The first Environment Council of the French Presidency will be held on 20 and 21 October in Luxembourg.
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MEPs are meeting in Strasbourg on 20 October for a plenary session focusing mainly on examining the draft budget for the European Union for 2009.
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Nicolas Sarkozy, the current president of the European Council, was in Strasbourg at 10:00 on Wednesday 21 October 2008 to inform the European Parliament of the results of the European Council of 15 and 16 October 2008.
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In the follow up to the EU-Central Asia Forum on security issues on 18 September 2008, the Ministerial Conference in Dushanbe, held under the aegis of all the co-organisers (French Presidency, Germany, European Commission, Finland, UNDP, OSCE and UNODC), brought together Central Asian countries, Afghanistan, Russia, the United States, United Kingdom, China, Japan, India, Iran, Pakistan and Turkey, and the regional and international organisations concerned.
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Under the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the French embassy in Germany and its cultural network, in partnership with European Movement Germany and European Movement France, is organising a series of debates under the "Impulse zu Europa/Penser l'Europe" banner.
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The French Ministry of the Interior, Overseas France and Territorial Communities (the Ministry of State for Overseas France) is organising an exhibition on "Overseas Europe: Wealth and Diversity". The exhibition is being held in Brussels from September to December 2008 in the main European institutions: the Commission, the European Parliament and the Committee of the Regions.
moreOne of the country's largest performing arts festivals for children took place in Washington, D.C., when Kids Euro Festival - starring the most talented European children's entertainers - presented more than 150 free events around the city from October 9 through November 9.
moreThe French Presidency wishes to underline the importance for the European Union to take action to preserve European and world heritage from the consequences of climate change.
moreThe forum, organised by the Ministries of Foreign and European Affairs and Defence will help to examine cooperation between the United Nations and the EU on peacekeeping operations.
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