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United Kingdom" "

The dialogue between the Methodist Church and the Church of England has taken another significant step forward. Last week the two Churches reached an agreement and put their signatures to a formal pledge to work together to achieve a more visible unity. The accord recognizes the common ground that exists between the two Christian confessions […]

Turkey" "

“Christians in Turkey – Like fish out of water” is the title of an article published in the Germany daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of 14 December, in which the author, Gerhard Duncker, Protestant pastor in Istanbul, analyzes the condition of Christians in Turkey, the only country with an Islamic majority in which a secular Constitution […]

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Pope John Paul II has appealed to all Christians to devote 14 December as a day of fasting for peace in the world. How should we understand this appeal by the Holy Father? For many of our contemporaries, it’s not easy to grasp the meaning of fasting. It would seem the remnant of an obsolete, […]

· DEVELOPMENT – Invitation to present proposals for actions aimed at raising the awareness of public opinion on problems of development, to be realized with the co-financing of European NGOs operating in the development sector. Deadline for the presentation of bids: 18/3/2002. For further information, consult the Internet site of EuropeAid http://europa.eu.int/comm/europeaid/tender/index_en.htm (GUCE C 342/19, […]

The EP met in plenary session in Strasbourg from Monday 10 to Thursday 13 December 2001. The main points on the agenda were the following: · Presentation of the programme of work of the Commission by its President; · Declaration of the Council and of the Commission on the meeting of the WTO in Qatar; […]

In the course of last week the following legislative acts and communications, among others, came into force: · Audit Court: Report on the control of the operational efficiency of the management of the European Central Bank for the financial year 2000, accompanied by the replies of the ECB (GUCE C 341, 4/12/2001); · Audit Court: […]

The development of the international crisis, after the surrender of Kandahar and while awaiting the capture of Bin Laden, continues to monopolize the attention of the main international dailies. “The victory of Bush, the hunt for Omar”, is the headline for instance in Le Monde of 9-10/12. “After the defeat of the Taliban regime, announced […]

In view of the European Council meeting at Laeken (14-15 December), the President of the Commission Romano Prodi and Commissioner Michel Barnier outlined, in recent days, the Communication that the Commission will present on the future of Europe. In Barnier’s view, neither the Laeken Declaration nor the Convention can fail to tackle the two questions […]

Romano Prodi presented the Commission’s programme of work to the European Parliament (EP) gathered in plenary session from 10 to 13 December. Prodi insisted on the “political” nature of this programme and recalled some successes obtained in the course of 2001, in particular the setting up of the Convention that will prepare the intergovernmental conference […]

European Union" "

In the course of the meeting of the Justice and Internal Affairs Committee last week, the Fifteen reached a political agreement on the definition of terrorism and on the harmonization of the sanctions to which those guilty of terrorist acts are subject. The framework agreement spells out a list of nine crimes that can be […]