1. Welcome Croeso Cardiff EDC News August 2013

2. 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

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

5. European Capitals of Culture 2013 Marseille (France) and Košice (Slovakia)

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

7. Cardiff EDC is on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/CardiffEDC

8. 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 http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/insrv/edc/news/index.html

9. Forthcoming talks and events in Cardiff with a European theme …

10. 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

11. 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”. 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 2014 http://www.aces-europa.eu/

12. is the common telephone number to ring in ALL EU Member States to get through to the Emergency Services http://ec.europa.eu/112

13. Information for citizens … http://euroacademyonline.eu/ http://www.the-eu-and-me.org.uk/

14. European Citizens’ Initiative Launched 1 April 2012 http://ec.europa.eu/citizens-initiative/public/welcome

15. A new electronic one-stop-shop for access to justice information throughout the EU https://e-justice.europa.eu/ http://www.ukecc-services.net/

16. New website from the EU bringing together information for children about the EU http://europa.eu/kids-corner/index_en.htm

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

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

20. Find out what is happening … Give your opinions and participate...

21. http://youtube.com/eutube

22. 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

23. Looking for information on these subjects or anything else connected with Europe? Please ask EDC staff or use http://www.europeansources.info

25. is freely available to all libraries, schools and public bodies in Wales Please ask for details http://www.europeansources.info

27. 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

28. Vorarlberg: Austria

29. Bruges: Belgium

30. Rhodope Mountains: Bulgaria

31. Dubrovnik: Croatia

32. Drouseia: Cyprus

33. Prague: Czech Republic

34. Copenhagen: Denmark

35. Tallinn: Estonia

36. Lapland: Finland

37. Chamonix: France

38. Berlin: Germany

39. Santorini: Greece

40. Budapest: Hungary

41. Rock of Cashel: Ireland

42. Montepulciano: Italy

43. Riga: Latvia

44. Trakai Castle: Lithuania

45. Luxembourg

46. St. Julian’s Bay: Malta

47. Amsterdam: Netherlands

48. Cracow: Poland

49. Sintra: Portugal

50. Sighisoara: Romania

51. Kosice: Slovakia

52. Lake Bled: Slovenia

53. Seville: Spain

54. Vastergotland: Sweden

55. Anglesey (Wales): United Kingdom