• CEC CHURCHES IN DIALOGUE COMMISSION TO MEET IN DENMARK, 23-27 MAY - 18 May 2004
• HOPES AND EXPECTATIONS FOR RURAL REGIONS IN EUROPE - 14 May 2004
• CHURCHES CRITICISE EU POLICY ON REFUGEES - 13 May 2004
• EUROPEAN CHURCH REPRESENTATIVES WELCOME EU ENLARGEMENT - 3 May 2004
• ENLARGED EU: WHERE LARGE AND SMALL HAVE A SAY - 30 April 2004
• CHURCHES AND POLICE - TOGETHER AGAINST TRAFFICKING IN HUMAN BEINGS - 28 April 2004
• NEW CHURCH AND SOCIETY COMMISISON OF CEC MEETS IN WAVRE, BELGIUM, 28 APRIL - 2 MAY 2004 - 22 April 2004
• EU ENLARGEMENT - A CHALLENGE FOR THE CHURCHES - 20 April 2004
• ECUMENICAL SERVICE IN BRUSSELS TO MARK ENLARGEMENT OF EU - 19 April 2004
• CHURCHES INITIATE DISCUSSION ON RESETTLEMENT AS ADDITIONAL INSTRUMENT FOR REFUGEE PROTECTION IN EU - 16 April 2004
• CHURCHES AND EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ELECTIONS: SOLIDARITY AND DIVERSITY AS BASIC FEATURES OF THE EU - 5 April 2004
• CEC PRESIDENT AND GENERAL SECRETARY VISIT THE ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE - 2 April 2004
• KOSOVO: RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY AS PARTNERS IN LONG-TERM PEACE-BUILDING - 30 March 2004
• CEC AND WCC APPEAL FOR PEACE IN KOSOVO, WARN AGAINST MISUSE OF RELIGION IN CONFLICT - 19 March 2004
• CHURCHES MEET IRISH PRESIDENCY OF THE EU - 11 March 2004
• CHRISTIAN GROUPS CALL FOR CHANGES TO EU ASYLUM DIRECTIVE - 17 February 2004
• CHURCHES CONTRIBUTE TO EUTHANASIA DEBATE AT COUNCIL OF EUROPE - 10 February 2004
• RESEARCHER IN EUROPEAN MISSION BEGINS WORK - 6 February 2004
• CCEE AND CEC MOVE TOWARDS THE THIRD EUROPEAN ECUMENICAL ASSEMBLY - 3 February 2004
• JOINT CCEE-CEC COMMITTEE MEETING IN POLAND - 26 January 2004
• EUROPEAN TEMPLETON FILM AWARD TO "THE RETURN (VOZVRASHCHENIE)" BY ANDREY ZVYAGINTSEV - 26 January 2004
  
  
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• UPDATE: MEETING OF CEC CENTRAL COMMITTEE - 19 December 2003
• CEC: LETTER TO CHURCHES ON "EUROPE IN 2004" - 18 December 2003
• CEC CENTRAL COMMITTEE: MIGRANT RIGHTS TO BE STRENGTHENED - 18 December 2003
• CHRISTIAN ORGANISATIONS SUPPORT PAT COX’S LEGAL CHALLENGE AGAINST EU DIRECTIVE ON FAMILY REUNIFICATION - 17 December 2003
• NEW PRESIDIUM OF CEC - 16 December 2003
• JEAN-ARNOLD DE CLERMONT, ARCHBISHOP ANASTASIOS, DEAN MARGARETHE ISBERG: THE NEW OFFICERS OF CEC - 15 December 2003
• NEW CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF CEC MEETING IN GENEVA, 13-18 DECEMBER, WILL ELECT NEW PRESIDENT - 9 December 2003
• EUROPEAN TEMPLETON PRIZE FOR RELIGION WRITING IN THE SECULAR PRESS - 4 December 2003
• CCME AND CARITAS EUROPA LAUNCH BROCHURE: "ACTION AND NETWORKING AGAINST TRAFFICKING IN WOMEN"- 3 December 2003
• THE TREASURE OF THE ORIENT FOR THE CHURCHES AND EUROPE - 2 December 2003
