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ECUMENISM

Greece: the last farewell to ChristodoulosOn January 31st, Greece and Europe bid the last farewell to Most Blessed archbishop Christodoulos of Athens, Primate of the Orthodox Church in Greece, who died on January 28 after 7 painful months of suffering. He was given full honor State funerals. Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I led the […]

SPAIN

“We only ask freedom and respect in proposing our views. We don’t want anyone to feel they are being called into question nor do we want our words to be understood as an offence or a danger to the freedom of others. We sincerely intend to contribute to the spiritual enrichment of our society, to […]

Portugal: one-way solidarity?The proposal to extend school hours in primary school reducing subsidies to leisure activity Centres (Atl) is the object of public debate between the Portuguese government on the one side, and Mercy Institutes supported by Social solidarity private institutions on the other. According to data issued by these organisations’ National Federation, (Cnis), “out […]

SERBIA

“It is through strong participation” in the presidential election that “the Serbians have not only re-elected Boris Tadic, but also granted his support to the country’s bent for Europe”. Hans-Gert Poettering comments the result of the election that took place in Serbia. In this way, adds the president of the European Parliament, “the voters expressed […]

SERBIA

The electoral runoff between the leader of the Serb Radical party Tomislav Nikolic and that of the Democratic Party Boris Tadic resulted in a win for the latter. Tadic took 50.5% of the votes and was thus confirmed, on 3 February, as the President of the Republic of Serbia. The pro-European Tadic won with a […]

FRONT PAGE

We must put and end to “every kind of segregation” and to the “racist attacks” that gypsy populations are exposed to in Europe. The “anti-gypsy” sentiment is still widespread in the old continent and the growing “fear” towards “walkers”, often fuelled by the media, gives rise to recurring mistreatments by member states, the police, local […]

A meno di sei mesi dall’inizio della Gmg, la Chiesa australiana allarga sempre più le sue braccia per accogliere le decine di migliaia di giovani che hanno scelto di passare alcuni giorni (10-14 luglio) nelle diocesi locali che, a loro volta stanno allestendo ricchi programmi di accoglienza fatti di preghiera, cultura, folclore e tradizione.Nel nome […]

CALABRIA

Una raccolta di normative in materia di istruzione, cultura e beni culturali. È la proposta di legge predisposta, nei giorni scorsi, dal presidente del Comitato per la qualità e fattibilità delle leggi della Regione Calabria. Si tratta del “Testo unico in materia di istruzione, cultura e beni culturali”, assegnato alla I Commissione regionale per l’esame […]

RASSEGNA DELLE IDEE

“I polacchi sono ormai abbastanza grandi per potersi guardare allo specchio, non sempre limpido, della propria storia” afferma Jan Zaryn , noto storico dell’Istituto nazionale della memoria a Varsavia. Sul portale www.wiara.pl è stata pubblicata di recente una sua critica del libro di Jan T. Gross, ora tradotto in polacco, ma pubblicato negli Stati Uniti […]

SYDNEY 2008

Insieme a svizzeri (cfr SIR Europa 64/2007), norvegesi (SIR Europa 73/2007), inglesi (SIR Europa 78/2007), olandesi, italiani e bulgari (SIR Europa 1/2008), ci saranno anche giovani lituani e ungheresi tra i partecipanti internazionali alla prossima Giornata mondiale della gioventù di Sydney (15-20 luglio). Non si tratta di grandi numeri, ma di piccole delegazioni, che tuttavia […]