HUMAN RIGHTS

Shadows also in Europe

The “need to make greater efforts to combat discrimination, integrate immigrants and national minorities”, the “danger of a possible dilution or erosion of standards in the fight against international terrorism” and the various conflicts present in Europe today: these are some of the recommendations of the 5th annual report of the Commission for Human Rights […]

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New world rules on Gmo

“It’s a decision that gives legal clarity to the international trade in agricultural produce, as well as being in line with EU legislation”, commented the European Commissioner for the Environment, Stavros Dimas, in welcoming the agreement reached on the Cartagena Protocol on Biosecurity (Mop3). The third meeting between the 132 contracting parties recently ended in […]

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The quality of Eu products in the world

Wine, cheese, fruit, vegetables and meat, all rigorously of high quality: they are the “export products” of European agriculture for which the Commission has approved new measures of information and promotion outside the Community. The measures in question consist of 8 programmes – for a total budget of 16.4 million euros, of which half covered […]

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Revival of European tourism

http://www.visiteeuropee.com. That’s the website of the new Eu portal dedicated to European tourist destinations, inaugurated during the Conference of European Ministers of Tourism held in Vienna on 21 March, in tandem with an international symposium on “Tourism: a decisive factor for growth and employment in Europe”. Despite the fact that the economic data of the […]

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Sharp Eu foreign trade deficit

The European deficit in external trade remains very high, in spite of the slight fall registered between December 2005 and January 2006. According to Eurostat data, the exponential increase of the energy deficit (from minus 148.3 billion euros in 2004 to minus 220.7 billion in 2005, especially to the advantage of Russia and Norway) has […]

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FRONT PAGE

A threatened society?

Our world is experiencing a multicultural revolution that brings with it risks of culture conflicts linked to the new situation created by immigration with no prospect of return to the country of origin. These conflicts or tensions are linked to the arrival in Europe of non-Christian populations that have ways of life very different from […]

di Jean-Dominique Durand University of Lyon - France

WYD

That sign is alive

“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path” (Ps 119:105): that’s the motto chosen by Benedict XVI for the 21st World Youth Day, which this year is being celebrated at diocesan level on 9 April, Palm Sunday. To mark the occasion an international meeting of WYD delegates is being […]

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WOMEN

A more welcoming home

“European women are a more than ever important lay resource, now that the multicultural, multiethnic and multi-religious challenge is transforming the face of our society. At such a delicate and challenging a time for the growth of the European Union, we women theologians want to question ourselves about the role that religion can play to […]

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PRIMA PAGINA

Una società minacciata?

Il nostro mondo sta vivendo una rivoluzione multiculturale che porta rischi di conflitti di cultura legati alla nuova situazione creata dalla presenza di una immigrazione senza prospettiva di ritorno nei Paesi di origine. Conflitti o tensioni legati all’arrivo in Europa di popolazioni non cristiane, che hanno dei modi di vita assai differenti dalle popolazioni di […]

di Jean-Dominique DurandUniversità di Lione - Francia

GMG

Quel segno è vivo

“Lampada per i miei passi è la tua parola, luce sul mio cammino”. È questo il tema scelto da Benedetto XVI per la XXI Giornata mondiale della Gioventù che quest’anno si celebra a livello diocesano il 9 aprile, Domenica delle Palme. Per l’occasione si terrà in Italia (6-9 aprile a Sassone di Ciampino – Roma) […]

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