Easter

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Test your general knowledge with The New European’s Easter quiz. How many will you get out of 10?

His Church is assailed on all sides, its role in the modern world in question like never before. Is Pope Francis the man to meet the challenge? The central balcony of St Peter’s Basilica was empty, there were no crowds in the square below. Instead, beneath the vast cavernousness of the basilica itself, a lone […]

Test your political knowledge with The New European’s Easter politics quiz. How many will you get out of 10?

Infection rates are on the rise in Germany – but the big debate in the country right now is about Easter holidays. I have a confession: I’m writing this column on a plane from Palma de Mallorca back to Germany, ready to join the country’s heated debate about… Mallorca. The island’s tourist industry is ready to […]

Prime minister Boris Johnson is keen to relax England’s lockdown in time for Easter, reports claim. Johnson is said to be making “top secret” plans for an Easter relaxation of rules, which could – at least – allow families to mix outside again. Lockdown regulations are currently set to end on March 31 – just […]