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| | Vilnius, the European Capital of Culture 2009 |
 | | An official document by the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union confirming the status of the European Capital of Culture is expected by November 2005. | | | It was unanimous to recommend Vilnius as the European Capital of Culture 2009 to the European Commission, the European Parliament and the European Union Council. | | | A nominee city is announced Capital of European Culture for one year and is provided with an opportunity to promote its own culture among nationals of other European Union countries. |
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| | American Mortgage & Financial Portal > Mortgage Calculators > Brokerage Firms > Compare Mortgage Loans |
| | The dominant political culture in the United States is, as a whole, somewhat to the right of the dominant political culture in European democracies. | | | The federal and state government is dominated by two political parties, the Republicans and the Democrats. | | | Following the European colonization of the Americas, the United States became the world's first modern democracy after its break with Great Britain, with a Declaration of Independence in 1776. |
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| | EUROPA - Activities of the European Union - Culture |
| | Useful reading: A community of cultures - the European Union and the arts (Series: "Europe on the move"). | | | The aim of the European Union is double: to preserve and support this diversity and to help make it accessible to others. | | | EUROPA - Activities of the European Union - Culture |
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| | EUROPEAN UNION TARTAN |
| | The cloth is an authentic Scottish Tartan for all Europeans, registered by the Scottish Tartan Society, the United Kingdom Patent Office, the President of the European Union and the Commissioners in Brussels. | | | On the left hand sleeve of the jacket a small velcro patch shows the fifteen stars that represent the countries in the European Union, leaving ample space to incorporate further enlargment sometime in the first decade of the year 2000. | | | The tartan is made up of the colours on the flag of the European Union, running through the tartan is a small red line, this commemorates the blood spilt on our Continent since recorded history, the white line is slightly larger and represents peace on the Continent of Europe and the world. |
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| | Andrés Gentry: European Union |
| | "My belief is that we really need to support and develop the culture of union and cohesion, and certainly not nurture the culture of division," the Italian leader said through an interpreter. | | | The blonde, blue-eye Kass — heralded here as one the best known and richest Estonians in the world — has brushed aside criticism that she's a neophyte with no political experience and not qualified for public office. | | | Davids Medienkritik has a long but I believe very readable and persuasive essay on European attitudes to the United States and American foreign policy during the Bush Presidency. |
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http://www.andresgentry.com/thoughts/european_union
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| | Irish Examiner - Cork 2005 European City of Culture |
| | IN Cork city a few days ago the only sign of ‘European’ culture was a group of musical acrobats imitating their soul brothers in Brooklyn circa 1985. | | | As the cultural capital of Europe, it is quite extraordinary that the authorities at Cork Airport welcome and bid fairwell to visitors by allowing them to get wet between the aircraft and the terminal building during rainstorms. | | | Contrary to popular belief the design did not represent the number of member nations in the European Union. |
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| | European Capital of Culture |
| | European Capital of Culture is a city designated by the European Union for a period of one year during which it is given a chance to showcase its cultural life and cultural development. | | | The European Cities of Culture have been designated on an intergovernmental basis until 2004; the Member States unanimously selected the cities most likely to welcome the event and the European Commission grants a subsidy to the selected city each year. | | | A number of European cities have used the City of Culture year to completely transform their cultural base and, in doing so, the way in which it is viewed internationally. |
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| | European culture - definition of European culture in Encyclopedia |
| | In recent decades the European Union has been seeking to identify and support common European values, however this has turned out to be a highly controversial issue. | | | They are also important for identifying what countries should be admitted into the European Union (such as in the case of Turkey or the 2004 separatist menace in Ukraine). | | | Some commentators wish to classify social cohesion and solidarity as European values and contrast them with more individualist values in the United States. |
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http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/European_culture
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| | The European Prospect |
| | A union that would include the countries of the eastern and southern Mediterranean will constitute a historical joke. | | | It is time for the European Faust to attempt a new journey to the land of measure and balance in order to bring forth again Euphorion. | | | A united Europe will preserve and advance European culture. |
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| | Liverpool Wins Competition to be UK Nomination for European Capital of Culture in 2008 |
