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EU: Under the French Presidency, hundreds of artistic events staged in France and across Europe

EU: ''Prize of the Regions'' of the Congress of the Council of Europe launched.

EU: Call for expressions of interest in Twinning. An open invitation to local authorities throughout the EU to come and sign a twinning conventent during the European Development Days taking place in Strasbourg from 15-17 November 2008.

EU: Ministers for Culture and for Audiovisual Affairs met 'informally' in Versailles on the 21st and 22nd of July 

EU: Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes bans exclusivity clauses from collecting societies’ contract

EU: The call for expression of interest for the establishment of a list of experts in the cultural field is open until 30 June 2013

Europe: Europa Film Treasures is a free online archive of historic film from archives around Europe.

EU: Slovakia has been given the green light by the EU to adopt the Euro on January 1 2009.

Europe: Innovating Culture in Europe is an organisation looking for participants in a project on European identity.

Slovakia: The young, too, are fond of folk music

Hungary: Spelling reform is forecast to reach the next country within a year or two.

Estonia: Artistic fulfilment or cultural tourism – controversy about travel grants

Bulgaria: Will planned law prevent or promote illegal trafficking of heritage items?

Europe: Unesco appoints Lyon as the First 'City of Media Arts' of Unesco's Creative Cities' Network

UK: New Welsh Heritage Minister Appointed

EU: Euroglobe - call for proposals, with the deadline set for 31 August

UK: UK Culture Minister outlines measures to streamline cultural 'delivery' in the UK regions

EU: EU Presidency moves to France which will focus on heritage and the European Digital Library.

UK: MEP launches appeal to make Welsh official EU language

Moldova: Bitter summary of the latest theatre season.