• CHURCHES AND BIOETHICS: THE NEED TO RESPECT HUMAN DIGNITY - 1 December 2003
• MEETING MUSLIMS: LET’S NOT BE FEARFUL OF ONE ANOTHER. STUDY PAPER FROM CEC-CCEE "ISLAM IN EUROPE" COMMITTEE - 24 November 2003
• THE CHURCHES AND THE CHALLENGE OF BIOETHICS 21 November 2003
• THE CHARTA OECUMENICA PROCESS GOES ON - 18 November 2003
• BRITISH CHURCHES' COMMITMENT TO EUROPE: REV. MATTHEW ROSS JOINS CEC CHURCH AND SOCIETY STAFF - 17 November 2003
• CHURCHES APPEAL TO THE EUROPEAN UNION: ENSURE DIALOGUE WITH EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS - 27 October 2003
• PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN POLITICAL AUTHORITIES AND CHURCHES VITAL FOR FUTURE OF EUROPE, SAYS EU COMMISSIONER - 24 October 2003
• EU CONSTITUTION AND THE CHURCHES: A EUROPEAN CONSULTATION IN BRUSSELS - 21 October 2003
• CHRISTIANS AND PREDICTIVE MEDICINE: THE GOD OF THE BIBLE LIBERATES THE FUTURE - 20 October 2003
• REPRESENTATIVES OF EUROPE'S CHRISTIAN CHURCHES MEET THE ITALIAN PRESIDENCY OF THE EUROPEAN UNION - 15 October 2003
• POPE'S EXHORTATION "ECCLESIA IN EUROPA": CEC AMAZED AT SILENCE ON CHARTA OECUMENICA - 25 August 2003
• PROGRAMME OF THE 12TH CEC ASSEMBLY IN TRONDHEIM, NORWAY - 11 June 2003
• AGNETA LAGERCRANTZ FROM "SVENSKA DAGBLADET", SWEDEN, IS THE EUROPEAN RELIGION WRITER OF THE YEAR - 4 June 2003
• "CHARTA OECUMENICA" SIGNED BY 16 GERMAN CHURCHES DURING THE "ECUMENICAL KIRCHENTAG" - 2 June 2003
• EUROPE'S RELIGIOUS HERITAGE RECOGNISED IN DRAFT EU CONSTITUTION - 28 May 2003
• CHURCHES VALUE WORK OF EU CONVENTION - 27 May 2003
• JACKSON APPOINTED "RESEACHER IN EUROPEAN MISSION" - 23 May 2003
• CZECH REPUBLIC: "FIGHT AGAINST TRAFFICKING IN WOMEN HAS ONLY JUST BEGUN" VISIT OF CHRISTIAN ANTI-TRAFFICKING NETWORK UNDERLINES NEED FOR CONTINUED EFFORTS AFTER EU ACCESSION - 15 May 2003
• SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: CHURCHES URGED TO CONTRIBUTE TO POLICY CHANGE. THE 4TH ASSEMBLY OF ECEN IN VOLOS, GREECE, 6-11 MAY 2003 - 14 May 2003
• CHURCHES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION URGE GOVERNMENTS TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR UNHCR - 14 May 2003
• EUROPEAN CHURCHES REFLECT ON ENLARGEMENT OF EU. A EUROPE-WIDE CONSULTATION IN BRUSSELS - 9 April 2003
• CENTRAL EUROPE: CHURCHES CALLED TO FIGHT TRAFFICKING OF WOMEN - 7 April 2003
• CEC WELCOMES PROPOSAL FOR SPECIAL ARTICLE ON CHURCHES IN EUROPEAN CONSTITUTIONAL TREATY - 4 April 2003
• "THE CHURCHES IN EUROPE AS WITNESSES TO HEALING": NEW BOOK BY CEC GENERAL SECRETARY KEITH CLEMENTS - 4 April 2003
• EUROPEAN COUNCILS OF CHURCHES SUPPORT ANTI-WAR POSITION OF AMERICAN CHURCHES - 31 March 2003
• CONFESSING AND WITNESSING JESUS CHRIST IN EUROPE: REVISED DRAFT OF CEC ASSEMBLY THEME PAPER - 28 March 2003
