Press Release: European Day of Languages: diversity’s in our DNA

Different European - themed events planned for 26 September 2014 and over the next week to celebrate the annual European Day of Languages and linguistic diversity. European Commission offices in Member States are organising or supporting many other events including the 'LinguaFest' awards in Bucharest, a Shakespearian storytelling session for children in Madrid, a language-based treasure hunt in London and the Drongo festival in Amsterdam. The historic Piazza Ognissanti in Florence will be the setting for an open-air gathering to promote EU-funded initiatives to support language learning such as Erasmus+.

European Commission: RAPID: Speech, SPEECH/14/621: Why languages matter: European and national perspectives on multilingualism http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-14-621_en.htm

European Commission: RAPID: Eurostat, STAT/14/144: European Day of Languages English, French and German still most common foreign languages studied at lower secondary level in the EU28 in 2012 http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_STAT-14-144_en.htm

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