Germany: congress of the "tables"” “

The annnual congress of the “Tafeln”, or “tables”, the equivalent of what is known in the USA and elsewhere as “food banks”, ended in Frankfurt on 16 June. Under the title “May everyone give what he can”, it was an occasion to draw up a balance sheet of the activity of the organization that over […]

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European Union" "

A draft European constitution” “

The President of the “Group for the Europe of democracies and differences of the European Parliament, as well as member of the Convention, the Danish Jens-Peter Bonde, put out a communiqué in recent days in which he states that “ a confidential document of the Secretariat of the Convention traces the guidelines of a European […]

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The Commission receives a delegation of the KEK ” “

A delegation of the European Christian Churches was received by the president of the European Commission, Romano Prodi on Monday 17 June. The delegation was led by Metroplitan Jérémie, president of KEK, the Conference that represents 126 Christian churches (Orthodox, Protestant, Anglican and Old-Catholic) in all the countries of Europe. Representatives of the Churches of […]

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Letter of Prodi to the Patriarchate of Moscow” “

European integration and enlargement are written “in the genetic code of the Euopean Union”: so says the president of the Commission Romano Prodi in a letter to Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, head of the Department for foreign relations of the Patriarchate of Moscow, following the evaluation made by the Patriarchate on the White […]

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Dailies and periodicals” “

The new escalation of violence in the Middle East and in particular the massacre of 19 students in Jerusalem by a “kamikaze” monopolizes the attention of the main international dailies. The recurrent question is that of the new problems that are jeopardizing the peace process in the Middle East, after the beginning of the construction […]

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EU legislation” “

In the course of last week the following legislative acts and communications, among others, came into force: · Regulation (EC) no. 1030/2002 of the Council, of 13/6/2002, instituting a uniform model for residence permits issued to citizens of third countries (OGEC L 157/1, 15/6/2002); · Council – Programme of detailed work on the “follow-up” concerning […]

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European Parliament” “

The week from 24 to 28 June, in view of the coincidence with the plenary session of the Convention on the future of Europe, is being dedicated to the meetings of the political Groups of the European Parliament.

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Presentation of bids” “

· ENTERPRISES – Programme of subvention 2002 – General publicity. The General Directorate for Enterprises of the Commission announces the forthcoming publication, in the course of 2002, of a series of bids for tender to formulate proposals in the following sectors: Encouraging entrepreneurship, promoting research and innovation, further exploiting the benefits of the internal market, […]

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European Council of Seville” “

The compromise within the Council of General Affairs having failed, the theme of the common European policy on illegal immigration now acquires fundamental importance for the success of the summit of the heads of state and of government that is being held in Seville on 21 and 22 June, and that promises to be very […]

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Relaunching the "Ecumenical Charter"” “

It is “urgently necessary” for the European Christian Churches to take the Ecumenical Charter seriously, because “by fostering the growth of cooperation in many fields, the text seems an appropriate way of eliminating historical, psychological and cultural obstacles that impede a free and frank theological dialogue”. This was one of the recommendations made at the […]

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