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

Cyprus holds the EU Presidency for the period July-December

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

European Citizens Initiative Launched 1 April

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

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

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

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

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

EU citizenship resources available…

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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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

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. Julians Bay: Malta

Amsterdam: Netherlands

Cracow: Poland

Sintra: Portugal

Sighisoara: Romania

Kosice: Slovakia

Lake Bled: Slovenia

Seville: Spain

Vastergotland: Sweden

Anglesey (Wales): United Kingdom