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Da Mosca a Bruxelles” “

“A Bruxelles avrete dei problemi”, è uno degli avvertimenti che sentiamo spesso. Di solito riguardano le norme ambientali, le prescrizioni agricole, le tecnologie. Ma a volte anche le libertà. Chiamare per nome certi problemi provoca risentimenti. Il politically correct si sostituisce con incredibile efficacia ad ex opinionisti del partito comunista. Ci stiamo abituando a guardare […]

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Bielorussia: la rinascita dei greco-cattolici ” “

Dopo 15 anni dall'”uscita dalle catacombe” e dalla ripresa del ministero pastorale pubblico, la Chiesa greco-cattolica in Bielorussia alla fine dell’anno 2005 comprende 20 parrocchie, 13 delle quali registrate civilmente. Nel servizio pastorale sono impegnati 10 sacerdoti, nei seminari di diversi paesi studiano 15 seminaristi. Numeri ancora “piccoli”, ma comunque considerati “significativi e promettenti” dal […]

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European dailies and periodicals” “

After Ahmadinejad’s declarations on Israel, the resumption of nuclear research in Iran is arousing alarm in various European countries, especially in Germany and France. This is what Cristiane Hoffmann writes in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (12/1): “The arrogance with which Iran has resumed its research activities for the enrichment of uranium in its nuclear facility […]

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Good news for retailing” “

Eurostat also published in recent days the data relating to retailing for November 2005 both for the countries that have adopted the single currency and for the 25 EU member states as a whole. The report underlines the considerable increase in the annual volume of retailing sales, equivalent to 0.3% in the Euro zone and […]

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Reduced prices only in the Euro zone” “

Eurostat – the statistics Office of the European Union – published at the beginning of the year the data relating to industrial production prices for November 2005. The industrial production price index shows the evolution of factory gate prices of all products sold on the EU internal market, with the exclusion of imports. Despite a […]

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Growing economic confidence” “

The General Directorate of economy and finance of the European Commission has published its report on the economic climate in the EU for December 2005. So-called “economic sentiment” reflects the general economic activity of the Union combining evaluations, expectations and analyses resulting from surveys conducted among consumers’ associations and businesses (industry, services, construction and trade). […]

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Eu unemployment stable at the end of 2005″ “

Contrary to the negative forecasts of some analysts, unemployment in Europe remained stable in November 2005, at a rate of 8.3% in the Euro zone and 8.5% in the 25-member EU. In both cases, the decrease is half a percentage point over the same period in 2004. Only three member states contained unemployment below 5%: […]

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Common rules of protection” “

The need to foster periodic exchanges of data, promote research, and disseminate “good practices” already tested by the national agencies dedicated to the protection of children was expressed at the European meeting of the Committee for the protection of minors in TV, held in Rome on 9 January. The meeting reviewed and compared the activities […]

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Anglican Communion: appeal for the Holy Land” “

The archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, has urged Christians throughout the world to make efforts to visit Bethlehem as a place of pilgrimage and to remember the suffering population of the city in their prayers. In a letter to the Mayor of Bethlehem, Victor Batarseh, the archbishop expresses his concerns about the situation of Christians […]

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Italy: in dialogue with Jews” “

“Hear, O Israel! The first of the Ten Commandments: “I am the Lord thy God” is the theme chosen this year for the Day of Judaism which will be celebrated on the vigil of the Week of Christian Unity in all Italian dioceses on Tuesday 17 January. Introduced in 1990, the Day has the aim […]

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