CHILDHOOD IN EUROPE" "

Incurable wounds” “

Home is not always the safest place for a child. In the European region alone 4 children aged between 0 and 14 are killed each day: over 1,300 each year, as a consequence of murder or injuries sustained by beating. This terrible scourge of “invisible violence” inflicted on children within the walls of the home, […]

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2006, European Year of Professional Mobility” “

The European Commission has proclaimed, for the first time (on 30 June), 2006 “European Year of Professional Mobility”. It is an initiative aimed both at raising citizens’ awareness of the advantages of working abroad or changing jobs and at improving understanding of mobility. Working in a country different from one’s own or in a new […]

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Turkey called on to respect women’s rights ” “

Women’s rights and the equality of the sexes belong to the acquis of the European Community that Turkey will have to accept as part of the conditions set for its membership negotiations with the European Union. The need for Turkish compliance is maintained by the European Parliament in a report adopted on 7 July, in […]

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Cohesion, development and work ” “

Turning Europe into an area that attracts investments and work, developing technological know-how and innovation, and creating new and better quality jobs: these are the main guidelines of the EU strategy for cohesion, development and work presented by the European Commission on 5 June. The aim of the strategy is to establish the priorities for […]

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A world without landmines” “

A common resolution “on a world without landmines” was approved by the European Parliament on 7 July. In their resolution MEPs invite the States that have not yet signed the Convention for the banning of the use, stockpiling, production, transfer and distribution of anti-personnel landmines to do so. The invitation is made in particular to […]

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review of ideas" "

The ten gifts” “

“The situation of ideas in Europe tends to become that of a market in which opinions and feelings are in free competition between each other. It tends to create a situation in which no religion is that of the ruling class or of the State, none benefits from the support of a legislative system or […]

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International dailies and periodicals” “

“ Tragic intolerance” is the title of one of the editorials in The Times (13/07) in which the paper reflects on the astonishment and horror of the British, who have discovered they have been nurturing a group of fanatical terrorists in their own midst. “ What links did the perpetrators of the London bombings have […]

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La maschera e il volto” “

Nei media del mondo è circolata l’immagine simbolica della tragedia di Londra: la persona con una maschera contro le ustioni, con accanto il volto del soccorritore. Tutti abbiamo desiderato conoscere il volto e la storia di Davinia, la giovane donna dietro quella maschera. Impresa difficilissima e dolorosa si sta rivelando, nei giorni dopo il massacro, […]

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attentato a londra" "

L’Europa in silenzio” “

Anche i leader cristiani e musulmani britannici hanno chiesto in un messaggio congiunto alle loro rispettive comunità di fede di tutta l’Inghilterra di riunirsi pubblicamente insieme per osservare due minuti di silenzio, giovedì 14 luglio, a mezzogiorno, esattamente una settimana dopo gli attacchi terroristici di Londra in cui hanno perso la vita 50 persone. L’iniziativa […]

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No a violenze e minacce” “

Un progetto di legge contro l’istigazione all’odio religioso e razziale (Racial and religious hatred bill) del governo laburista inglese è in lettura per la terza volta presso la House of Lords la Camera alta del Parlamento britannico. Una discussione ancora più attuale dopo gli attentati del 7 luglio a Londra. La legge aggiunge il reato […]

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