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21 November 2009
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EU addresses shortage of French interpreters  

European Commission representatives are in France this week to encourage young people to consider a career in languages, amid fears that the EU executive will face a "serious shortage" of French-language interpreters within five to 10 years.


EU officials offered hotline for 'clear writing'  [DE]

The European Commission is seeking to kill off excessive legal speak by setting up a hotline that will give officials advice on how to write more clearly, it emerged at a conference in Brussels yesterday (17 November).


LinksDossiers

Digitisation of published works  [FR] [DE]

The EU has been busy scanning books and documents to improve citizens' access to culture and history, but its efforts have been overshadowed by Google's commercial push to digitise Europe's book heritage. (read more)

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)

 
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Ethno-religious conflict in Europe: Radicalisation in Europe’s Muslim communities 
Michael Emerson (et al)., Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)
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