving MP for the Christian Democratic party, was […]

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Belarus signs friendship treaty with Kim Yong Un – POLITICO

Kim responded by saying that both leaders share similar positions on international issues and slammed Western countries for their interventionist mentality. “We oppose unlawful pressure on Belarus from the West and express support and understanding for measures taken by the Belarusian leadership to ensure socio-political stability and economic development,” he said. Lukashenko and Kim are two […]

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