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France" "

A “World Convention on Bioethics” to affirm the inviolability of human life and its dignity in a clear way in international law: the idea has been launched by the President of the French Republic, Jacques Chirac, on intervening on the 20th anniversary of the National Committee of Ethics on Sunday, 23 February. Speaking to the […]

Turkey-Cyprus" "

“Turkey is clearly in Europe”. In the view of Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople, Turkey’s membership of the European Union will permit greater respect for religious liberty. In an interview granted to the French Catholic daily “La Croix” (20 February 2003), the Patriarch, supreme spiritual authority for some 300 million Orthodox in the world, calls […]

Bosnia-Herzegovina" "

“We who experienced and are still experiencing the tragedy of war, wish to say to the whole world, in particular to the powerful of the earth: don’t take the path of war, because it’s a path of no return. Peace is the only road to follow”: one of the passages in the joint declaration signed […]

Usa-Iraq" "

“Never shall we be happy with one man pitted against the other; never shall the future of humanity be determined by terrorism and the logic of war”. The Pope’s cri de coeur on Sunday 23 February continues to reverberate also in the numerous appeals for peace made in recent days in various countries and by […]

European Churches" "

As Lent approaches – it opens on 5 March, Ash Wednesday – many initiatives of prayer and solidarity are being taken in various European countries. The international crisis and a possible war against Iraq, in particular, characterize some of them. The Pope himself took the lead on Sunday 23 February, by inviting all the faithful […]

Christian roots" "

The situation of religious education (RE) in Europe is extremely varied: in some countries it is a consolidated reality, in others – as in the countries of Eastern Europe – it is still in a phase of development. The main “innovations” in the field were discussed by the Flavio Pajer, president of the european Forum […]

ULTIMA

Un invito a tutte le parti coinvolte nella crisi ad impegnarsi “pienamente e con urgenza”, sotto l’egida Onu, “in un processo che includa la prosecuzione delle ispezioni delle armi per rendere il ricorso alla guerra non necessario” è arrivato dal card. Cormac Murphy O’Connor, arcivescovo di Westminster e dall’arcivescovo di Canterbury Rowan Williams. In un […]

La settimana da Lunedi 24 a Venerdi 28 Febbraio 2003 e’ dedicata alle riunioni dei gruppi politici ed ai collegi elettorali.

Direzione generale per le Imprese – Programma di sovvenzioni per il 2003. Per ulteriori informazioni, consultare il sito Internet della Commissione Europea http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/funding/grants/themes_2003/index.htm (GUCE C 33/8, 12/2/03); ASIA – Politica urbana – Invito apresentare proposte per il programma ASIA URBS. Termini ultimi per la presentazione delle proposte: 24/5/2003 e 4/9/2003. Per ulteriori informazioni, contattare la […]

agenda" "

Nel corso dell’ultima settimana sono entrati in vigore, tra gli altri, i seguenti atti legislativi e comunicazioni: Comunicazione della Commissione al Consiglio, al Parlamento Europeo, al Comitato economico e sociale, al Comitato delle regioni e alla Banca Centrale Europea – L’introduzione delle banconote e delle monete in euro – Un anno dopo (GUCE C 36/2, […]