06.05.2008 - 09:40 CET
Brussels officials have turned to religious VIPs to help spread the gospel of an environmentally friendly society and increase awareness of climate change in their parishes, as well as promoting tolerance between different confessions in Europe.
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07.04.2008 - 07:14 CET
EU culture commissioner Jan Figel supports a proposal to grant working artists in Europe a special social status enabling them to travel and practise their art throughout the union without missing out on social rights.
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31.03.2008 - 09:36 CET
European anti-racism NGOs have criticised the European Commission for giving money to activities during the European year of intercultural dialogue to EU governments, rather than to those who work directly to help minority communities.
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07.03.2008 - 09:35 CET
Justice commissioner Franco Frattini has said Europe should not fear Muslim immigration to the bloc and promoted children and education as the best ambassadors for understanding between different cultures in Europe.
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25.02.2008 - 09:03 CET
A high official of the European Commission's translation branch has said that despite recent years' discussions and fears about mushrooming costs for translation and interpretation in the EU, the principle of granting each citizen the right to communicate with Brussels in her language would not be touched, no matter the number of member states in the future.
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04.02.2008 - 17:28 CET
Every year thousands of Africans put their lives into the hands of unscrupulous traffickers and crowd onto unsafe fishing boats to try to reach Europe across stormy waters. All along our coastlines their drowned bodies drift ashore. Is this a decent Europe, award-winning Swedish writer Henning Mankell asks.
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25.01.2008 - 17:58 CET
UEFA president and former French football star Michel Platini has made a passionate plea for preserving the exclusivity of football and sport across EU regulations, arguing the game is a vital cog in the process of social and cultural integration for Europe.
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24.01.2008 - 17:29 CET
The EU has expressed concern after a Serbian Eurovision Song Contest winner appointed as European ambassador for intercultural dialogue has shown support for the country's Radical candidate in the presidential elections.
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