Volunteerism is an expression of active citizenship the means by which citizens raise their voices and respond to needs arising in their communities and in society in general. Despite the differences in traditions, lifestyle, and language barriers, amongst the 27 Member States of the EU, there is a common understanding that the engagement of people in various activities, whether to help each other and their communities, campaign for human rights or for preserving our environment, benefit both the individuals and the society as a whole.
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European Year of Volunteering. The future of volunteering in Europe: Challenges and Opportunities
Posted by Athena on February 14, 2011
http://athenadr.wordpress.com/2011/02/14/european-year-of-volunteering-the-future-of-volunteering-in-europe-challenges-and-opportunities/
Commission decision objects to vast majority of Italy’s request for more time to comply with EU air quality legislation
Share The European Commission today adopted a decision concerning a second request from Italy for additional time to comply with EU legislation on air quality. The decision relates to a request for temporary exemptions in 12 additional zones from the EU’s air quality standards for dangerous airborne particles known as PM 10 in the regions [...]
Posted by Athena on February 2, 2010
http://athenadr.wordpress.com/2010/02/02/commission-decision-objects-to-vast-majority-of-italys-request-for-more-time-to-comply-with-eu-air-quality-legislation/
Sweden will contribute 765 million euros to EU efforts to help developing countries fight global warming.
Sweden will contribute eight billion kronor (765 million euros, 1.12 billion dollars) to EU efforts to help developing countries combat the effects of global warming.
Posted by Athena on December 10, 2009
http://athenadr.wordpress.com/2009/12/10/sweden-will-contribute-765-million-euros-to-eu-efforts-to-help-developing-countries-fight-global-warming/
Nine European Countries Plan Offshore Wind “Supergrid.”
Nine countries (Ireland and the UK, the Benelux countries, Sweden, Denmark, France and Germany) have signed today a political declaration to cooperate on the development of an offshore wind energy grid, or “Supergrid” in the North and North West Seas.
Posted by Athena on December 9, 2009
http://athenadr.wordpress.com/2009/12/09/nine-european-countries-plan-offshore-wind-supergrid/
Stavros Dimas:Keeping ecosystems healthy makes economic sense and is vital to control climate change.
Speaking at the Conference on the launch of the report on “The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity” (TEEB), Stavros Dimas, the European Commissioner for the Environment, argued that keeping ecosystems healthy makes economic sense and is vital to control climate change.
Posted by Athena on November 13, 2009
http://athenadr.wordpress.com/2009/11/13/stavros-dimaskeeping-ecosystems-healthy-makes-economic-sense-and-is-vital-to-control-climate-change/
EU Environment Ministers meet in Luxembourg to discuss climate change
Europe offered to slash its greenhouse gas emissions by up to 95% by 2050 and by 30% by 2020 other developed countries sign up for similar action and a climate change agreement is sealed in Copenhagen in December.
Posted by Athena on October 23, 2009
http://athenadr.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/eu-environment-ministers-meet-in-luxambourg-to-discuss-climate-change/
The bad, the good and the beautiful of Euro-elections!
Immigration, especially from Africa is a huge issue and a reason of great concern. But, people are not going to stop coming to Europe. They are coming because it is not possible for them to live in their countries, due to war, poverty or hunger. These people are deprived of hope. They need help. The [...]
Posted by Athena on June 9, 2009
http://athenadr.wordpress.com/2009/06/09/the-bad-the-good-and-the-beautiful-of-euro-elections/
Ex-Soviets unsuited to deal with the consequences of climate change.
Share AP/Michael von Bülow 03/06/2009 The former countries of the Soviet Union are suffering severely from climate change, and the effects are worsened by environmental mismanagement and the lingering ill effects of the Soviet era, the World Bank said in a report released Tuesday. The report which was released at U.N. climate negotiations in Bonn, [...]
Posted by Athena on June 5, 2009
http://athenadr.wordpress.com/2009/06/05/ex-soviets-unsuited-to-deal-with-the-consequences-of-climate-change/
Οι “ατσίδες” Ιταλοί, οι ηθικοί Νορβηγοί και οι προοδευτικοί Ολλανδοί
Στη Δικαιοσύνη παραπέμπονται 109 αστυνομικοί και δημοτικοί υπάλλοι στην Ιταλία, οι οποίοι είχαν οργανώσει μία πρωτοφανή απάτη για να «κόβουν» περισσότερες κλήσεις στον δρόμο. Οι κατηγορούμενοι είχαν αλλάξει τις ρυθμίσεις στους φωτεινούς σηματοδότες, έτσι ώστε το πορτοκαλί φανάρι να γίνεται κόκκινο σε μόλις τρία δευτερόλεπτα, ενώ ο νόμος ορίζει ότι η αλλαγή πρέπει να γίνεται [...]
Posted by Athena on January 31, 2009
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L’Europa e il terzo gigante – Europe and the third giant
Very shortly Pr. Parsi says that the population of Africa is expected to increase beyond a billion persons by 2050. It will be a matter of an extremely young population, in the full load of its working age. In the same time, the European population will diminish, nearly 70 million, and it will be a population much older than it is today.
Posted by Athena on December 18, 2008
http://athenadr.wordpress.com/2008/12/18/leuropa-e-il-terzo-gigante-europe-and-the-third-giant/
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