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        <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Press release - Supporting artistic and cultural creation in the EU - Committee on Culture and Education</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Music and architecture, video games, crafts, design and fashion offer considerable growth potential which the EU should support and exploit, says a draft resolution voted by the Culture Committee on Tuesday. It calls for a stronger partnership with universities to equip young people with the requisite skills. It also advocates creating a social status to counter the precarity of many professionals in these fields.<br />Committee on Culture and Education<br /> <br />Source : <a href="http://www.europarl.europa.eu/portal/en/legal-notice">© European Union, 2013 - EP</a>]]></description>
            <link>http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pressroom/content/20130617IPR12334/</link>
            <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:31:00 +0200</pubDate>
            <category>Culture, education and youth</category>
            <category>European Parliament</category>
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            <title>Launch of report on improving the quality of teaching and learning in Europe's higher education institutions</title>
            <description><![CDATA[European Commission MEMO Brussels, 18 June 2013 Remarks by Androulla Vassiliou, European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth, and Mary McAleese, chair, High-Level Group on the Modernisation of Higher Education at launch press conference (see IP/13/554) Commissioner Vassiliou: Today, the High-Level Group on Higher Education which I convened last...]]></description>
            <link>http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/13/581&amp;format=HTML&amp;aged=0&amp;language=EN&amp;guiLanguage=en</link>
            <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:47:00 +0200</pubDate>
            <category>Culture, education and youth</category>
            <category>European Commission</category>
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            <title>EU high level group: train the professors to teach</title>
            <description><![CDATA[European Commission Press release Brussels, 18 June 2013 The EU high-level group on modernisation of higher education publishes its first report today on improving the quality of teaching and learning in universities. The group, chaired by former President of Ireland Mary McAleese, makes 16 recommendations (see Annex 1) which include...]]></description>
            <link>http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/13/554&amp;format=HTML&amp;aged=0&amp;language=EN&amp;guiLanguage=en</link>
            <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:55:00 +0200</pubDate>
            <category>Culture, education and youth</category>
            <category>European Commission</category>
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            <title>Speech - European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage/Europa Nostra Awards</title>
            <description><![CDATA[European Commission Androulla VASSILIOU Member of the European Commission responsible for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth European Speech - European European Heritage Awards Ceremony/Athens, Odeion of Herodes Atticus 16 June 2013 Your excellence Mr President of the Republic, Your Royal Highness, Distinguished guests, Ladies and gentlemen It is a great...]]></description>
            <link>http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/13/541&amp;format=HTML&amp;aged=0&amp;language=EN&amp;guiLanguage=en</link>
            <pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2013 21:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
            <category>Culture, education and youth</category>
            <category>European Commission</category>
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            <title>EU Prize for Cultural Heritage/Europa Nostra Awards: 2013 public choice and Grand Prix winners announced</title>
            <description><![CDATA[European Commission Press release Brussels / Athens, 16 June 2013 The winners of the 2013 European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Awards will be honoured this evening at a ceremony in Athens in the presence of Karolos Papoulias, the President of Greece, Androulla Vassiliou, European Commissioner for...]]></description>
            <link>http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/13/542&amp;format=HTML&amp;aged=0&amp;language=EN&amp;guiLanguage=en</link>
            <pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2013 17:59:00 +0200</pubDate>
            <category>Culture, education and youth</category>
            <category>European Commission</category>
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            <title>Frequently Asked Questions: European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage/ Europa Nostra Awards</title>
            <description><![CDATA[European Commission MEMO Brussels, 16 June 2013 When was the Prize launched and why? The European Commission has supported the EU Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Awards since 2002 through the Culture Programme.]]></description>
            <link>http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/13/561&amp;format=HTML&amp;aged=0&amp;language=EN&amp;guiLanguage=en</link>
            <pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2013 17:59:00 +0200</pubDate>
            <category>Culture, education and youth</category>
            <category>European Commission</category>
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            <title>Press release - Recycling maps, statistics and other public data could save EU firms billions - Committee on Industry, Research and Energy</title>
            <description><![CDATA[EU firms could save billions of euros thanks to draft EU rules that would enable them to re-use public data instead of producing them from scratch. These rules, approved by the Parliament on Thursday, would apply to public information such as maps, statistics and weather data. MEPs ensured that any fees will be low and that firms will find it cheap and easy to complain if access is denied.<br />Committee on Industry, Research and Energy<br /> <br />Source : <a href="http://www.europarl.europa.eu/portal/en/legal-notice">© European Union, 2013 - EP</a>]]></description>
            <link>http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pressroom/content/20130607IPR11335/</link>
            <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 12:17:00 +0200</pubDate>
            <category>Culture, education and youth</category>
            <category>European Parliament</category>
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            <title>Commissioner Vassiliou visits Greece (12-17 June)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[European Commission Press release Brussels, 12 June 2013 Androulla Vassiliou, European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth, will be in Greece from 12-17 June to attend high-level meetings and events related to the programmes and policies under her responsibility.]]></description>
            <link>http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/13/529&amp;format=HTML&amp;aged=0&amp;language=EN&amp;guiLanguage=en</link>
            <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
            <category>Culture, education and youth</category>
            <category>European Commission</category>
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            <title>EU and IOC pledge to continue 'special relationship' to promote dialogue in sport</title>
            <description><![CDATA[European Commission Press release Brussels, 10 June 2013 Androulla Vassiliou, the European Commissioner responsible for sport, and Jacques Rogge, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), met today as part of the Commission's 'structured dialogue' with the sport movement.]]></description>
