1. Welcome Croeso Cardiff EDC News August 2012

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

3. Follow Cardiff EDC on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/CardiffEDC

4. http://www.active-ageing-2012.eu

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

6. Cyprus holds the EU Presidency for the period July-December 2012 http://www.cy2012.eu/en/page/home

7. Details of 2012 language courses now available French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish plus Croat, Polish, Russian and Turkish http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/learn/choices/courses/languages

8. 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/

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

10. Travelling around Europe? Find out your rights… Rail – Air – People with reduced mobility… http://ec.europa.eu/transport/passenger-rights

11. 112 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. April 2008 – March 2013 is now freely available to libraries, schools and public bodies in Wales Please ask for details http://www.europeansources.info

14. Sign up to receive information at http://www.the-eu-and-me.org.uk/

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

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

17. EU citizenship resources available… http://euroacademyonline.eu/

18. 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

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

21. 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

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

23. http://youtube.com/eutube

24. 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

25. Vorarlberg: Austria

26. Bruges: Belgium

27. Rhodope Mountains: Bulgaria

28. Drouseia: Cyprus

29. Prague: Czech Republic

30. Copenhagen: Denmark

31. Tallinn: Estonia

32. Lapland: Finland

33. Chamonix: France

34. Berlin: Germany

35. Santorini: Greece

36. Budapest: Hungary

37. Rock of Cashel: Ireland

38. Montepulciano: Italy

39. Riga: Latvia

40. Trakai Castle: Lithuania

41. Luxembourg

42. St. Julians Bay: Malta

43. Amsterdam: Netherlands

44. Cracow: Poland

45. Sintra: Portugal

46. Sighisoara: Romania

47. Kosice: Slovakia

48. Lake Bled: Slovenia

49. Seville: Spain

50. Vastergotland: Sweden

51. Anglesey (Wales): United Kingdom