| | Since 1985, there has been a programme of Cities of Culture, selected from EU member states and ratified by the Council of Ministers. | | | Liverpool has been chosen to be the UK's nomination for European Capital of Culture in 2008, Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell announced today. | | | From 2005, the EU will run a series of European Capitals of Culture, with different member countries allocated years up to 2019. |
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| | European Capital of Culture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The European Capital of Culture is a city designated by the European Union for a period of one year during which it is given a chance to showcase its cultural life and cultural development. | | | Details are provided on the website of the European Commission Education and Culture: Culture in European Union | | | The European Cities of Culture were designated on an intergovernmental basis until 2004; the Member States unanimously selected the cities most likely to welcome the event and the European Commission granted a subsidy to the selected city each year. |
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| | Vilnius - European Capital of Culture 2009 - Travel agency VISIT LITHUANIA |
| | The nominated city is announced the European Capital of Culture for one year and acquires the exceptional opportunity to promote its local culture within the European Union. | | | The respective Panel evaluated the efforts of Lithuania and the proposed program of events and unanimously recommended European Commission, European Parliament and European Council to nominate Vilnius for the European Capital of Culture 2009 (Report on the Nominations from Austria and Lithuania for the European Capital of Culture 2009). | | | “European Capital of Culture” program was launched by the Council of Ministers in 1985 as a result of an initiative of the Greek Minister of Culture - Melina Mercouri. |
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| | Influence on European culture (from Pompeii) -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | The organization for the economic and political integration of Europe known as the European Union (EU) was officially created on Nov. 1, 1993. | | | With the end of the Cold War, the lifting of the Iron Curtain, and the explosion of telecommunications, the United States increasingly came to dominate world popular culture in the 1990s. | | | The EC is the principal component of the European Union (EU). |
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| | BBC NEWS Entertainment Arts Liverpool named Capital of Culture |
| | The European Union (EU) has designed the Capital of Culture programme to replace the City of Culture status which began with Athens in 1985. | | | Liverpool is chosen to be the European capital of culture in 2008. | | | The city beat five other hopefuls - Bristol, Birmingham, Cardiff, Newcastle-Gateshead and Oxford - to win the coveted prize. |
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| | European Capital of Culture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The European Capital of Culture is a city designated by the European Union for a period of one year during which it is given a chance to showcase its cultural life and cultural development. | | | Category: Culture and sport in the European Union | | | The European Cities of Culture were designated on an intergovernmental basis until 2004; the Member States unanimously selected the cities most likely to welcome the event and the European Commission granted a subsidy to the selected city each year. |
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| | Pool of Life - Capital of Culture |
| | European Capital of Culture is a European Union programme starting in 2005- a revival of the old City of Culture programme (Glasgow won that title in 1990). | | | There's also an FAQ section explaining all the Capital of Culture background (including DCMS criteria), full details of the team behind the bid (including biographies - the team all seem to have strong arts and Bristol credentials),and details of the ideas that have come up through their consultation process. | | | The Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) make the decision, advised by an independent panel. |
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| | European Capital of Culture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The European Capital of Culture is a city designated by the European Union for a period of one year during which it is given a chance to showcase its cultural life and cultural development. | | | The European Cities of Culture were designated on an intergovernmental basis until 2004; the Member States unanimously selected the cities most likely to welcome the event and the European Commission granted a subsidy to the selected city each year. | | | A number of European cities have used the City of Culture year to completely transform their cultural base and, in doing so, the way in which they are viewed internationally. |
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| | www.cork2005.ie |
| | Enabling active engagement with the enlarged European Union and encouraging the hosting of diverse cultural events in the city, the delivery of the Programme was achieved through partnerships with the citys festivals and existing cultural institutions, as well as community and voluntary groups in Cork and large numbers of cultural practitioners locally, nationally and internationally. | | | The designation as European Capital of Culture presented a unique and important opportunity to showcase the city, bringing with it an unprecedented media focus on Cork on a local, national and international level. | | | Having emerged from a Public Call for ideas and the submission of over 2000 local, national and international responses, the Programme was a truly European Capital of Culture Programme - celebrating the culture of Cork, of Ireland and of Europe. |
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| | Bringing European Culture to Ramallah Culture & Lifestyle Deutsche Welle 19.06.2004 |
