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The indicators of so-called “economic sentiment” (ESI) are sharply and continuously declining in the European Union. ESI – which reflects the general economic activity of the EU and combines evaluations and expectations registered on the basis of surveys conducted on business and consumer samples in all member states – indicates a situation of general lack […]

The new Regulation called “Brussels II” of the EU Council came into force on 1st March. It rules that “judicial decisions in terms of parental responsibility will be recognized throughout the European Union” (with the exception of Denmark) (http://europa.eu.int/comm/justice_home/ejn/parental_resp/parental_resp_ec_it.htm). The Regulation marks an important step towards the establishment of a common European space in the […]

The enormous commitment of the European Union to funding the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), especially after the enlargement to Eastern Europe, is meeting with the growing support of two thirds of EU citizens. A recent Eurobarometer survey conducted on a sample of 25,000 people in the pre-Christmas period (which can be downloaded from the website […]

Inflation shows no signs of abating in the EU countries. That’s what emerges from the latest estimates published by Eurostat, the statistics office of the European Union, according to which the rate of inflation relating to the twelve states of the eurozone rose to 2% at February 2005, against the 1.9% registered for January. The […]

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The EU institutions are in disarray in the run up to the spring meeting of the European Council (Brussels, 22-23 March), which will especially tackle economic questions, including the update of the Stability and Growth Pact and the reform of the Lisbon Strategy. STABILITY PACT: REFORM IN TROUBLE. The failure earlier this week of ECOFIN […]

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Sweden takes second place (after Norway) in the world league table in terms of “Index of human development”. Its 8,955,000 inhabitants live in a huge territory one and a half times the size of Italy. It continues to represent one of the “myths” of the welfare society at the world level: Sweden’s very high level […]

The diocese of Almería, in Andalusia, is building an ecumenical church at Vera, the first at the diocesan level and one of the few in Spain. The church will be called “Church of Our Lady of the Valley” and is the property of the Catholic Church, which is offering “hospitality open to all other confessions” […]

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Bishop Ricardo Blásquez Pérez of Bilbao (Basque Country) is the new president of the Spanish Bishops’ Conference. He succeeds Cardinal Antonio Maria Rouco Varela, archbishop of Madrid. The new vice-president is Archbishop Antonio Cañizares Llovera of Toledo. The nominations (for a three-year term) were decided in the course of the 84th general assembly (7-11 March) […]

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A Bosnian priest, who is also a weight-lifting champion – probably unique in the world – and his strenuous efforts to foster peaceful co-existence between Muslims and Christians in his land: that’s the original story of Father ANTO LEDIC , parish priest of two tiny communities lost in the mountains near Cogniz, halfway between Sarajevo […]

The Polish Church, together with other Christian denominations, has come out in opposition to a bill in favour of homosexual couples. News of the stance is carried by the APIC press agency, which reports that “in a letter signed jointly with the representatives of the other Christian churches, the Polish bishops have taken a position, […]