Poles, Africans, Gays – begone!
Although there is a dramatic shortage of clergymen in Belgium, the bishop of Bruges and the new (and already controversial) archbishop of Brussels do not wish to hire priests who come from Poland. According to Dutch newspaper Trouw the transition from rather religious Poland to secularized Belgium would be too much of a shock. “The priests wil be disillusioned”, says archbishop André-Joseph Léonard. Nor do they want to recruit Africas. Says Bishop of Bruges Roger Vangheluwe: “African priests would be more useful in their home countries. And what would be their motives? Saving our church or just coming over to Belgium for a better life?”. According to La Libre Belgique, nor are gays welcome according to the new head of Belgian church: Mgr Leonard recently stirred up controversy by saying that homosexuality is "not normal", just as anorexia "is not within the logic of appetite".
In a time of crisis with high unemployment, young Lithuanians are following in the footsteps of their emigrant ancestors. Tens of thousands have left the country in search of a better life, mainly in the British Isles and Scandinavia. The weekly Veidas reports: 
Two camps, two theories, and two visions of France: 18 years after the massacre of 800,000 Tutsis, the precise role played by Paris is still the subject of heated debate, fueled by the findings of successive criminal investigations. 
Agree to new austerity measures or risk being kicked out of the eurozone: that’s the alternative presented to Athens on the day the euro group is meeting. It’s a situation Greek politicians have failed to avoid, regrets To Vima.