The European Baccalaureate is taken at the end of the seventh year of secondary education. It is awarded only by the thirteen European Schools and should be distinguished from the International Baccalaureate (IB) and the baccalaureate of various national systems. Details of this examination are set out in the Annex of the Statute of the European School and in the Regulations for the European Baccalaureate, available from the schools. The European Baccalaureate is administered and directly supervised by an external examining board appo ...

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European Baccalaureate, European Baccalaureate - The European Baccalaureate, European Baccalaureate - Not to be confused with, European Baccalaureate - Source

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European languages, European languages - Basque, European languages - Finno-Ugric languages, European languages - Indo-European languages, European languages - Albanian, European languages - Armenian, European languages - Baltic languages, European languages - Celtic languages, European languages - Germanic languages, European languages - Greek, European languages - Italic languages, European languages - Indo-Iranian languages, European languages - Slavic languages

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European Robin, European Robin - Gallery of European Robins, European Robin - Other Robins

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The European Capital of Culture is a city designated by the European Union for a period of one year during which it is given a chance to showcase its cultural life and cultural development. A number of European cities have used the City of Culture year to completely transform their cultural base and, in doing so, the way in which they are viewed internationally. European Capital of Culture - History. Conceived as a means of bringing European citizens closer together, the European City of Culture was ...

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European Capital of Culture - History European Capital of Culture - European Cities of Culture European Capital of Culture - European Capitals of Culture

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Western European Time (WET) is the time zone covering parts of western and northwestern Europe, including the following countries and regions: Canary Islands (rest of Spain is CET, i.e. UTC+1) Faroe Islands northeastern Greenland (Danmarkshavn and surrounding area) Iceland Portugal (except Azores, minus 1 hour) The Republic of Ireland (where the terms GMT and IST are used) The ...

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Classical music is a broad, somewhat imprecise term, referring to music produced in, or rooted in the traditions of, European art, ecclesiastical and concert music, encompassing a broad period from roughly 1000 to the present day. The central norms of this tradition, according to one school of thought, developed between 1550 and 1825, focusing on what is known as the common practice period. The term classical music did not appear until the early 19th century, in an attempt to 'canonize' the period from Bach to Beethoven ...

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European classical music - Timeline European classical music - Classical music as music of the classical era European classical music - The nature of classical music
European classical music - Complexity European classical music - Emotional content European classical music - Instruments European classical music - Permanence European classical music - Influences between classical and popular music European classical music - Classical music and folk music
European classical music - Classical music in education European classical music - Related genres European classical music - Composers of classical music European classical music - Terms of classical music European classical music - Literature

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In August of 2002 a 100-year flood caused by over a week of continuous heavy rains ravaged Europe, killing dozens, dispossessing thousands, and causing damages of billions of euros in the Czech Republic, Austria, Germany, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania and Croatia. 2002 European floods - Development of the floods. The floods first started with heavy rainfall in the Eastern Alps, which resulted in floods in Northern Italy, Bavaria and the Austrian states of Salzburg and Upper Austria. The floods gradual ...

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2002 European floods - Development of the floods

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The Old European Script (also known as the Vinča alphabet, Vinča script or Vinča-Tordos script) is a name sometimes given to the markings on prehistoric artefacts found in south-eastern Europe. Some believe the markings to be a writing system of the Vinča culture, which inhabited the region around 6000-4000 BC. Others doubt that the markings represent writing at all, citing the brevity of the purported inscriptions and the dearth of repeated symbols in the purported script. Old European Script - ...

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Old European Script - The discovery of the script Old European Script - Meaning of the symbols Old European Script - Controversial issues

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The "Ballon d'Or" (from French, English translation is Golden Ball) is a football award, created in 1956 by the French football magazine France Football. It is usually known in English as the European Footballer of the Year award. The award is given annually to the player considered to have performed the best over the previous year. In order to qualify for selection, the player must have been playing for a club based within UEFA's jurisdiction. Until 1995, a player also had to be of European nationality to be eligible. Voting fo ...

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European Footballer of the Year - Ballon d'Or Winners

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The Conference of European Churches (CEC) was founded in 1959 to promote reconciliation, dialogue and friendship between the churches of Europe at a time of growing Cold War political tensions and divisions. It is an ecumenical fellowship of Christian churches in Europe; its membership consists of most of Europe's mainline Protestant, Orthodox, Anglican and Old Catholic Churches. In 2005, CEC had 125 member churches. The most recent CEC assemblies were held at Graz, Austria (1997) and Trondheim, Norway (2003). The Third European Ec ...

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Conference of European Churches - Past CEC Assemblies

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European Community is the name given collectively to the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), the European Economic Community (EEC), and the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom), when in 1967, they were first merged under a single institutional framework with the Merger Treaty. The EEC,established in 1958, soon became the most important of these three communities, subsequent treaties adding it further areas of competence that extended beyond the purely economic areas, while the other two communities remained extremel ...

