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<p><em><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Turkey aims to supply 30 percent of its total energy demand from renewable energy sources including wind, solar and hydro power.</span></em></p> <p>Ankara – <strong>Turkey's wind energy capacity</strong> has posted a 466 megawatt (MW) increase during the first half of the year, according to the Turkish Wind Energy Association.</p> <p><strong>The country's total wind energy</strong> capacity has reached 3,424 MW with a 466 MW increase in the first six months of 2014, Mustafa Serdar Ataseven, chairman of the association, told Anadolu Agency.
<p><em>The agreement was signed between<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> mainly Muslim Seleka rebels and the largely Christian anti-Balaka militia.</span></em></p> <p><strong>In Central African Republic (CAR)</strong> rival armed groups have signed a ceasefire agreement aimed at ending over one year of religious conflict.</p> <p><strong>The agreement was signed between</strong> mainly Muslim Seleka rebels and the largely Christian anti-Balaka militia.</p> <p><strong>The conflict has forced almost a quarter</strong> of the country’s population to flee their homes.
<p><em>Fraternity can be also integration.Huge crowds lined the streets of Lakemba in Sydney's south-west this morning to mark the end of the holy month of Ramadan</em></p> <p><strong>Australia's Muslim communities</strong> gathered at mosques for morning prayers as the festival of Eid al-Fitr began, bringing an end to a month of fasting from sunrise to sunset.</p> <p><strong>Eid al-Fitr is also know as</strong> "the feast of breaking the fast" and occurs with the sighting of the new moon.</p> <p><strong>Dozens of stalls set up</strong> in Lakemba's streets were this morning selling traditional food.
<p><em>On Vatican Radio. “Only God can change this reality of death.”</em></p> <p><strong>Despondency prevails among the people of Gaza.</strong> The only thing that helps are the words of the Pope and the support of prayers from around the world, as a young woman from the Focolare Movement recounts. She lives in the Gaza Strip and for safety reasons will remain anonymous.<br />R. “There is no respite to the conflict, we only sees death, destruction and refugees on the road. It seems so inconceivable, you can’t believe it. Near to us there’s a UN school for refugees, some seventy people live there in 50 square metres, taking cover under the trees. How can you find peace in this situation?</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #444444; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;"><em><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Australia, Germany and Bhutan are first countries that adopted this educational approach</span></em></p> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #444444; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;"><strong>Positive <a title="More about: Education" href="http://www.euronews.com/tag/education/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: none; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; outline: none; color: #3370cc; text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">education</a> is an educational approach</strong> which aims to develop student well-being and promote happiness. Growing evidence suggests it can lower anxiety, boost self-esteem and help young people achieve more at school.</p> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #444444; line-height: 18px; background-color: #ffffff;"><strong>An increasing number of schools</strong> worldwide are adopting the positive psychology methods in the classroom. In<a title="More about: Australia" href="http://www.euronews.com/tag/australia/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: none; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; outline: none; color: #3370cc; text-decoration: none; background: transparent;">Australia</a>, Geelong Grammar School has been incorporating such methods into its curriculum since 2008.</p>
<p><em>Jury impressed by the city's sustainability strategy</em></p> <p>Brussels - <strong>The capital of Slovenia, Ljubljana, has won</strong> the European Green Capital Award for 2016.</p> <p><strong>The other finalists shortlisted for the Award</strong> were Essen (Germany), Nijmegen (The Netherlands), Oslo (Norway) and Umea (Sweden). "As a citizen of Ljubljana, it is with immense pride that I congratulate the city on its environmental achievements" the EU Environment Commissioner, Janez Potocnik, declared. "All of the finalists of this Award provide us with valuable real-life examples of how respect for the environment, excellent quality of life and economic growth can all be successfully combined" Potocnik added.
<p><em>We report a initiative carried out in Trentino promoted by Fondazione Opera Campana dei Caduti di Rovereto, on the occasion of the celebrations for the centenary of the Great War</em></p> <p><strong>500 people. At the end of June, </strong>during the days of inauguration of the civil pilgrimage of peace proposed by <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Fondazione Opera Campana dei Caduti di Rovereto to</span> remember the Great War. A 20-day journey along the Path of Peace made thirty years ago by the Autonomous Province of Trento. </p> <p><strong>"Peace requires a daily commitment</strong> and the knowledge that it depends the survival of the community - said Morena Berti representing the Regent of the Foundation -. Dolens Mary every night sounds one hundred times in memory of all wars, but it recalls also to the consciousness of the living because it's possible to build a society that prevents violence and conflict.
<p><em>From June 29 to July 6 2014, 130 young people came together to serve the needs of six villages near Broumov with a variety of activities</em></p> <p><strong>"There, where work gets a new dimension"</strong> is the title that has accompanied from 29 June to 6 July 2014, the fifth SummerJob, carried out in the outskirts of the city of Broumov, in the northwest region of the Czech Republic. 130 young people have spent their holidays with activities in six different villages for a total of 90 houses: cut and prepare the wood for the winter, clean the stables and barn, attics, do gardening work.</p>
<p><em>For the past five years millions<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> have volunteered 67 minutes of their time on 18 July for the common good to mark Nelson Mandela's 67 years of activism for South Africa's freedom.</span></em></p> <p>Johannesburg - <strong>People around the world</strong> will celebrate "Mandela Day" on Friday for the first time since the iconic former president's death, by doing good deeds on what would have been his 96th birthday.</p> <p><strong>For the past five years millions</strong> have volunteered 67 minutes of their time on 18 July for the common good to mark Nelson Mandela's 67 years of activism for South Africa's freedom.
Dialogue & Interculture
New Humanity NGO presented the M.E.D.I.T.erraNEW project — co-financed by the Erasmus Plus Program — to the Youth Section of UNESCO in Paris.
Peace & Human Rights
Amid the rubble of Syria, art becomes an act of resistance. Discover the story of Aeham Ahmad, the “The Pianist of Yarmouk”, who defied the horror of war with the invincible beauty of his musical notes.
Operation Mato Grosso is working on over 100 missions across Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia, all rooted in education, hard work, and solidarity. Jacopo Manara, who has been a volunteer for years, tells us their story.
An interview on communication with Michele Zanzucchi, journalist and writer, former director of Città Nuova, professor of communication at Sophia University Institute and at the Pontifical Gregorian University, and author of around forty books.
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