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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9035

27 September 2005
Contents Publication in full By article 25 / 36
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/multilingualism
Commission prepares strategy for better promotion of language learning - Russian fourth most widely spoken language, on par with Spanish

Brussels, 26/09/2005 (Agence Europe) - On 26 September, Europe celebrates its European Day of Languages (EUROPE 9033) where the European Commission is publishing the results of a Eurobarometer survey which was conducted last June and which focuses on knowledge of languages among European citizens. 50% of the European population say they can speak a foreign language (47% of the EU15 population). The results vary considerably from one country to another: 29% of the Hungarian population, 30% of...

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