Eurostat: surge in bread prices, +18% in Europe, +13.5% in Italy, +66% in Hungary
THE CASE OF ELENA —
Assisted suicide. Morresi: “When patients are properly cared for, there is no request for death”
di Gigliola Alfaro“The request for euthanasia is not a medical issue, but an anthropological one. It involves deciding when and how to…
SUMMER WITHOUT RAINFALL —
Drought. Cattolica University: key challenges facing agriculture can be met via academic research
di Gigliola AlfaroThe online review “Secondo Tempo”, with the contribution of academics from the Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences of…
EU: 433 million euros to Italy, Belgium and Luxembourg. Hosting refugees, response to Covid, and vaccines
UKRAINE —
150 join the Kyiv Peace March on July 11: “We are all Ukrainians, we are all Europeans”
di M. Chiara BiagioniOn Monday July 11, 150 representatives of 35 Italian movements and associations will attend a ‘March for Peace’ in Kyiv.…
ECONOMY —
Energy and gas. Timpano (Uni. Cattolica): “Diversification of supply sources is of the essence. The ‘price cap’ will tell us how far Putin wants to go.”
di Alberto Baviera“The practical mechanism underlying a price cap implementation is still unclear,” says Francesco Timpano, Economic Policies lecturer at Milan’s Cattolica…
EMERGENCY —
Ukraine: humanitarian aid is dwindling. Fr Semehen (St. Sophia): “The people are still in need.” Schintu ( CRI): “The war has not ended.”
di Marco CalvareseOver four months have passed since Russia invaded the territory of Ukraine on February 24, and there is no sign…
Eurostat: unemployment disproportionately affecting women. Care and family tasks are an impediment, particularly in Italy
EUROPEAN BORDERS —
Migrant children. Save the Children: “Europe’s two-tier refugee response that takes in Ukrainians and turns back others”
di Patrizia CaiffaOn the occasion of World Refugee Day celebrated on June 20, Save the Children released its second “Hidden in plain…
REFUGEE CHURCH —
Persecuted Christians. Open Doors Report on IDPs and refugees: “persecution extends across national borders”
di Daniele RocchiOpen Doors global membership organisation, actively supporting persecuted Christians for the past 60 years, released its “2022 Refugee Church –…
PROXIMITY AND SUSTAINABILITY —
Earth Day. Milano: “Globalisation must be humanised and made more environmentally friendly”
di Gigliola AlfaroThe Earth Day 2022 theme is Invest In Our Planet, celebrated worldwide on April 22. This motto, Greenaccord Secretary General…
