Redazione

brief

Some Taizé brothers and an international team of young people have been in Budapest since mid September to prepare for the “pilgrimage of faith on earth” which, from 28 December 2001 to 1st January 2002, will bring together several tens of thousands of youngsters (Catholics, Orthodox, Protestants) from all over Europe and the world. This […]

agenda

In the course of last week, the following legislative acts, among others, entered into force: Regulation (EC) no. 1934/2001 of the Commission, of 1/10/2001, that modifies regulation (EC) no. 296/96 relating to the data that must be furnished by the member States and to the monthly accountancy of the costs financed by the “guarantee” section […]

European Union

The European Parliament (EP) met in plenary session in Strasbourg from 1st to 4th October . The session was characterized by the declarations of the Council and of the Commission and by the debate on the developments that have taken place following the terrorist attacks in the USA and the measures that the EU has […]

Switzerland

“We can’t abandon the 300,000 clandestine immigrants in our country”, declares the bishop of Fribourg 4 June 2001, Whit Monday, national holiday in Switzerland: a score of clandestine immigrants (“sans-papiers”) occupy the Catholic church of St. Paul in Fribourg and ask for their position to be regularized. A stand-off begins that lasts almost three months: […]

ecumenism

As already affirmed on several occasions, the Conference of European Churches (KEK) has once again reiterated – after the American and British attacks on Afghanistan – that “political and peaceful solutions are always to be preferred to violent and military ones”, in the conviction that “violence must not automatically spawn further violence”. In a message […]

Russia

Kirill: “The military response must be commensurate with the offence, otherwise we risk succumbing to a spiral of violence” The recourse to violence to restore peace is legitimate, but only once all the other paths of peaceful negotiation have failed. Presenting the position of the Russian Orthodox Church as regards the international crisis that has […]

the refugees

EU Foreign Ministers, meeting in Luxembourg on 8 October, defined the two basic strands of EU policy towards Afghanistan and the other Islamic countries involved in the crisis: first, a humanitarian intervention for refugees and displaced persons; second, a renewed effort of cooperation and political dialogue with the Islamic world. The European Commission has pledged […]

the conflict

The crisis has accelerated the EU’s foreign policy and common defence. The analysis of John Palmer “The European Policy Centre”, a think-tank dedicated to analyzing the process of European integration, with its seat in Brussels, is carefully monitoring the international crisis following the terrorist attacks in the USA and the military offensive in Afghanistan. We […]

· HEALTH AND SAFETY ON THE WORKPLACE – Restricted invitation to present bids aimed at obtaining grants in the sector of health and safety on the workplace. The intended beneficiaries are exclusively the competent inspectorate authorities in the member States. Deadline for the presentation of bids: 9/11/2001 and 30/9/2002. For further information, contact: European Commission, […]

The main points on the agenda of the EP’s parliamentary Commissions meeting in Brussels from Monday 8 to Thursday 11 October were as follows: · Juridical personality of the European Union (Comm. Constitutional Affairs, Rapporteur Carnero Gonzalez); · Prevention of conflicts: regional integration and cooperation, prevention in the short term (Comm. Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, […]