On 1 December, the European Commission Representation in Ireland, in cooperation with the Representation in Bulgaria, organised a video link-up between a school class in Ireland and one in Bulgaria.
Thursday 27 November marked a momentous occasion when 86 sixth-formers and their teachers, from 29 Greater London schools, came together in the grand surroundings of the FCO's Locarno Suite to debate topical issues which have an impact on their futures.
European Commission Vice-President Margot Wallström was in Ireland on 13 and 14 November to address the Parliament and find out what Irish people want from Europe.
From the 6th – 11th November, thirty London school children travelled to Brussels as part of the Arsenal Double Club, a language-learning initiative encouraging school children to learn foreign languages by associating and combining language teaching with football training.
Students from 28 schools across Northern Ireland, England and Ireland came together to tackle the big issues of the day during a mock Council of the European Union.
Over a hundred Irish bloggers got together in the EU's Dublin Representation this week to talk about social media, using blogs and the internet to organise and influence and the blogosphere in general.
Consumer issues, restoring Ireland’s raised bogs, nature conservation and children’s story telling were all on offer over three days at the EU Stand at this year’s Irish National Ploughing Championships in Co. Kilkenny.
To mark the European Day of Languages in 2008, the European Commission's office in the UK, supported by the DGT Field Office for Multilingualism, is hosting a major exhibition offering information on language learning, different countries and cultures.
Parliament Buildings, Stormont will be the home of the EU on 17 October 2008, when students from 28 schools across Northern Ireland will take part in a Mock Council of the European Union.
To mark the French Presidency of the Council of the EU, the Commission Representation in Ireland is hosting an exhibition showing how 27 young French photographers see the 27 Member States of the EU. The photographs, presented by the Cultural Service of the French Embassy in Ireland, illustrate the richness and contrast of European landscapes and cities.
Gaelic games star and European Year sporting ambassador, Sean Og O hAlpin (on the left of picture) launched the largest intercultural sports festival ever held in Ireland on Monday, 1 September in the European Commission Representation in Dublin.
The European Commission London representation is again supporting Watch This Space festival in London organised by the National Theatre in London. Over 12 weeks the festival features a rich mixture of street artists, bands, theatre groups, circus, cabaret and club nights in London's South Bank.
To mark the start of the French Presidency of the EU, an exhibition of photographs of France was officially launched at the European Commission Representation in Dublin on 1 July 2008.
To mark UN World Refugee Day on 20 June, a photo exhibition entitled "Finding Protection: Darfur's refugees and the internally displaced in Chad" was launched at the European Commission Representation in Dublin.
The European Commission's Representation to the UK is proud to support the 2008 Exhibition Road Music Day, a unique free festival of live music from around the globe, as part of the celebration of the year of Intercultural Dialogue (ICD).
In an exceptional collaboration to mark this European Year of Intercultural Dialogue the European Commission Representation in the UK and City Screen Picturehouse Cinemas will host a week of premieres and preview screenings of films from all over Europe.
On 15 May 2008, a brand new exhibition space was opened at European Union House in Dublin's Dawson Street. The opening was performed by Ireland's new Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mícheal Martin TD, in one of his first public engagements.
As part of the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue, a group of children (aged 12/13) from North-Eastern Sudan paid a visit to the children of Ratoath national school in Co. Meath (Ireland) from 28 April to 2 May.
The London Representation discovered football as a great tool to promote the EU in the UK when looking for ways to publicise the EU at 50 last year. The most recent football project the Representation has got involved in combines multilingualism and football.
Commission President José Manuel Barroso took a few minutes from a very hectic schedule to visit the newly-renovated European Public Space at the Commission's Dublin Representation, and to view a new exhibition: "Then&Now - Snapshots of change in the EU years".
Helping to mark World Autism Awareness Day on 2 April was an Taoiseach Bertie Ahern TD, shortly after his announcement that he would be resigning with effect from 6 May.
European Commission Vice-President Margot Wallström was in St Andrew's College, Dublin today to launch the "Europack", a new online European Studies teaching aid for secondary schools.
On Wednesday, 20 February, schools from across Ireland were locked in intense negotiation at the Mock Council of the European Union, on the draft resolution "should alcohol advertising and sponsorship should be banned from sport".
Students from Larne Grammar and Eddie McVeigh, Head of the European Commission Office in Northern Ireland, have launched this year's Mock Council of the EU.
