Brussels: The Council today approved1 a compromise text aimed at ensuring that food labels carry essential information in a clear and legible way (43/11 + 13135/11 ADD 1 REV 1), following a second-reading agreement with the European Parliament. This means that the new regulation is now adopted. The »

Brussels - As you know, there has been a lot of work going on over the last weeks and months to try and achieve the objective of finding a way to get the parties back into negotiations. You know from the perspective of the European Union and the work that I have done, that this has been my primary »

A South Africa-EU Summit will be held in Kruger, South Africa on Thursday 15 September 2011. The EU will be represented by Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council, and by José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission. The Republic of South Africa will be represented by President »

A new directive will penalise sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children as well as child pornography across the EU by harmonising around 20 relevant criminal offences and setting thresholds for maximum penalties. It will also strike hard at sex tourism and child pornography on the internet. »

Ambassadors, politicians, lawyers and celebrities were all present at “Journalist - Real estate agent” Emma Rossi Bernardi’s party. It was held in Attorney Luigi Ragno’s luxurious home in the centre of the capital where the prestigious guests enjoyed a rich buffet served »

The European Parliament , – having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 16 thereof, – having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, in particular its Articles 7 and 8, and to the European Convention for »

Rome: Pope John Paul IIwill be beatified on May 1. For this important event, which has been eagerly awaited, more than one million believers will converge to Rome. The Italian capital will be invaded by pilgrims coming from all over the world for the three-day event and the police will ensure them »

Orindaben - Use the process below to join us at the time of the full moon of Wesak "The need of the world is so great, and the present circumstances so critical, that many spiritually minded people are thinking to ask for divine intervention. There are spiritual Forces and great spiritual Intelligences »

UN - Libya's claim that it will abide by this week's Security Council resolution, which calls for an immediate ceasefire and a halt to all attacks against civilians, still has to be verified, and the regime's current actions are unclear, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today. Mr. Ban »

Iran: ESA - The south-eastern parts of Iran (top) and the Arabian Peninsula are featured in this Envisat image. Iran’s landscape, comprising several rugged mountain ranges, a central high plateau, deserts, steppes and coastlands, differs from the Arabian Peninsula, which is dominated by the »

AGI) Tokyo - A strong earthquake occurred in Tokyo; skyscrapers swayed and people fled; tsunami alert with possible 6-meter waves. Authoirities alerted the population, and similar alerts have been launched in Russian Siberia and in the Marianne Islands . . Tokyo Earthquake (the-diplomat.com) »

The poor coconut. It may taste delicious, but an astonishing 86 percent of its oil is saturated, the kind that raises cholesterol (lard is "only" 38 percent saturated). Yet oil processors told us that roughly seven out of every ten movie theaters still pop in it (in May 1994, when the survey was »

NOVEMBER 10th 9.30 – Opening activities 10.00 - 13.00 Scientific Workshop with the media "The Path of the Future, ten years which will change cars". Car industry and Research talk about new solutions to pollute and consume less. Chairman Fabio Orecchini. 13.00 - 13.30 Q&A and end of activities »

The world needs help, that is not a secret. God, in all forms, including human is here, and that is not a secret either. if you think that GOD is OMNIPRESENT, it is obvious that God is in human form as well. The reason that people did not find the human embodiment of GOD to cooperate with and help »

Yesterday for the first time appeared the first lines on the face of the earth contorted in the viscera the ships the waters multiply without end Catueté Curupira the forests are calling you to punish those who land and fell the animals and frighten the trees making them feel isolated in »

Stefano Festa was born in Milan. In 1970, when he is only 12 years old, he meets the postcubist painter Ibrahim Kodra, a close friend and artistic heir of Picasso, who recognizes in Festa strong artistic flairs. So young, Festa begins to attend regularly the Master’s studio located in Milan, »

Wesak Festival of Light Worldwide Meditation: is an annual holiday observed traditionally by practicing Buddhists in South Asianand South East Asian countries like Nepal, Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Indonesia and India. Sometimes informally »

APPIANO GENTILE - The penultimate training session before Tuesday night's UEFA Champions League last sixteen return leg against Chelsea took place this morning at the Centro Sportivo Angelo Moratti. Apart from Wesley Sneijder, who rested as a precaution after picking up a slight cold, all the »

Dear Brothers and Sisters, The theme of this year's World Communications Day - The Priest and Pastoral Ministry in a Digital World: New Media at the Service of the Word - is meant to coincide with the Church's celebration of the Year for Priests. It focuses attention on the important and »

VATICAN CITY, 21 JAN 2010 (VIS) - The Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace has released a communique concerning today's appointment of Flaminia Giovanelli as its new under secretary. The communique is signed by Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson and Bishop Mario Toso S.D.B., respectively »

The Batwa first lived in the central African forests, but unlike the majority of the Burundi population who own farms, they are now a people without land. Many of the women make out a living for their families as traditional potters, others have to rent land or still live under a feudal system which »