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Economia in fase di miglioramento, disoccupazione in calo, inflazione sotto controllo. Qualche progresso sul versante dell'”inclusione sociale”, anche se “molto resta da fare”. E poi la necessità di riforme del mercato del lavoro e del welfare “sfruttando la ripresa”. L’Ue fa i conti con le performances produttive e commerciali, mentre si avvicina il summit di […]

ECUMENISMO

Il prossimo 12 maggio, oltre 180 tra movimenti e comunità di diverse Chiese, più di 10mila partecipanti previsti, si riuniranno a Stoccarda, in Germania, per la seconda volta (la prima, l’8 maggio 2004), a cinquant’anni dalla firma dei Trattati di Roma e nel cammino di preparazione alla terza Assemblea ecumenica europea, a Sibiu, in Romania […]

The withdrawal of a quarter of Britain’s armed forces from Iraq, announced by Blair, is commented on as follows by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (22/2): “ Basra is not Baghdad: to this simple recognition we can attribute Blair’s decision to withdraw 1600 troops from the south of Iraq in the next few months. In this […]

In the framework of the financial perspectives for the period 2007-2013, the College of Commissioners has defined the framework programme for the sector of Justice, Freedom and Security. The three key objectives will be developed on the basis of the principles of democracy, respect for rights and fundamental liberties and the rule of law, and […]

A pan-European Conference on scientific information in the digital era was held in Brussels on 15-16 February. Convened by the European Commission, it coincided with the presentation of a Communication of political nature analysing “the ways in which the new digital technologies could be used to improve access to scientific publications and data, and promote […]

Green light for the EU’s Agency of Fundamental Rights. Following the political agreement reached last December, ending a negotiating process that had lasted for over two years, the Council of EU Ministers of Justice and Internal Affairs finally adopted last week the Regulations that discipline the operation of the new Community institution. The Agency – […]

“Marine and costal dimension of climate change in Europe: report for the European water authorities”: that’s the title of the Report published by the Common Research Centre (CRC) of the European Commission and presented in Berlin during the recent conference Climate Change and European Aquatic Dimension held by the German Presidency of the EU. The […]

EU

The European economy is in a phase of improvement; unemployment is falling; inflation is under control. Some progress has also been made in terms of “social inclusion”, even if “much still remains to be done”. Reforms are needed to the labour market and to welfare, “exploiting the recovery”. These are some of the conclusions drawn […]

ECUMENISM

On the 12 May over 180 movements and communities of various Churches, and over 10,000 participants, will meet in Stuttgart, Germany, for the second time (the first was on 8 May 2004), fifty years after the signing of the Treaties of Rome and as part of the process of preparation for the Third European Ecumenical […]

Celebrations to mark the centenary of the scouting movement began on 22 February. But the key date is 1st August 2007 when all the scouts of the world will celebrate “the Scouting Sunrise”, i.e. the beginning of a new century of scouting, a hundred years since the day on which Baden-Powell began his experimental scout […]