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The Library attended the conference-discussion organised by Carnegie Europe entitled 'Weapons of Mass Diplomacy', with Antonin Baudry and Pierre Vimont as participants.

Two recent publications on the European Council we want to share with our readers.

The 37th issue of the Think Tank Review is out now. It references papers published by think tanks in June 2016.

On 1 July 2016, Slovakia took over the six-month rotating presidency of the Council of the EU from the Netherlands, as part of the Netherlands-Slovak-Maltese 'Trio Presidency' (January 2016 – June 2017).

The library team attended a conference entitled 'Balancing Security vs Liberty in the Age of Global Terrorism' hosted by the AJC Transatlantic Institute and Friedrich Naumann Stiftung. The main speaker was Gilles De Kerchove, the EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator.

Books are surely one of the most important travel companions. So if you hate to be at the seaside (or lakeside or poolside or in fact anywhere) without a book to hand, you've come to the right place.

Welcome to the special issue of the Think Tank Review on the UK referendum, compiled by the EU Council Library.

The translation service of the Commission is huge, with over 2500 translators and support staff split evenly between Brussels and Luxembourg, and the knowledge management team is dedicated to improving the working life of each and every one of their staff members.

The Library team attended the 45th LIBER (Association of European Research Libraries/Ligue des Bibliothèques Européennes de Recherche) Annual Conference in Helsinki from 29 June to 1 July 2016.

On 1st July 2016, Slovakia took over the six-month rotating Presidency of the Council of the EU from the Netherlands. For this occasion, the Language Library prepared a note with suggestions for further reading.

On 1st July 2016, the Slovak Republic took over the Presidency of the Council of the EU from the Netherlands. The Language Library has prepared a note listing a selection of recent language tools in the Slovak language available in the Language Library.

During our trip to London, we could not miss a visit to the British Library of Political and Economic Science, it was imagined as a laboratory for the social sciences.

The beginning of July 2016 marks a special period in the history of the Visegrad Group. The countries forming the Group will undergo a number of important developments. This is therefore a good opportunity to find out more about the four countries in question.

The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is also the largest library in the world by number of items catalogued.

Summer is a perfect time for reading, so we would like to invite you to explore what's new in the Library this July. As usual, there is a lot to pick and choose from.