1. Cardiff EDC News December 2009 Happy Christmas Nadolig Llawen

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. Christmas across Europe

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5. Christmas trees across Europe

7. Forthcoming talks, lectures and seminars on European themes in Cardiff All welcome

8. The Irish EU Referendum – Just say Yes 11 December 2009 at 17:30 Council Chamber, Temple of Peace, Cardiff Speaker: Judge Frank Clarke

9. Language Courses available Autumn 2009 Croatian - French – German – Greek – Irish – Italian – Polish – Portuguese – Russian – Spanish – Turkish http://choices1.cf.ac.uk/choices/languages.php

11. In the News… Vilnius (Lithuania) and Linz (Austria) European Capitals of Culture 2009

12. In the News… Sweden holds the EU Presidency for the period July-December 2009

13. 2010 is the 50th anniversary of the EFTA Convention and the 15th anniversary of the Agreement on the European Economic Area

14. Elections and Referendums in December 2009 in Europe Romania Presidential (Second Round) 2 December 2009 Croatia Presidential (First Round) 27 December 2009

15. Website: http://2010againstpoverty.euhttp://2010againstpoverty.eu

16. 2010 European Charlemagne Youth Prize Competition The European Charlemagne Youth Prize aims to encourage the development of European consciousness among young people, as well as their participation in European integration projects

17. 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

18. 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%

19. Which role shall sport play in Europe? Article 165 of the Treaty of Lisbon gives the EU soft powers on sports policy

20. Treaty of Lisbon comes into force on 1 December 2009

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

23. April 2009 – March 2010 is now freely available to libraries, schools and public bodies in Wales Please ask for details http://www.europeansources.info

25. Welcome to the Youtube space of the European Union http://uk.youtube.com/EUtube

26. Have your say… Debate Europe website http://europa.eu/debateeurope/index_en.htm

27. New look and feel to top level EUROPA pages on the web September 2009-

28. EU Bookshop Digital Library From October 2009 all EU publications can be downloaded free from the EU Bookshop website

29. Find out what is happening… Give your opinions …

30. Elections to the European Parliament June 2009 The results…

31. Welsh Members of the European Parliament 2009-2014 Jill Evans Kay Swinburne Derek Vaughan John Bufton