European press portal to bring EU into the conversation

The European Union launched a press portal on Tuesday to contribute to the development of a European public sphere. On the multilingual website Presseurop.eu contains a selection of articles on topics relating to the EU from a total of 250 press titles. Each text will initially be translated into ten languages - in five years' time, the aim is to have 23 languages. In addition to sections such as politics, society, culture and Europe, there are also topic-related dossiers, blogs, illustrations and summaries. The content is selected by a network of freelance journalists in the member states and a 10-strong editorial team. Professional translators take care of the translation into the other languages. The costs for the portal are estimated at just under three million euros per year.