On the initiative of the Council of Europe with headquarters in Strasbourg, since 2001 the European Day of Languages is celebrated annually on 26th September
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The purpose of the holiday
The purpose of the holiday is to promote the study of foreign languages in Europe
Each member state of the European Union gives an annual prize for the best translation by a student.
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European day of languages in Spain
For the European Day of Languages in Madrid, the Instituto Cervantes organized a special presentation with a translation into 26 languages of a poem by Lorca and a presentation of the writer Rosalia De Castro
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European day of languages in countries
Countries such as Italy, France, Portugal, Bulgaria participate in the Erasmus+ program, which supports language exchange.