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European Day of Languages
Date: sun, 26th sep 2010

The European Day of Languages was celebrated for the first time in 2001, whithin the European Year of Languages.
The European Year of the Languages managed to make millions of persons participate in 45 countries in activities aiming at celebrating the linguistic variety and the advantages brought by the capacity to speak about another language.

At the end of the year, the Committee of the Ministers of the Council of Europe decided to establish an European Day of the languages celebrated every year on September 26th.

The European Day of the Languages on the Council of Europe's website.

Check the Europa languages portal.
Date and time
26th September

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    • From 13 february 2012 to 16 february 2012

      Plenary session in the European Parliament in Strasbourg

    • The plenary session of the European Parliament is where the Parliament formally sits to vote on EU legislation and adopt its position on political issues. The plenary sessions take place 12 times a year in Strasbourg and there are also 6 mini-plenary sessions held in Brussels.

    • Place:

      European Parliament
      Strasbourg

    • From 12 march 2012 to 15 march 2012

      Plenary session in the European Parliament in Strasbourg

    • The plenary session of the European Parliament is where the Parliament formally sits to vote on EU legislation and adopt its position on political issues. The plenary sessions take place 12 times a year in Strasbourg and there are also 6 mini-plenary sessions held in Brussels.

    • Place:

      European Parliament
      Strasbourg


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11 february

The final purchase of the Louis Weiss building