His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales today congratulated the European Commission's efforts to combat climate change. He also praised Commission President José Manuel Barroso for showing personal leadership in the debate.Prince Charles was speaking at the European Parliament in Brussels.
This afternoon the Chamber Orchestra of Europe held a public recital at European Union House in Dublin. The Orchestra was in Ireland to perform works by Mendelssohn and Schumann at the National Concert Hall.
Peter Mandelson will today (8 February) deliver the Alcuin lecture in Cambridge, drawing on three years of experience as EU Trade Commissioner with a wide-ranging assessment of the state of what he will call 'the openness boom' – the unprecedented surge in global economic integration and prosperity since 1990.
An ambitious exhibition marking European Year of Intercultural Dialogue 2008 which involves contemporary artists from each of the countries that border the Mediterranean Sea.
On 22 January 2008, the BurrenLIFE conference ‘Farming for Conservation – Supporting the Future’ was announced at the European Commission Representation in Dublin by Mr. Tony Killeen, Minister of State at the Department of the Environment.
Two exhibitions at the London offices of the European Commission, in association with the Cyprus and Malta High Commission's, mark the accession of those two countries to the euro on 1 January 2008. The first show is of recent works by Cypriot painter Pindaros Michaeledes which runs until 18 January, followed by an exhibition of four Maltese artists in the UK: Charles Bezzina, Eric Gerarda, Cecily Napier and Mary de Piro.
As protecting the environment is at the top of the EU's list of priorities, the European Commission's office in the UK chose recycling as the theme for its Christmas card this year. Sweet wrappers, satsuma bags, pen tops, plastic bags, bottle tops, telephone wire, newspaper, old clothes pegs, and cardboard were the perfect, recycled ingredients for bringing to life its 'bird tree' which featured on the front of the card.
The European Commission is proud to announce that Mr Ruadhán Mac Cormaic, social affairs correspondent of the Irish Times, has been named the winner of the "For Diversity. Against Discrimination" Journalism Award 2007.
To celebrate the wealth and diversity of contemporary documentary films in Europe, selected European cultural institutes and embassies in London and the European Commission Representation in the UK have collaborated on 'Voyages', a ten-day festival (27 November - 6 December 2007) showcasing the work of new and established directors from across the continent.
Several thousand schoolchildren and young people from Northern Ireland attended an award winning European event, Opportunity Europe, in Belfast this week.
To mark European Day of Healthy Food and Cooking for Children on 8 November pupils from Rutland Street Primary School in Dublin were treated to a special workshop on healthy eating by two of Ireland's leading chefs, Mr Lorcan Cribbin, of Bang Café and Mr Peter Everett, of the exclusive Chapter One Restaurant.
Students from 28 schools across Northern Ireland, England and Slovenia came together on 17 October to take part in a mock meeting of the Council of the European Union.
Mr Claus Sørensen, European Commission Director General for Communication, launches the "European Public Spaces" initiative in the Dublin Representation.
The European Commission Representation in Ireland hosted a number of events in the EU Marquee at this year's National Ploughing Championships, which took place from 25 to 27 September 2007.
For the first time in over one thousand years a Viking long ship, the Sea Stallion of Glendalough, sailed into Dublin Bay. The ship will go on display at the National Museum in Collins Barracks before sailing back to Denmark in summer 2008.
On Friday 20 July, Roger Liddle, Adviser to President Barroso, addressed the MacGill Summer School in Co. Donegal on the theme of "Reinforcing the European Union". The Minister for European Affairs, Dick Roche, also spoke at the event.
On Friday 13 July, the Dublin Representation hosted a lecture by William B Quandt, Professor of Government and Politics at the University of Virginia, on "Europe, the USA and the Middle-East Crisis".
The European Commission's office in London is supporting two great events on the South Bank of the Thames this summer as part of its EU@50 celebrations.
Like a war artist, Joslin Towler visited open centres for asylum seekers, and got to know people without papers who were seeking sanctuary in churches. She researched detention centres, meeting with those who provide counsel on the inside and met refugees who came forward to recount their integration success.
On 29 June 2007 the European Commission Representation in Dublin hosted a seminar for older persons' associations in order to obtain their views on current European social trends and on what contributes to "well being" in today's society.
The European Commission's Representation in the UK was delighted to welcome Countess Mountbatten of Burma to the exhibition Father's Footsteps at its offices in London on 20 June 2007.
