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January 15, 2010:
 The January-February issue of the "Gute Nachrichten" magazine is mailed to 6722 readers in 20 European countries. This is another new record high for "Gute Nachrichten" circulation, representing a 1.6 percent increase over the last issue and a 21.8 percent increase over the January-February 2010 issue. The circulation goal for 2010 is 7000 subscribers by the end of the year.
January 10, 2010: For the year 2009 The Vereinte Kirche Gottes ["UCG-Germany"] distributed a total of 51,990 publications in the German language. The booklets requested most often were "Nach dem Tode – was dann?" ["What happens after death?], "Jesus Christus: Die wahre Geschichte" ["Jesus Christ: The true story"] and the reprint "Die apokalyptischen Reiter" ["The four horsemen of the apocalypse"]. January 5, 2010: The Vereinte Kirche Gottes ["UCG-Germany"] completes a website redesign with a fixed width display and a background graphic for its Gute Nachrichten [German "Good News"] website. |
What's new in Germany & Europe?News & views
about a continent soon to
December 21, 2009: After a referendum in Ireland and court cases in Germany and the Czech Republic, the EU treaty of Lisbon went into effect this month. It provides a streamlined process for EU decision-making after 2014. Will it also enable a "two-speed" Europe? Read more »
December 1, 2009: The German Constitutional Court has upheld the "store closing law" and its special protection of Sunday as a work-free day. The court sided with the Lutheran and Catholic churches, which had challenged a liberalization on the ban in Berlin. Read more » November 4, 2009: A European Court of Human Rights has banned the display of crucifixes in Italian public classrooms. Some Catholics now wonder why Muslim religious symbols are not banned. At its core, the debate centers on Europe’s religious identity and heritage. Read more » October 20, 2009: Pope Benedict has approved a document outlining a process for disaffected Anglicans to convert to Catholicism. The surprise move confirms what some observers see as the meaning of the ecumenical movement as far as the Roman Catholic church is concerned. Read more » |