United Kingdom: Christian-Islamic conference” “

A conference dedicated to the dialogue between Islam and Christianity was held in recent days in Lambeth Palace, seat of the archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey, Primate of the Church of England. The participants in the conference, entitled “Building bridges: overcoming the obstacles in the relations between Christians and Moslems”, included Prince Hassan of Jordan, […]

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Czech Republic: a law “hostile” to religion ” “” “

Protests have been expressed by the Churches of the Czech Republic against a new law that, since 7 January of this year, has limited religious activity, decreeing de facto “a return to the Communist period”. According to the new legislation, it will be the government’s representatives that authorize the opening of places of cult and […]

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Aznar: democracy and reforms” “

Addresssing the plenary session of the European Parliament sitting in Strasbourg, Spanish Prime Minister José Maria Aznar presented “Màs Europa” (cf. SirEurope no. 2/2002), the programme of the Spanish Presidency for the six months January-June 2002. Aznar declared that “the current political horizon obliges the EU to be ambitious in three directions”: first and foremost, […]

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Prodi: enhancing the role of the Mediterranean” “

The President of the European Commission Romano Prodi intervened during the plenary session of the European Parliament (EP) in January, more particularly in the course of the debate on the programme of the Spanish Presidency of the EU. Prodi presented the “Spring Report” recently adopted by the Commission in preparation for the Council meeting in […]

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The presidents of the parliamentary Commissions ” “

In the course of its inaugural plenary assembly in January, apart from the election of its new president and new vice-presidents (cf. SirEurope no. 2/2002), the EP was also involved in the “redistribution” of the presidencies of its various Commissions, though some previous incumbents were reconfirmed. The names of the new Presidents of the 17 […]

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” “Dailies and periodicals” “

“ Assisi, something different from a meeting“: that’s the headline in the Spanish daily ABC of 19/1, introducing an article by Juan García Pérez on the Pope’s meeting with the leaders of other religions. The meeting, the author declares, “confronts us with important questions… The ‘others’ have begun to become more present in Western Europe… […]

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EU legislation” “

In the course of last week, the following legislative acts and communications, among others, came into force: · Final adoption of the rectifying and supplementary budget no.1 for the European Union for the financial year 2001 (GUCE L 14, 16/1/2002).

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European Parliament” “

The Commissions of the European Parliament met in inaugural session in Brussels from Monday 21 to Thursday 24 January 2002. The main points on the agenda were as follows: · Judicial and police cooperation in penal matters: framework programme, title VI of the Treaty on the European Union (Commission for the freedoms and rights of […]

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Presentation of bids” “” “

· LATIN AMERICA – Two invitations to present proposals for the URB-AL programme (second phase) – Cooperation between Latin-American and European local authorities in the urban sector. Deadlines for the presentation of proposals: 30/4/2002, 15/6/2002, 31/10/2002. For further information, please contact the European Commission on the fax no. 00322.2993622, or consult the Internet sites: http://www.urb-al.com […]

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Anglicans: respecting the differences of others” “” “

The archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey submitted his resignation a few days ago, and therefore did not participate in the prayer day for peace in the world held at Assisi on 24 January. Richard Garrard , suffragan bishop of the Church of England for the diocese of Europe and director of the Anglican Centre in […]

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