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Britons take workplace religion fight to European rights court
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05 September 2012
British employers trample on religious freedoms by barring staff from wearing crosses at work, requiring them to provide sex advice to gays, or to preside at same-sex civil partnership ceremonies, four Christians told Europe's top rights court yesterday (4 August).
Lawmakers want Europe to drive 'cultural diplomacy'
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22 March 2011
The European Parliament's culture committee last week asked the European Commission to strengthen the role of culture in the EU's external policy, asking EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton to appoint an EU 'cultural ambassador'.
Europe must assert its religious identity, says Frattini
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27 January 2010
Europe must assert its religious identity if it is to face up to the "challenges" of globalisation and immigration, Italian Foreign Affairs Minister Franco Frattini said yesterday (26 January).
Racism, intolerance still a reality in Europe, report shows
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04 December 2009
Ethnic and religious minorities in Europe continue to suffer from discrimination and prejudice and face disadvantages in a whole host of areas, from employment and education to housing and policing, a report published yesterday (3 December) by the European Network Against Racism (ENAR) reveals.
Parliament backs totalitarian 'remembrance day'
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03 April 2009
The European Parliament yesterday (2 April) formally called for 23 August to become a Europe-wide day of remembrance for victims of 20th-century Nazi and communist crimes.
Europe ponders 'remembrance day' for communist, Nazi past
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31 March 2009
The European Parliament will this week vote on making 23 August a Europe-wide day of remembrance for 20th-century Nazi and communist crimes.
EU foreign ministers condemn Dutch film on Islam
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31 March 2008
EU foreign ministers on Saturday (29 March) broadly condemned a controversial film released by Dutch MP Geert Wilders which portrays Islam as a religion which incites violence, but defended the filmmaker's freedom of expression.
No 'conflict of cultures', Islamic leader tells EU Parliament
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16 January 2008
The Grand Mufti of Syria yesterday told MEPs that he did not believe in the conflict of cultures because "we are all building one culture", becoming the first religious leader to address the Parliament during the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue.
Dialogue with Islam 'key part' of European intercultural year
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09 January 2008
The European Year of Intercultural Dialogue 2008 was officially launched in Ljubljana with a view to helping EU citizens deal with "a more open and complex" cultural environment. Promoting dialogue between Islam and Christianity has been highlighted as a 'key part' of this.
Commission sets out cultural agenda for Europe
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15 May 2007
The European Commission has adopted a policy statement on the role of culture in a globalising world, proposing the first-ever 'European Strategy for Culture'.
Germany wins Poland backing for EU birthday text
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20 March 2007
Following a visit of German Chancellor Angela Merkel to Warsaw on 16-17 March, Poland agreed to back the Berlin Declaration despite the absence of a mention of Christianity in the text, clearing the way for the Treaty of Rome's 50th anniversay celebrations to take place later this week.
Saddam sentence 'noted' by EU
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06 November 2006
The Finnish EU Presidency has acknowledged the death sentence against Iraqi former dictator Saddam Hussein, stressing the EU's commitment to fair trials and opposition to capital punishment.
Football against racism week kicks off
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16 October 2006
A pan-European action week against racism and discrimination in football aims to address local problems within individual clubs or communities.
Slovak party suspended from PES
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13 October 2006
The PES has suspended the membership of the Slovak socialist party (Smer) due to its association with ‘ extreme nationalists’.
Slovak socialist party set to be suspended from PES
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10 October 2006
The PES is set to suspend the Slovak socialist party from its ranks because of its alliance with a controversial right-wing nationalist party.
Merkel: EU needs a rethink
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12 May 2006
German Chancellor Angela Merkel supports further deregulation and sees an urgent need to give the European project a critical review and a new mission.
Opinion
Returning disputed war monuments: Can heritage be reinterpreted?
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08 September 2011
The return by Denmark of the much-disputed Isted Lion to Germany will mark a symbolic expression of friendship between the two countries, says Dr. Marie Louise Stig Sørensen from the University of Cambridge.
Ethno-religious conflict in Europe: Radicalisation in Europe’s Muslim communities
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16 March 2009
"The truly remarkable failings of the Western economic model now on display" may "give a renewed boost to Islamic radicalisation," writes Michael Emerson, senior research fellow at the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), in a February publication.
European Islam: challenges for public policy and society
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23 November 2007
The time has come for a new European political and social discourse in relation to its Muslim communities, write Samir Amghar, Amel Boubekeur and Michael Emerson in this paper for the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS).
The future of Islam in the European Union
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13 September 2007
It is only by facing reality and properly taking the European Muslim dimension into consideration that a clash of civilisations may be avoided, claim the authors of a study carried out for the European Parliament's Committee on Culture and Education.