Redazione

After the debate on the problems of European integration held in the European Parliament last May and the further debate in the EP on 29 November, introduced by a report by Irish Premier Bertie Ahern, the representatives of the national parliaments and of the EP met in Brussels on 4-5 December to discuss the “Future […]

The Seventh Framework Programme for Research for the period 2007-2013, approved by the European Parliament last week, is subdivided into four specific programmes, with an overall endowment of approximately 54 billion euros. The Cooperation programme “shall promote cooperation between industry and academic research throughout Europe, to achieve leadership in key sectors of technology”. This sphere […]

Reinforcing “the global approach of the European Union to migration” and proposing “new and concrete measures to better control this phenomenon”: these are the aims of the two Communications on the mass movements of population presented by the European Commission on 30 November. “The first – explains Commission Vice-President Franco Frattini – reinforces the framework […]

Three years since its introduction, the “ecumenical Sozialwort” is more relevant than ever: the positive nature of the event was underlined during a ceremony held in the Austrian Parliament on 30 November. “Sozialwort continues to be a means of guiding social endeavour”, said the Right Rev. Maximilian Aichern, retired bishop of Linz, promoter of the […]

Tens of thousands of young people from all over Europe will converge on Zagreb from 28 December 2006 to 1st January 2007 for the 29th European Youth Meeting organized by the Taizé community. “The time has come for us to take new steps in helping to build a future of peace, with young Croatians, their […]

No funds for the children of foreigners: the decision of the Austrian Ministry of Social Affairs to cut a large part of the funds hitherto allocated to foreigners, especially “Kindergeld” (child benefits), has caused an uproar and given rise to a boom in requests for aid to such humanitarian organizations as Caritas and Aktion Leben […]

CCEE

The most significant event that characterized the last months of the CCEE was its plenary assembly (4-8 October 2006), for the first time ever held in St. Petersburg, during which the new CCEE ruling council for the five-year period 2006-2011 was elected. The new President is Cardinal Pèter Erdö, Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest and Primate of […]

FRONT PAGE

The 1st November 2006 will never be considered an historic date for Europe. Yet it could be considered a symbol of lost opportunities. For it was on that day that a European Constitution was supposed to take the place of the somewhat unsatisfactory Treaty of Nice. With the entry into force of the Constitution, the […]

LAZIO

Uno stanziamento in favore delle donne vittime di violenza e maltrattamenti di 340mila euro: è stato stabilito di recente dalla Giunta regionale del Lazio. I fondi sono destinati ai centri antiviolenza e alle case rifugio per donne e, in particolare, l’erogazione è di 35.500 euro per ogni centro di vecchia istituzione e di 20.500 euro […]

“Nel giorno dell’apostolo Andrea, incurante delle minacce arrivate, papa Ratzinger è lì vicino al patriarca ecumenico e con lui invoca la piena comunione tra le Chiese sorelle di Roma e di Costantinopoli” . Così Marco Roncalli su AVVENIRE (1/12). Dopo aver analizzato la portata della Dichiarazione congiunta, “con le attese della vigilia rispettate, anzi sopravanzate […]