"Regioni della conoscenza"” “

La Commissione europea ha reso nota la lista dei 14 progetti-pilota selezionati a seguito del bando “Regioni della Conoscenza” (KnowREG) pubblicato l’estate scorsa. I progetti, che beneficeranno di un cofinanziamento comunitario globale di 2,5 milioni di Euro, riguardano principalmente i seguenti settori: la definizione di strategie regionali per la ricerca e l’innovazione; la produzione di […]

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Rilancio della politica industriale” “

La Commissione europea ha adottato nei giorni scorsi una comunicazione in merito alle nuove linee di politica industriale per l’Ue allargata. Nel testo si pone l’accento sulla necessità di aumentare la spesa per la produttività, l’innovazione e la ricerca allo scopo di arginare i fenomeni di “deindustrializzazione” (che colpiscono nello specifico alcune aree degli Stati […]

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Quotidiani e periodici” “” “

Le immagini dei prigionieri torturati in Iraq dalle forze della coalizione anglo-americana hanno fatto il giro del mondo, provocando un ampio dibattito sulla stampa internazionale. “Stati Uniti: lo scandalo della tortura“ , è il titolo di apertura di Le Monde (6/5), in cui si fa notare che “la rivelazione degli atti violenti, degradanti o delle […]

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Spain, survey on youth and church” “

Of the young people interviewed by the Santa María Foundation in its Jóvenes 2000 survey on religion and youth in Spain, 60.2% declared that “the Catholic Church helps the poor and the oppressed, while 86.4% think that “the Catholic Church is living in the past”. The picture that emerges from the survey is fairly worrying […]

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Latvia: First Conference of Catholic laity” “

“The mission of the lay members of the Church is to create a new Europe. If we enter Europe, it is to bring our faith and our values”: so said Msgr. Peter Stefan Zurbriggen, Nuncio Apostolic in the Baltic States, in addressing the 1st Conference of the Catholic laity in Latvia, which ended a few […]

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Lithuania: pro-life day” “

Pro-Life Day was celebrated on Sunday 25 April in Lithuania. The message published by the Lithuanian bishops to mark the occasion expresses their “sorrow about the constant demographic crisis and the lack of an appropriate state policy in favour of the family”. The bishops also declare that “the deepest problem is the devaluation of the […]

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Greece: relations between the churches ever more difficult” “

Relations between the Greek Orthodox Church and the Patriarchate of Constantinople have become ever more difficult. The reason for the dissension is the question of control over the metropolitan churches in the region of Thrace. According to an accord signed in 1928, from a canonical point of view the dioceses in question form part of […]

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Russia: in dialogue with Islam” “

The department of foreign relations of the Patriarchate of Moscow held the fourth meeting of the Russo-Iranian Commission on dialogue between Islam and Orthodoxy in Moscow from 26 to 29 April. The delegation of theologians of the Islamic Republic of Iran was led by ayatollah Mahmoud Muhammadi Iraqi. In the days before the meeting, from […]

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United Kingdom: Catholic-Anglican dialogue ” “

With the publication of the document “Mary: grace and hope in Christ”, dialogue between the Anglican Communion and the Catholic Church has reached a “significant milestone”. So said the Rev. Gregory Cameron, director of Ecumenical Affairs of the Anglican Communion in a report presented last month (but only made known in recent days) to the […]

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Germany: EU enlargement "a sign of hope"” “

“A sign of hope”: that’s the judgement on EU enlargement expressed by the Council of the German Evangelic Church (EKD) in Hanover on 29 April. “What unites the peoples of Europe is stronger than what it is that divides them”, continues the communiqué. The date of 1st May is hailed as a “further step towards […]

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