Bandi di gara” “

· INQUINAMENTO MARINO – Invito a presentare proposte nelsettore della cooperazione comunitaria contro l’inquinamento marino dovuto a cause accidentali o intenzionali – Termine ultimo per la presentazione delle proposte: 27/3/2002. Per ulteriori informazioni, contattare: Commissione Europea, DG Ambiente, DG ENV B.4 Protezione civile e incidenti ambientali, 200 Rue de la Loi, B-1049 Bruxelles. Fax: 00322.2990314, […]

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Corte di giustizia” “

Sentenza della Corte nella causa C-35/99, 19 febbraio 2002. Questione pregiudiziale posta dal pretore di Pinerolo (Italia) per il caso Arduino. Le tariffe obbligatorie degli onorari degli avvocati italiani non sono in contrasto con le disposizioni del trattato in materia di concorrenza. Il procedimento italiano che consiste nell’approvazione, da parte del governo, di un progetto, […]

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editoriale" "

Le Chiese sorelle ” “

I cristiani dell’Europa assistono all’evolversi di una specie di “guerra fredda” tra il Vaticano ed il Patriarcato ortodosso di Mosca. L’elevazione delle amministrazioni apostoliche cattoliche in Russia al rango di diocesi ordinarie ha suscitato l’ira dei responsabili del Patriarcato. La visita del card. Walter Kasper, presidente del Pontificio Consiglio per l’Unità dei Cristiani, a Mosca […]

di Erich Leitenberger, " "direttore dell'agenzia di stampa "kathpress" - austria" "" "

ex-Yugoslavia" "

Our bad conscience ” “

Forty charges for war crimes, twenty-one for crimes against humanity, two for genocide. Crimes committed between 1991 and 1999 in Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo. The accusations levelled against Slobodan Milosovic by Carla Del Ponte, chief prosecutor at the UN tribunal in The Hague, on 12 February, should come as no surprise. Who indeed, with a […]

di Ezio Gosnach" "" "

Russia" "

The common adversary” “

The Holy See has raised to the status of dioceses the four apostolic administrations that have hitherto existed in the territory of the Russian Federation, and at the same time created a single ecclesiastical Province. The announcement was made by the director of the Holy See’s press room, Joaquín Navarro-Valls, explaining in a press release […]

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Scandinavia

” “At the side of the suffering

On 11 February, on the occasion of World Day for the sick, the bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Northern Europe, which gathers together the representatives of the Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish and Icelandic Catholic Church, under the presidency of Gerhard Schwenzer, bishop of Oslo, published a pastoral letter with the title “Preserving life: assistance […]

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Porto Alegre - New York

” “Greater consistency in governments

While the world’s political and economic leaders were in New York for the World Economic Forum, the no-global movements were meeting in Porto Alegre in Brazil to discuss the issues of globalization. At the centre of debate at both forums, therefore, were the same issues, though viewed from diametrically opposing perspectives. Mary Robinson , UN […]

di Inès A. Chittilappilly - Geneva" "" "

environment" "

Towards sustainable development” “

The fourth consultation of the European Episcopal Conferences on responsibility for the creation organized by the CCEE (Council of the Episcopal Conferences of Europe) will be held in Italy, in Venice, from 23 to 26 May 2002. The theme chosen for this year’s meeting is “Labour and responsibility for the creation. Sustainable development demands a […]

di arah Numico – St. Gall (Switzerland)" "" "

BSE

” “Further alarms” “

The BSE or “mad cow disease” crisis, which seemed to have been got under control, has returned to the front page stories of the press throughout Europe, also following a suspected case of Creutzfeldt-Jakobs disease affecting a girl in Sicily and new cases of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) in Denmark and Finland. On 6 February, […]

di Gian Andrea Garancini - Brussels" "" "

BSE

” “Ten years’ delay” “

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy ( BSE) is a degenerative disease of the brain that fatally strikes the central nervous system of cattle. BSE belongs to the group of Transmittable Spongiform Encephalopathies ( TSE). It was diagnosed for the first time in the United Kingdom in 1986, rapidly reaching epidemic proportions due to the presence in cattle […]

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