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South Wales Europe Direct Information Centre Canolfan Gwybodaeth Uniongyrchol Ewrop De Cymru Thursday 6 November 2008 Welcome to ERASMUS Students Current and past ERASMUS students welcome Buffet and wine

South Wales Europe Direct Information Centre Canolfan Gwybodaeth Uniongyrchol Ewrop De Cymru Tuesday 18 November 2008 European Year for Intercultural Dialogue 2008 Watch and discuss the film with a glass of wine Miguel & William

South Wales Europe Direct Information Centre Canolfan Gwybodaeth Uniongyrchol Ewrop De Cymru Language Courses available Autumn 2008 French – German – Greek - Irish – Italian – Polish – Portuguese – Russian - Spanish - Turkish Further information:

South Wales Europe Direct Information Centre Canolfan Gwybodaeth Uniongyrchol Ewrop De Cymru Walestonia Festival 2008 A series of events in Wales during the autumn of 2008 celebrating relations between Wales and Estonia

South Wales Europe Direct Information Centre Canolfan Gwybodaeth Uniongyrchol Ewrop De Cymru Catalan-Wales Drama Festival Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff 30 October- 1 November 2008 Three days of the best new drama from Catalonia and Wales to celebrate the first English translation and publication of three outstanding Catalan plays

South Wales Europe Direct Information Centre Canolfan Gwybodaeth Uniongyrchol Ewrop De Cymru Forthcoming Cardiff has been chosen to represent the UK as a European City of Sport for As part of its term Cardiff will host the UK School Games

South Wales Europe Direct Information Centre Canolfan Gwybodaeth Uniongyrchol Ewrop De Cymru In the News… Liverpool and Stavanger are European Capitals of Culture 2008

South Wales Europe Direct Information Centre Canolfan Gwybodaeth Uniongyrchol Ewrop De Cymru In the News… France holds the EU Presidency for the period July-December 2008

South Wales Europe Direct Information Centre Canolfan Gwybodaeth Uniongyrchol Ewrop De Cymru In the News… Sakharov Prize 2008 awarded to Hu Jia

South Wales Europe Direct Information Centre Canolfan Gwybodaeth Uniongyrchol Ewrop De Cymru In the News… European Youth Week 2-9 November 2008

South Wales Europe Direct Information Centre Canolfan Gwybodaeth Uniongyrchol Ewrop De Cymru In the News… 3 November 2008 Launch of Comenius Regio Comenius Regio Partnerships will promote joint cooperation activities between local and regional authorities with a role in school education in Europe

South Wales Europe Direct Information Centre Canolfan Gwybodaeth Uniongyrchol Ewrop De Cymru In the News… 3 November 2008 Autumn 2008 Economic Forecasts The European Commission publishes its Autumn Economic Forecasts for including economic growth, inflation, employment and the general government debt and deficits

South Wales Europe Direct Information Centre Canolfan Gwybodaeth Uniongyrchol Ewrop De Cymru In the News… 5 November 2008 EU Enlargement Strategy and Progress Reports 2008 The European Commission adopts its annual strategy document explaining its policy on EU enlargement. The document includes a summary of the progress made over the last twelve months by each candidate and potential candidate: Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo (under UN Security Council Resolution 1244)

South Wales Europe Direct Information Centre Canolfan Gwybodaeth Uniongyrchol Ewrop De Cymru In the News… 6 November 2008 Annual report 2008: The state of the drugs problem in Europe The report of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction offers an overview of the drug situation across the 27 EU Member States, Croatia, Turkey and Norway, and details the current legal, political, social and health responses

South Wales Europe Direct Information Centre Canolfan Gwybodaeth Uniongyrchol Ewrop De Cymru In the News… 7 November 2008 Celebration of the 50th anniversary of the European Commission and the 120th anniversary of Jean Monnet's birth

South Wales Europe Direct Information Centre Canolfan Gwybodaeth Uniongyrchol Ewrop De Cymru In the News… 7 November 2008 Fishing catches for 2009 The European Commission adopts its proposal on annual fishing possibilities for 2009, based on scientific advice from ICES, the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea

South Wales Europe Direct Information Centre Canolfan Gwybodaeth Uniongyrchol Ewrop De Cymru In the News… 12 November nd Strategic Energy Review / Energy Efficiency Package The European Commission presents its second SER, which will draw the broad strategic guidelines of the European Energy policy with a special focus on Security of Energy Supply

South Wales Europe Direct Information Centre Canolfan Gwybodaeth Uniongyrchol Ewrop De Cymru In the News… Brussels, November 2008 Europe for Citizens Forum 2008 and Golden Stars Award Ceremony Theme: Participation for making a Difference The 2008 Forum will focus on the issue of participatory democracy, and identify the areas where it can be put into practice in the European context, such as in the upcoming European Parliament elections in 2009

