Hungary: university ministry and sanctuaries ” “

An international conference for episcopal delegates responsible for university ministry was held at Leányfalu, near Budapest, in recent weeks. Organized by the Vicariate of Rome and the university Chaplaincy in Budapest, the conference was supported by the Hungarian Bishops’ Conference. The participants evaluated the experience of WYD in Cologne: “Still greater attention needs to be […]

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Sicurezza e accoglienza” “

Il tema delle migrazioni ha ormai assunto una rilevanza prioritaria nello scenario europeo. Viene percepito come un problema assillante, sospinto dalla cronaca e da qualche pressione psicologica non sempre giustificata. In particolare il fenomeno immigratorio incrocia le strade delle politiche demografiche, dell’integrazione degli stranieri nelle società ospitanti, della gestione dei profughi e richiedenti asilo. Per […]

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Quotidiani e periodici europei” “

L’attenzione dei media di tutto il mondo è rivolta in questi giorni all’inizio del processo contro Saddam Hussein. “Da dove cominciare?”, si legge su Die Welt (19/10). “Questa è la domanda che si sono posti i giudici del tribunale speciale in considerazione dell’incredibile quantità e della violenza dei crimini da chiarire. Se oggi Saddam è […]

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Crackdown on counterfeiting” “

The European Commission launched an Action Plan last week (http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/taxation_customs/resources/documents/COMM_NATIVE_COM_2005_0479_3_fr_ACTE.pdf) to crack down on counterfeiting and piracy in the framework of the policy of cooperation between the Union and the customs administrations of the Twenty-Five. The decision of Brussels follows the publication of the 2004 data relating to the seizure of counterfeit and pirated goods […]

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Strategies for Africa” “

One of the priorities of the European Union takes the form of cooperation in development for Africa. At the end of an extraordinary meeting between the EU and the African Union (AU), the European Commission adopted a legislative proposal with the title “EU Strategy for Africa”. It defines an action plan in support of the […]

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Internal and external security” “

“A strategy on the external dimension of the space of liberty, security and justice”: that’s the title of the new Communication of the EU Commission that defines the fundamental sectors of cooperation between the Union and third countries in the field of “human rights, institutional consolidation and good governance, immigration, asylum and control of the […]

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European youth unemployment remains high” “

Eurostat – the Statistics Office of the European Commission – has published its Report on employment in the 254 Regions of the EU. The data, relating to 2004, confirm a situation of wide disparity: from 2.4% unemployment in the English counties of Dorset and Somerset, to 32.8% registered by the French overseas Region of Réunion. […]

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International dailies and periodicals” “

The attention of the world’s media has been focused in recent days on the start of the trial against Saddam Hussein. “From where to begin?”, says the German daily Die Welt (19/10): “That is the question posed by the judges of the special tribunal in view of the incredible quantity and violence of the crimes […]

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The Europe of the media” “

When, after the Second World War, the founding fathers of the new Europe created the Council of Europe and the European Community, they did so in the hope of reinforcing peace and fostering democracy. Today, in the year in which we are celebrating the 60th anniversary of the end of the war, the European peoples […]

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Third European Ecumenical Assembly ” “

The local Committee of the Third European Ecumenical Assembly (Aee3), due to be held in Sibiu from 4 to 9 September 2007, was set up in the Romanian city on 17 October, in the presence of the two General Secretaries of CCEE and CEC. The local Committee consists of nine members representing the various Churches […]

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