Portogallo, Lituania, Germania

Portogallo: una solidarietà a senso unico?Il prolungamento dell’orario scolastico nelle scuole primarie, e l’annunciata riduzione del finanziamento pubblico a favore dei Centri di attività del tempo libero (Atl) ha aperto un contenzioso tra il governo portoghese e gli istituti di Misericordia e le Istituzioni private di solidarietà sociale (Ipss). Secondo i dati forniti dalla Confederazione […]

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SERBIA

Un voto per l’Europa

“È mediante una forte partecipazione” al voto per l’elezione del presidente che “il popolo serbo ha non solamente rieletto Boris Tadic, ma anche accordato il suo sostegno all’orientamento europeo del Paese”. Hans-Gert Poettering commenta il risultato delle consultazioni politiche svoltesi il 3 febbraio in Serbia. In tal modo, aggiunge il presidente dell’Europarlamento, “gli elettori hanno […]

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EU PARLIAMENT

Overcoming Fears

Iran must suspend its uranium enrichment programme and at the same time “come back to the negotiating table for a long term solution to the nuclear issue”. It must also respect human rights and put an end to ethnic and religious discrimination. At the same time, no-one should think that military action could solve the […]

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ECUMENISM

Greece, Russia, Anglicans

Greece: the last farewell to ChristodoulosOn January 31st, Greece and Europe bid the last farewell to Most Blessed archbishop Christodoulos of Athens, Primate of the Orthodox Church in Greece, who died on January 28 after 7 painful months of suffering. He was given full honor State funerals. Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I led the […]

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SPAIN

Freedom and Respect

“We only ask freedom and respect in proposing our views. We don’t want anyone to feel they are being called into question nor do we want our words to be understood as an offence or a danger to the freedom of others. We sincerely intend to contribute to the spiritual enrichment of our society, to […]

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Portugal, Lithuania, Germany

Portugal: one-way solidarity?The proposal to extend school hours in primary school reducing subsidies to leisure activity Centres (Atl) is the object of public debate between the Portuguese government on the one side, and Mercy Institutes supported by Social solidarity private institutions on the other. According to data issued by these organisations’ National Federation, (Cnis), “out […]

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SERBIA

A vote for Europe

“It is through strong participation” in the presidential election that “the Serbians have not only re-elected Boris Tadic, but also granted his support to the country’s bent for Europe”. Hans-Gert Poettering comments the result of the election that took place in Serbia. In this way, adds the president of the European Parliament, “the voters expressed […]

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SERBIA

Purifying history

The electoral runoff between the leader of the Serb Radical party Tomislav Nikolic and that of the Democratic Party Boris Tadic resulted in a win for the latter. Tadic took 50.5% of the votes and was thus confirmed, on 3 February, as the President of the Republic of Serbia. The pro-European Tadic won with a […]

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FRONT PAGE

Siding with the vulnerable

We must put and end to “every kind of segregation” and to the “racist attacks” that gypsy populations are exposed to in Europe. The “anti-gypsy” sentiment is still widespread in the old continent and the growing “fear” towards “walkers”, often fuelled by the media, gives rise to recurring mistreatments by member states, the police, local […]

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CALABRIA: FACCIOLO (TER), "ALIMENTARE LA SPERANZA IN UN POPOLO SEGNATO"

"Carissima Calabria, ritrova in te le risorse che hai, per purificare la tua immagine, per offrire trasparenza di legalità in ogni settore di servizio e per alimentare la speranza in un popolo segnato, ma che non vuole rinunziare alla sua identità di calabrese". E’ questo il messaggio alla Calabria lanciato dal presidente del Tribunale Ecclesiastico, […]

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