• IRAQ: CEC AND NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CHURCHES IN USA WRITE TO GREEK EU PRESIDENCE - 26 March 2003
• MEETING OF THE "CHURCHES IN DIALOGUE" COMMISSION OF CEC - 24 March 2003
• GENERAL SECRETARY OF CEC ON WAR ON IRAQ: IF CHRIST IS OUR PEACE, WE CANNOT BELIEVE IN WAR - 20 March 2003
• BEYOND CRISIS: CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS SHAPING A SHARED FUTURE IN EUROPE - 18 March 2003
• BACKGROUND INFORMATION: THE WORK OF CEC CHURCH AND SOCIETY COMMISSION 2002/2003 - 17 March 2003
• FOSTERING COMPREHENSIVE EUROPEAN INTEGRATION : THE PLENARY OF CEC CHURCH AND SOCIETY COMMISSION - 17 March 2003
• CHURCH AND SOCIETY COMMISSION OF CEC MEET IN SPAIN - 12 March 2003
• CHURCH DELEGATION WELCOMES MOSCOW'S STANCE ON IRAQ - 5 March 2003
• COMBATING TRAFFICKING IN WOMEN: INVOLVING ALL ACTORS AND DURABLE SOLUTION FOR VICTIMS TOP PRIORITIES - 3 March 2003
• IRAQ CRISIS: CEC PRESIDIUM ENCOURAGES THE GREEK INITIATIVE FOR A COMMON EU FOREIGN POLICY - 3 March 2003
• CEC PRESIDIUM MEETS IN ATHENS - 27 February 2003
• IRAQ CRISIS: BUSH SHOULD RECEIVE US CHURCH LEADERS - 20 February 2003
• IRAQ: CEC ACCOMPANIES US CHURCH DELEGATION TO FRANCE - 12 February 2003
• DRAFT OF EU CONSTITUTIONAL TREATY: CEC ASKS FOR FULL REALISATION OF SOLIDARITY - 11 February 2003
• EUROPEAN CHURCH LEADERS UNITED AGAINST WAR IN IRAQ - 5 February 2003
• IRAQ CRISIS: CHURCHES TO DISCUSS COMMON RESPONSE. A MEETING IN BERLIN CONVENED BY WCC, EKD AND CEC - 3 February 2003
• CEC-CCEE JOINT COMMITTEE MET IN BUCHAREST - 3 February 2003
• CHURCHES MEET GREEK PRESIDENCY OF EUROPEAN UNION - 31 January 2003
• CCEE AND CEC MEET IN BUCHAREST TO REVIEW THE ECUMENICAL SCENE IN EUROPE - 14 January 2003
• CEC TO EUROPEAN CONVENTION: SOCIAL DIMENSION MUST BECOME CONSTITUENT PART OF THE UNION - 15 January 2003
• TEMPLETON FILM AWARD TO „THE MAN WITHOUT A PAST", BY AKI KAURISMÄKI - 13 January 2003
• CEC APPOINTS NEW SECRETARY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS - 8 January 2003
• CHRISTIAN ACTION AND NETWORK AGAINST TRAFFICKING IN WOMEN (CAT) LAUNCHED - 16 December 2002
• DIALOGUE ON THE CHURCH IS ESSENTIAL TO OVERCOME CONFESSIONALISM. An Orthodox-Protestant consultation in Crete from 28 November to 1 December 2002 - 6 December 2002
• EU SUMMIT IN COPENHAGEN: CEC ADDRESSES ITS MEMBER CHURCHES ON EU ENLARGEMENT AND THE CONVENTION ON THE FUTURE OF EUROPE - 4 December 2002
• WORLD AIDS DAY: CHURCHES EXPRESS THEIR CONCERN. A EUROPEAN CONSULTATION IN MINSK, BELARUS - 29 November 2002
• "THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST": PROTESTANT AND ORTHODOX IN DIALOGUE - 26 November 2002
• MAJORITY AND MINORITY CHURCHES: STRENGTHEN THE ROLE OF CEC AS MEDIATOR 11 November 2002
• RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: A CEC CONSULTATION ON MAJORITY AND MINORITY COMMUNITIES IN THEIR RELATION TO THE STATE - 5 November 2002
