Quotidiani e periodici internazionali ” “

Sulle conseguenze della visita di Bush in Germania si interrogano i commentatori tedeschi . Sulla Frankfurter Rundschau (23/2), Martin Winter scrive: “ Chi vuole misurare l’abisso tra Usa e Unione europea deve guardare cosa non c’è stato durante il vertice: una dichiarazione congiunta. […] Annunciare con idealismo la lotta per la libertà in tutto il […]

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Verso Verona 2006

Si è costituito sabato 19 febbraio, a Roma, il Comitato preparatorio del Convegno ecclesiale di Verona, il quarto fra gli appuntamenti che dagli anni Settanta scandiscono, a metà di ogni decennio pastorale, il cammino della Chiesa italiana.Mancano ancora venti mesi all’appuntamento, che si terrà dal 16 al 20 ottobre 2006: un tempo che sarà dedicato […]

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A test for two of the "world’s great" ” “” “

No one can ever divide Europe from America. We have common values and objectives to pursue together. We must inaugurate a new era in transatlantic relations. Just a few sentences were enough for US President George W. Bush to “turn his back on” the recent divisions on the war in Iraq and to raise his […]

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From masks to faces” “

Ash Wednesday marked the beginning of Lent, during which all the churches are engaged in various activities, a large part of which are aimed at helping modern man to rediscover the value of prayer, renunciation and sharing (for previous instalments see SirEurope 10/2005 and 12/2005 on old.agensir.it). We continue our review of the various proposals. […]

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That lively 0.5 percent ” “

In the aftermath of the general elections of 8 February, with the predicted victory of the government coalition, headed by the Liberal party of Premier Anders Fogh Rasmussen (95 seats won, against the 80 won by the centre-left), Archbishop Czeslaw Kozon of Copenhagen has commented to SIR on the diffusion of Christian values in the […]

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Reducing exclusion” “

There are over 50 million disabled people in the Europe of the Twenty-Five; and one disabled person out of 10 encounters situations of difficulty such as architectural barriers or social discrimination: the European Union dedicated 2003, European Year of the Disabled, to them. But the difficult battle being waged by the disabled for the recognition […]

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Risks of divisions” “

A step forward towards the ordination of women bishops, the acceptance of the Windsor Report, prepared by the Church last October to tackle the problem of gay priests, and the liberalization of the legislation on the work of the clergy: these are the most important results of the General Synod of the Anglican Church held […]

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A strong signal” “

With the success of the first popular referendum for the ratification of the European Constitution, held in Spain on Sunday 20 February, the “Yes” campaign launched by the International European Movement (IEM) has moved into top gear. It is a campaign being run throughout the continent to promote a “yes” to the fundamental Treaty of […]

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Employment: 9 recommendations for greater efficiency” “

The Economic and Social Commission of the European Union (EESC) has approved an opinion on its own initiative by which it formulates “nine concrete recommendations” to improve and make more coherent the coordination at the Community level between the economic policy and employment policy of the EU in the framework of the correct application of […]

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Environment: right of access to information” “

The EU Directive that guarantees to the public better access to information in the environmental field came into force on 14 February. The Directive is part of the correct application of the Aarhus Convention of 1988 by which for the first time the public was granted the triple right of access to information, of being […]

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