World News and Trends European Union loses 2.5 billion annually to fraud, mismanagement
The European Union (EU) constitutes a huge bureaucracy, much of it based in Brussels.
According to The Sunday Times, a recent auditor's report revealed that last year the EU lost the equivalent of £15 for every family in Europe because of fraud and mismanagement. Two years ago a similar report led to European commissioners being forced out of their positions because of allegations of fraud and corruption.
In spite of promises from Italian president Romano Prodi to transform the European Commission into a "modern efficient administration that has put its house in order," the 15-member court of auditors reported that "the situation is unchanged." The public is left to figure it out. (Source: The Sunday Times [London].)
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Good News Magazine: January - February 2002
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John Ross Schroeder
John died on March 8, 2014, in Oxford, England, four days after suffering cardiac arrest while returning home from a press event in London. John was 77 and still going strong.
Some of John's work for The Good News appeared under his byline, but much didn't. He wrote more than a thousand articles over the years, but also wrote the Questions and Answers section of the magazine, compiled our Letters From Our Readers, and wrote many of the items in the Current Events and Trends section. He also contributed greatly to a number of our study guides and Bible Study Course lessons. His writing has touched the lives of literally millions of people over the years.
John traveled widely over the years as an accredited journalist, especially in Europe. His knowledge of European and Middle East history added a great deal to his articles on history and Bible prophecy.
In his later years he also pastored congregations in Northern Ireland and East Sussex, and that experience added another dimension to his writing. He and his wife Jan were an effective team in our British Isles office near their home.
John was a humble servant who dedicated his life to sharing the gospel—the good news—of Jesus Christ and the Kingdom of God to all the world, and his work was known to readers in nearly every country of the world.
Melvin Rhodes
Melvin Rhodes is a member of the United Church of God congregation in Lansing, Michigan.
