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Mutual respect” “

After the murder of film director Theo Van Gogh on 2 November, many attacks on Moslem buildings, but also on Catholic schools and churches, have been reported in the Netherlands. There was an arson attack on a Catholic school at Eindhoven on the afternoon of 10 November and one classroom was set alight. On the […]

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The ‘message’ of Mariazell” “

The lack of children, the problem of artificial insemination, the hope born at Mariazell, during the Pilgrimage of Peoples (22-23 May 2004), and a heartfelt appeal for peace in the Holy Land: these were some of the issues discussed by the Austrian Episcopal Conference, meeting at Salzburg from 8 to 10 November. Here is a […]

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Barroso on the finishing straight” “

Another week packed with important events for the European Union in which what’s at stake for the Twenty-Five is a good part of the credibility built up in citizens with the success of enlargement and the Constitution. Attention is now focused especially on Strasbourg, where the plenary session of the European Parliament is being held, […]

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EU Conference on integration policies” “

The first European inter-ministerial Conference on integration policies, organized on the initiative of the current Dutch Presidency of the European Council, was held in Groeningen, in Holland, from 9 to 11 November. Starting from the assumption that “the adoption of an effective policy for integration is important not only for the stability and cohesion within […]

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European manual of integration” “

It’s called “European Manual of Integration”, and was presented on the impulse of the European Commission during the Groeningen Conference of EU Ministers and a group of independent experts who collaborated with the national “Points of Integration Contact” coordinated by Brussels. It’s a document that contains the best practices of the policies of the 25 […]

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Euro and new member states” “

The European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs Joaquin Almunia presented the “First Report of the Commission on the state of practical preparations for the adoption of the Euro in the new member states” on 10 November. Apart from the economic and financial questions established by the Treaties that regulate the procedures for the substitution […]

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Unemployment and regional disparities” “

Eurostat – the EU statistical bureau – has published a “Report on unemployment in the Regions of the European Union and in the candidate countries in 2003”, providing a statistical picture of the situation of unemployment in the 254 Regions of the 25-member EU. The data are divided into various categories: general unemployment, female unemployment, […]

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Un sostegno reciproco” “

“Comunione e solidarietà tra l’Africa e l’Europa” è il tema del Simposio promosso dalle Conferenze episcopali d’Africa e Madagascar (Secam) e dal Consiglio delle Conferenze episcopali d’Europa (Ccee), con il patrocinio della Congregazione per l’Evangelizzazione dei popoli, che si è svolto a Roma dal 10 al 13 novembre. 150 vescovi provenienti da Africa e Europa, […]

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Germania: solidarietà con i disoccupati” “

Sono oltre 4 milioni i disoccupati tedeschi: un problema molto sentito che il governo Schröder sta cercando di affrontare con le leggi Hartz, che prevedono l’introduzione di profonde riforme nel settore del lavoro. Nella diocesi di Rottenburg Stoccarda, la festa del patrono San Martino l’11 novembre è il tradizionale appuntamento con il “Mantello di San […]

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Inghilterra: le condizioni dei rifugiati” “

“Soddisfazione ma anche preoccupazione”: è il commento del vescovo di Lancaster, mons. Patrick O’Donoghue al Rapporto redatto da Annie Owens, ispettore capo delle prigioni inglesi, dove si denunciano le condizioni in cui vengono tenuti i giovani rifugiati nei centri di accoglienza istituiti dal Governo. Il Rapporto, infatti, rivela che i bambini rifugiati soffrono di problemi […]

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