            <link>http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/13/526&amp;format=HTML&amp;aged=0&amp;language=EN&amp;guiLanguage=en</link>
            <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 18:07:00 +0200</pubDate>
            <category>Culture, education and youth</category>
            <category>European Commission</category>
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            <title>European Capitals of Culture: EU panel recommends Riga and Umeå for €1.5 million Melina Mercouri Prize</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Commission Press release Brussels, 7 June 2013 European The European panel in charge of monitoring preparations by the 2014 European Capitals of Culture, Riga (Latvia) and Umeå (Sweden), has recommended that the European Commission should award them the Melina Mercouri Prize in recognition of the quality of their preparations.]]></description>
            <link>http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/13/514&amp;format=HTML&amp;aged=0&amp;language=EN&amp;guiLanguage=en</link>
            <pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
            <category>Culture, education and youth</category>
            <category>European Commission</category>
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            <title>EU Prize for Contemporary Architecture / Mies van der Rohe Award honours 2013 winners and celebrates 25 years</title>
            <description><![CDATA[European Commission Press release Brussels/ Barcelona, 6 June 2013 The winners of the 2013 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture/ Mies van der Rohe Award will be honoured tomorrow. The ceremony marks the 25th anniversary of the Prize and will be held at the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion in...]]></description>
            <link>http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/13/507&amp;format=HTML&amp;aged=0&amp;language=EN&amp;guiLanguage=en</link>
            <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
            <category>Culture, education and youth</category>
            <category>European Commission</category>
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            <title>Speech: Opening speech</title>
            <description><![CDATA[European Commission Androulla VASSILIOU Member of the European Commission responsible for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth Opening speech The 5th European University-Business Forum/Brussels 4 June 2013 It is a great pleasure to welcome you all to the Fifth University Business Forum.]]></description>
            <link>http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/13/512&amp;format=HTML&amp;aged=0&amp;language=EN&amp;guiLanguage=en</link>
            <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 10:52:00 +0200</pubDate>
            <category>Culture, education and youth</category>
            <category>European Commission</category>
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            <title>Speech: EIT: bringing business to education and education to business</title>
            <description><![CDATA[European Commission Androulla VASSILIOU Member of the European Commission responsible for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth EIT: bringing business to education and education to business Conference “KIC as a hub for innovation and entrepreneurship”/Krakow 6 June 2013 I'm delighted to be here with you for this morning's conference.]]></description>
            <link>http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/13/508&amp;format=HTML&amp;aged=0&amp;language=EN&amp;guiLanguage=en</link>
            <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 10:33:00 +0200</pubDate>
            <category>Culture, education and youth</category>
            <category>European Commission</category>
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            <title>Speech: Celebrating 25 years of EU support for Youth</title>
            <description><![CDATA[European Commission Androulla VASSILIOU Member of the European Commission responsible for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth Speech: European Youth Week- CHARLEMAGNE Building/Brussels 31 May 2013 Ladies and gentlemen, Dear friends, Thank you for joining me to celebrate the 25 years of EU Youth Programmes: Youth for Europe, Youth and, now,...]]></description>
            <link>http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/13/489&amp;format=HTML&amp;aged=0&amp;language=EN&amp;guiLanguage=en</link>
            <pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2013 10:13:00 +0200</pubDate>
            <category>Culture, education and youth</category>
            <category>European Commission</category>
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            <title>Competitiveness Council – 29-30 May 2013</title>
            <description><![CDATA[European Commission MEMO Brussels, 28 May 2013 The second meeting of the Competitiveness Council under the mandate of the Irish Presidency of the EU will meet in Brussels on 29 and 30 May 2013. On 29 May, Irish Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton, will chair the Council.]]></description>
            <link>http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/13/465&amp;format=HTML&amp;aged=0&amp;language=EN&amp;guiLanguage=en</link>
            <pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
            <category>Culture, education and youth</category>
            <category>European Commission</category>
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            <title>Speech: Improving the well-being of citizens by improving literacy</title>
            <description><![CDATA[European Commission Androulla VASSILIOU Member of the European Commission responsible for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth Speech: High Level Conference on Education and Development/Brussels 23 May 2013 Dear Andris, Dear Catherine, Dear Laurentien, Ladies and gentlemen, I am very grateful for this opportunity to address an issue I feel very...]]></description>
            <link>http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/13/461&amp;format=HTML&amp;aged=0&amp;language=EN&amp;guiLanguage=en</link>
            <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 16:19:00 +0200</pubDate>
            <category>Culture, education and youth</category>
            <category>European Commission</category>
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            <title>European elections: two out of three young people intend to vote</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Commission Press release Brussels, 24 May 2013 European Almost two thirds (64%) of young Europeans intend to vote in the 2014 European Parliament elections whereas around one thirds (35%) say they are unlikely to do so, according to a Commission survey on youth participation in democratic life.]]></description>
            <link>http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/13/462&amp;format=HTML&amp;aged=0&amp;language=EN&amp;guiLanguage=en</link>
            <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
            <category>Culture, education and youth</category>
            <category>European Commission</category>
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            <title>EU commits to ensuring basic education for every child by 2030</title>
            <description><![CDATA[European Commission Press release Brussels, 23 May 2013 The European Commission will confirm today its commitment to making education more equal and of a higher quality in the Development agenda beyond 2015 through continued financial support, during a High level event in Brussels.]]></description>
            <link>http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/13/453&amp;format=HTML&amp;aged=0&amp;language=EN&amp;guiLanguage=en</link>
            <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 11:36:00 +0200</pubDate>
            <category>Culture, education and youth</category>
            <category>European Commission</category>
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