Cardiff EDC News December 2009 Happy Christmas Nadolig Llawen

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Christmas trees across Europe

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

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

Language Courses available Autumn 2009 Croatian - French – German – Greek – Irish – Italian – Polish – Portuguese – Russian – Spanish – Turkish

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

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

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

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

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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

112 is the common telephone number to ring in ALL EU Member States to get through to the Emergency Services

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%

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

Treaty of Lisbon comes into force on 1 December 2009

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April 2009 – March 2010 is now freely available to libraries, schools and public bodies in Wales Please ask for details

Welcome to the Youtube space of the European Union

Have your say… Debate Europe website

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

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

Find out what is happening… Give your opinions …

Elections to the European Parliament June 2009 The results…

Welsh Members of the European Parliament Jill Evans Kay Swinburne Derek Vaughan John Bufton