Stories from around the globe show how a united world is already in motion. This platform highlights experiences, initiatives, and projects from people and communities working for unity and peace. Explore what’s happening and get inspired.
<p><em>It gives infos on policies and procedures of 28 Member States</em></p> <p><strong>(ANSAmed) - BRUSSELS -</strong> <strong>After the English, French and Spanish versions</strong>, the EU Immigration Portal is now available also in Arabic. "I am very pleased that today the portal will also be available in Arabic and easily accessible to all those who are looking for information about sometimes complicated procedures" the EU Commissioner for Home Affairs, Cecilia Malmstrom, announced.</p> <p><strong>"Many people who want to move to the European Union</strong> do not know what possibilities exist, how to apply for a resident or work permit. This is why in November 2011 I launched the 'EU Immigration Portal'" she added.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border-width: 0px;"><em>Myanmar opposition leader receved the the Sakharov Prize </em><strong><br /></strong></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border-width: 0px;"><strong>Myanmar opposition leader</strong> <a title="More about: Aung San Suu Kyi" href="http://www.euronews.com/tag/aung-san-suu-kyi/" style="border-color: initial; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; border-width: initial; color: #3370cc; text-decoration: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">Aung San Suu Kyi</a> is urging Europe to help the Myanmar achieve full democracy. Under house arrest when the <a title="More about: Sakharov Prize" href="http://www.euronews.com/tag/sakharov-prize/" style="border-color: initial; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; border-width: initial; color: #3370cc; text-decoration: none; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">Sakharov Prize</a> for Freedom of Thought was awarded to her in 1990, Suu Kyi finally collected it at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Tuesday.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border-width: 0px;"><strong>“It is more important that we work on the imperfections of societies</strong> and of laws and of practices that truly hurt us as human beings, that erode the foundation of human dignity. It is because of this that we feel our quest for democracy is not yet at an end!” Suu Kyi said during her acceptance speech.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"> </p> <p><em>One year after the Genfest and the launching of the United World Project in three Central American countries: a musical, a radio programme and some initiatives at the university and in the poor suburbs</em></p> <p><br /><strong>“During this year, the numerous activities following</strong> the Genfest gave us the possibility to present the United World Project”, wrote the Youth for a United World (Y4UW) from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><strong>Guatemala</strong></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><strong></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><strong>“Change History”:</strong> Among the various ‘fragments of fraternity’ in Guatemala we have put up a musical entitled “Change History” which in some cases helped continue our relationships with many young people and in other cases gave us the opportunity to establish new contacts. We had to ‘put aside many of our own things in order to give out to others without measures’. In so doing, we received a lot of support and really felt part of a big family.
<p><em>"We can try and find common ground with everybody, without fear and without losing our identity" Francis said.</em></p> <p><strong>Vatican City, 14 Oct. (AK) -</strong> Pope Francis on Monday said Catholics should not be afraid to debate their faith with other religions and with non-believers.</p> <p><strong>"Every Christian must take steps towards others</strong>, enter into dialogue with those who do not share their beliefs, who belong to another religion or who are atheists," Francis said."We can try and find common ground with everybody, without fear and without losing our identity," he told the members of the Vatican's evangelising body during an audience at the Apostolic Palace.Earlier on Monday, the popular Argentine pontiff denounced hypocritical Christians who perform good works to appear perfect and achieve personal salvation but who do so "without God's love"."We need to do good.</p>
<p><em>Kauai’s county council approved a proposed law Wednesday that mandates farms to disclose pesticide use and the presence of genetically modified crops.</em></p> <p><strong>The bill now goes to the mayor</strong>, who has 10 days to sign it into law. The measure applies to farms that use more than five pounds or 15 gallons of restricted-use pesticides annually. The bill also requires a 500-foot buffer zone near medical facilities, schools and homes—among other locations. The island hosts 15,000 acres of crop lands that are used by biotech companies and chemical manufacturers to test their products.</p>
<p><em>Italian and Balkan businessmen meet in Belgrade</em></p> <p><strong>(ANSAmed) - BELGRADE, OCTOBER 15 -</strong> Italy's interest in collaborating with Serbia and other Balkan countries for environmental protection and the use of renewable energy was underscored in a meeting between Italian businessmen and their counterparts from Balkan nations Tuesday in the Serbian Chamber of Commerce. The meeting was held as part of an international two-day conference on the theme 'Environmental Technologies and Renewable Energy Sources in the Balkans'.</p> <p><strong>Chamber of Commerce president Rasa Ristivojevic</strong> told the Italian guests about the benefits of investment in Serbia's free trade zones, where numerous Italian companies already operate.</p>
<p><em>For “The protagonists of the fraternity,” the figure of the sixteen year old Pakistani awarded the European Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought.</em></p> <p><em></em><strong>Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai</strong> first came to public attention in 2009 when she wrote an affecting BBC diary about life under the Taliban. But three years later, in October 2012, she was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman because of her campaign for girls' education. She was already well known in Pakistan, but that one shocking act catapulted her to international fame.</p> <p><strong>She survived the dramatic assault</strong>, in which a militant boarded her school bus in Pakistan's north-western Swat valley and opened fire, wounding two of her school-friends as well. The story of her slow recovery, from delicate surgery at a Pakistani military hospital to further operations and a programme of rehabilitation in the UK, has since been closely tracked by the world's media.</p>
<p><em>Rediscovering a dream</em></p> <p><strong>Europe’s deepest meaning embraces</strong> the physical map of the continent, crossing the political, economic and cultural history of millenniums, recalling the moral values on which a project of unification was built, which continues its progress today, between shoves, arrests, and restarts.<br /> <br /><strong>If the bases of the European civilization were built</strong> starting from ancient times, if the development of Christianity and of the Christian civilization have introduced elements of homogeneity, of a precise and clear European conscience, we cannot speak about of it if not in these modern times and in this contemporary era, a period that has known the most dramatic confrontations between opposing nationalisms, between ideologies able to put forward States’ claims and their will for economical dominance, and the cultural and anthropological confrontations going from political spaces, to battle fields.
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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