COMECE

Lack of harmony

Instilling a genuine sentiment of common belonging in the citizens of the European Union: that’s the aim of the programme “Europe for citizens”: a programme that, according to JOANNA LOPATOWSKA-RYNKOWSKA in the May number of “Europe infos”, monthly bulletin of the Community of episcopates of the European Community (Comece) and the Catholic Office for Information […]

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LITURGY

Canvas and self-portrait

The recent publication of the study ‘Turned to the Lord. The orientation of liturgical prayer’, written by Uwe Michael Lang, member of the congregation of the Oratory in London, has re-brought the question to the attention of liturgists and theologians. It was also discussed at the international conference on “The liturgical space and its orientation”, […]

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EUROPEAN UNION

No endless debate

The summit of the heads of state and of government of the EU, convened in Brussels on 15-16 June, is called to express its view on the future of the EU Constitution, hitherto ratified by 15 countries and rejected by referendum both by France and Holland. After a “pause for reflection” lasting a year, the […]

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Against tax fraud

“I’m convinced that the time has come to think of new methods to more effectively combat tax fraud, whose scale has by now assumed seriously worrying proportions: from 2 to 2.5% of GDP for a total comprised between 200 and 250 billion euros”, declared the European Commissioner for fiscal policies, Laszlo Kovacs, during the presentation […]

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Agricultural research

The Austrian Minister and current chairman of the Agriculture Council, Josef Proell, has asked European member states and the Commission for a “clear mandate” to define a new common strategy for research in the sector. The definition of this strategy will be assigned to the Standing Committee for Agricultural Research . “The lack of cooperation […]

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Unemployment stable in April

European unemployment remained unvaried in April. According to Eurostat data, the levels are stable both in the Eurozone (8%) and in the EU-25 (8.3%). The reduction over the same period of the previous year is respectively 0.7% and 0.6%. The classification is led by Holland (3.8%), followed by Denmark and Ireland, both with an unemployment […]

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Improving the security of IT networks

Last week the European Commission adopted a strategic document that defines the main features of a policy – in partnership with member states, with operators of the sector, with users and with the European Network Information Security Agency (ENISA) – to improve the security of information and communication technologies in Europe. According to the Commissioner […]

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European dailies and periodicals

Coverage of the footfall World Cup currently in progress in Germany could hardly have been lacking in the press in recent days. Richard Meng of the Frankfurter Rundschau (12/6) comments as follows: “ World Cups like this are really entertaining. Hundreds of thousands of visitors are taking to the streets to celebrate the matches together: […]

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PRIMA PAGINA

I miti e la speranza

Il Parlamento europeo ha dunque scelto – 284 voti a favore, 249 contro – di sostenere economicamente studi e sperimentazioni scientifiche da applicare alle innovazioni tecnologiche alle telecomunicazioni, alla difesa ambientale, alla tutela della salute. Durante il voto in aula è passato anche l’emendamento presentato dalla commissione Itre (industria e ricerca), che consentirà di finanziare […]

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Romania: la cattedrale di Bucarest minacciata

Non accenna a risolversi la questione della cattedrale di Bucarest minacciata dalla costruzione di un imponente edificio moderno. Lo scorso 13 giugno dalla basilica di S.Antonio a Padova si è tenuto un collegamento via satellite con i cattolici romeni in difesa della cattedrale. L’arcidiocesi romano-cattolica di Bucarest sta infatti attraversando un momento difficile a causa […]

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