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European Community, European Community - European Community, European Community - Community Pillar, European Community - European Economic Community, European Community - The future of the European Communities, European Community - External link

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The 1988 European Football Championship (Euro 88) final tournament was held at West Germany. It was the 8th edition of the European Football Championship, held every four years and supported by UEFA. The final tournament took place between June 10 and June 25, 1988. At the time, only eight countries could dispute the final tournament. Seven countries had to qualify for the final stage. West Germany qualified automatically as hosts of the event. 1988 European Football Championship - Venues. < ...

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1988 European Football Championship - Venues 1988 European Football Championship - Squads 1988 European Football Championship - First Round
1988 European Football Championship - Group A 1988 European Football Championship - Group B
1988 European Football Championship - Semi-finals 1988 European Football Championship - Final 1988 European Football Championship - Tournament Statistics
1988 European Football Championship - Goal Scorers 1988 European Football Championship - Fastest Goal 1988 European Football Championship - Average Goals
1988 European Football Championship - The Winning Squad

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European Community is the name given collectively to the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), the European Economic Community (EEC), and the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom), when in 1967, they were first merged under a single institutional framework with the Merger Treaty. Soon after the establishment of the ECSC two more European Communities were proposed: European Defence Community an ...

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European Community, European Community - European Community, European Community - Community Pillar, European Community - European Economic Community, European Community - The future of the European Communities, European Community - External link

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The European Baccalaureate is taken at the end of the seventh year of secondary education. It is awarded only by the currently twelve European Schools and should be distinguished from the International Baccalaureate (IB) and the baccalaureate of various national systems. Details of this examination are set out in the Annex of the Statute of the European School and in the Regulations for the European Baccalaureate, available from the schools. The European Baccalaureate requires students to take 11 subjects, all of which are weighted equally fo ...

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European School, European School - The Aim, European School - History, European School - Curriculum, European School - The European Baccalaureate, European School - Schools, European School - Source

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European Schools are usually built in close proximity to a European Institution. There are now 12 European Schools: European School, Luxembourg (Luxembourg), founded in 1953 European School, Brussels I (Uccle) [1] (Belgium), founded in 1958 European School, Mol (Mol), ( Belgium), founded in 1960 European School, Varese [2] (Italy), founded in 1960 European School, Karlsruhe [3] (Germany), founded in 1962 European School, Bergen< ...

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The European Schools project began in October 1953 in Luxembourg, on the initiative of officials of the European Coal and Steel Community, with the support of the Community's institutions and the Luxembourg Government. The first European school was established in a suburb of Luxembourg in that year, for the children of the officials of the European Coal and Steel Community. It was an experiment to standardize teaching standards amongst countries. Different governments and Ministries of Education co-operated in matters of curricula, ap ...

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European School, European School - The Aim, European School - History, European School - Curriculum, European School - The European Baccalaureate, European School - Schools, European School - Source

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The European Economic Community (EEC) was an organisation established (1958) by treaty between Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and West Germany, known informally as the Common Market. The EEC was the most significant of the three treaty organisations that were consolidated in 1967 to form the European Community (EC; known since the ratification 1993 of the Maastricht treaty as the European Union, EU). The EEC had as its aim the eventual economic union of its member nations, ultimately leading to political union. It worke ...

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European Community, European Community - European Community, European Community - Community Pillar, European Community - European Economic Community, European Community - The future of the European Communities, European Community - External link

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Many pro-Europeans believe that strength in unity is particularly important in today's multipolar world. They argue that a united and independent Europe has become increasingly necessary, while a politically divided one would bring disadvantages in many areas, including economic, cultural, political, social, scientific, diplomatic and military. Pro-European arguments often refer to what they see as the benefits of the EU to its member states, but such 'cost / benefit' assessments are not generally the only arguments to motivate them, as they also fe ...

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Pro-European, Pro-European - The Pro-European approach, Pro-European - Pro-European political parties, Pro-European - In the European Parliament, Pro-European - In the United Kingdom, Pro-European - In France, Pro-European - 'Pro-European' vs 'Pro-EU'

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The aims of the schools were expressed in the words of Jean Monnet in 1953: "Educated side by side, untroubled from infancy by divisive prejudices, acquainted with all that is great and good in the different cultures, it will be borne in upon them as they mature that they belong together. Without ceasing to look to their own lands with love and pride, they will become in mind Europeans, schooled and ready to complete and consolidate the work of their fathers before them, to brin ...

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European School, European School - The Aim, European School - History, European School - Curriculum, European School - The European Baccalaureate, European School - Schools, European School - Source

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The origins of the European Movement date back to July 1947, when the cause of a United Europe was being championed by notables such as Winston Churchill and Duncan Sandys in the form of the Anglo-French United European Movement. The UEM acted as a platform for the co-ordination of the organisations created in the wake of WWII. As a result of their efforts, the congress of The Committee for the Co-ordination of the European Movements took place in Paris on 17th July 1947 incorporating "La Ligue Européenne de Coopération Economique" ...

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European Movement, European Movement - History, European Movement - Philosophy, European Movement - Organization

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