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If I were a European…” “

He’s more European than the Europeans. Convinced that the Union of the Twenty-Five is “the greatest political experiment being conducted today, with ethical implications of extreme importance”, Jeremy Rifkin is a great fan of the process of integration. He even accepted the invitation of the President of the Parliament in Strasbourg to attend the vote […]

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60,000 suicides in 2004″ “

“Making mental health a political priority for the European Union”: that’s the pledge made by Marcos Kyprianou, EU Commissioner for public health, during the European ministerial Conference of the World Health Organization (WHO) held in Helsinki last week. The figures presented by the EU in terms of mental health – especially depression – and the […]

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GDP growing in Europe” “

0.3%: that’s what the growth in GDP in the Euro zone and in the 25-member Europe amounts to, according to the latest data published last week by Eurostat (the EU statistics bureau) relating to the third quarter of 2004. Although half a percentage point lower than the growth registered in the second quarter, an average […]

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Kyoto Protocol, Europe behind schedule” “

The Plan for the assignment of carbon dioxide quotas, in conformity with the Kyoto Protocol on the reduction of greenhouses gases, formally came into force on 1st January. But only ten National Plans have so far been finally approved by the EU’s executive Commission. Eleven are still in process of completion, while four (those of […]

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Internet twinnings between schools” “

www.etwinning.net That’s the Internet address of “eTwinning”, the new initiative of the European Commission launched in Brussels on 14 January with the objective of promoting twinnings between European schools through the use of the internet and the new technologies of information and communication. The initiative – which forms part of the EU’s eLearning programme – […]

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Eyes fixed on the Balkans” “

The question of Turkey’s entry into the EU has been put high on the agenda of European policy. This policy, however, does not seem to take much account of the Balkan countries, which are firmly on European territory and are indubitably closer to the EU than Turkey – and not only geographically: history, culture and […]

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Spain: bishops against Basque secessionism” “

The Spanish Episcopal Conference issued a statement on 7 January with the title “On the Nation and Nationalism” in which it voices its opposition to the so-called “Ibarretxe Plan”, which provides for greater autonomy for the Basque Country and its ultimate separation from Spain. The Plan leaves open the possibility for the Basque lehendakari (president) […]

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Albania: supporting development ” “

The diocese of Scutari, in Albania, whose bishop is Msgr. Angelo Massafra, president of the Albanian Episcopal Conference, promoted a meeting for the new year in recent days, to which the representatives of the civil community and the leaders of other religions, including those of the Moslem community, were invited. “We thought it would be […]

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CCEE-CEC: check-up on the state of ecumenism” “

The annual meeting of the joint Committee of the Conference of the European Churches (CEC) and the Council of the Episcopal Conferences of Europe (CCEE) will be held in Chartres, in France, from 3 to 6 February. A joint communiqué of the two European Church organizations has announced the meeting. The Committee – set up […]

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Romania: an inquiry into the revolution ” “

The Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, Teoctist, will be heard by the commission of inquiry into the anti-Communist insurrection in December 1989. “The Patriarch – explained the spokeswoman of the Public Prosecutor’s Office, Simona Frolu – will be heard as head of the Orthodox Church and not as a witness”. The Patriarch will not […]

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