A German pastor cycles from Holland to the south of Italy, gets in touch with local churches and raises money for three missionary projects.

On August 6, 1945, the US dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, killing about 140,000 by the end of the year, out of the 350,000 who lived in the city.

Member of Angela Merkel’s ruling party CDU breaks discipline. Frank Heinrich argues the identity of Europe cannot only be based on the Euro currency.

In Germany, SKB bank finances Free Church building projects. ‘Building churches together’ is the motto of the institution, which has supported more than 100 projects.

The EKD continues to dwindle in 2013 and 2014 while free evangelical churches experience slight gains in church attendance.

LGBT groups use Ireland’s referendum to put pressure on the government. Pro-family activists ask politicians to protect traditional marriage. 

“Catholic theology is the largest faith system and the largest Christian faith system in the world, so we need to invest a lot of energy to research it, understand it, interact with it”, argues WEA's Thomas Schirrmacher.

The German Evangelical Alliance considered that the article of well-known magazine is poor journalism and contradicts reality.

More and more people are ordering their books on the internet. 35% of Christian bookshops have disappeared in Germany in the last 20 years. 

The Comission introduces a country-by-country quota system to respond to the Mediterranean crisis. Evangelicals had asked for real solutions in recent weeks.

Some 1,500 guests attended the ecumenical service to mourn the victims of the Germanwings flight that crashed in France last month.

The co -pilot received psychotherapy treatment before getting his pilot’s licence. DNA strands of 80 of the victims have been found.

Düsseldorf prosecutors found a torn-up doctor's note, signing him off work on the day of the crash.

“Absolute silence inside the cockpit during the last 10 minutes”, said Brice Robin, Marseille prosecutor. Lufthansa president: “I would not have been able to imagine that the situation would have got even worse.”

Believers in Barcelona, Westfalia and other places express their feelings toward families: “God is with those who are in need.”

Newspapers front pages from Germany, Spain and France.

Aircraft's black box voice recorder has been recovered and contains a usable audio. European leaders have visited the crash site.

Most passengers were German tourists coming back from holidays in Spain. French President Hollande said that there are probably no survivors. Black box has been found.

Organisers of the demonstration accused the European Central Bank of "hindering" the Greek government. Cars were burnt and stones thrown at police.

Hundreds of refugees seek sanctuary in churches to avoid deportation, under the protection of an ancient custom.

The European Commission President argues that NATO is not enough, and an EU army would convince Russia the bloc is serious about defending its values.

Evi Rodemann gives details of the Mission-Net congress in December 2015. “Increasingly Europeans are aware that Europe has become a mission field again.”

The Ukraine-Russia agreement includes the removal of heavy weapons and the release of all prisoners.

Germany and France join in to close a peace deal in Minsk. Civilians seek refuge across Russian border. More than 5,000 killed in the conflict.

Human Rights Watch's 2015 report denounces issues in Croatia, Hungary, Spain, Italy, Greece, Germany, UK, Poland, Netherlands and France. “Over 155,000 people had reached EU shores, 3,000 died at sea."