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EUROPEAN AUDIOVISUAL FESTIVALS – Programme Media Plus — Development, distribution and promotion (2001-2005) — Implementation of the programme of support to the development, distribution and promotion of European audiovisual works — Tender for bids 02/2003 — Support to the promotion and access to the market in the sector of actions aimed at establishing networks of […]

The Commissions of the European Parliament will meet in Brussels from Monday 17 to Thursday 20 February 2003. Among the main points on the agenda: Preparatory report for the recommendation of the Commission on economic policy guidelines (Economic and Monetary Commission, rapporteur: Garcia-Margallo); Annual assessment of the implementation of the programmes of stability and convergence […]

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In the course of last week the following legislative acts and communications, among others, came into force: Directive 2003/9/EC of the Council, of 27 January 2003, containing minimum rules on the reception of asylum seekers in member states (OGEC L 31/18, 6/2/03); Decision of the Council, of 21 January 2003, on the existence of an […]

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The threats of war continue to monopolize the attention of the main international dailies, at a time when Vatican diplomacy is stepping up its efforts to avert a possible armed intervention in Iraq. The “old Europe” against the “new America”: that’s the formula used by Le Monde (11/2) to suggest the opposition between the Franco-German […]

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“A Charter for Europe”: that’s the title of the last number of “Nuntium”, the four-monthly review of the Pontifical Lateran University. Like the previous number, it contains contributions by representatives of the European Churches, the European Commission and Parliament, European social and professional organizations, and the European Centre for Human Resources. We give some brief […]

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“Understanding, collaboration and solidarity”: that’s what Africa is asking of Europe at the present time, according to Cardinal Francis Arinze , Nigerian, prefect of the Holy See’s Congregation for Divine Worship, who is due to intervene at the meeting organized by COMECE (Commission of the Episcopates of the European Community), in collaboration with the Symposium […]

Ecumenical initiatives in support of peace continue in France. A prayer vigil organized by the Council of the Christian Churches of France was held in the church of “La Madelaine” in Paris on 10 February, on the occasion of the visit to the French capital by a delegation of the National Council of the Churches […]

The World Council of Churches has sent a letter to the President of Georgia, Eduard Shevardnadze, asking that disciplinary measures be immediately taken again those responsible for “violently attacking the Baptist church in Tiblisi during a meeting promoted during the Prayer Week for Christian Unity on 24 January”. “Our appeal – says the letter – […]

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On 20 January, the Greek minister of culture Evangelos Venizelos met a delegation of MEPs and the president of the Culture Commission of the European Parliament in Brussels to discuss a question that has aroused great interest in Greek public opinion: the fact that women are prohibited from gaining access to the territories of Mount […]

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The active role of Muslims as citizens of Europe was discussed in London in recent days at the International Conference “Muslims of Europe” organized by the Al-Khoei Foundation that has been working for over a decade to promote the development of Islamic religion, provide spiritual guidance to Moslem faithful and dispel stereotypes and misunderstandings about […]