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Welcome
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Cardiff EDC News June-July 2012
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• helping you find out about the European Union
  and the countries of Europe
• promoting debate about the EUand European
  issues
• encouraging you to ask questions, give your
  opinions and make suggestions to the EU

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k.com/CardiffEDC
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http//www.active-ageing-2012.eu
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• European Capitals of Culture 2012
• Guimarães (Portugal) and Maribor (Slovenia)

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

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• Forthcoming talks and events in Cardiff with a
  European theme

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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/cou
rses/languages

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Cardiff has been named European Capital of Sport
2014 http//www.aces-europa.eu/
There is no denying the city already has a
fantastic sporting pedigree. 
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. 
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• Recently published reports on topics relating to
  Wales and Europe

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Click on image to download report
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Click on image to download report
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• In the News
• Wednesday 6 June 2012
• Commission adopts Renewable Energy Communication
  
• The Communication analyses the state of play of
  the renewable energy market in Europe. It will
  take stock of the progress made and call for
  better reform of support schemes and the use of
  cooperation mechanisms in the Directive.

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• In the News
• 1 July 2012
• New roaming rules enter into force
• On 1 July 2012 the new Roaming Regulation will
  enter into force bringing significant reductions
  to the cost of using mobile phones whilst
  travelling in another EU country. For the first
  time price caps will be introduced for
  downloading data from the internet using a mobile
  connection. Prices for voice and text calls will
  also be reduced.

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• European Citizens Initiative
• Launched 1 April 2012

http//ec.europa.eu/citizens-initiative/public/we
lcome
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• Travelling around Europe?Find out your rights
• Rail Air People with reduced mobility
• http//ec.europa.eu/transport/passenger-rights

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• 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

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

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

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at http//www.the-eu-and-me.org.uk/
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New website from the EU bringing together
information for children about the
EU http//europa.eu/kids-corner/index_en.htm
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• A new electronic one-stop-shop for access to
  justice information throughout the EU
• https//e-justice.europa.eu/

http//www.ukecc-services.net/
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• EU citizenship resources available

http//euroacademyonline.eu/
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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
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http//www.ectarc.com/european-training/working-ab
road_117.html
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Fraternité2020 Their 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
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Welsh Members of the European Parliament
2009-2014

• Jill Evans
• Kay Swinburne
• Derek Vaughan
• John Bufton

Click on image to connect to MEPs website
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• Elections in Europe June July 2012
• France
• Legislative Election10 17 June 2012
• Greece
• Parliamentary Election17 June 2012
• Iceland
• Presidential Election30 June 2012

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