Category Policy areas

Lithuania’s opposition Social Democratic Party won parliamentary elections on Sunday, pushing out Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė and her incumbent Homeland Union — Lithuanian Christian Democrats. “The results are great,” Social Democrats (LSDP) leader Vilija Blinkevičiūtė told reporters at the party’s…

Tensions caused by the Catholic Church’s response to sexual abuse committed by priests are casting a dark cloud over Pope Francis’ ongoing trip to Belgium. Historical sexual abuse by the Catholic clergy in Belgium exploded into public view in 2023…