11 October 2013
The official monopoly over all religious activity by communities of the five state-backed religious headquarter bodies is gradually being eroded.... Read more
Topic: registration
30 April 2003
The two churches refused registration as an association under Latvia's religion law – the Confessional Lutheran Church and the Autonomous... Read more
03 April 2003
Not only parishes of the True Orthodox Church, but those of the Belarusian Autocephalous Orthodox Church have been denied the... Read more
03 April 2003
Fr Leonid Plyats, priest of the True Orthodox parish of St John of Kronstadt near Minsk, told Forum 18 News... Read more
19 October 2002
A True Orthodox parish in the Belarusian capital Minsk has lodged a complaint to the Council of Ministers over the... Read more
05 July 2002
Under Estonia's new law on churches and congregations, which came into force on 1 July, responsibility for registering religious organisations... Read more
02 July 2002
Despite the expiry today of the deadline for the Moldovan government to pay compensation ordered by the European Court of... Read more
01 July 2002
Muslims challenge denial of registration
Moldova's three thousand strong Muslim community has lodged a challenge at the European Court of Human... Read more
02 June 2002
Moldova's True Orthodox community has welcomed its 29 May victory in the Supreme Court in the Moldovan capital Chisinau over... Read more
19 April 2002
Estonia's Interior Ministry has finally registered the branch of the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) in the Baltic state, ending... Read more