A seminar entitled "The European Community and the Environment - 50 years on: some key developments - and looking to the future", is taking place in City Hall, Limerick on 22nd June.
To mark the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, the Irish Examiner newspaper put together a photographic exhibition from its archives for Europe Day 2007. The official launch took place on 14 June at the Commission's Representation in Dublin.
A video hook-up between the European Commission Representations in Dublin and Budapest let 23 students and their teachers make new friends – without leaving home.
An international conference for journalists and media specialists from the Middle East and North Africa was held in Dublin this week. It brought together 80-90 government officials, journalists, editors and academics.
Over a hundred Irish young people and Special Olympic athletes from north and south of the border celebrated Europe Day by travelling together on a special vintage train from Belfast to Dublin.
One of London's most famous attractions, the London Eye, was lit up on 9 May in the colours of the EU flag, as part of the UK celebrations of Europe Day.
The European Commission's office in the UK is making available 90,000 large wallmaps (87 x 101cm ) of Europe completely free-of-charge to schools, universities, libraries etc. in the UK.
The European Union will continue to support the economic development of Northern Ireland, President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso has said.
Students from 28 secondary schools took part in the first ever ‘Youth European Council’ in the Mansion House on Thursday, 26 April. Teams of three students took on the roles of EU leaders from different European countries to discuss three key issues: climate change, terrorism and immigration. The event was chaired by Jillian van Turnhout, Vice-President of the European Economic and Social Committee.
The President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, has called on Britain to concentrate on the opportunities of Europe rather than the threats in a keynote speech at the Institute of Directors annual conference in London on 25 April.
Sixteen Irish secondary students visited Brussels last week after winning an essay competition organised by the European Commission Representation in Ireland to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome.
A special ceremony to mark the 50th anniversary of the formation of the European Union took place at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff during the Wales versus England RBS Six Nations Tournament match on Saturday, March 17th.
Congratulations to Tara McKeown (aged 9) from St Joseph's Primary School, Bessbrook for designing the winning entry in a design competition to mark the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome which created the European Economic Community.
Young people from across Northern Ireland will have the chance to be MEPs for the day at the European Youth Parliament (EYP) regional final being held at Belfast Institute of Further and Higher Education on Thursday 15 March 2007.
European commissioner for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs Joe Borg addressed the Irish Houses of the Oireachtas and a special conference on the Maritime Green Paper during his visit to Dublin this week.
Vice-President of the European Commission Ms Margot Wallström today presented a Welsh language version of a key European symbol to the European & External Affairs Committee at the National Assembly for Wales.
Franco Frattini, Vice-President of the European Commission with responsibility for Freedom, Security and Justice, was in London on 23 February for talks with Home Secretary John Reid. He also met with Shadow Home Secretary David Davies.
Eddie McVeigh, Head of the European Commission Office in Northern Ireland, will officially launch this year’s Mock Council of the European Union event at St. Michael’s Grammar School in Lurgan, Northern Ireland on Wednesday 21 February 2007
The first confirmed players in the European team are former Manchester United star David Beckham, currently with Real Madrid, Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher.
European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs Joaquín Almunia visited Ireland last week. He praised the country's economic transformation and budget surplus and said that Ireland was now facing other challenges.
Britain should work harder to make the European Union manage globalisation effectively, Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson told a conference in London on Friday.
Middlesbrough today unveiled a spectacular new modern and contemporary art gallery for the Tees Valley and North East region, built with European support.
Irish secondary school students are taking part in an essay competition that asks them to imagine a tea party held by Robert Schuman, one of the founding fathers of the European Union.
The European Commission's research wing, the Joint Research Centre, is at the Young Scientists Exhibition in Dublin this week to showcase a new computer game which lets you know exactly how many greenhouse gas emissions you produce each day.
Winner of EC in the UK Christmas Card Competition announced. Winning entry
by Thomas Fearn aged 9 from Chesterton Primary School in Gloucestershire,
England.
2007 marks the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Rome. To
mark this occasion, the European Commission Office in Northern Ireland and the
British Council have launched a primary school competition to design a postcard
for Europe Day on 9 May 2007.
The EU will have a new alphabet from January 2007, when Bulgaria joins the
Union. The European Commission Representation in Ireland is celebrating the
introduction of Cyrillic script with a fascinating exhibition.
Irish journalists, public relations experts, marketing managers, civil society groups and the general public are getting together in the European Commission Representation in Ireland next week to discuss how the EU can better communicate with its citizens.
