EUROPEAN JEWISH CONGRESS-Newsletter 01-03 September 2019
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BELGIUM 
BRUSSELS MARKS 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF LIBERATION FROM NAZI OCCUPATION Around a hundred people took part in the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Brussels from Nazi occupation.
Monday, September 2, 2019
Read moreWALLONIA’S SHECHITA BAN COMES INTO EFFECT Legislation that effectively bans religious slaughter of meat for food in the Belgian region of Wallonia came into effect.
Monday, September 2, 2019
Read moreGERMANY FAR–RIGHT AFD SURGE IN ELECTIONS IN BRANDENBURG AND SAXONY Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has surged in elections in two eastern states, becoming the second biggest political force in both Brandenburg and Saxony.
Monday, September 2, 2019
Read moreGERMANY FACILITATES CITIZENSHIP FOR FAMILIES THAT FLED NAZI REGIME Germany said it will make naturalisation easier for some people, including Jews, who fled the Nazi regime because of persecution.
Monday, September 2, 2019
Read moreHUNGARY FIVE MEN TELL HUNGARIAN CANTOR AND WIFE THEY BELONG IN GAS CHAMBERS Five young men in Hungary told a Jewish community activist on the street that he and his wife they are “filthy Jews” who “belong in the gas chamber,” the alleged victims told police.
Monday, September 2, 2019
Read moreSERBIA SERBIA VOWS TO BLOCK PLAN TO TURN NAZI DEATH CAMP SITES INTO SHOPS Serbia will adopt a law to create a memorial centre in Belgrade for tens of thousands of Jews, Serbs and Roma killed by Nazis in World War II, preventing plans to redevelop two concentration camp sites into commercial space.
Tuesday, September 3, 2019
Read moreUKRAINE UKRAINE TO HELP WITH PENSION BENEFITS FOR ISRAELIS WITH UKRAINIAN ROOTS Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said his government will help paying pensions to Israelis born in the Eastern European country.
Monday, September 2, 2019
Read moreNEWS & VIEWS
YAD VASHEM MARKS 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF START OF WWII WITH ONLINE EXHIBITION The 80th anniversary of the beginning of WWII is being marked by Yad Vashem with a new online exhibition, portraying the experiences of Jewish families in those first months, when they had no way of knowing the events that were going to unfold.
Tuesday, September 3, 2019
Read moreIRANIAN JUDOKA SEEKS ASYLUM AFTER PRESSURE TO AVOID FACING ISRAELI Iranian judoka Saeid Mollaei, a hero in the Islamic Republic, has requested asylum in Germany after allegedly throwing a match against a Belgian competitor to avoid facing Israeli Sagi Muki in the final.
Monday, September 2, 2019
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