Bulgaria: non dimenticare le infermiere in Libia

Il 9 febbraio in tutta la Bulgaria si sono svolte manifestazioni di solidarietà con le cinque infermiere ed il medico palestinese condannati a morte dal tribunale libico e reclusi in prigione da otto anni nel Paese africano. Ortodossi, cattolici, protestanti, musulmani, armeni ed ebrei per prima volta hanno pregato insieme per chiedere la loro liberazione. […]

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RADICI CRISTIANE

Con parole di unità

È opinione diffusa che San Benedetto di Norcia sia il patrono “occidentale” del continente e i Santi Cirillo e Metodio siano i patroni “orientali”. È molto probabile che nei Paesi scandinavi la gente parli di santa Brigida di Svezia come della patrona “settentrionale”.Nella coscienza collettiva, è piuttosto naturale collegare la comprensione del mondo a varie […]

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PRIMA PAGINA

Una nuova tappa

Con una netta maggioranza (59%, anche se con un tasso di partecipazione inferiore al 50%) i portoghesi, domenica 11 febbraio, hanno detto ‘si’ alla liberalizzazione dell’aborto fino alle dieci settimane di gestazione. Il risultato era prevedibile tenendo conto dei sondaggi pubblicati pochi giorni prima del referendum, ma i primi sondaggi indicavano una differenza ancora maggiore. […]

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Formulation of language policies

A forum on “The common European framework of reference for languages (CEFL) and the formulation of language policies: challenges and responsibilities” ended in Strasbourg on 8 February. During the three-day meeting the participants tackled various responsibilities coinciding with the introduction of this common European instrument that contributes to the reform of language programmes and exams, […]

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Illegal adoptions and disappearing babies in Moldavia

Ruth Gaby Vermont Mangold made a two-day visit to Moldavia (5-6 February). She is drawing up a report for the Parliamentary Assembly of the COE on the disappearance of newborn babies and illegal adoptions. The journey also helped her to investigate some advertisements in the press aimed at young unmarried women wishing to sell their […]

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Seminar against the trafficking of human beings

On the initiative of the Council of Europe (COE), the sixth regional seminar aimed at supporting efforts to curb the trafficking of human beings and promote the signing and ratification of the relevant Convention is due to be held in Nicosia (Cyprus) on 15-16 February. Rough estimates by the UNO suggest that between 700,000 and […]

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COUNCIL OF EUROPE

Fight against paedophilia, “increased efforts”

All our efforts to curb the predators of children in cyberspace are insufficient, admits Terry Davis, general secretary of the Council of Europe, following the news of the dismantling by the Austrian police of a network of paedophiles operating on the Internet and composed of 2000 people in 77 countries. “Though such successes are not […]

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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

Citizens at the centre

The European Parliament (EP), apart from sharing legislative power with the other institutions of the EU, monitors the Community budget, expresses its view on the composition of the Commission, controls the action of the Executive, and also represents – an essential role – the voice of citizens within the EU. In its debating chambers in […]

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GERMANY

The Koran and language

In the January edition of the Herder-Korrespondenz, HANSJÖRG SCHMID , delegate for Christian-Islamic dialogue at the academy of the diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, sums up the role of Islamic leaders, the imams, in Germany today: Having become the object of suspicions and mistrust, they are now required as guides for integration. Over the last few years […]

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ECUMENISM

So that Europe grows

The meeting that opens tomorrow, 15 January, in the city of Martin Luther, at Wittenberg, in Germany (until Sunday 18) represents the Third Stage leading to the Third European Ecumenical Assembly (EEA3) due to be held in Sibiu (Romania) in September this year, in a process planned by the Council of the Bishops’ Conferences of […]

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