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MEPs attack EU policy ahead of languages day [FR] [DE]

The EU executive was not "courageous" enough to set out concrete initiatives to promote minority languages in its new multilingualism strategy, according to parliamentarians from the European Free Alliance, who called for "specific measures than go beyond generics" ahead of the European Day of Languages on 26 September.

New campaign seeks end to 'impenetrable' Euro-speak [FR] [DE]

Using simpler language would vastly improve the EU's communication, according to the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, which launched an online campaign to make the EU institutions more accessible to citizens last week (15 September).

No extra EU cash for languages 'until 2013' [FR] [DE]

Marseille to provide ‘southern anchor’ as EU cultural capital [FR] [DE]

Study: Joint European films 'most successful' [FR] [DE]

Commission looks at language skills to boost EU 'prosperity' [FR] [DE]

Košice to become Slovakia's first EU capital of culture [FR] [DE]

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Sport & Intercultural Dialogue [FR] [DE]

Already accepted as a tool for social integration, sport is also seen as a means of promoting intercultural understanding in an increasingly diverse Europe. (read more)

Language use in the EU [FR] [DE]

Promoting a multilingual economy, giving citizens access to European Union information in their own languages and encouraging linguistic diversity through langauge learning: these are the principles underpinning the Commission's multilingualism policy. (read more)