Saint Andrew's day, November 30th, is Scotland's National Day, for Andrew is Scotland's patron saint and the St Andrew's Cross is Scotland's flag.

Brittany has two autochtonous languages: Gallo and Breton. While Breton is a Celtic language spoken in western Brittany, Gallo language is spoken in eastern Brittany and belongs to the family of Romance languages.

School partnerships in Europe are an increasingly common practice. The eTwinning action, launched by the EU in 2005, was created to give schools the opportunity to learn from and with each other, to share their views and to make friends.

Ireland's developing wind industry has enormous potential and could become an important export for the country. As one of the windiest countries in Europe, Ireland has a massive resource waiting to be used.

Ireland's presidency will be remembered for successfully steering through the passage of the EU Constitution and presiding over the entry of 10 new countries into the Union on May 1.