The narrow path on which European Union has engaged, twisting between its refusal to support the war and the necessity to maintain its traditional alliances and the enormous pressures exerted by the United States, is far from unanimously supported by the country's political factions.
What the long range implications these actions will have on the German-Americans and other Internationals living in the United States is what will be the focus of a weekly informal public discussion to be held every Friday night at the Mannerchor Halle in Cleveland, Ohio.
The Public Discussions are free and open to the public starting about 8 PM
(following the weekly fish fry) and any topic is open for discussion. If you are planning on traveling to Europe for vacation or doing business in Europe of have family or distant lost relatives there and want to know how the Iraq Crisis will affect you, this is the place to find out.
Cleveland Mannerchor Halle
4515 State Road
Cleveland, Ohio
Hosted by:
The International Center for Environmental Arts (ICEA),
German/American Business Association (GABA),
Deutsch/Americanisch National Congress (DANK).
This week of Friday March 21, 2002
Stephan Pigler, Cleveland Stadtverband President,
Johanna Roth, Editor of the Germania,
David Jakupca, Director of ICEA
{Note: Editors of local Cleveland foreign language newspapers are meeting to put together information on the Iraq crisis from their media centers from their host countries. They are Germania (German/Austrian), Volksblatt (Romanian), the El-Houda (Islamic Community), Asian-American Times (Chinese), La Gazzetta Italiana (Italian), Kuryer (Polish), Dirva (Lithuanian), Ameriska Domovina (Slovenian), and The Allianser/Zwiazkowiec (Polish)}
Other ICEA News:
Travel Permitted ICEA will be sending a delegation to the 2003 World Peace Congress in Italy this May http://www.iaewp.com/.
Committee Members are:
Ione Biggs, Renate Jakupca, Prisilla Reagan, Carol Santora, Beverly Miko,
Christa Herbert, Michael Bryan and Yolanda Wilder.
New Canadian Border Rules Put Into Effect
OTTAWA -- Some of non-citizens who try to enter the United States from Canada could be turned back starting Monday as new border rules come into effect, according to the reports on Sunday. Visas will be required for Canada's Immigrants from 54 countries when entering the United States, said part of that country's contested new immigration policy. Under the new rules, even landed immigrants from Ireland and some Commonwealth countries including South Africa, Nigeria and Zimbabwe would be required to personally visit a US consulate and get a visa ahead of any visit. Other nationalities that fall under the new restrictions include India, Pakistan, Jamaica and Trinidad.
The new rules are expected to cause confusion and chaos at airports and border crossings into the United States, reports said. Cross-border bus and train conductors will check the documents of travelers to ensure they have got the permission to the United States and Railway officials say they will be making announcements informing passengers of the change on board US-bound trains.�
Last year, the US requirements that Canadians born in some Middle Eastern countries must be singled out for fingerprinting and questioning drew Canadian government's ire. But when the proposed visa rules were announced, Foreign Affairs Minister Bill Graham acknowledged that there was little Canada could do to convince the United States to change the proposed law.
International Center for Environmental Arts (ICEA)
Box 81496 Cleveland, Ohio 44181
Tel/Fax: 440-891- 8376
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