Welcome Croeso Cardiff EDC News August 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

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 Facebook

Monday 16 September 2013 at 6.00pm Visit by members of the Consular Association in Wales and 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 at Cardiff EDC Further details

Forthcoming talks and events in Cardiff with a European theme …

Details of language courses now available French, German, Greek, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish plus Croatian, Russian andTurkish

Cardiff is named European Capital for Sport Cardiff has been successful in securing the prestigious title of European Capital of Sport 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”. Ther e is no den ying the city alre ady has a fant astic spor ting pedi gree ”. Cardiff has been named European Capital of Sport

is the common telephone number to ring in ALL EU Member States to get through to the Emergency Services

Information for citizens …

European Citizens’ Initiative Launched 1 April

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

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

Fraternité2020 Their goal is to make European exchange programmes like Erasmus or the European Voluntary Service (EVS) more attractive in order to enable more European citizens to spend time in another country

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Welsh Members of the European Parliament Jill Evans Kay Swinburne Derek Vaughan John Bufton Click on image to connect to MEP’s website

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August is the traditional month for the 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