information" "

The first and the last” “” “

A questionnaire of 52 questions aimed at evaluating the situation of a country’s press freedom, has been distributed by the association ‘Reporters without Frontiers’ to its partner organizations – 14 associations in defence of press freedom in five continents -, and to its network of 130 correspondents and other journalists, researchers, jurists and human rights […]

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monthly agenda" "

November 2004″ “

We present the main events involving the Catholic Church and the other European Christian Churches in November. 4 Plenary Assembly of the French Episcopal Conference (4-9), at Lourdes; on the order of the day, catechesis and the reorganization of the structures of the Conference itself. Meeting of the European Council (4-5), in Brussels. 5 Meeting […]

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Agency for fundamental rights” “

As established by the Brussels Summit ten months ago, the European Commission will present, in the course of 2005, a proposed regulation for the setting up of an agency for the fundamental rights of the European Union to take the place of the Vienna-based European watchdog for racist and xenophobic phenomena. To prepare this transformation […]

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Dismantling nuclear power stations” “

The Commission published on 26 October a report on the need to guarantee adequate financial resources and more transparent controls for the dismantling of nuclear power stations. Member states have already assumed the commitment to close by 2025 over fifty nuclear reactors considered at risk, either to build new ones (where possible) or invest more […]

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EU deficit growth forecasts” “

In spite of guarded optimism about the growth of the European economy as a whole, the estimates of Brussels on national deficits are giving rise to concerns about the budgets of various EU member states. The Commission – which presented its own autumn forecasts of economic policy in the course of the last plenary session […]

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Inflation stable? ” “

Cautiously positive projections have been made about the rate of inflation in the EU. The group of economists of the European Commission, charged with studying trends in inflation rates, recently presented its own estimates for the next two years: with reference to the 25-member EU, inflation ought, they say, to stabilise at 2.2% in 2004, […]

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International dailies and periodicals” “

“Bush is in the lead, but not yet re-elected”, is the headline in Le Monde (4/11), which does not yet officially concede victory to Bush because “the final result is suspended pending completion of the vote count in Ohio”. In this regard, the French daily notes: “ This uncertainty might lead one to fear a […]

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prima pagina" "

Rispettare la vita” “” “

Si fa sempre più acceso il dibattito, in diversi Paesi europei, sui temi bioetici, in particolare sulla procreazione assistita e in materia di ricerca sulle cellule embrionali. È di questi giorni la notizia che in Spagna è stato approvato un decreto che facilita la “legge di riproduzione assistita” che prevede, tra l’altro, l’uso per la […]

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bosnia erzegovina" "

Costretti ad essere divisi?” “

Quasi dieci anni fa gli accordi di Dayton (dicembre 1995) hanno posto fine a tre anni e mezzo di conflitto in Bosnia (1992-1995) creando una struttura particolare composta da due entità che non trova corrispondenti in nessun altro sistema politico del mondo. Della Bosnia Erzegovina fanno infatti parte la Federazione di Bosnia Erzegovina (croato musulmana) […]

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cattolici e luterani" "

Dal traguardo all’obiettivo” “

Si è celebrato nei giorni scorsi a Johannesburg, in Sudafrica, il quinto anniversario della Dichiarazione di Augusta sulla giustificazione. Era infatti il 31 ottobre 1999 quando nella cittadina tedesca di Ausburg il pastore Ishmael Noko , segretario generale della Federazione luterana mondiale (FLM) e il cardinale Walter Kasper , presidente del Pontificio Consiglio per l’unità […]

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