The quality of Eu products in the world

Wine, cheese, fruit, vegetables and meat, all rigorously of high quality: they are the “export products” of European agriculture for which the Commission has approved new measures of information and promotion outside the Community. The measures in question consist of 8 programmes – for a total budget of 16.4 million euros, of which half covered […]

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New world rules on Gmo

“It’s a decision that gives legal clarity to the international trade in agricultural produce, as well as being in line with EU legislation”, commented the European Commissioner for the Environment, Stavros Dimas, in welcoming the agreement reached on the Cartagena Protocol on Biosecurity (Mop3). The third meeting between the 132 contracting parties recently ended in […]

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HUMAN RIGHTS

Shadows also in Europe

The “need to make greater efforts to combat discrimination, integrate immigrants and national minorities”, the “danger of a possible dilution or erosion of standards in the fight against international terrorism” and the various conflicts present in Europe today: these are some of the recommendations of the 5th annual report of the Commission for Human Rights […]

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Sweden: the new Lutheran archbishop elected

The Lutheran Church of Sweden for the first time elected its archbishop at Uppsala on Thursday 30 March, thus breaking with a long-standing tradition that conferred on the government the task of appointing the head of the Church. The separation between Church and State in Sweden is in fact comparatively recent: it only dates to […]

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Italy: steps in dialogue in the Eternal City

A Russian Orthodox Church dedicated to the protomartyr Saint Catherine, venerated by Catholics and Orthodox alike, was consecrated in Rome on Friday, 31 March. The solemn ceremony of inauguration was officiated by Bishop Mark of Yegoryevsk, vice-president of the Department of External Relations of the Patriarchate of Moscow, in the presence of the Russian ambassador […]

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Russia: Bishop Paglia honoured

The Most Rev. Vincenzo Paglia, Bishop of Terni, chairman of the Commission for ecumenism and dialogue of the Italian Bishops’ Conference and co-chairman of the organizing Committee for Sibiu 2007, has been honoured with the decoration of the “3rd centenary of St. Danilo prince of Moscow”. The decoration was handed over to the bishop by […]

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ECUMENISM

Anglicans: Williams, “ecology, a priority”

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams, has sharply criticised the government of the USA for shirking its environmental responsibilities and also rebuked that of the UK for failing to meet its objective of reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 20% by 2010. During an interview with the “Today” programme on BBC’s Radio 4, Williams declared […]

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UNIVERSITIES

Common responsibility

European universities “can become a qualified pole of attraction for the formation of the new generations, but only on condition that they rediscover their “identity” on the basis of their “Christian roots”, declared Monsignor MICHAEL MILLER , secretary of the Congregation for Catholic Education, in presenting a seminar on the “Bologna Process” in the Vatican […]

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EASTERN EUROPE

Courageous dreamers

“Russia has a need for apostles full of zeal like Cyril and Methodius. Our small Slovak nation is called to furnish good priests to the Russian people for so long as Russians themselves are unable to train their own clergy”, declared Father Vendelìne Javorka, the first rector of the Pontifical College ‘ Russicum’, founded in […]

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DROGHE: LE 40 ORGANIZZAZIONI DI "NON INCARCERATE IL NOSTRO CRESCERE", "TABELLA PSEUDOSCIENTIFICA E CONTRADDITTORIA"

"Pseudoscientifica e contraddittoria" viene definita, dal cartello nazionale “Non incarcerate il nostro crescere”, la tabella attraverso cui distinguere il consumo dallo spaccio di droghe, presentata oggi dal governo. Il cartello nazionale – che riunisce oltre quaranta organizzazioni nazionali dei servizi pubblici e del privato sociale, tra cui il Cnca (Coordinamento nazionale comunità di accoglienza) – […]

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