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“Europe disillusioned”: that’s the front-page headline carried by the Herald Tribune (6/7), that interprets the current political situation of the European Union as characterized by the “public anger, both on the left and the right,” felt by citizens towards the leaders of their respective countries. “The situation – explains Richard Bernstein in his editorial -, […]

The time has come to assess the progress of the European Year of Education through Sport 2004. Only a few days after the approval of the Constitutional Treaty that raises sport to the rank of EU competence (art. 182, “Education, culture and sport”), the EU Commissioner Viviane Reding presented an assessment of the first six […]

The Council of Europe has given a positive response to the “request for international aid” made by the UNO for the reconstruction of Iraq. With a Resolution adopted at the end of June following an emergency debate, the parliamentary Assembly (which brings together the representatives of the national parliaments of the 45 member states) announced […]

Forty-seven Europeans out of every hundred place work at the top of their concerns. That’s the result of a survey conducted by the Commission on a sample of 9,000 citizens in eight countries of the European Union. The finding reflects the recent Eurostat data, according to which the unemployment rate in the EU shows no […]

That’s the address of the new website launched by the European Commission at the end of June with the aim of “supporting the development of renewable energy sources and promoting energy efficiency, thanks to the new technologies of “information and communication”. The portal – managed by the Commission’s General Directorate for transport and energy and […]

The Patriarchate of Moscow has serious misgivings about the possibility of Turkey becoming a member state of the European Union. So says a statement put out by the Department of Foreign Relations of the Patriarchate in response to a “discussion paper” drafted by the CEC (Conference of the European Churches that represents 124 Orthodox, Protestant, […]

In a joint communiqué, the German Churches, in the person of the representative of the Council of the German Evangelic church (EKD), Stephan Reimers, and of Karl Jüsten, director of the relevant commission of the German bishops, have welcomed the approval of the new law on immigration by the Bundestag (German federal parliament). The Churches […]

The Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church has condemned Harry Potter, the fictional and cinematic character loved by millions of children throughout the world, famous because magic is at the centre of all his adventures. The question has aroused a heated debate in Bulgarian society and in the press. “The adventures of Harry Potter […]

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In a letter of reproof to the prime minister Tony Blair, the archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, primate of seventy million Anglicans worldwide, accuses Tony Blair of “double standards” and maintains that the government risks losing the trust of the population due to the way in which Iraqi prisoners have been treated. “There is also […]

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Scholars from all over the continent are due to meet in Italy to discuss European religious history. That is the aim of the 26th week of reflection and discussion promoted by the Paul VI Ambrosian Foundation, which this year will review the past and present of Croatia and Slovenia, after having done the same for […]