Culture Policy in the EU

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Denmark calls for fight for freedoms after cartoons row — 07 October 2008, 21:42 CET

Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen called Tuesday on the European Union to strengthen its commitment to basic freedoms, and in particular freedom of expression, saying it remained under threat.

Commission Communication on Multilingualism: tapping the full potential of languages in Europe — 18 September 2008, 14:50 CET

In its new Communication, entitled "Multilingualism: an asset for Europe and a shared commitment", the Commission gives an overview of what needs to be done to turn linguistic diversity into an asset for solidarity and prosperity. The Commission invites EU Member States and the other EU Institutions to join efforts to encourage and assist citizens in acquiring language skills and removing communication barriers. It proposes an approach which advocates including multilingualism across a whole series of EU policy areas. The policy document proposes a series of concrete actions related to these questions and foresees a review of the progress made in 2012 (pdf)

Marseille European Capital of Culture for France in 2013 — 18 September 2008, 14:46 CET

The jury responsible for assessing the applications for the title of "European Capital of Culture 2013", which met on16 September in Paris recommends that the title be bestowed on Marseille for France. Four cities were still in contention after the preselection meeting last December: Bordeaux, Lyon, Marseille and Toulouse. The choice of Marseille should be formally endorsed by the Council of Ministers of the European Union in May 2009.

UEFA rule on 'home-grown players': compatibility with EU rules — 29 May 2008, 16:22 CET

The European Commission has published an independent study on the ‘home-grown players’ rule adopted by UEFA. This rule requires clubs participating in the Champions League and the UEFA Cup to have a minimum number of ‘home-grown players’ in their squads. Compared with the '6+5' plan proposed by FIFA, which is incompatible with EU law, the Commission considers that UEFA has opted for an approach which seems to comply with the principle of free movement of workers while promoting the training of young European players. The Commission also notes that the measures are designed to support the promotion and protection of quality training for young footballers in the EU. This study had been announced in the White Paper on Sport in July 2007.

Sport and the European Union - guide — 29 May 2008, 17:12 CET

Culture in the European Union

Euro-chic tailored for the beach at Australian fashion week — 01 May 2008, 10:38 CET

Movie star Audrey Tautou is her biggest fan, but French-born, Sydney-based fashion designer Laurence Pasquier is keeping her feet on the ground as she attempts to match Euro-chic with Aussie informality.

Photo competition: Cultures on my street — 21 June 2008, 00:18 CET

As the Union grows together in its diversity, the European Commission challenges young people to capture their vision of intercultural dialogue and share it with the world in this competition open to all European residents, regardless of age or origins.

Weird and wonderful 'laboratory art' in Euro culture capital — 17 March 2008, 00:16 CET

"Designer" hymens, an ear grafted on to an arm and a tiny jacket composed of skin cells make for one of the strangest contributions to this year's events for the European City of Culture.

Britain picks former garbage collector for Euro song contest — 02 March 2008, 13:00 CET

A former garbage collector was on Saturday selected as Britain's entry to the Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Belgrade in May.

Europa languages portal — 25 January 2008, 13:06 CET

This portal is your point of entry to information about languages from the European Union - Linguistic Diversity - Language Learning - Language Teaching - Translation - Interpretation - Language Technology

Languages in the EU website — 25 January 2008, 13:01 CET

Listen to all the 23 official languages of the European Union - i.e. the ones used for EU business. On this site you can hear examples spoken by interpreters from the EU institutions.

EC boost for computer-assisted translation — 21 January 2008, 23:35 CET

The EU's Joint Research Centre (JRC) has published a million sentences translated into 22 official EU languages in a bid to help the development of computer-assisted translation technologies and software.

DGT-TM - DGT Multilingual Translation Memory of the Acquis Communautaire — 20 January 2008, 15:24 CET

The European Commission's is making its collection of about 1 million sentences and their high quality translations in 22 of the 23 official EU languages freely available. This kind of data is highly sought after by developers of machine translation systems in which automatic translation software "learns" from manually translated texts how words and phrases are correctly and contextually translated. The data can also help the development of other linguistic software tools such as grammar and spell checkers, online dictionaries and multilingual text classification systems.

EU urges Russia to allow British Council to operate freely — 17 January 2008, 14:27 CET

The Slovenian EU presidency on Thursday urged Russia to let the British Council operate freely, voicing concern at "harassment" of staff in offices of the cultural body which have been forced to close.

Beatlemania back as Liverpool parties for Europe — 15 January 2008, 14:07 CET

Liverpool is enjoying a surging revival of Beatlemania, as its favourite sons take the spotlight to help celebrate the city's role as European capital of culture for 2008.

Culture capital celebrations hit high note in British city — 14 January 2008, 12:32 CET

The British city of Liverpool continued festivities to mark the start of its year as European Capital of Culture Saturday with a musical about its rich history.

Ex-Beatle launches Liverpool's year as cultural capital — 12 January 2008, 13:29 CET

Former Beatle Ringo Starr has helped launch his home city Liverpool's year as European Capital of Culture in an outdoor concert before 50,000 people.

'No chance' ex-Beatles will play together: Ringo Starr — 12 January 2008, 13:23 CET

Ringo Starr said Friday he would not be reuniting with the other surviving Beatle, Paul McCartney, not even during their native Liverpool's year as European capital of culture.

British city shakes off and embraces past as culture capital — 10 January 2008, 11:46 CET

The English city of Liverpool -- famed for the Beatles but also tarred with a history of poverty and unrest -- will showcase 20 years of rehabilitation as 2008 European Capital of Culture.

Liverpool to launch EU culture capital celebrations — 10 January 2008, 17:04 CET

Liverpool launches its year as European Capital of Culture this weekend with events including a musical about its past and future starring ex-Beatle Ringo Starr.

European Year of Intercultural Dialogue (2008) — 04 January 2008, 17:59 CET

The European Year of Intercultural Dialogue (EYID) 2008 recognises that Europe’s great cultural diversity represents a unique advantage. It will encourage all those living in Europe to explore the benefits of our rich cultural heritage and opportunities to learn from different cultural traditions.

European Digital Library - guide — 29 November 2007, 01:21 CET

Culture in the European Union

Report on the implementation of the Action Plan "Promoting language learning and linguistic diversity 2004-2006" — 28 September 2007, 00:35 CET

The EU Action Plan "Promoting language learning and linguistic diversity 2004-2006" called for a progress review in 2007. A European Commission Working Paper reporting on its implementation was adopted on 25 September 2007. This report outlines the main results of the implementation of the Action Plan "Promoting language learning and linguistic diversity 2004-2006", both at European and national level. It highlights current trends in the reform of educational systems to better promote language learning, takes stock of what has been achieved in the past three years and provides a basis for further action in the field of multilingualism policy.

European Day of Languages 2007 — 27 September 2007, 16:30 CET

At the end of the hugely successful 2001 European Year of Languages, jointly organised by the Council of Europe and the European Commission, it was decided that 26 September each year should be the European Day of Languages, to celebrate the rich heritage of cultures and traditions embodied in all the languages of Europe – and not only the 23 official languages of the EU.

EU and Youth Policies - Frequently Asked Questions — 06 September 2007, 00:56 CET

Education policies in the EU