Turkey: the case of the Patriarchate referred to the EU

The Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dora Bakoyannis, has decided to inform the European Union of the situation of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople and has presented a report on the question to the Council of General Affairs and External Relations that met in Brussels on 23 July, under the chairmanship of Louis Amado, Portuguese […]

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YOUTH

The joy of being there

The meeting of the Agorà of Italian youth with Benedict XVI is taking place in Loreto, from August 29th to September 2nd. Apart from Italian youth, 800 young people from 50 countries of Europe and the Mediterranean are expected at the meeting with the Pope. Their presence will be an invitation to debate and exchange […]

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POLAND

For the victims of Grenoble

Thursday, July 26th, in front of the tomb of John Paul II, a special Mass for the victims of last Sunday’s serious car accident in Grenoble was celebrated. 26 Polish pilgrims lost their lives in it, while another 24 wounded are now in various hospitals in France and Poland. “It is true that pilgrimage implies […]

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In defence of Father Rydzyk

In these days, Father Zdzislaw Klafka, superior of redeemer fathers for the Province of Warsaw, after consulting with the superior general of the congregation, Father Joseph W. Tobin, published a declaration about alleged statements by the director of Radio Maryja in Poland, Father Tadeusz Rydzyk, known also to be the head of a group of […]

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Funds for Radio Jozef

The archbishop of Warsaw, Msgr. Kazimierz Nycz, expressed the desire to establish a foundation which would assure the necessary economic support for the activities of Radio Jozef, a Catholic station founded in the capital of Poland in 1994, by the primate of Poland, Card. Jozef Glemp. “It is a station which does not hide its […]

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CHECHNYA

The silence of Europe

“Officially the war in Chechnya ended six or even years ago. But for me this war being fought now has an even more terrible aspect. No one believes anyone any longer. There’s so much mistrust. It seems we have returned to the period of Stalin, when people didn’t trust each other or were forced to […]

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A complex plot

Russia began its attempt to penetrate the Caucasus back in the time of Ivan the Terrible, who had arrived as far as the river Terek in 1556. In 1722 another tsar, Peter the Great, having invaded Daghestan for a brief period, and his successors in 1770, succeeded in occupying Chechnya, using as their pretext a […]

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EUROBAROMETER

The quality of town life is improving

“Europeans like to live in town, and they think towns will improve as places to live and work in”. These are some of the results of a survey by Eurobarometer on the quality of life in European towns. Over three quarters of them said to be satisfied with living in their respective towns. On the […]

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Merits and defects of towns

“In Europe, jobs, enterprises and higher education institutions are mostly in towns, which play a fundamental role for EU competition in the global economy. However, town life also implies problems such as social marginalization and spatial segregation”. Those were the results of a survey carried out for the European Commission on the basis of the […]

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Cars and environment

“Even though private cars remain the most important means of transport, the citizens of the European Union are well aware of their impact on environment and the traffic situation”: a recent survey by Eurobarometer, published on July 26th, shows that most of Europeans are in favour of measures to promote the use of public transport […]

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