Europa
The English main page
URL	http://www.europa.eu/
Commercial?	No
Type of site	Public service portal and institutional information
Owner	European Union
Created by	European Commission DG Communication EU Publications Office

Europa (sometimes written EUROPA), the official web portal of the European Union, is intended to improve the public’s interaction with EU institutions by quickly directing website visitors to the services or information they are seeking. Uniform Resource Locator is an URI which also specifies where the identified resource is available and the protocol for retrieving it A web portal is a site that provides a single function via a web page or site The European Union ( EU) is a political and economic union of twenty-seven member states, located primarily in The European Commission (formally the Commission of the European Communities) is the executive branch of the European Union. The Directorate-General Communication is a Directorate-General of the European Commission. The Office for Official Publications of the European Communities ( Publications Office) is a Directorate-General of the European Commission. A web portal is a site that provides a single function via a web page or site The European Union ( EU) is a political and economic union of twenty-seven member states, located primarily in Europa links to all EU agencies and institutions in addition to press releases and audiovisual content from press conferences. The agencies of the European Union (or decentralised bodies of the European Union) are bodies which are distinct from the European Union's institutions, There are currently five institutions of the European Union which govern the Union Europa is also an umbrella over the EU sites in the sense that all agencies and institutions have got their respective name, (or initials) plus the subdomain. europa. eu as standard URL. For example, the Institute for Security Studies' address is iss.europa.eu. The European Union Institute for Security Studies ( EUISS) is a Paris-based Agency of the European Union, operating under the EU's second pillar the Common Foreign

Name

'Europa' is commonly recognised as the most neutral way of writing 'Europe' when it comes to compromising all EU languages into a single web-portal name, because 'Europe' translates into 'Europa' in most EU languages, as well as the fact that the name of the continent originates from a character in Greek mythology called Europa. Greek mythology is the body of stories belonging to the ancient Greeks concerning their gods and Heroes the nature of the world and the origins and significance Europa ( Greek Εὐρώπη was a Phoenician woman of high lineage in Greek mythology, from whom the name of the Continent Europe

Further information: Europa (mythology)

Languages

See also: Languages of the European Union

The language-selection start page where all 23 languages are listed

All legislation and documents of political importance are published in all 23 official EU languages. Europa ( Greek Εὐρώπη was a Phoenician woman of high lineage in Greek mythology, from whom the name of the Continent Europe The languages of the European Union are Languages used by people within the member states of the European Union. Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish and Swedish. Bulgarian (български език IPA: ɛzˈik is an Indo-European language, a member of the Slavic linguistic group Czech (ˈʧɛk čeština ˈʧɛʃcɪna in Czech is a West Slavic language with about 12 million native speakers it is the majority language in the Danish ( d̥ænsɡ̊ is one of the North Germanic languages (also called Scandinavian languages a sub-group of the Germanic branch of the Dutch ( is a West Germanic language spoken by around 24 million people 22 million of which are from the Netherlands, Belgium and Suriname English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Estonian (; ˈeːsti ˈkeːl is the official language of Estonia, spoken by about 1 Finnish ( or suomen kieli) is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland (92% As of 2006) and by ethnic Finns outside French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly Hungarian ( magyar nyelv) is a Uralic language (more specifically a Ugric language) unrelated to most other languages in Europe. Irish (ga ''Gaeilge'' is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish. Italian ( or lingua italiana) is a Romance language spoken by about 63 million people as a First language, primarily in Italy. Latvian language (latviešu valoda is the official state language of Latvia. Lithuanian ( lietuvių kalba) is the official state language of Lithuania and is recognised as one of the official languages of the European Union. Maltese (Maltese Malti is the National language of Malta, and a co-official language of the country alongside English, Polish ( język polski, polszczyzna) is the Official language of Poland. Portuguese ( or língua portuguesa) is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia (Spain and northern Portugal. Romanian or Daco-Romanian ( dated: Rumanian or Roumanian; self designation limba română, ˈlimba roˈmɨnə is a Romance The Slovak language ( slovenčina, slovenský jazyk, not to be confused with Slovenščina) sometimes referred to as "Slovakian" Slovene or Slovenian ( slovenski jezik or slovenščina, not to be confused with Slovenčina) is a South Slavic language Swedish ( is a North Germanic language spoken by more than nine million people predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along the Documents which are not legally binding are usually published in English, French and German.

Translation controversy

In January 2007, EU commissioner Franco Frattini criticised the web service for not translating an article about the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome in Italian, his own language. Franco Frattini (born 14 March 1957 in Rome) is an Italian politician currently serving as Italy's Foreign Minister in the ^[1] This type of uproar by speakers of major EU languages other than English happens occasionally.

Services

Europa also offers services such as EUR-Lex, a Publications Office and libraries of photographs, videos and audio for the Commission and the Parliament. EUR-Lex is a service on the official website of the European Union, europa The Office for Official Publications of the European Communities ( Publications Office) is a Directorate-General of the European Commission.

See also

• Publications Office
• EUR-Lex
• European NAvigator
• EU Agencies
• EU Institutions

References

External links

• Europa
• GetEuropa, a search engine dedicated to Europa. The Office for Official Publications of the European Communities ( Publications Office) is a Directorate-General of the European Commission. EUR-Lex is a service on the official website of the European Union, europa European NAvigator ( ENA) is an educational platform providing a wealth of information about the history of Europe and its institutions since 1945. The agencies of the European Union (or decentralised bodies of the European Union) are bodies which are distinct from the European Union's institutions, There are currently five institutions of the European Union which govern the Union EUobserver is an independent news website focussing on politics related to the institutions of the European Union (EU eu