News April 2014
Sport
Football needs more female coaches, says Vassiliou
30/04/2014
Androulla Vassiliou, the European Commissioner responsible for sport, will call for UEFA to do more to promote female coaches in football when she meets its President Michel Platini at a meeting of the UEFA Women in Football Leadership Programme in Switzerland this afternoon.
Basketball: Commission asks Spain to end indirect discrimination towards players from other Member States
16/04/2014
The European Commission has requested Spain to change its rules on the composition of basketball teams as the current quotas for locally trained players lead to indirect indiscrimination towards players from other Member States.
Culture
First European Heritage Label winners get awards
07/04/2014
The four sites selected to be the first recipients of the new European Heritage Label will be presented with the award on Tuesday 8 April by Androulla Vassiliou, European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth. Doris Pack, chair of the European Parliament's Culture and Education Committee, will also participate in the ceremony at the Solvay Library in Brussels.
Education
Juvenes Translatores contest: Commissioner Vassiliou presents awards to Europe's best young translators
07/04/2014
The 28 winners of the European Commission’s annual Juvenes Translatores contest for young translators will receive their trophies from Androulla Vassiliou, Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth, on Tuesday 8 April.
Juvenes Translatores contest: Commissioner Vassiliou presents awards to Europe's best young translators
07/04/2014
The 28 winners of the European Commission’s annual Juvenes Translatores contest for young translators will receive their trophies from Androulla Vassiliou, Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth, on Tuesday 8 April.
