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Distributing Bibles at the Reindeer Festival

Partners of OM EAST distribute copies of My First Bible to Nenets children on the Yamal Peninsula in northern Arctic Russia.




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Delivering Bibles before the tundra melts

OM EAST and a local partner prepare to send copies of the Right Choices Bible to the Nenets tribe on the Yamal Peninsula.




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Schoolbags for children in Muslim villages

OM EAST, in partnership with OM Bosnia, is getting ready for their annual Schoolbags Project in north-west Bosnia-Herzegovina this summer.




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Over and above what was asked

God provides for OM EAST’s Bosnia Schoolbags Project this year in special and surprising ways.




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New booklet for red light ministries

OM EAST produces a new booklet that brings a message of hope to women working in prostitution.




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Bayash studying the Bible

OM EAST is helping meet the need for Bible study booklets to help Bayash Christians grow in their faith.




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Have you ever seen the beautiful Georgian script?

OM EAST responds to the need for Christian books in the Georgian language.




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Building Bridges

Building Bridges—a name well suited for the ministry at the integration centre in the Linz area — seeks to connect Austrians, immigrants, Christians and Muslims.




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Changing the fortunes of the Bayash 

OM EAST helps bring God’s truth to a people who believe they are cursed.




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Gypsy Smith in Serbian

OM EAST is publishing Rodney “Gypsy” Smith’s autobiography to help inspire Roma believers in Serbia.




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Shared joy in Serbia

After years of work and anticipation, Gypsy Smith has been published in Serbian, a cause for rejoicing in a Roma church in Serbia.




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OM EAST and local partners raise a banner in Roma villages

This summer nearly 1,000 Roma children in Roma villages throughout Central and Eastern Europe heard the Gospel.




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Building bridges in Graz

OM Austria has worked with immigrants for 10 years in the "Building Bridges" Team. In 2016, the team will begin working with refugees in Graz.




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Turkey outreach with OM Building Bridges

The OM Austria Building Bridges team gains valuable experience during a short term trip to Turkey.




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Participants share about refugee outreach in Austria

Thirteen participants from all over the world spent a week getting to know and supporting the refugee work in Linz. Six share about their experiences.




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Building bridges with "Building Bridges"

Short-termer Elizabeth from the USA shares some of her experiences working with the Building Bridges Team in Linz, Austria for a month.




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Beyond the Easter bunny

In partnership with local churches, a team shared the good news of Easter through music with all kinds of people in Austria.




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Tennis Scotland deliver £12m boost to build on Murray legacy

THE Murray window is closing but Tennis Scotland appear to be diving through it just in time. Failing to adequately capitalise on the ongoing successes of Andy and Jamie has been a long-time frustration of the family, with mum Judy vehement in her criticism of the governing bodies for their inertia.




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Tim Henman optimistic about future of Scottish tennis

TIM HENMAN believe the recent investment in Scottish tennis can help improve the game in this country, and the former British number one admits he is hugely impressed with some of the young talent being produced across the UK, in particular Scotland’s Aidan McHugh, the 19-year-old who has recently ventured into the senior ranks.




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Tim Henman: Andy Murray's comeback attempt is unprecedented

ANDY MURRAY has had a bumpy ride over the past couple of years, undergoing hip surgery, staging a comeback which saw him win his first title in two years before another injury setback has seen him sidelined since the tail-end of last year.




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Open Fun Football Schools

We find out about a life-changing scheme in Bosnia and Herzegovina.




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U21s a boon to grassroots

We investigate the impact at grassroots level that hosting the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship finals will have in Denmark and also in Israel in 2013.




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Germany's World Cup boost

Willi Hink from the German Football Association tells us how the FIFA Women's World Cup will boost girls' football in Germany.




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Brooking applauds initiative

Sir Trevor Brooking hails a special second annual UEFA Grassroots Day.




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Gothenburg's fields of dreams

We visit the world's biggest grassroots tournament.




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Slovenia's Roma clubs

We find out about the importance of equal opportunities for Roma players in Slovenian football.




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KNVB talent identification

We investigate the system the Dutch use to unearth new talent.




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Poland ready for grassroots boom

We discover the grassroots impact of co-hosting UEFA EURO 2012 for Poland.




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Dutch football's unsung hero

We find out why 2011 UEFA Best Grassroots Leader, John de Looze, is so valued at the KNVB.




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FYROM celebrates UEFA Grassroots Day

We round up a busy fortnight of UEFA Grassroots Day activities in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.




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GB hockey star Alan Forsyth auctions prized memorabilia for NHS

THE first cap is the sweetest. For hockey player Alan Forsyth it came on October 19, 2015: Great Britain versus Argentina at Bisham Abbey. He scored on his debut, too, teed up by fellow Scot Chris Grassick after 28 minutes.




