The international ministerial conference on the Arctic aims to raise public awareness on the urgent need to conduct scientific research in the Arctic to protect the environment.
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The topic, the passage from national memory to collective memory, will soon bring together the EU ministers with responsibility for war veterans.
moreThe employment and labour ministers from the Euro-Mediterranean partner countries and European Commission representatives will meet at their first ministerial conference in Marrakech on 9 and 10 November 2008, under the Franco-Egyptian co-presidency of the Barcelona Process: Union for the Mediterranean.
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Under the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the French embassy in Germany and its cultural network, in partnership with European Movement Germany and European Movement France, is organising a series of debates under the "Impulse zu Europa/Penser l'Europe" banner.
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The French Ministry of the Interior, Overseas France and Territorial Communities (the Ministry of State for Overseas France) is organising an exhibition on "Overseas Europe: Wealth and Diversity". The exhibition is being held in Brussels from September to December 2008 in the main European institutions: the Commission, the European Parliament and the Committee of the Regions.
moreOne of the country's largest performing arts festivals for children took place in Washington, D.C., when Kids Euro Festival - starring the most talented European children's entertainers - presented more than 150 free events around the city from October 9 through November 9.
moreUnder the French Presidency of the Council the European Union, a short film from each of the 27 EU Member State is currently being broadcast on Eurochannel.
moreFrom 8 November to 15 December 2008 the French embassy in Portugal is opening its doors to host a contemporary art exhibition open to the public, as part of the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union and the Temps d'Images festival.
moreWith blue floodlighting and a circle of twelve stars, the Eiffel Tower will be donning the colours of Europe every evening from 30 June onwards.
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To mark its Presidency of the Council of the European Union, France is launching a ground-breaking initiative by inviting its 26 EU partners to showcase the best of their heritage and creative talent during the second half of 2008.
Under the title of the European Cultural Season, this series of events will highlight the creative vitality of European cultures as well as the strengths of a largely shared identity through a common European cultural heritage.
Hundreds of events have been staged around France to bring this Europe of creation and heritage to as many people as possible.
