Full Coverage: Europe

31.10.2007 "Da un'Europa sconvolta dai recenti conflitti nei Balcani ad un Europa che, valorizzando etnie, lingue e religioni, sappia cogliere le tante opportunità anche attraverso l'allargamento dell'Unione". E' questo l'appello che è emerso dalle relatrici alla Conferenza internazionale promossa venerdì scorso a Bolzano dalla World Social Agenda nell'ambito della manifestazione "Libera Europa–Freies Europa". La conferenza ha concluso il ciclo di riflessione quadriennale sui continenti nei quali donne dell'Africa, America Latina, dell'Asia, dell’Europa dell’Est e dei Balcani hanno presentato le loro attività e la loro visione di un mondo "diverso, multiplo, mescolato". Dal prossimo anno, la World Social Agenda proporrà percorsi, dibattiti e eventi a Padova, Trento e Bolzano sugli "Obiettivi del Millennio" proposti dall'Onu.

31.10.2007 Spain's new electronic ID cards will reach 30 million citizens soon. The Interior Ministry has already distributed 1.2 million chip-based cards and expects to issue at least 800,000 more by the end of the year.

31.10.2007 As the UN Human Rights Committee begins to scrutinise Britain's rights performance, Article 19 calls on the committee to question the government on its plans to reduce use of the Freedom of Information Act, the ban on unauthorised demonstrations near Parliament Square and the high cost of defending libel actions.

31.10.2007 Ylen Hyvän järjestämän Nenäpäivän avulla kerättiin perjantai-iltaan mennessä kampanjalle yli 1,6 miljoonaa euroa. Ensimmäisen Ylen Hyvän Nenäpäivä -kampanjan teemana oli ”Lapsi työssä”.

31.10.2007 WWF:n selvityksen mukaan suomalaiset elintarviketuottajat ovat piittaamattomia käyttämänsä palmuöljyn alkuperästä ja palmuöljytuotannon vaikutuksista sademetsiin.

31.10.2007 Nokia ja Plan kehittävät yhteistyössä kokeellista sosiaalista verkkomediaa yhdistämään kenialaisia ja tamperelaisia viidesluokkalaisia.

31.10.2007 As the Kenya Human Rights Commission prepares to sue the British Government for personal injuries sustained in detention camps by survivors of the Mau Mau war for independence, Mukoma Wa Ngugi unravels the colonial myths of Christianisation and civilisation and exposes the reality of torture, murder, slavery, landlessness, dehumanisation and internment.
From: Pambazuka News

30.10.2007 Three French journalists have been charged in Chad with kidnapping minors and fraud for covering the alleged attempt by Arche de Zoé (Zoé’s Ark) to evacuate 103 African children to France.

30.10.2007 Venäjällä viime vuonna voimaan astunut kansalaisjärjestölaki on vaikeuttanut kansalaisjärjestöjen toimintaa. Kansalaisyhteiskunnan ja -järjestöjen marginalisoimisella on Venäjällä pitkät perinteet, samoin vahvan valtion korostamisella.

30.10.2007 British MPs pledge not to forget Burma, via a YouTube video.
And following performances at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, OId Vic and Soho Theatre, the dramatised story of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, The Lady Of Burma, comes to London's Riverside Studios from 7 November.
+ Children Bought and Sold by Army Recruiters

30.10.2007 EU ei anna myöten EPA-vapaakauppasopimusten voimaantulossa. Sopimukset otetaan käyttöön ensi vuoden alusta, todetaan Euroopan komission tiedonannossa. Samalla kehitysmaiden siirtymäajaksi määriteltiin enimmillään 12 vuotta.

30.10.2007 In the wake of the conviction of the 'Cambridge letter bomber' in Britain, The Muslim News sets out to find why, unlike numerous cases involving Muslims, Miles Cooper - who had searched the internet, amassed explosives and activated bombs to make a political point - was not arrested or charged under the new terror legislation.
From: The Muslim News

29.10.2007 NEW YORK, Oct 29 (OneWorld) - Donald Rumsfeld, the former U.S. secretary of defense, is facing criminal charges in France for ordering the torture of prisoners in Iraq and at the military prison at Guantanamo Bay.

29.10.2007 How to start small talking when coming into the room full of potential business partners, and what sort of wine to choose when having sushi for dinner? These are the kind of questions cultural training aims to answer. And the kind of questions one can make big money with.

29.10.2007 Suomalaisen asevalmistaja Patrian yhteistyö yhdysvaltalaisen Lockheed Martinin kanssa koettelee Suomen asevientiperiaatteiden rajoja. Asevienti on luvanvaraista, eikä vientilupaa myönnetä, jos aseita voidaan käyttää ihmisoikeusloukkauksiin tai hyökkäykselliseen aseelliseen toimintaan.

29.10.2007 Spain and France have sent diplomats to Chad where 16 of their nationals are still under arrest accused of child trafficking after being caught on Thursday trying to fly 103 young children out of the country to France.
From: EuroNews

27.10.2007 The UK Government must act on UNEP Global Environment Outlook, says 'climate change' MP.

27.10.2007 Five Tanks at the Hackney Empire won’t make you cry with laughter or rock you in your seat; the staging needs tightening, the acting needs a little more edge. But the basic concept – the reactions and interactions of staff in a call centre on the day a bomb fails to explode on a 26 bus – is interesting and writer Lab Ky Mo has talent.

27.10.2007 The UN Children's Fund has criticised an attempt to separate more than 100 young Chadian children from their parents and take them to France for adoption as “illegal and totally irresponsible".

27.10.2007 A citizen held electronic health card (eCard) will enable people to access online electronic prescriptions in Bulgaria. The pilot project will be tested by 1,000 patients who will use their eCard at both their GP and pharmacy.