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Bulgaria: Bulgarian museums will be digitised in the frames of an integrated government project.

Czech Republic: 1968 – Laughter and Forgetting is the theme of this year’s writers’ festival in Prague from 1 June.

Europe: "A historical day for the Belarusian theatre" as the Free Theatre received European prize in Thessaloniki.

EU: The European Commission in cooperation with the European Parliament and other EU institutions, the Spring Day for Europe 2008 runs this year between 25 March and 30 June.

EU: The euro at ten. As EU celebrates ten years of its single currency, Slovakia gets the nod to join eurozone in 2009.

EU: European Parliament Charlemagne Youth Prize – Winners Announced.

Europe: ENCATC will receive EU funds for the next 3 years.

UK: New Name for the Scottish Museums Council which is now Museums Galleries Scotland.

Europe: The Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation is leading on the “Year of Euro-Mediterranean Intercultural Dialogue” and are collating information on UK activities which focus on the issues around the Mediterranean and intercultural dialogue.

UK: The Representation of the European Commission in the United Kingdom has 100,000 copies of the Passport to the European Union Publication available to UK schools and similar organisations completely free of charge.

EU: The European Year of Intercultural Dialogue - the second 'Brussels Debate' of a series of 8, concentrated on cultural exchange on Wednesday 2 April,

Europe: Europe's .eu domain celebrates second birthday.

France: Designer Philippe Starck says he has been named "artistic director" of France's upcoming EU presidency on the request of Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner.

EU: The European Commission has adopted a proposal to declare 2009 the European Year of Creativity and Innovation. The final decision will be taken at the end of this year by the Council and the European Parliament.

UK: To celebrate the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue in 2008, the European Commission Representation in London is planning to award a contract for the delivery of three one-day events to promote intercultural dialogue in England.

EU: The Executive Agency Education, Audiovisual and Culture is issuing a call for expressions of interest to obtain applications for the establishment of a list of experts to assist in the framework of the management of the Community programmes in the fields of education, audiovisual, culture, youth and citizenship.

Europe: Cultural Policy Research Award 2008: Call for Applications now open!

EU: ELIA (European League of Institutes of the Arts) is issuing a call for proposals for short videos (maximum 3 minutes) within the context of the European Commission’s promotion of multilingualism for all students of member instutions of ELIA (see the list of UK institutes). The competition is being organised as a contribution to the 2008 European Year of Intercultural Dialogue, EYID.