HUMAN RIGHTS

Human trafficking: a stronger ‘no’

One European initiative to counter the trafficking of human beings is the “Networking Against Human Trafficking” (Ahtnet), a trans-national partnership involving four projects that form part of the EU programme Equal II. The projects are being run in Greece, Latvia, Italy and Sweden. The partnership is networking through the exchange of experiences and good practices, […]

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CHRISTIAN CHURCHES

Bosnia: an Orthodox bishop injured

A Serb Orthodox bishop was hospitalised on 16 July after having been attacked in his home by unknown assailants during the night at Bosanski Petrovac, in the west of Bosnia. “We found Bishop Hrizoston tied up. He had injuries to his head and all over his body”, said a local police source to the French […]

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France: the SOP’s 25th anniversary

Founded by Father Michel Evdokimov and by Jean Tchékan, the SOP – Service orthodoxe de presse – is now celebrating its 25th anniversary. During this period the Service has expanded “though remaining faithful to its original vocation – says an editorial – which is that of providing precise and objective information on the life of […]

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Cyprus: appeal of Chrysostomos II for the churches

“We request permission from the occupying troops to restore our churches at our own expense and to allow 6 octogenarian monks to return to the monastery of St. Barnabas where they wish to die, in the occupied zones”: the appeal is made by the Archbishop of the Orthodox Church in Cyprus, Chrysostomos II, during an […]

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Bossey: interfaith youth meeting

“How can we affirm our identity as Muslims, Jews and Christians not separately from each other, not opposed to each other, but in kinship and solidarity?”. To answer this question 21 youth from 13 countries in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Africa and America met at the Ecumenical Institute of the World Council of Churches […]

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ABORTION

If life is misunderstood

“If people are no longer able to understand that life is a duty and a vocation, it is all the more difficult for them to understand other situations of life, both at the personal and community level, as a duty and a vocation. Everything becomes a claim for rights without duties”, writes Monsignor Giampaolo Crepaldi, […]

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EUROPEAN UNION

Babel in Brussels

“Multilingualism is a key element of the EU”, which “underlines cultural diversity and ensures the equal treatment of European citizens”, says ALEXANDER STUBB , Finnish MEP. Stubb is the author of the Report recently approved by the European Parliament in Strasbourg in response to that of the European Auditing Court on the costs of translation […]

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New admissions to Eurozone

The watchword remains the same: don’t drop your guard. In the triangle comprised between Brussels (seat of the Commission), Luxembourg (where the Eurogroup and Ecofin often meet) and Frankfurt (headquarters of the European Central Bank), preparations are continuing for new entries into the area of the single currency, but at the same time there is […]

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Water shortage and drought: Commission’s proposals

“It is essential” for every human being “to have access in daily life to water of good quality and in sufficient quantity. The same goes for most of the economic activities that depend on it”. The European Commission acknowledges that “water shortage and drought have become, over the last thirty years, problems of crucial importance […]

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Wages: equality of treatment for women and men

“Lines of action to reduce the disparity in pay between men and women”: the Barroso Commission has intervened with a document that tackles the causes and proposes interventions in the member states to counter the differences in wages in the EU to the disadvantage of women. According to the Executive, women “earn on average 15% […]

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