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Undici diocesi spagnole hanno deciso di “andare al cinema”. In Spagna da quattro anni si svolge la Settimana del cinema spirituale rivolto ai giovani, che quest’anno per la prima volta vede coinvolte undici diocesi del Paese, tra cui Barcellona, Bilbao, Toledo, Avila. Promossa dall’organizzazione Signis Spagna – nata di recente – sul tema “Con te” […]

Le direttive alle diocesi tedesche sul Motu proprio, il sinodo dei vescovi di Roma e il Katholikentag di Osnabrück previsti per il 2008, il dibattito sugli abusi sessuali da parte di religiosi, la solidarietà alle vittime dei nubifragi in Africa, la posizione dei vescovi sulla Turchia: questi sono solo alcuni dei temi discussi dall’assemblea plenaria […]

A Communication on adult education was adopted by the Commission in recent days. It asks member states to step up their collaboration with Brussels to support – also through adequate investments – the EU plan of action for adult education and training with the objective of “removing the barriers to the involvement of adults in […]

During the European Forum on Culture (Lisbon, 26-28 September) Eurobarometer presented the results of its survey on the cultural values of Europeans conducted in the 27 member countries of the EU on a sample of 26,755 citizens between 14 February and 18 March 2007. The answers of the interviewees show that two Europeans out of […]

“Have your say" is the title of the blog (http://forums.ec.europa.eu/multilinguism/it) inaugurated last week by the European Commissioner for multilingualism, Leonard Orban, on his own website. The initiative is part of the process of consultation on multilingualism, which is now being opened to the public at large, now that the phase of dialogue with governments, national […]

EUROPE AND CULTURE

“The notions of secularism and religion constitute two key elements of the European heritage. They are useful indicators for all those who are interested in better understanding the diversity and specificity of the cultural area of Europe”, declared TRAGOTT SCHOEFTHALER , of the Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for dialogue between cultures, based in Alexandria in […]

Various comments in the German press are devoted to the positive outcome of the summit between North and South Korea. Thus, Till Fähnders ( FRANKFURTER RUNDSCHAU – 4/10) writes, under the title: “Korea’s 3rd of October”, with evident reference to the historic date of German reunification, “Less than a year after the terror aroused by […]

The first “structured dialogue” between EU institutions and European and national associations of local communities on flexibility and security on the labour market was held at the seat of the Committee of the Regions in Brussels on 28 September, at the request of the European Commission. Over a hundred representatives of European organizations participated in […]

COMECE

“European labour markets are faced by various urgent challenges: first of all, unemployment”, followed by the crisis of “some traditional activities” and “segmentation” that leads “to the co-existence of highly skilled and unskilled workers, workers who are protected and those wholly deprived of any protection”, says JOANNA LOPATOWSKA in the September number of “Europe infos”, […]

FRANCE

“I sincerely hope my stay in this country, and my meeting with the bishops and the faithful of the Catholic Church in France will be fruitful and contribute to the progress of dialogue between Orthodox and Catholics, in Europe and in the world”, declared Alexei II, Patriarch of Moscow and of all the Russias, in […]