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The German press is following events related to the confrontation between Sarkozy and French workers. For Brigitte Kols ( Frankfurter Rundschau – 21/11) this constitutes “a risky stress test”: “French President Sarkozy, who wants to go down in the history of his country as a reformer of the caliber of Margaret Thatcher, this is a […]

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Remittance of workers abroad

Money transfer by immigrant workers from the EU to their Countries of origin carried out in the yeaer 2006 amounts to 26 billion euro, 19 of which to Third World countries and 7 billion within Community borders. The data supplied by Eurostat, the EU Statistic office, in the framework of a survey financed by the […]

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Young journalists and the enlargement

In collaboration with the European Federation of young journalists, the EU commission launched on November 15 a competition for all journalists aged 17-27 with the purpose of “encouraging young journalists to reflect and express their opinions on EU enlargement to promote debates that will shape future Europe”. To the competition, open until March 1, 2008 […]

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“Support to reception”

The General Direction for Justice, Freedom and Security of the European Commission, selected national and trans-national projects filed in the framework of the call for proposals aimed at “support to reception”, with an overall budget of 7 million euro for the current year and complementary to the Community Framework Programme “Solidarity and Migration flow management […]

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Poorly paid European researchers

The remarkable income difference existing between American and European researchers was confirmed. It was the outcome of a survey issued by the EU Commission published in November following the initiative by Science and Research Commissioner Janez Potocnik. The document, which goes under the name of “Salaries of researchers in the public and private business sectors” […]

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EUROPEAN COUNCIL

The culture agenda

Promoting access to culture for all EU citizens; exploiting the potential of the cultural and creative sector; improving the necessary conditions for artists’ mobility; producing statistics in the cultural sector; implementing the UNESCO Convention on the protection and promotion of diversity of cultural expressions: these are the fields of action of the first “Culture Agenda”, […]

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SCOTLAND

As in Jasnagora

The EU’s enlargement to Poland brought tens of thousands Poles to Scotland. In the diocese of Aberdeen, where the percentage of Catholics is only 3% of the overall population, this flow increased three-fold the number of faithful, thus changing the asset of the local Church. The bishop of Aberdeen, Mons. Peter Moran, learned some Polish […]

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SETTIMANALI CATTOLICI: OGGI LA CONSEGNA DEL PREMIO GIORNALISTICO FISC-SIR "GIOVANNI FALLANI"

Sarà consegnato, questa sera, a Roma, in occasione della XV assemblea nazionale elettiva della Fisc (Federazione italiana settimanali cattolici), il premio giornalistico Fisc-SIR, intitolato a Giovanni Fallani, per oltre 30 anni segretario generale della Fisc e direttore del Sir dal gennaio 1989 all’aprile 1997. Il riconoscimento, giunto quest’anno alla III edizione, è stato assegnato a […]

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SETTIMANALI CATTOLICI: ASSEMBLEA FISC. ZUCCHELLI (PRESIDENTE), I RAPPORTI CON LE ISTITUZIONI

"Intessere rapporti con le istituzioni pubbliche in vista di tutelare gli interessi dei settimanali associati alla Fisc in occasione dell’approvazione di leggi sull’editoria o delle annuali finanziarie". È questo "uno degli impegni storici della Federazione". Lo ha ricordato questa sera don Giorgio Zucchelli, presidente della Fisc, alla XV assemblea elettiva della stessa Federazione (Roma, 22-24 […]

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SETTIMANALI CATTOLICI: ASSEMBLEA FISC. ZUCCHELLI (PRESIDENTE), L’IMPEGNO SUI "VALORI NON NEGOZIABILI" (2)

"I nostri giornali – ha detto Zucchelli – hanno tutti i numeri e le caratteristiche per svolgere la grande missione di promuovere i valori non negoziabili. E la svolgono ogni settimana pubblicando innumerevoli servizi ispirati ai valori evangelici. Ma ne abbiamo avuto particolare prova in due momenti chiave del dibattito socio-politico di questi ultimi tempi: […]

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