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Cardiff EDC NewsAugust 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)
Monday 16 September 2013 at 6.00pm
Visit by members of the Consular Association in Walesand 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 atCardiff EDC
Further detailshttp://www.cardiff.ac.uk/insrv/edc/news/index.html
Forthcoming talks and events in Cardiff with a European theme …
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
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”.
There is no denying the city already has a fantastic sporting pedigree
”.
Cardiff has been namedEuropean Capital of Sport 2014
http://www.aces-europa.eu/
is the common telephone number to ring in ALL EU Member States
to get through to the Emergency Services
http://ec.europa.eu/112
Information for citizens …http://euroacademyonline.eu/
http://www.the-eu-and-me.org.uk/
European Citizens’ Initiative
Launched 1 April 2012
http://ec.europa.eu/citizens-initiative/public/welcome
A new electronic one-stop-shop for access to justice information throughout the EU
https://e-justice.europa.eu/
http://www.ukecc-services.net/
New website from the EU bringing together information for children about the EU
http://europa.eu/kids-corner/index_en.htm
http://www.ectarc.com/european-training/working-abroad_117.html
Fraternité2020Their goal is to make European exchange programmeslike Erasmus or the European Voluntary Service (EVS)
more attractive in order to enable more European citizensto spend time in another country
http://www.fraternite2020.eu/index.html
Find out what is happening …
Give your opinions and participate ...
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
Looking for information on these subjects
or anything else connected with Europe?
Please ask EDC staff
or use
http://www.europeansources.info
is freely available to all libraries, schools and public bodies in Wales
Please ask for details
http://www.europeansources.info
August is the traditional month forthe 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
