France: an ecumenical summer university ” “

For the first time, the Christian Churches of France are organizing together an “ecumenical summer university”, which will be held in Provence from 22 to 27 August 2006 for youths aged between 20 and 30. It will have as its theme “Christ our hope: in a plural world, let us trace paths of hope!”. Some […]

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Europe: the CEC meets Barroso” “

“The European Churches are important partners in the dialogue on values within the European Union”, said Jean-Arnold de Clermont, president of the Conference of Christian Churches (CEC), following his meeting with the President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso in Brussels on 7 November. De Clermont was accompanied by a CEC delegation. “The President […]

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Don’t pluck the flowers” “

Ten years have gone by since the signing of the Dayton accord, which on 21 November 1995 put an end to the bloody conflict that convulsed the present-day Bosnia Herzegovina. It was a war that had lasted for four years and been characterised by ferocious operations of “ethnic cleansing”. The new state, born from the […]

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Romania: SIGNIS on cinema and childhood” “

SIGNIS, the world Catholic organization for communication, is promoting a film seminar/review on the theme of the protection of childhood, now being held in Bucharest (17-20 November). “Looking at children” is the title of the event, which comprises a dozen films, of which seven have received prizes from ecumenical or SIGNIS juries for their quality […]

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England: study of Christianity in China” “

A group of academics in Oxford has set up the first British centre for the study of Christianity in China, with the aim of disseminating knowledge in the West of the theology of this enormous continent and contributing to the training of priests for the continuously expanding Chinese churches. “At the present time there are […]

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Hungary, "provocation against Christianity"” “

“A deliberate provocation against Catholicism and Christianity”: that’s how Bishop András Veres, secretary of the Hungarian Bishops’ Conference, responds to the accusations of Péter Gusztos, exponent of the Democratic Liberal party. During a press conference on 13 November, Gusztos had said that “the feudal privileges guaranteed to the Churches ought to be re-examined”. He was […]

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An economy of knowledge” “” “

“Economic growth in the Union is being consolidated and the confidence of consumers is returning”. The European Commission presented, on Thursday, 17 November, the provisional data for the three-year period 2005/2007; the picture that emerges from them is that of a reinforcement of the real economy, but this is offset by uncertainties in state budgets. […]

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European dailies and periodicals” “

The Grand Coalition has been formed: the German press is now intent on analysing its future. Writing in the Frankfurter Rundschau (16/11), Wolfgang Storz comments as follows on the decision of the Merkel government to defer the most important decisions to the first half of 2006 : “It is revealing that the representatives of the […]

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Plenary session of the Committee of the regions” “

The Committee of the Regions of the European Union (COR) met in plenary session in Brussels on 16-17 November. The session was the first since the signing of the administrative accord between the COR and the Spanish government that permits the Spanish members of the Committee to speak in their own regional languages (Catalan, Basque, […]

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New forms of european finance for small and medium businesses” “

The European Commission, The European Investment Bank and the European Fund for Investment (EFI) have adopted a new joint initiative to support access to capital for small and medium businesses and to develop micro-credit facilities. JEREMIE – the acronym of the initiative “joint European resources for micro and medium enterprises” – is designed to provide […]

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