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Cardiff EDC NewsSeptember 2009
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
Forthcoming Cardiff EDC EventWednesday 11 November 2009
Welcome to ERASMUS Students
In the News…Cardiff has been chosen to represent the UK as a European City of Sport for 2009. During its term Cardiff will be the primary city to host the UK School Games, 3-6 September 2009
September 2009European Heritage Days in Wales
Bringing citizens together to enjoy heritage and bridge differences in culture and language
PentreffestAutumn weekend, Rudry, 16-18 October 2009A weekend of fabulous European music and dance
http://www.pentreffest.org.uk
In the News…European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs (EAVE)
WorkshopCardiff, 16-23 November 2009
Wales Arts International has joined ten other cultural organisations from six EU countries
in the Practics project, with the aim to facilitate the provision of information about EU
cross-border mobility in the cultural sectorOfficial launch: November 2009
Forthcoming talks, lectures and seminars on European themes in Cardiff
All welcome
Language Courses available Autumn 2009
Croatian - French – German – Greek – Irish – Italian – Polish – Portuguese – Russian – Spanish – Turkish
Further information:http://choices.cf.ac.uk/choices/languages.php
In the News…Vilnius (Lithuania) and Linz (Austria) European Capitals of Culture 2009
Vilnius http://www.culturelive.lt/en/main/
Linz http://www.linz09.at/en/index.html
In the News…
Sweden holds the EU Presidency for the period July-December 2009
In the News…26 September 2009
European Day of Languages
16-22 September 2009European Mobility Week
European cities and towns have the opportunity to participate in EMW to promote
sustainable mobility. The theme for 2009 is ‘Improving City Climates’
In the News…September – October 2009
European Jobs Days
Hundreds of towns and cities around Europe will stage simultaneous job fairs and other events
to promote job mobility
Elections in September 2009 in EuropeNorwayParliamentary, 14 September 2009
GermanyParliamentary, 27 September 2009
PortugalParliamentary, 27 September 2009
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
In the News…EU Roaming Regulation
Entered into force on 1 July 2009 Cuts roaming costs for SMS, calls and
data downloads up to 60%
Looking for information on these subjectsor anything else connected with Europe?
Please ask EDC staffor use
http://www.europeansources.info
April 2009 – March 2010
is now freely available to libraries, schools and public bodies in Wales
Please ask for details
http://www.europeansources.info
Welcome to the Youtube space of the European Union
http://uk.youtube.com/EUtube
Have your say…
Debate Europe websitehttp://europa.eu/debateeurope/index_en.htm
Elections to the European Parliament June 2009
The results…
Welsh Members of the European Parliament 2009-2014
• Jill Evans
• Kay Swinburne
• Derek Vaughan
• John Bufton