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07 August 2020

Today is International Beer Day! With this heat, could you think of anything better and more refreshing than a beer? This beverage is one of the oldest and most popular beverage in the world! We particularly love it in Europe where we have a lot of variety: Indian Pale...

22 July 2020

The European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) was the first inter-European administrative agency established by the treaty of Paris in 1951 -which was later ratified in 1952- designed to eliminate borders and tariffs in between the coal and steel industries in Western...

20 July 2020

La Fête nationale belge commémore l’anniversaire de l’investiture de Léopold de Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha, premier roi des Belges. Il a accédé au trône le 21 juillet 1831, suite à l’indépendance de la Belgique du royaume uni des Pays-Bas. Wusstet ihr das? La Belgique est...

14 July 2020

Chaque année, le 14 juillet célèbre la fête nationale française ! La France fait partie des pays fondateurs de la Communauté européenne du charbon et de l’acier, créée en 1951. Aujourd’hui, c’est l’un des moteurs politiques et économiques de l’Union Européenne. The 14th...

10 July 2020

World Population Day was established in 1989 by the United Nations Development Programme in an attempt to raise awareness about the urgency and importance of population issues. Demographic trends Despite declining fertility levels, each year around 83 million people are...

01 July 2020

The International Plastic Bag Free Day has been established to raise awareness about the environmental impact and health hazards of single-use plastic bags, and to promote more sustainable alternatives. This global initiative is now part of the Break Free From Plastic...

01 July 2020

„Gemeinsam. Europa wieder stark machen“ Today Germany is taking over the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union. In these uncertain times, the German lead will be crucial for the future of Europe and of multilateralism at large. Driven by the motto...

30 June 2020

Since the apparition and gradual popularisation of social media at the beginning of the 21st century, the world has embraced a completely new way of communicating. People from all over the world now are able to keep in touch with relatives or friends anywhere on Earth...

25 June 2020

Čestitke ob dnevu državnosti! Slovenia is a country in central Europe bordered by Austria to the north, Italy to the west, Hungary to the far northeast and with Croatia to the southeast. For most of the 20th century, Slovenia was part of Yugoslavia, a federal and...

22 June 2020

Today we celebrate Luxembourg National Day! The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is one of the founding members of the European Union and hosts several EU institutions and agencies. With an area of nearly 2600 square kilometres, it is the second-smallest country of the Union...

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