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European Capitals of Culture 2012 Guimarães (Portugal) and Maribor (Slovenia)

Cyprus holds the EU Presidency for the period July-December

Forthcoming talks and events in Cardiff with a European theme

Details of 2012 language courses now available French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish plus Croat, Polish, Russian and Turkish

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

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In the News… Thursday 6 September 2012 EU High Level Group presents recommendations to increase level of literacy in Europe

In the News… Tuesday 11September 2012 OECD and European Commission present 2012 Education at a Glance report

In the News… Wednesday 12 September 2012 European Commission President Barroso delivers the State of the Union Address 2012

In the News… Wednesday 12 September 2012 Banking Union European Commission to propose a single banking supervision mechanism

In the News… Wednesday 19 September 2012 European Commission proposes a Regulation for the set-up of the European Voluntary Corps in Humanitarian Aid

In the News… Wednesday 19 September 2012 [provisional date] European Commission adopts its Cloud Computing Strategy

In the News… Wednesday 26 September 2012 European Commission presents report on boosting the contribution of cultural and creative sectors to growth and jobs

Travelling around Europe? Find out your rights… Rail – Air – People with reduced mobility…

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April 2008 – March 2013 is now freely available to libraries, schools and public bodies in Wales Please ask for details

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

CITZALIA A virtual role-playing game and social networking forum to boost citizens' understanding of how the EU works Two new educational games from the European Central Bank

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 MEPs website

Elections in Europe September 2012 Netherlands Legislative Election 12 September 2012 Belarus Legislative Election 22 September 2012