From May 24 to 30, under the slogan “Our Future in Our Hands”. The European Youth Weeks (EYW) are organized every two years and allow young people to learn about the opportunities offered by the European Union. These meetings encourage debate on topics relevant to society in order to hear young people’s opinions and increase […]
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2.5 billion euros for the EU’s new cultural program
Around 2.5 billion euros for the cultural and creative sectors Increased focus on music, inclusion and promotion of female talent Media to receive support for the first time The Parliament adopted on Wednesday 19 May ‘Creative Europe’, the European program for the cultural and audiovisual sectors, the EU’s largest financial commitment to date in this […]
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José Ramón Patterson, Carmen Vela and Rafael Latorre, winners of the Salvador de Madariaga European Journalism Award
On May 9, the former TVE correspondent in Brussels, José Ramón Patterson, Cadena Ser journalist Carmen Vela and El Mundo journalist Rafael Latorre were awarded the 27th edition of the Salvador de Madariaga European Journalism Prize in the categories of television, radio and written press, respectively. The jury decided to award the prize in the […]
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Welcome to Europe Day!!
Welcome to #EuropeDay! Europe Day celebrates the peace and unity of the European continent. The date is the anniversary of the historic Schuman Declaration. In a speech delivered in Paris in 1950, French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman set out his idea for a new form of political cooperation in Europe that would make a new […]
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Parliament launches the Daphne Caruana Galizia journalism prize
The European Parliament has launched a journalism prize in tribute to Daphne Caruana Galizia, a Maltese investigative journalist murdered in 2017. The Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism, launched on 16 October 2020, the third anniversary of her death, will reward outstanding journalism reflecting EU values. “The Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize will recognise the essential […]
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European Union Prize for Literature
The European Union Prize for Literature is an annual initiative to recognise the best emerging authors in Europe. What is it? The European Union Prize for Literature is an annual initiative to recognise the best emerging authors in Europe. Launched by the European Commission in 2009, the prize is open to countries participating in the […]
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Conference on the Future of Europe: launch of the multilingual digital platform
The Executive Board of the Conference on the Future of Europe, comprising representatives from the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission, is launching the multilingual digital platform for the Conference on the Future of Europe inviting all EU citizens to contribute to shaping their own future and that of […]
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International Roma Day: Remembering history to ensure a brighter future
Statement by Council of Europe Secretary General Strasbourg, 06.04.2021 – A community that is fully aware of its history and culture is more likely to look at the present and the future with confidence. From my work so far as Secretary General, I am impressed by the commitment of Roma youth to establish national and […]
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Scientists solve mysteries of the world’s oldest computer
Another piece of the ancient computer’s puzzle has been solved. The 2 000-year-old Antikythera Mechanism, the first analogue computer, was a bronze hand-powered device from ancient Greece filled with complex gears. It was used to predict the positions of the planets and events like lunar and solar eclipses. The machine was even used to set […]
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