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EU COMMISSION

The Commission explicitly speaks of "recession", even if "mild", and with some "signs of stabilization": the interim economic forecasts, presented in Brussels on 23 February, confirm that the crisis at the continental level is not yet behind us. In 2012 GDP will remain at zero percent in the 27-member Union, while in the euro area […]

Youth unemployment: Action teams in 8 states On February 24 will end the "Action teams" meetings with representatives of Italy, Ireland, Greece, Portugal, Latvia, Spain, Lithuania and Slovakia – the 8 EU States with highest unemployment – tabled by the European Commission to identify measures to combat youth unemployment. The team of experts were agreed […]

CHURCHES IN BRIEF

Germany: German Churches on Gauck’s nominationGerman Churches warmly welcomed the appointment of new president of the Republic Joachim Gauck. Evangelist theologian Gauck "owns good requisites for the high office and is much trusted by the population", declared Nikolaus Scheider, president of the Council of the German Evangelic Church: it was written by Austrian Catholic press […]

CHURCHES IN BRIEF

Portugal: Fátima, for the humanization of society In the Lenten message titled "Following the path of faith for the humanization of society" the bishop of Leiria-Fátima, Msgr. António Marto, invited all Christians "to awaken from a state of spiritual anaesthesia", underlining that the upcoming liturgical period "must revive within our hearts the longing for God […]

COUNCIL OF EUROPE

"Children do have full rights, just like any adult. And precisely because they are weak and defenceless, their fundamental rights should be greater". On February 15 the Council of Europe adopted a four-year plan (2012-2015) for the protection of minors. The strategy, that lies within the framework of the programme "Building a Europe for and […]

SLOVAKIA

"Balance between the good of individual and the common good, respect for basic human rights and freedom, principles of solidarity and subsidiarity". These are the main pillars that the Catholic Church in Slovakia has been trying to establish within the frame of relations with the state. According to the bishops, it has particular importance before […]

GREECE

"The population don’t understand what’s happening. It’s hard to have a clear picture of the situation on the basis of the press, Internet, TV, and radio reports. But one thing is certain: our people have had enough and poverty is increasing day after day". The news of the adoption of the second EU aid package, […]

ABRUZZO

È stata approvata dal Consiglio regionale dell’Abruzzo la legge per l’attuazione della disciplina nazionale delle associazioni di promozione sociale. La legge, presentata dall’assessore alle Politiche sociali, Paolo Gatti, e dal presidente della V Commissione consiliare della Regione, Nicoletta Verì, fa sì che si riconosca anche in Abruzzo la funzione sociale del Terzo settore e definisce […]

LOMBARDIA

Il Fattore famiglia debutta in Lombardia. Nei giorni scorsi il Consiglio regionale, al termine di una lunga seduta notturna, ha approvato le modifiche alle due leggi regionali, del 2003 e del 2008, che riguardano i servizi alla persona e sociosanitari, introducendo in questo modo una serie di misure che dovrebbero garantire una maggiore equità ai […]

IMMIGRAZIONE

Una sentenza definita "storica". Tutte le organizzazioni umanitarie, ma anche le istituzioni europee, plaudono alla sentenza della Corte europea per i diritti umani di Strasburgo, che ha condannato oggi l’Italia per i respingimenti in mare verso la Libia. L’Italia è stata condannata a versare un risarcimento di 15 mila euro più le spese a 22 […]