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Alle elezioni del 2 dicembre per il Parlamento russo, erano circa 108.000.000 i cittadini russi aventi diritto di voto. Circa il 60% dei votanti si è recato alle urne per fare la propria scelta. Tra le regioni con il più alto livello di partecipazione, possiamo citare la Repubblica Cecena (99%), il Tatarstan (84%), le regioni […]

ELECTIONS IN RUSSIA

The official results will be known December 7-8, but the outcome of Russia’s December 2 elections for the Duma, the lower Chamber of the Parliament, are those of a real and true plebiscite for Putin and for his “United Russia” party which gained over 61% of the votes. The situation was different for Garry Kasparov, […]

EU PARLIAMENT

It took many years, but finally the Fundamental Rights Charter will have a binding value for the Member States. In the Session of November 28-29 the European Parliament gave its support to the official proclamation of the document – approved in Nice in the year 2000 – so as to integrate the Lisbon Treaty as […]

ECUMENISM

In the framework of delegation exchange during respective patronal festivals (on June 29th in Rome for the celebration of Saints Peter and Paul, and on November 30th in Istanbul for the celebration of St. Andrew), Cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the Papal Council for the Unity of Christians, left to Istanbul, heading a delegation of […]

Britain’s most important chain stores and supermarkets are putting pressure on the Trade Minister John Hutton to grant the stores longer opening hours on the Sunday before Christmas. Marketing surveys have shown that this is the day when most people will do their Christmas shopping. But Sunday opening-hours in Great Britain are regulated by law. […]

“In our firm condemnation of this attack, we acknowledge once again that terrorism represents a ‘structure of sin’ and we ask the Christian communities to remain close to the victims of terrorism and to their relatives”. These were the words of the Spanish bishops read by spokesperson msgr. Martínez Camino after the mortal attack by […]

In the framework of the XX National Health Pastoral Care meeting, held in Fatima November 26-29, father Vítor Feytor Pinto, in his capacities of coordinator of works claimed that the “Portuguese Church has the duty to set up life-support Centres capable of handling different social and human discomfort situations: lone mothers, pregnant adolescents, couples with […]

CCEE

The Council of European Bishops Conferences (Ccee) has two new members. The CCEE Plenary Assembly held in Fatima at the beginning of October met the request of the archbishop of the Principality of Monaco and of the Bishop of Moldavia (diocese of Chisinau) to become part of the CCEE, which is now represented by 36 […]

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About 108 000 000 of Russian citizens had right to vote during elections on December the 2nd to Russian Parliament. About 60% of them used their right and came to make their choice. Among the regions with the highest level of participation Chechenia Republic (99%), Tatarstan (84%), Chukotka (78%), Kemerovsky and Tyumensky regions could be […]

VALLE D'AOSTA

Anche la Valle d’Aosta, dopo Emilia Romagna, Lombardia, Liguria, Provincia autonoma di Bolzano, Toscana e Veneto, ha istituito il servizio civile regionale. Il disegno di legge è stato approvato dal Consiglio regionale con voto unanime il 7 novembre scorso. Il testo è stato redatto dopo l’istituzione di un tavolo di concertazione, composto da alcuni consiglieri […]