Redazione

In the framework of the Action Plan “Legislating better” aimed at making EU law more transparent and accessible, the Official Publications Office of the European Union in Luxembourg has made available on the website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/it/legis/avis_consolidation.htm) the complete corpus of secondary legislation, otherwise known as the complete corpus of secondary legislation, otherwise known as acquis communautaire […]

Halfway through the “European Year (2007) of Equal Opportunities for Everyone”, the European Commission has launched a public consultation on line to gauge public opinion on all forms of discrimination at the national and European levels. The consultation – which is due to end on 15 October – is intended to gather the opinions and […]

EP

Democracy, peace, the fight against poverty and disease, international solidarity: with some recent interventions the European Parliament in Strasbourg has appealed to the EU and its 27 member states to pay greater attention to, and intervene more effectively in, the global scene. IS THE EU THE FUTURE OF UKRAINE? Parliament first considered the situation that […]

FAMILY

“As a result of divorces, abortions, declining births, ageing of the population and inadequate policies of support, the monogamous family risks disappearing from the continental panorama”, says the report on the evolution of the family in Europe 2007″, drawn up by the European network of the Institute of Family Policy (IPF, www.ipfe.org). The report, also […]

BULGARIA

There are over 30,000 drug addicts in Bulgaria. The reasons that forced them into drugs are various, and unfortunately many of them will never succeed in freeing themselves from this dependence. The State, for its part, does not provide many opportunities for treatment: there are specialized psychiatric clinics and those that use the methadone method, […]

ECUMENISM

Promoted by the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the 2nd Conference of Orthodox Youth was held in Istanbul from 11 to 16 July on the theme “Members of the Church – Citizens of the world”. 900 youth from all the eparchies of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in the world took part in it. The participants included youth from sister […]

Dutch youth are being offered no less than four travel options to enable them to participate in the next World Youth Day (WYD) in Sydney, Australia, in 2008 (15-20 July), as reported by the secretariat of the Catholic Church in Holland. The various travel packages are being organized by Jong Katholiek, the youth association of […]

Combating unemployment and improving opportunities for training and prospects for life: these are the objectives of “Work Opportunities”, a new youth fund instituted by the Bishop of Augsburg Walter Mixa and presented in the Bavarian city in recent days. With 3 million euros available, operating in synergy between diocese, ecclesiastical associations and parishes, the aim […]

During the plenary assembly taking place in Vehlerad at the beginning of the month, the bishops approved a declaration on the persecution of Christians. “We, bishops of the Czech Republic, join the Pope and the pastors of local Churches in appealing to governments and politicians in all the countries in which the Christians suffer oppression […]

The plenary assembly of the Czech Episcopal Conference (CBK), held at Velehrad, ended with a press conference on 4 July. At the meeting the bishops of the Czech Republic drafted a declaration on the persecution of Christians. “We believe it is impossible for us to remain silent”, said the President of the CBK, the Right […]