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Clubs existing on borrowed money are on borrowed time

IT’S becoming a real bore that our main sporting authorities, particularly the Scottish Football Association, the Scottish Professional Football League and the Scottish Rugby Union, continue to get in a fankle over the way to end the 2019-20 season.




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The story of the Chicago Black Sox scandal

ONE of the biggest sporting scandals of all time was just about to erupt in the USA 100 years ago this month. It was in the spring of 1920 that a persistent rumour engulfed the Chicago White Sox baseball team.




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Kyle Coetzer frustrated by Scotland's cricket shutdown

THE irony that the recent weather would have been ideal for the start of the domestic cricket season is not lost on Kyle Coetzer.




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Georgia Adderley keen to hold court again after weeks of battering living-room walls

WHILE almost every athlete has been affected by the global shutdown of sport, it is perhaps the old and the young who are feeling it the most.




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A family affair: Why Jake Wightman went to Seb Coe for advice

SUCCESS in athletics can often be a family affair. Scots such as Callum Hawkins and Eilish McColgan have thrived under the tutelage of their parents, while track star Jake Wightman is another who has preferred to turn to his family to coach him to success on the track.




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Thrown a curveball: Gus Mackay on navigating Scottish cricket through Covid-19 crisis

GUS MACKAY was full of good intentions when he agreed to become Cricket Scotland’s new chief executive last October.




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More than two million passengers at Berlin airports in January / Passenger numbers decline as expected

As expected, the number of passengers at Berlin airports fell in January. Tegel and Schönefeld dealt with a total of 2,252,265 passengers, 6.9% fewer than in the same month last year.




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ABCD becomes KLMQ / Launch of BER leads to a renaming of terminal sections at Schönefeld Airport

When Berlin Brandenburg Airport is put into operation at the end of October 2020, Schönefeld Airport will become Terminal 5 (T5) of BER. In order to avoid duplicate names of terminal sections, gates and car parks at BER, the building and car park infras...




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Air traffic in Berlin is declining / Berlin Airports in a deficit in February

The expected consolidation in the aviation market has also arrived in Berlin. At the same time, the worldwide spread of the coronavirus is having an impact on the Berlin airports.




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Supervisory Board sets the course for after BER opening / New Chief Human Resources Officer appointed/Business plan agreed

Against the backdrop of the global corona crisis and a collapse in flight operations, the Supervisory Board today set the important course for the development of the airport company after commissioning BER.




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Shareholders support FBB and recognise business plan / Application for temporary closure of Tegel is postponed until after Easter

Following yesterday´s Supervisory Board meeting and the meeting on 19 March 2020, yesterday´s FBB shareholders’ meeting dealt with the results of the meeting and confirmed its main decisions. The shareholders recognised the business plan approved by th...




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Drastic decline in passenger numbers at Tegel and Schönefeld in March 2020 / Impacts of the corona pandemic have become dramatically worse

Berlin’s airports are recording a drastic slump in passenger numbers. In March, a decline in passengers of 64.7 percent was recorded at Tegel and Schönefeld for the whole month. However, the number of passengers has continued to fall significantly over ...




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Fire safety and evacuation exercise at BER postponed until summer / No effect on commissioning

In light of the regulations on hygiene and gatherings in connection with the global corona pandemic, a fire safety and evacuation exercise, which was scheduled to take place on 29 April in Terminal T1 and the BER railway station, has been postponed yest...




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Passenger terminal at BER approved for use / Dahme-Spreewald administrative district grants approval

The Dahme-Spreewald administrative district’s local building inspection authority confirmed the completion of the passenger terminal (Terminal 1) at BER following completion of the construction work.




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Ainsley Harriott: Has there ever been a happier man on TV?

Lauren Taylor catches up with the popular TV chef, after he explores the Med for his new show and cookbook.




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Food: The sourdough loaf recipe you won't be able to live without

James Morton's pave rustique recipe will likely become a lockdown favourite, says Ella Walker.




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Opinion: Struan Stevenson: As Iraq's corrupt elite squabble, young protesters could sweep them away

IRAQ’S prime ministerial merry-go-round continues to spin apace. Spy chief Mustafa al-Kadhimi, director of the country’s National Intelligence Service, is now the third prime minister designate this year, following the withdrawal of the two previous prospective candidates.




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Shots fired on Korean border

South Korea says its troops have exchanged fire with North Korea along their tense land border.




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Donald Trump says coronavirus vaccine will be developed ‘by the end of this year’

US President Donald Trump has told a town hall meeting that he thinks a coronavirus vaccine will be developed “by the end of this year”.