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The first European conference on the “hydrogen revolution” was held in Brussels in recent days, followed by the first general Assembly of the European Platform for hydrogen and fuel cells. The European Commission has in fact decided to speed up the timetable for the achievement of the strategic objective of reducing energy dependence on fossil […]

The “Report on the repercussions of the sex industry in Europe” is due to be submitted to the vote of the Commission of women’s rights and equal opportunities of the European Parliament in mid-February. The final vote on the report is scheduled to take place in Strasbourg in March. The overriding concern is to adopt […]

Contacts between the newly-appointed Secretary General of NATO, Hopp Scheffer, and EU High Representative for Foreign Policy and Common Security, Javier Solana, began last week, with a view to the “European Union’s possible taking over of the SFOR Stabilization Force in Bosnia at the latest by the end of the year”. The deal would be […]

According to UNHCR, 465,000 asylum applications were submitted in Europe in 2002. Of these, 381,000 were presented in EU member states. The European country that received most applications was the United Kingdom, with 110,00 applications, followed by Germany with 71,000 and France with 51,000; 7281 requests were presented in Italy, the only European country in […]

right of asylum " "

The entry into the European Union of ten new countries could lead to a growth in applications for political asylum, situations of irregularity and the bureaucratic problems arising from them. Consequently, EU capacity to tackle the practical difficulties needs to be reinforced in advance. A series of proposals, including the establishment of an EU Asylum […]

poland " "

In the long tradition that has led Poland from the Communist regime to entry into the European Union, the Catholic Church has played a primary role at the moral, cultural and social level. As the date approaches when the largest Eastern European country will officially become a member of the EU (1st May 2004), Msgr. […]

france " "

Paris, Berlin, Brussels. But also Washington and Montreal. Muslims have demonstrated in recent days against the French law that bans religious signs in schools, and in particular the Islamic headscarf. Some 20,000 demonstrated in Paris, thousands in Berlin, but – explains the rector of the Paris mosque Dalil Boubakeur – the protest did not express […]

cultural heritage " "

The Christian roots of Europe, much debated with regard to the European Constitution in the process of being drafted, are embodied by the artistic heritage present in all the states of the old continent: an essential, though perhaps not adequately fostered, component of the very identity of the European peoples. We asked for an opinion […]

Allarme saturazione per Internet. Il numero di indirizzi della rete sta infatti rapidamente raggiungendo la cifra di 4 miliardi, limite massimo consentito dall’attuale sistema di gestione Ipv4, in vigore da trent’anni. Si calcola che già nel 2005 non sarà più possibile creare nuovi siti on-line. Per aumentare la disponibilità di indirizzi Internet e per evitare […]

Si è svolta nei giorni scorsi a Bruxelles la prima conferenza europea sul tema della “rivoluzione dell”idrogeno”, cui ha fatto seguito la prima Assemblea generale della Piattaforma europea per l’idrogeno e le pile a combustibile. La Commissione ha infatti deciso di stringere i tempi per il conseguimento dell’obiettivo strategico di ridurre la dipendenza energetica dai […]