Un anno di "politica europea di vicinato"” “

“Promozione della buona governance e dello sviluppo socio-economico nei Paesi che si affacciano sulle frontiere terrestri e marittime dell’Unione europea”. È questo l’obiettivo fondamentale della Politica europea di vicinato (Pev), inaugurata dodici mesi fa come uno dei primi atti di politica estera dell’attuale Commissione ed oggetto oggi di una prima valutazione nell’ambito di una Comunicazione […]

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I terribili "funghi magici"” “

“La cocaina è diventata un elemento di rilievo nel panorama europeo delle sostanze stupefacenti” e “il consumo si concentra principalmente tra i giovani-adulti (15-34 anni), soprattutto maschi, residenti in zone urbane”. La Relazione annuale 2005 sull’evoluzione del fenomeno della droga in Europa, presentata giovedì 24 novembre nella sede del Parlamento Ue a Bruxelles, riferisce la […]

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Web portal in twenty languages” “

“You’re as many persons as the languages you know”: that’s the motto of the Communication on multi-lingualism, the first ever in the history of the Community, adopted by the College of Commissioners last week coinciding with the launch of a web portal – accessible in all twenty official languages of the EU – dedicated to […]

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Internal security” “

The European Commission has adopted a reform of the sector of justice, liberty and security to improve the internal security of the Union and facilitate legal circulation. The series of measures adopted by the Executive include a “Communication on the reinforcement of the efficacy and pooling of European data banks in the sector of justice […]

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Regional growth and employment” “

An international conference, “Financing growth and cohesion in the enlarged Europe”, was held in Brussels on 24 November in the presence of over 500 delegates representing member states, candidate states, regions, industrialists’ and trade associations, NGOs and financial institutions. During the meeting the EU Commissioner for regional policy, Danuta Hubner, officially presented two new measures […]

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First year of "European Neighbourhood Policy"” “

“Promotion of good government and socio-economic development in the countries bordering on the terrestrial and maritime frontiers of the European Union”: that’s the fundamental objective of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP), inaugurated twelve months ago as one of the first acts of the external policy of the current European Commission and now the object of […]

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The terrible "magic mushrooms"” “

“Cocaine has become a significant element on the European drug scene” and “consumption is mainly concentrated among youth and young adults (aged 15-34), especially males, resident in urban areas”. The annual Report for 2005 on drug phenomenon trends in Europe, presented in the European Parliament in Brussels on Thursday 24 November, analyses the situation on […]

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An ecumenical Advent” “

A meeting of the Christian Churches to celebrate together the period of Advent took place at the Armenian Patriarchate of Istanbul on 26 November. At the invitation of His Beatitude Mesrob II, Patriarch of the Apostolic Armenians, a number of high-ranging representatives of the various Christian Churches in Turkey met at the Patriarchate to celebrate […]

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Feast of St. Andrew at the Fanar” “

As is the tradition, a Vatican delegation, bringing a message of the Pope, arrived in Istanbul on 28 November, to participate in the feast of St. Andrew, patron of the ecumenical patriarchate, in the church of St George at the Fanar (lighthouse) on 30 November. Led by Cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the Pontifical Council […]

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Help for young mothers from the dioceses” “

A national collection to help young mothers and future mothers in difficulty will be held in all the dioceses of Switzerland in the second weekend of January 2006. The fund-raising campaign is being promoted by two Catholic humanitarian organizations that operate in German- and French-speaking Switzerland. One is called “SOFO”, solidarity funds for mother and […]

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