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EU Commissioner for development Louis Michel awarded the “Lorenzo Natali” Prizes for journalism at a ceremony in Brussels on 17 January. Introduced by the Commission in 1992 in honour of the former Italian vice-president of the European Executive, the awards are given to journalists at the service of human rights and democracy in the developing […]

A European regulation on racism and xenophobia is approaching adoption. The current Luxembourg Presidency of the European Council has announced that it wants to submit the proposed framework decision to the Council of Ministers of the Interior and Justice in February. The parliamentary process of the measure has almost been completed, as confirmed during a […]

Eurostat – the statistics bureau of the EU – recently presented in Luxembourg a statistical study of the economic and social situation of the 254 Regions comprised by the 25 member states of the Union. The publication, which can be consulted on line on the Eurostat website http://www.eurostat.ce.eu.int, contains among other things data of GDP, […]

The General Directorate for Agriculture of the European Commission published a Report last week with the title “Prospects for the agricultural markets in the European Union 2004-2011”. Divided into three chapters (EU markets in the short term, agricultural markets and incomes in the new member states, EU markets in the medium and long term), the […]

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It’s nor rare to hear objections being mounted against the European Union regarding its competences. There are those who maintain that the EU is “ineffective” and that its role is limited to just a few sectors; in other cases the accusation mounted against the Union is exactly the opposite, pointing the finger at an excessive […]

The capital of Greece, Athens, will host the World Conference on Mission and Evangelization promoted by the World Council of Churches (WCC) from 9 to 16 May. News of the event was carried by the APIC Catholic international press agency, which also announced the participation of delegations of the Catholic Church, the Orthodox Church and […]

More violence in the streets and more alcoholism: these will be the consequences of the change in the law on the sale of wine and alcohol, according to the Christian churches of England and Wales. The Catholic church and the Protestant churches have joined forces with the British police and doctors in condemning the decision […]

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In a world of violence and poverty, disease and suffering for millions of individuals we should ask ourselves in what direction we are heading, given that the tracks that lead to the concentration camp of Auschwitz are still there”, writes the general secretary of the Conference of European Churches (CEC) in an article published in […]

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New priorities in the social policies of the European Union and dialogue between faith and science with a view to a more authentic service to society: these are the themes to which is dedicated the January number of “Europe Infos”, monthly of the Commission of the Episcopates of the European Community (COMECE) and the Catholic […]

In response to the many cases of death due to domestic violence that have occurred in Spain in recent times, the bishop of Málaga Antonio Dorado Soto has urged citizens to ask themselves “what type of values does our educational system transmit?”. Msgr. Dorado made this appeal in recent days, immediately after the discovery in […]