The Center for geostrategic studies organized 30. January in the Belgrade press center of the Association of journalists of Serbia conference on the topic:"Identifying the factors that destroy the church: who cares about faith and how to fight for its preservation?“. The organizers say that continued attacks on the traditional church and religious communities, as well as violations of people's religious rights, have become a burning problem for the international community, but that this topic is not given sufficient importance and is completely ignored by many institutions.
Ukrainian prime minister Denis Shmigal is 30. November in Constantinople for a meeting with the so-called ecumenical patriarch Bartholomew. He was accompanied by several other ministers and spiritual leaders from the controversial church structure of the "Orthodox Church of Ukraine" (PCU). The details of the meeting became known recently. The prime minister assured the patriarch of Constantinople that Kiev is ready to implement all the measures that the Patriarchate of Constantinople requires for the strengthening of the PCU.
