PRIMA PAGINA

Tre vittorie

Né il sole né il disincanto di cui li si sospetta spesso hanno dissuaso i francesi. Sentendo che, per queste elezioni presidenziali, non c’era niente di già scritto, essi hanno fatto sentire la propria voce con forza. Iscrittisi numerosi nelle liste elettorali, sono stati altrettanto numerosi nel recarsi alle urne.La lezione del primo turno è […]

di Dominique Quinio La Croix

European markets to be opened to ACP

The European Union recently proposed the elimination of any tariff or contingent restrictions for the access to European markets of all the regions of the ACP (Africa, Caribbean and Pacific) in the framework of the current round of negotiations for economic partnership deals in trade and development. With the sole exception of South Africa, the […]

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First birthday for the Internet domain “eu”

Over 2.5 million registrations were made during the first year of opening to the public (EU residents and organizations having a registered office on EU territory) of the European Internet domain “.eu”, by now the third most popular top level domain in Europe and the seventh in the world. Strongest demand for the European web […]

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GDP growing

The positive trend of GDP in the EU is continuing. For the second quarter running the percentage rate has registered a further increase of 0.9% both the in the Eurozone and in the EU-25: the growth in GDP is equivalent respectively to 3.3% and 3.5% over the third quarter of 2005. It’s significant that the […]

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How well do we speak foreign languages?

With the aim of defining by 2009 a Community framework of reference on language skills, the European Commission adopted a Communication last week that presents the parameters for a survey to measure how well European students have mastered the first and second foreign language taught within the curricula of compulsory schooling. The process of gauging […]

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EU AGENDA

Internal and external tasks

The political meetings of German Chancellor Angela Merkel are being stepped up in view of the June Summit to kick start the stalled European Constitution. At the beginning of the week she met the President of the Commission José Manuel Barroso and British Premier Tony Blair, the former favourable to reviving the negotiations, the latter […]

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YOUTH AGORA

Appointment at Loreto

Over 300,000 youths from all over Italy and 800 representatives from 43 European and Mediterranean countries, guests of 32 dioceses in the Marche, Umbria, Emilia Romagna and Abruzzo, plus 1300 volunteers, will meet Benedict XVI in Loreto on 1-2 September. This is the first meeting of the Youth Agora that the Italian government, by a […]

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Italian Catholic Missions of Europe

The local churches of Europe and of the world and the Italian Catholic missions in Europe are the focus of a theological research and study project to prepare for the Symposium with the title “Missio ad migrantes. Prophecy in the local churches?”, due to be held from 25 to 28 June, on the occasion of […]

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Synergies between the European media

“An opportunity to forge contacts, listen to everyone’s concerns and share experiences two months after my election”, said Bishop Jean-Michel Di Falco Leandri of Gap (France), who since January has chaired the CEEM (European Bishops’ Committee for the Media, one of the bodies promoted by the CCEE), in summing up in a briefing to SIR […]

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CCEE-CEC

Towards the Sibiu assembly

With a welcoming ceremony in the central square of the town, the Third European Ecumenical Assembly (EEA3) will be opened in Sibiu (Romania) on the evening of 4 September. Promoted by the CCEE (Council of the European Bishops’ Conferences) and by the CEC (Conference of European Churches), EEA3 will end on 9 September. Its theme […]

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