Today, Monday January 27, is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a day to remember the victims of the genocide that resulted in the annihilation of six million Jews. For 69 years ago today, Soviet troops entering Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland…
Okay, so you’d love to be with us here in New Zealand right now enjoying the southern hemisphere summer. Well, if it’s any comfort, we are experiencing the tail-end of a cyclone that ripped across the Pacific Island of Tonga…
After flying for a day and a half from Europe, you may think you have reached the ends of the earth when you land in Auckland: ‘New Zealand, the world’s last bus stop’. But no, the journey hasn’t finished yet.…
I shared the start of the New Year with almost three thousand young Europeans in exuberant dance and worship, wildly waving the flags of some of the 40 nations represented at the Mission-Net congress in Offenburg, Germany. For those from…
As we await the arrival of the New Year, perhaps enjoying a few quieter days to plan for 2014, the Greeks are getting ready to take over the presidency of the EU for the next six months. For many Europeans,…