South Wales Europe Direct Information Centre Canolfan Gwybodaeth Uniongyrchol Ewrop De Cymru In the News… 14 November 2008 EU-Russia summit

South Wales Europe Direct Information Centre Canolfan Gwybodaeth Uniongyrchol Ewrop De Cymru In the News… 18 November 2008 Report on the impact of free movement of workers following EU enlargement

South Wales Europe Direct Information Centre Canolfan Gwybodaeth Uniongyrchol Ewrop De Cymru In the News… 19 November 2008 The ‘Health Check’ of the CAP reform The CAP Health Check aims to further modernise, simplify and streamline the Common Agricultural Policy and remove remaining restrictions on farmers to help them respond to growing demand for food

South Wales Europe Direct Information Centre Canolfan Gwybodaeth Uniongyrchol Ewrop De Cymru In the News… 20 November 2008 Launch of Europeana The European digital library, museum and archive will offer a prototype website giving users direct access to some 2 million digital objects, including film material, photos, paintings, sounds, maps, manuscripts, books, newspapers and archival papers

South Wales Europe Direct Information Centre Canolfan Gwybodaeth Uniongyrchol Ewrop De Cymru In the News… 2nd European Demography Forum Brussels, November 2008 Theme: Better societies for families and older people

South Wales Europe Direct Information Centre Canolfan Gwybodaeth Uniongyrchol Ewrop De Cymru In the News… 26 November 2008 Adoption of a comprehensive EU Recovery Action Plan for a coordinated response to the economic crisis

South Wales Europe Direct Information Centre Canolfan Gwybodaeth Uniongyrchol Ewrop De Cymru Forthcoming talks, lectures and seminars on European themes in Cardiff … All welcome

South Wales Europe Direct Information Centre Canolfan Gwybodaeth Uniongyrchol Ewrop De Cymru Wednesday 5 November :30pm The Politics of Climate Change in Affluent Countries Dr Hugh Compston Cardiff School of European Studies Venue: Room 2.18, EUROS, Park Place European Governance, Identity and Public Policy Research Unit

South Wales Europe Direct Information Centre Canolfan Gwybodaeth Uniongyrchol Ewrop De Cymru Wednesday 19 November :30pm Closer to the Citizen? Sub-State Parliaments and EU Governance Dr Rosanne Palmer Cardiff School of European Studies Venue: Room 2.18, EUROS, Park Place European Governance, Identity and Public Policy Research Unit and the Wales Governance Centre

South Wales Europe Direct Information Centre Canolfan Gwybodaeth Uniongyrchol Ewrop De Cymru Wednesday 19 November :30pm EC Competition Law: Topical issues in antitrust and State aid Professor Brenda Sufrin, Bristol University Conor Quigley QC, Brick Court Chambers, Brussels Phone: (029) to reserve a free place Venue: Geldards LLP, Dumfries House, Dumfries Place, Cardiff

South Wales Europe Direct Information Centre Canolfan Gwybodaeth Uniongyrchol Ewrop De Cymru Wednesday 26 November :30pm Public Lecture: The Future of Citizenship in Europe Professor Jo Shaw Salvesen Chair of European Institutions, University of Edinburgh Phone: (029) or to reserve a free place Venue: Cardiff Law School, Museum Avenue

South Wales Europe Direct Information Centre Canolfan Gwybodaeth Uniongyrchol Ewrop De Cymru Elections in November 2008 Romania: Parliamentary Election 28 November 2008

South Wales Europe Direct Information Centre Canolfan Gwybodaeth Uniongyrchol Ewrop De Cymru Looking for information on these subjects or anything else connected with Europe? Please ask SWEDIC staff or use

South Wales Europe Direct Information Centre Canolfan Gwybodaeth Uniongyrchol Ewrop De Cymru April 2008 – March 2009 is now freely available to libraries, schools and public bodies in Wales Please ask for details

South Wales Europe Direct Information Centre Canolfan Gwybodaeth Uniongyrchol Ewrop De Cymru In the News… 112 is the common telephone number to ring in ALL EU Member States to get through to the Emergency Services

South Wales Europe Direct Information Centre Canolfan Gwybodaeth Uniongyrchol Ewrop De Cymru New Website The Study in Europe portal promotes the attractiveness of European Higher Education to students from other parts of the world

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South Wales Europe Direct Information Centre Canolfan Gwybodaeth Uniongyrchol Ewrop De Cymru Welcome to the Youtube space of the European Union

South Wales Europe Direct Information Centre Canolfan Gwybodaeth Uniongyrchol Ewrop De Cymru Debate Europe website