| | Along with the Goethe Institute, the French cultural organization Centre Culturel Francais is helping to open the center, which is funded by the European Union and the French-German television station Arte. | | | Officials from Germany's cultural institute, the Goethe Institute, which partners in the Ramallah project, believe that because of the last century of German history, the country is particularly well-qualified to be a moderator between European and Palestinian culture. | | | Both sides are making it clear that their function is not only to transmit their national cultures, but also "European culture" -- a problematic task, because Europe is full of various cultures, languages, and political points of view. |
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| | EUROPA - Culture - European Commission - Culture - Portal - homepage |
| | This portal provides you with extensive information on the activities and the policies carried out by the European Union in the field of culture. | | | The European Commission proposes that 2008 be "European Year of Intercultural Dialogue" | | | EUROPA - Culture - European Commission - Culture - Portal - homepage |
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| | A Cyprus Settlement in 2004? Policy Implications for Turkey, NATO and the European Union: The EU Perspective |
| | Turkey combines rich elements of European and Islamic history and culture with the aspirations of a young and modern nation seeking to anchor itself firmly in the West as a pluralistic democracy and vibrant market economy. | | | European Union - Delegation of the European Commission to the United States | | | The European Union has foreseen another 259 million for the north in the pipeline for 2004-6 in the event of a settlement. |
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| | Essen Named European Capital of Culture for 2010 Culture & Lifestyle Deutsche Welle 11.04.2006 |
| | When the European Union grew from 15 to 25 states in 2004, the bloc's culture ministers decided that from 2009 two cities would be annually designated European capital of culture -- one from the old member states and one from the new. | | | The towns of Görlitz in the East and Essen in the West are competing to be named European capital of culture in 2010, when it's Germany's turn to stand in the spotlight. | | | European capitals of culture receive substantial EU funds which they can use to restore city centers and finance cultural programs. |
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| | European City of Culture |
| | For some years the European Union has designated a city (or collection of cities) as the European City of Culture for that year. | | | In the past a number of European cities have used the City of Culture year to completely transform their cultural base and, in doing so, the way in which it is viewed internationally. | | | The European Capital of Culture for 2008 was chosen by UK culture secretary Tessa Jowell[?] in the neutral city of London, after which she travelled up to Liverpool to join in their celebrations. |
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| | EUROPA - Culture - European Commission - Culture - homepage |
| | Since its inclusion in 1992 in the Treaty on the European Union, cultural cooperation has become a new community competency. | | | In this context, the seven-year Culture 2000 programme(2000-2006) aims to encourage creativity and mobility of artists, public access to culture, the dissemination of art and culture, inter-cultural dialogue and knowledge of the history and cultural heritage of the peoples of Europe. | | | The European Commission proposes that 2008 be "European Year of Intercultural Dialogue" |
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| | Global Diversity Institute - The Journal of Diversity Praxis |
| | Reflecting the fractures that are widening in French (and parts of European) society over race, religion, language, culture and ethnicity, schools have become the new battleground. | | | This is a debate that is continuing in Europe, and in France itself, regarding increased immigration, religious pluralism including coming to grips with Islam, and with European Union expansion. | | | Whether pointing to the image of Satan, witches, and heretics of the past to the Soviet Union and communism of the 20th century and some say terrorism today, fear keeps the flock afraid of 'excommunication' and hence becoming defenseless. |
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| | BBC NEWS Entertainment Arts Liverpool named Capital of Culture |
| | The European Union (EU) has designed the Capital of Culture programme to replace the City of Culture status which began with Athens in 1985. | | | Liverpool is chosen to be the European capital of culture in 2008. | | | The first Capital will be Cork in the Republic of Ireland in 2005, followed by Patras in Greece in 2006 and Luxembourg a year later. |
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| | European City Of Culture 2005 - Nothing But A Farce! - Cork EU - Indymedia Ireland |
| | Cork European City Of Culture 2005 is nothing but another carriage in the bosses gravy train assisted locally by the puppet 26 administration and big business corporations. | | | Cork European City Of Culture 2005 is a total and utter farce designed only to coax more tourists into this city and thereby increase profits for those wealthy few involved in the growing hotel and tourist industry. They said. | | | During Cork European City Of Culture 2005, the ruling elite of Cork has decided to waste money on lavish celebrations and functions from which the ordinary people of the city are excluded. |
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| | Weimar - City of Culture |
| | In 1993 the European Union chose Weimar to be the European City of Culture at the close of this millennium. | | | Weimar will be celebrating 1999 as the European City of Culture with a programme of events that range from Goethe’s Faust to Frankenstein to Terminator and even the German rock opera The Ninth of November. | | | Weimar will also be the first city from the former communist-ruled countries of Central and Eastern Europe to bear the title of European City of Culture. |
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