Devising a "European Investment Plan" to create new jobs, reallocating EU structural funds to projects to create them for young people, and introducing a "European Youth Guarantee" to ensure that they are not without jobs for more than four months, are among the proposals set out by MEPs in a resolution, adopted Thursday, on measures to tackle youth unemployment.

Volunteering is a way to remain active, in contact with the world of work, and can even help to find a job. A "European Skills Passport" could certify official recognition of skills, acquired or demonstrated through volunteering, both for professional and learning purposes. A report voted by the Culture and Education Committee on Thursday calls on EU Member States to create an appropriate legal framework and national strategies to this end.

MEPs urge EU Member States to ensure that higher education institutions are better funded, that people from all social backgrounds can study at them, and that more students can study abroad, in a resolution passed on Friday. University courses need to be constantly adapted to labour market needs in order to make Europe's higher education more competitive, they add.

Lisabonos sutartis suteikė ES daugiau galių veikti sporto srityje, todėl ji turi veiksmingiau kovoti su dopingu, smurtu stadionuose, surežisuotomis rungtynėmis ir šešėliniais žaidėjų agentų pasiūlymais, – ketvirtadienį priimtoje rezoliucijoje pareiškė Europos Parlamentas (550 balsų už, 73 prieš, 7 susilaikė).

European Charlemagne Youth Prize 2012 - new deadline for the submission of applications.

Compulsory schooling until the age of 18 throughout the EU and second-chance schools could help reduce the rate of school drop-outs, say MEPs. MEPs adopted a resolution on Thursday calling on Member States to carry out education reforms targeting young people most at risk of quitting school early.

Pernai ES buvo parduota beveik 1 mlrd. kino bilietų. Nors Europos kino svarba ekonomikai vis auga, trečiadienį priimtoje rezoliucijoje Europos Parlamentas ragina stiprinti ES paramą jam, taip pat imtis priemonių įveikti kino rinkos susiskaidymą.

Europos Parlamento teikiamą LUX kino apdovanojimą šiemet pelnė prancūzų režisieriaus Robert Guédiguian filmas „Kilimandžaro sniegynai“.

A voluntary European heritage label may from 2013 be granted to symbolic sites for Europe's history or integration, further to a decision taken by Parliament on Wednesday. Particular attention will go to "transnational" sites, given their special symbolism for Europe's common history.

The EU should initiate strict, even penal, measures, against doping, match-fixing and violence in sports stadia, and also set up a European data base listing people banned from stadia, says a draft resolution voted by the Culture and Education Committee on Thursday.