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“Il tempo mostra che il treno della comunità mondiale potrebbe passare senza la partecipazione della Chiesa, se non verrà intensificata l’azione comune dei vescovi e il lavoro del Sinodo”, ha dichiarato l’amministratore apostolico della Russia europea, mons. Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz che da dieci anni vive a Mosca. Lo abbiamo intervistato. Perché, a suo avviso, la comunità […]

La decisione dell’Ira di consegnare le armi per salvare il processo di pace in Irlanda del Nord è un momento storico per una terra tormentata da secoli di guerra civile. Dopo la tregua dichiarata dall’Ira nel 1994, la decisione dei terroristi repubblicani di “decommissionare” le loro armi (si usa questo termine anziché quello di “consegna” […]

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In the terrible crisis that has just struck us, Europe could send out a positive message to the world that she has long dominated and for which she bears so great a responsibility. But Europe can do so only with humility, without presenting herself with the presumption of someone who wants to give lessons and […]

· TWINNING – Invitation for the presentation of proposals DG EAC No. 63/01: Support for actions in favour of the twinning of towns – 2002. Deadlines for the presentation of proposals: 16/11/2001, 1/2/2002, 1/4/2002, 31/5/2002, 30/8/2002. For further information, contact: European Commission, DG Education and Culture, Direction: Youth, civil society, communication, Dept. of visits, apprenticeships […]

The main points on the agenda of the parliamentary Commissions of the EP, held in Brussels from Monday 15 to Thursday 18 October, were as follows: · The delimitation of the respective competencies of the European Union and its member States (Constitutional Affairs and Foreign Affairs Commissions, rapporteurs Lamassoure and Newton Dunn); · Fight against […]

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In the course of the last week the following legislative acts and communications, among others, came into force: · Draft Regulation of the Council, presented by the Commission, relating to specific restrictive measures against specified persons and bodies, aimed at combating international terrorism (COM(2001)569 definitive, 2/10/2001); · Resolution of the Council on the contribution of […]

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“The Pope’s frailty is causing concern in the Vatican”. That’s the front-page headline of the Herald Tribune of 16/10, which just on the day on which John Paul II was celebrating the completion of the 23rd year of his pontificate, brought back into the spotlight of international debate the question of the papal “succession”, or […]

The informal Summit of heads of state and of government of the Union is being held in Ghent, in Belgium, on 19 October. The four main points on the agenda are the following: preparations for the introduction of the EURO, on the basis of a joint report by the president of the ECOFIN Council Reynders, […]

The informal Council of EU Ministers of Defence (Brussels, 11/12 October) was the occasion to reaffirm the need to accelerate the formulation of the European Policy of Security and common Defence (PESD) provided by the Treaties of Maastricht and Amsterdam. In view of the present crisis, accompanied by the possibility of a massive redeployment of […]

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Following its decision to have recourse to the collective defence sanctioned under article 5 of its foundation Treaty, NATO has confirmed its acceptance of the American request that contingents of the Atlantic Alliance be deployed in the Eastern Mediterranean, in the Balkans and in the United States. It has also agreed to provide intelligence support, […]