Albania’s "jubilee"” “

While the country continues its process of modernization and fight against poverty (Albania stands 85th in the index of human development), the Catholic Church of the “Country of the Eagles” wishes to transmit a strong message of recovery of the past and support of the national identity: “This year, throughout Albania and together with all […]

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Czech Republic: the Churches support entry into the EU” “

200,000 brochures have been printed to convince the almost three million believers in the Czech Republic to vote in the referendum to be held in June to seek the electorate’s endorsement of entry into the EU. The Christian Churches of the Czech Republic are actively participating in the Government’s propaganda campaign to boost support for […]

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The Court is installed” “

Eighteen judges, including eight Europeans, took their oath of office at The Hague on 11 March, in the course of the ceremony of formal installation of the International Penal Court. Before UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, each judge solemnly swore: “I shall perform my tasks and exercise my powers as judge of the International Penal […]

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Fact File” “

The International Penal Court has its seat in The Hague (Netherlands), close to the International Penal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, once again in the spotlight following the assassination of Serbian premier Zoran Djindjic, whose good offices had permitted some Balkan war criminals, including Milosevic, to be handed over to the tribunal to stand trial. […]

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Gulag, forgotten massacre” “

A project called “Memento Gulag”, aimed at dedicating a day to the memory of the victims of the Soviet gulags, has been presented by the “Committee for Liberties”, founded in Milan in 1997 by a group of intellectuals of various political and philosophical persuasions. The association’s president is the Russian intellectual Vladimir Bukovskij, leader of […]

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Science in place of utopia?” “

An opportunity to discuss the position of science towards the biotechnologies “in a calm and constructive way” was offered by the debate “Humanity faced by the promises of the biotechnologies – Science and society torn between hopes, utopias and risks”, held in recent days at the Goethe Institut in Rome, with the participation of Giuliano […]

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Just clic…” “

Ploteus. An occasion to grasp the many opportunities in the field of schooling and further education provided by the European Union is offered by the new Internet portal of the European Commission, a centralized system of information that will help all young people who would like to study abroad. Just key in www.ploteus.net to access […]

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Dailies and periodicals” “

A Security Council “divided” on the war, and an America ever more determined to mount an armed attack on Iraq (with or without a new UN resolution): that, in essence, is the current scenario of the international crisis, which continues to monopolize the attention of the main dailies . “No vote yet on Iraq, but […]

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EU legislation” “

In the course of last week the following legislative acts and communications, among others, came into force: Decision of the Council, of 16 December 2002, relating to the signature and conclusion of the accord between the European Community and the Republic of Turkey on the precursors and chemical substances frequently used for the illicit production […]

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Parliamentary agenda” “

The Commissions of the European Parliament will meet in Brussels from Monday 17 to Thursday 20 March 2003. The main points on the agenda are as follows: International role of the Euro zone and first assessment of the introduction of coins and banknotes in Euros; European Year of the handicapped and European Parliament of the […]

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