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SCANDINAVIA

Ha un volto inusuale la Chiesa cattolica scandinava. Svezia, Danimarca, Norvegia, Finlandia, Islanda sono le cinque nazioni che formano la Conferenza episcopale dei Paesi nordici. L’assemblea plenaria della Conferenza è composta da sette vescovi. Quattro di loro sono vescovi “immigrati”: mons. Burcher a Rejkiavick è di nazionalità svizzera, il vescovo di Tromso, Grgic, arriva dalla […]

CHURCHES IN BRIEF

Sweden: "A more human immigration policy"The leaders of the member Churches of the Council of Churches in Sweden promoted on July 1st a manifesto "for a more human immigration policy". The document "marks the beginning of a process undertaken by the Churches in the areas of integration and migration, with a view to the national […]

CHIESE IN BREVE

Svezia: “Politica immigratoria più umana”I responsabili delle Chiese che fanno parte del Consiglio delle Chiese in Svezia hanno lanciato il 1° luglio, un manifesto “per una politica immigratoria più umana”. La pubblicazione di questo testo “segna l’inizio di un percorso che le chiese faranno sui temi dell’integrazione e dell’immigrazione, in vista delle elezioni parlamentari in […]

SCANDINAVIA

The Catholic Church of Scandinavia has an unusual face. Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Iceland are the five nations that represent the Bishops’ Conference of Nordic Countries. Seven bishops are delegates to the plenary of the Conference. Four of them are "migrant" bishops. These are: Msgr. Burcher in Rejkiavick, Swiss national, the bishop of Tromso, […]

EU PARLIAMENT

Focus on internal problems and international events. The plenary meeting of the European Parliament, held July 1-4, focused on the outcomes of the latest European Council and the multi-annual budget. MEPs welcomed their Croatian colleagues, they confronted the Lithuanian presidency-in-office of the Council, addressed the question of the respect of fundamental rights of the Union […]

EU PRESIDENCY

It is the turn of Lithuania to take the lead of the Council of Ministers of the European Union. On July 1st the Baltic republic assumed the six-month presidency after Ireland. Although Lithuania is not a Euro zone member country and although it has been direly hit by the economic crisis, "it’s one of the […]

EUROPEAN ELECTIONS

To restore the central role of Politics, with a capital "P": in times of economic and social crisis, marked by citizens’ detachment from the public sphere and by the backwardness of democratic processes once guided by political parties, Strasbourg announced a strong, countertrend initiative. In fact, on July 4 the plenary session of the European […]

CHURCHES IN BRIEF

Czech Republic: helping victims of floodsMore than 11 million CZK (440,000 EUR) has been collected by Caritas Czech republic (CCR) to help people affected by heavy floods that hit several regions of the country in April and May this year. "The aid provided by Caritas is for anyone in need, regardless of his or her […]

ALBANIA AFTER THE VOTE

An unpredictable situation: the political elections of June 23 in Albania took place with unexpected results, which restore prospects of governability in the country. The scrutiny ended the evening of June 26. It never happened in such a short amount of time. All political forces – except for nationalists – have accepted the outcomes of […]

LIGURIA

È in fase di definizione il nuovo Piano territoriale regionale (Ptr) della Liguria. Tra gli obiettivi ridurre, e in molti casi eliminare, i costi che i Comuni devono sostenere per redigere un piano urbanistico. Le principali linee d’indirizzo riguardano il minor consumo del suolo, maggior rispetto per l’ambiente, l’incremento dei terreni agricoli, l’uso produttivo del […]