Greetings from St. Peter / Issue 08 / August 2014

Greetings from St. Peter / Issue 08 / August 2014

EUROPÄISCHE AKADEMIE DER WISSENSCHAFTEN UND KÜNSTE
EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND ARTS
L ACADEMIE EUROPEENNE DES SCIENCES ET DES ARTS
ACADEMIA SCIENTIARUM ET ARTIUM EUROPAEA
G R E E T I N G S F R O M ST. P E T E R
No. 8 / September 2014
Dear fellows,
I hope you enjoyed your summer, despite we had much rain. Rain is sometimes good for relaxing and reading
interesting books, what I have done. Mostly good books are inspiring and bringing new ideas.
In overall the political situation is not very inspiring. I think on the Ukraine and the Orient. We find a power play and
a slaughter on believers from other religions. This is contrary to all humanism and tolerance, a neglecting of
respect to the next. I always have been in hope that our continent will settle in a peaceful frame.
I mentioned books which I have read. There has been one from Werner Weidenfeld on “Europe”. He made a
remarkable statement. Europe has at present no vision anymore, it has gone and none is in near to detect. He
speaks on a new interpretation of Europe. And so I believe that our Academy has the real potential to focus on the
Interpretation of Europe. We will face hard times. I do not believe that the sanctions between Europe to Russia are
a one way street. The reflect mechanism will hit us strongly soon. Jean-Claude Junker is Honorary Senator in our
Academy and I started approaching him finding a proper role as advisors. Work is much, it has to be started.
Now the fall period starts. Next week we have a meeting in Finland organized by Juhani Laurinkari. The program is
attached. On September 22 we hand over the rings of Tolerance in Cologne. We have been invited by the town of
Cologne to hold the ceremony there. The program is attached too. To register for this event please contact:
[email protected].
In October there is a meeting in Mannheim organized by Hermes Kick. there are many other meetings under
preparation as in Warsaw and Rome. All our future events are listed on our website: www.euroacad.eu/avticivties/events
Please mark in your calendar: on March 7th 2015 we celebrate our 25th anniversary, the program for this festive
act is in preparation.
From our office I learned that there is a good influx of membership fees. Those of you who have not transferred the
fee, please do so. For those who are generous giving us a gift of over 2,500 € a graphic by Mimo Palladino, a
famous artist and our member, is waiting for you. This wonderful piece of art named “Testa algebrica” is hand
signed by him and available only in a limited number. This was organized by Thaddäus Ropac, also member of our
Academy. The dimensions of the graphic are: 39 x 49 cm.
Within the last 25 years we gained a respectable network, which has to be enlarged. So I try to motivate people
from outside, get them interested in our work. We have as mission: to form Europe.
The Alma Mater developed very well. Beside the wonderful activities in Slovenia we have courses in preparation:
Social Gerontology in Salzburg and European Integration in Serbia.
With best regards,
Felix Unger
President
European Academy of Sciences and Arts
Received books:
• Werner Weidenfeld, Europa. Eine Strategie
• Politechnika Lubelska, Rainer Horn. The Honorary Professor of the Lublin University of Technology
• Politechnika Lubelska, Professor Zhihong Cao Ph.D. The Honorary Professor of the Lublin University of
Technology
• Małgorzata Pawłowska & Lucjan Pawłowski (Ed.), Management of Pollutant Emission from Landfills and Sludge
• Małgorzata Pawłowska, Mitigation of Landfill Gas Emissions
• Artur Pawłowski, Marzenna R. Dudzińska & Lucjan Pawłowski (Ed.), Environmental Engineering
• Waldemar Hummer, Die Europäische Union - das unbekannte Wesen. Die EU in 150 Glossen. Band 2
• Waldemar Hummer, Die Europäischen Union - das unbekannte Wesen. Die EU in 240 Bildern
• Hungarian Review, Vol. V., No. 4
• Hans-Werner Sinn, The Euro Trap. On Bursting Bubbles, Budgets, and Beliefs
• Mihai Cimpoi, Mihai Eminescu. Dicţionar Enciclopedic
• Artur Pawlowski (Editor in Chief), Problems of Sustainable Development. Journal of the European Academy of
Sciences and Arts. Vol. 9, No. 2
• Rajko Kuzmanovic, Constitutional Law Topics
We have to congratulate:
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Lothar Beckel, Salzburg, 80 years
Werner Weidenfeld, Deutschland, erhielt am 10. Juni den Europa-Preis EUmérite 2014
We have to regret the death of:
Klaus Demmer, Germany
Eloy Benito Ruano, Spain
Karl K. Kaiser, Germany
REQUIESCANT IN PACE
The Academy is grateful for the support of the Republic of Austria
European Academy of Sciences and Arts
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Austria
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