Redazione

Atti vandalici nel cimitero cattolico di Chanià, nell’isola di Creta in Grecia. A denunciarli è mons. Francesco Papamanolis, vescovo di Syros, Santorini e Creta e presidente della Conferenza episcopale greca in una nota fatta pervenire al SIR, in cui dichiara che “per la terza volta il cimitero cattolico di Chanià, nell’isola di Creta è stato […]

Una lettera aperta alla nazione in occasione del 40° anniversario della legge sull’aborto (Abotion Act) approvata nel 1967. A scriverla sono stati i due presidenti delle Conferenze episcopali di Scozia e Inghilterra e Galles, card. Keith O’Brian e card. Cormac Murphy O’Connor. “La legge del 1967 – scrivono i cardinali – intendeva risolvere il problema […]

Un comunicato ufficiale per esprimere dolore ma soprattutto per invitare chi sa a parlare. Lo ha diffuso l’arcivescovo di Armagh e primate di tutta l’Irlanda, in seguito all’assassinio di Paul Quinn, un ragazzo di 21 anni nella provincia di Armagh, un autista di camion, barbaramente ucciso lo scorso sabato a colpi di spranga, da un […]

PRIMA PAGINA

L’Udc (Unione democratica di centro) si è aggiudicata quasi il 29% dei voti alle elezioni parlamentari svizzere di domenica 21 ottobre. Dopo avere svolto una campagna centrata su temi quali il rimpatrio degli “stranieri criminali” e l'”insicurezza”. Il partito del miliardario populista Christoph Blocher, ministro federale della Giustizia e dell’Ordine Pubblico, è uscito rafforzato da […]

An editorial in the French daily LE MONDE (25/10) is dedicated to the appeal for a Mediterranean Union, launched by French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Tangiers on 23 October. The paper calls it “the proposal for a step-by-step policy”, inspired by the “model of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), which, in 1950, was […]

The Euromed summit of Economic and Social Councils and Similar Institutions took place last week in Athens. The Summit was organized by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) together with the Greek government and it was focused on 4 major themes: Civil society participation in implementing the European Neighbourhood Policy Action Plans; Competitiveness and […]

Twelve Member States are the target of the EU for not having presented their national Action Plan on energy efficiency. In conformity with the Directive 2006/32 on energy efficiency and services, on 10/17 the law offices in Brussels filed infraction procedures against Belgium, Eastonia, France, Greece, Hungary, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Sweden, […]

On October 15-22 on the occasion of the World Day against Poverty, the EU Commission, in cooperation with National Governments, organized a series of parliamentary debates – held in the capital cities of new Member States – to sensitize citizens to the uprooting of poverty which figures among the pre-eminent Millennium Objectives established by the […]

In the past few days the European Commission presented an integrated Plan aimed at the fight against poverty and for the inclusion of citizens marginalized from the job market. It is an “active inclusion”, a strategic initiative included in the provisions of Europe’s Social Agenda aimed at achieving greater results in the area of social […]

EU AND TURKEY

The EU and Turkey remain at a distance. The news of gunfights, air raids and kidnapping of soldiers coming from the Iraqi borders only worsens the picture. On November 6 the Commission will take a position on the progress made by Turkey, Croatia and Macedonia towards EU accession. Sweet-sour evaluations are expected for Turkey. In […]