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“The civic participation of immigrants was the theme of a seminar recently held in Lisbon. It’s the second of three international seminars approved by the European Commission with the objective of establishing the best practices in integration policy in the host countries. The objective of the Lisbon meeting was to analyse the civic participation of […]

The German humanitarian organization Missio will launch its “Schutzengel” (“guardian angel”) charity on 24 April. This year the campaign is aimed against the twin scourges of sex tourism and child prostitution. It will be significantly launched at Düsseldorf airport, partner in the event together with the LTU air company, which will distribute brochures on the […]

What link can possibly exist between physiotherapy and popular devotion? In the South of Spain, emergency physiotherapy units have to be placed on standby during the popular Easter processions to provide treatment for the injuries of members of the Confraternities, due to the physical strain of carrying the heavy statues and representations of the scenes […]

The fact that this year the Orthodox Easter coincided in date with the Catholic Easter gave rise to a series of ecumenical events aimed at bringing the two major Christian confessions in Bulgaria closer together. The most significant celebration took place in the town of Russe where, after the prayer vigil of the night before, […]

women in europe" "

Over the last fifteen years, the region of south-eastern Europe has been marked by deep – in some cases tragic – changes at the social, economic and political level in a context of political and economic transition, crisis and war. This has affected countries in various ways, i.e. through legal and illegal flows of migration, […]

20th wyd" "

The next World Youth Day (WYD) in Cologne is drawing ever nearer: the WYD Cross recently made its entry into Germany, crossing through an important symbol of this country: the Brandenburg Gate. To find out about the preparations and contents of the German WYD we interviewed Msgr. Franz-Josef Bode, bishop of Osnabrück and chairman of […]

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Abortion, the protection of children and the disabled, the campaign against the trafficking of women, the denunciation of overcrowding in prisons, the outlawing of every form of racism and xenophobia: all this is contained in the annual Report for 2003 on the situation of fundamental rights in the European Union. But the Report goes even […]

La crisi irachena, dopo la cattura degli ostaggi e l’uccisione di un ostaggio italiano, monopolizza in questi giorni l’attenzione della stampa internazionale. “Bush di fronte alla crisi irachena: stessa politica e più truppe”, è il titolo di apertura di Le Monde (15/4). Di “scacco” in Iraq parla l’editoriale nelle pagine interne, in cui si fa […]

Alla vigilia dell’allargamento, la questione dei simboli diventa di primaria importanza per l’Europa. Nel processo di integrazione, infatti, occorrono dei riferimenti condivisi che traducano in pratica il concetto di “unità nella diversità”. A questo scopo l’Unione sta cercando di valorizzare la bandiera blu con le dodici stelle, l'”Inno alla gioia”, la data del 9 maggio […]

Quattrocento giovani dai 18 ai 30 anni, provenienti dai 45 paesi membri del Consiglio d’Europa ma anche da Asia, Africa e America latina, si ritroveranno dal 5 al 9 maggio prossimi per discutere di “Europa, gioventù e mondializzazione”. L’iniziativa è promossa dal Consiglio d’Europa e si terrà nella sede di Strasburgo, con dibattiti, testimonianze e […]