Orthodox church
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Romania-Greece
Orthodox church at the gates of purgatory
9 November 20115România libera Bucharest -
26 September 20115Le Monde Paris
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Moldova
Happy Hanukkah, Borat style
14 December 2009PresseuropTimpul -
Moldova
Christmas with the Europeans
30 November 2009PresseuropJurnal de Chisinau -
24 November 20091To Ethnos Athens
In Bucharest and in Athens, the exacerbation of the economic crisis has undermined public tolerance for the privileges enjoyed by the Orthodox Church. If things do not change, warns România Liberă, the organisation runs the risk of paying a heavy cultural tribute. 
As the country struggles with the crisis and its consequences, the assets of the Orthodox Church have yet to be affected by the government’s stringent austerity measures. Le Monde reports on a taboo that protects the Church’s close links with the state and the clergy’s influence on public policy. 
In response to a major public spending deficit, Greece's socialist government wants to impose a tax on the assets of the country's Orthodox Church, the Church of Greece (CoG). But the powerful institution, which is Greece's largest property owner and a state within the state, has turned a deaf ear to the government's demands.