• ENABLING FAMILY REUNIFICATION FOR THIRD COUNTRY NATIONALS SHOULD BE PRIORITY FOR EU COUNCIL OF MINISTERS - 4 November 2002
• CHURCHES ASK FOR STRUCTURED RELATIONS BETWEEN CIVIL SOCIETY AND EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS - 8 October 2002
• HENRI TINCQ: "EMPATHY IS CRUCIAL IN RELIGIOUS REPORTING" - 20 September 2002
• "CHARTA OECUMENICA": INSPIRATION FOR CONTINUING DIALOGUE. Letter from the Ottmaring Consultation on the Charta - 12 September 2002
• HENRI TINCQ, FROM "LE MONDE", FRANCE IS THE EUROPEAN RELIGION WRITER OF THE YEAR - 2 September 2002
• CEC-CCEE CONSULTATION ON THE RECEPTION OF "CHARTA OECUMENICA" IN EUROPE - 30 August 2002
• WCC AND CEC CONCERNED ABOUT VIOLENCE AGAINST SERBIAN ORTHODOX IN KOSOVO - 20 August 2002
• SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE EUROPEAN UNION: CEC'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE JOHANNESBURG SUMMIT - 16 August 2002
• SOLIDARITY OF CEC WITH CHURCHES IN COUNTRIES AFFECTED BY FLOODS - 14 August 2002
• CEC GENERAL SECRETARY WELCOMES APPOINTMENT OF ROWAN WILLIAMS AS NEW ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY - 23 July 2002
• CEC ON XENOTRANSPLANTATION: MORALLY PROBLEMATIC BUT NOT FUNDAMENTALLY WRONG - 23 July 2002
• ECUMENICAL THOUGHT MUST PERMEATE ALL THEOLOGICAL TEACHING, SAYS AN ECUMENICAL CONSULTATION OF EUROPEAN THEOLOGICAL FACULTIES - 09 July 2002
• THE FUTURE OF THEOLOGY IN EUROPE: ECUMENICAL CONSULTATION OF EUROPEAN THEOLOGICAL FACULTIES - 02 July 2002
• EUROPEAN CHURCH WOMEN NETWORK FOR OVERCOMING DISCRIMINATION AND VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN - 01 July 2002
• GEORGIA: CEC GENERAL SECRETARY MEETS WITH SHEVARDNADZE - 01 July 2002
• EUROPEAN CHURCH WOMEN STRATEGIZE FOR THE FUTURE - 24 June 2002
• FORMER CEC PRESIDENT HONOURED BY QUEEN ELIZABETH II - 19 June 2002
• ECUMENICAL LEADERS VISIT EUROPEAN COMMISSION - 18 June 2002
• CHURCH LEADERS TO VISIT EUROPEAN COMMISSION PRESIDENT - 14 June 2002
• EUROPEAN UNION MUST BE A COMMUNITY OF VALUES. NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR RELIGIOUS HERITAGE, CEC SAYS TO EUROPEAN CONVENTION - 13 June 2002
• CHURCHES SHOULD BE "DIALOGUE PARTNERS" WITH EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS, CEC CENTRAL COMMITTEE SAYS TO EUROPEAN CONVENTION - 10 June 2002
• REV. RÜDIGER NOLL APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF CEC CHURCH AND SOCIETY COMMISSION - 6 June 2002
• CEC CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEETS IN MORGES (CH), 3-9 JUNE - 31 May 2002
• "EUROPEAN UNION SHOULD FIGHT THE CAUSES OF FORCED MIGRATION, NOT MIGRANTS", CHURCHES TELL EU OFFICIALS - 28 May 2002

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