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Cardiff EDC NewsAugust 2013

helping you find out about the European Union and the countries of Europe

promoting debate about the EU

and European issues

encouraging you to ask questions, give your opinions and make suggestions to the EU

http://europa.eu/citizens-2013/en

European Capitals of Culture 2013

Marseille (France) and Košice (Slovakia)

Lithuania holds the EU Presidency for the period July-December 2013

Cardiff EDC is on Facebookhttp://www.facebook.com/CardiffEDC

Monday 16 September 2013 at 6.00pm

Visit by members of the Consular Association in Walesand the President and Vice Chancellor of Cardiff University, Professor Colin Riordan, to the Cardiff EDC to hear about

the international strategy of Cardiff University and the work of the Cardiff EDC

Forthcoming event atCardiff EDC

Further detailshttp://www.cardiff.ac.uk/insrv/edc/news/index.html

Forthcoming talks and events in Cardiff with a European theme …

Details of 2012-13 language courses now available French, German, Greek, Italian, Polish, Portuguese,

Spanish and Swedish plus Croatian, Russian andTurkish

http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/learn/choices/courses/languages

Cardiff is named European Capital for Sport Cardiff has been successful in securing the prestigious title of European Capital of Sport 2014. The announcement was made by officials from the European Capitals of Sports Association (ACES) at an event held in Valencia this week.  It was recognised that Cardiff has firmly established itself as a leading city for sport, offering state of the art stadiums and facilities including the Millennium Stadium, SWALEC Stadium and Cardiff International Sport Stadium. Leader of the Council, Cllr

Rodney Berman said: "There is no denying the city already has a fantastic sporting pedigree”. 

There is no denying the city already has a fantastic sporting pedigree

”. 

Cardiff has been namedEuropean Capital of Sport 2014

http://www.aces-europa.eu/

is the common telephone number to ring in ALL EU Member States

to get through to the Emergency Services

http://ec.europa.eu/112

Information for citizens …http://euroacademyonline.eu/

http://www.the-eu-and-me.org.uk/

European Citizens’ Initiative

Launched 1 April 2012

http://ec.europa.eu/citizens-initiative/public/welcome

A new electronic one-stop-shop for access to justice information throughout the EU

https://e-justice.europa.eu/

http://www.ukecc-services.net/

New website from the EU bringing together information for children about the EU

http://europa.eu/kids-corner/index_en.htm

http://www.ectarc.com/european-training/working-abroad_117.html

http://surveys.publications.europa.eu/formserver/PO/EURLEX/eurlex_newsletter_en.html

Fraternité2020Their goal is to make European exchange programmeslike Erasmus or the European Voluntary Service (EVS)

more attractive in order to enable more European citizensto spend time in another country

http://www.fraternite2020.eu/index.html

Find out what is happening …

Give your opinions and participate ...

http://youtube.com/eutube

Welsh Members of the European Parliament 2009-2014

• Jill Evans

• Kay Swinburne

• Derek Vaughan

• John Bufton

Click on image to connect to MEP’s website

Looking for information on these subjects

or anything else connected with Europe?

Please ask EDC staff

or use

http://www.europeansources.info

is freely available to all libraries, schools and public bodies in Wales

Please ask for details

http://www.europeansources.info

August is the traditional month forthe EU to go on holiday

Cardiff EDC News offers you some pictures of places you might like to visit

Vorarlberg: Austria

Bruges: Belgium

Rhodope Mountains: Bulgaria

Dubrovnik: Croatia

Drouseia: Cyprus

Prague: Czech Republic

Copenhagen: Denmark

Tallinn: Estonia

Lapland: Finland

Chamonix: France

Berlin: Germany

Santorini: Greece

Budapest: Hungary

Rock of Cashel: Ireland

Montepulciano: Italy

Riga: Latvia

Trakai Castle: Lithuania

Luxembourg

St. Julian’s Bay: Malta

Amsterdam: Netherlands

Cracow: Poland

Sintra: Portugal

Sighisoara: Romania

Kosice: Slovakia

Lake Bled: Slovenia

Seville: Spain

Vastergotland: Sweden

Anglesey (Wales): United Kingdom