In 2018, the European Year initiative will start afresh after two years without a theme. On Tuesday 30 August, the Commission put forward a proposal to designate 2018 as the European Year of Cultural Heritage.
The choice of this theme confirms an article published by EUROPE last April (EUROPE 11535). It can be partly explained by the destruction of archaeological sites currently occurring in a number of conflict zones.
Tibor Navracsics, the commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and...