Le fait qu'un héros de feuilleton ukrainien incarnant un président à l'écran finisse par le devenir pour de bon montre que la démocratie traverse l'une de ses plus graves crises d'identité. Dans le monde entier, la confiance du peuple envers ses élites est tombée au plus bas. Plus...
Implications of project, service and institutional deployment of Creative Commons licences in the United Kingdom
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Implications of project, service and institutional deployment of Creative Commons licences in the United Kingdom
Stuart Yeates makes available this draft report on the use of Creative Commons in learning. PDF. His conclusions: "There is no reason to suggest that CC could not be used by public sector organisations in the UK. Not all the outputs from public sector organisations could be made available under CC. The use of CC would require significant changes to current organisational practice". More...
FUEN’s 70 year Anniversary Congress to take place on 12-16 June in Slovakia
The largest and most influential minority umbrella organisation in Europe, the Federal Union of European Nationalities will organise its 70 year anniversary 2019 Congress in Bratislava/Pozsony and Dunajská Streda/Dunaszerdahely between the 12th and 16th of June.
The Congress will provide an opportunity to evaluate the accomplishments of 70 years of FUEN, in the presence of the former presidents of the organisation, and to draft a direction for the minority umbrella organisation for the decades to come. The Congress will also serve as an opportunity to focus on the situation of minorities in Slovakia, the hosting country and also on he minority situation in Ukraine. More...
The annual meeting of FUEN’s Education Working Group starts next week in Brussels
Members of the Education Working Group of the Federal Union of European Nationalities will meet between 6-8 May 2019 in Brussels for their annual meeting. They will also take part in the United Nations’ European Regional Forum on Education, Language and the Human Rights of Minorities. FUEN is an official partner of the Regional Forum. More...
FUEN strongly objects the intimidation of the Hungarian community in Romania
Using the mother tongue in the public administration can cost you 100,000 euros in Romania. This is the case of the municipality of Corund (Korond), a settlement with 93 percent Hungarian population, where the mayor was fined for writing “Községháza” in Hungarian language next to the Romanian "Primaria" on the municipal building. More...
Statement on transparent and productive communication between Romanian youth stakeholders
ESU at the YO!Fest2019
The YO!fest, organised by the European Youth Forum, hosted participants coming from all EU Member States and beyond, with the aim of bringing more young voices together. More...
Secretary General Jagland meets President Emmanuel Macron
Secretary General Jagland today met with President Emmanuel Macron for an exchange on the current challenges facing the organisation ahead of the French presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, which begins on 17 May. More...
Secretary General Jagland: statement on Turkish Supreme Election Council’s decision on re-run of local elections in Istanbul
With regard to the Turkish Supreme Election Council’s decision on a re-run of the local elections in Istanbul, I refer to the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, the only international body who had been invited to observe the local elections on 31 March. More...
The 2019 European Parliament Elections in the UK
The deadline for registering to vote in the 2019 European Parliament Elections in the United Kingdom is 7 May. EUA member Universities UK has put together some suggestions for promoting voter registration among students. More...