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But what exactly is the European Day of Languages?
As explained last year in this blog (see last year's publication), this day aims to celebrate linguistic diversity in Europe and promoted language learning.
At the initiative of the Council of Europe, Strasbourg, the European Day of Languages has been celebrated every year since 2001 on 26 September.
Throughout Europe, 800 million Europeans represented in the Council of Europe's 47 member states are encouraged to learn more languages, at any age, in and out of school. Being convinced that linguistic diversity is a tool for achieving greater intercultural understanding and a key element in the rich cultural heritage of our continent, the Council of Europe promotes plurilingualism in the whole of Europe
After a period of holidays (well deserved), we are all coming back to our routines.
As you all know, 10 years have passed after an event that has schocked the entire world: the attack on the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, in New York and the Pentagon, in Virginia and crash of an airplane in Pennsylvania.
It was something that changed the way we face life in general. As consequences we have a never ending war in Afghanistan and in Iraq, a thorough search of our body and luggage any time we travel by plane and a global fear in certain places and dates. Our trust has been shattered beyond recovery and the feeling that we are never safe anywhere invaded our lives.
It is not only the death of thousands of innocent victims we have to mourn but the end of a way of life.
The destruction caused serious damage to the economy of Lower Manhattan. Cleanup of the World Trade Center site was completed in May 2002. The National September 11 Memorial & Museum is scheduled to open on September 11, 2011. Adjacent to the memorial the 1,776 feet (541 m) One World Trade Center is estimated for completion by 2013.
The Pentagon was repaired within a year, and the Pentagon Memorial opened, adjacent to the building, in 2008. Ground was broken for the Flight 93 National Memorial in November 2009, and the memorial is to be formally dedicated on September 10, 2011.
The memory of this attack is much alive in the minds of people and in video and audio recordings, as well as in many songs just like this one by Green Day.
