The diversity advantage challenge is a contest by the Council of Europe initiated in 2014 to promote a new approach to managing increasingly diverse societies. It is a contest for the best real-life stories of the successful involvement of people of different cultural (ethnic, religious, linguistic) […]

Birmingham hosted a joint meeting of the EUROCITIES Environment and Mobility Forum on 19-20 March. Councillor James McKay, Birmingham City Council Cabinet Member for a Green, Safe and Smart City, is currently Chair of the EUROCITIES Environment forum. The topic of the meeting was “Sustainable […]

On Tuesday 8th April young people are invited to come to the Library of Birmingham to have their say on issues which affect them and the community they live in. Discussions will mainly focus on the impact of the European Union on young people’s life […]

  Sir Albert Bore, Leader of the Council, welcomed the French Ambassador, His Excellency Bernard Emié, on his first visit to Birmingham today (21 March). Mr Emié, who was appointed in April 2011, met with Sir Albert at the Council House where they discussed French […]

The CBSO is recognised as one of Birmingham’s great institutions for its regular performances at Symphony Hall and its extensive learning and engagement programme. But its fame extends far beyond the West Midlands: the CBSO has a history of acting as an ambassador for the […]

Birmingham’s Frankfurt Christmas Market returns to the city for five weeks from Thursday 13 November. Set up through our partner city connections with the City of Frankfurt, this is the 14th consecutive year that the Frankfurt Christmas Market has been held in Birmingham. It is […]

The Institute for Research into Superdiversity (IRiS) at the University of Birmingham is organising the first international interdisciplinary conference on superdiversity on 23 – 24 June 2014. The conference will feature invited lectures, academic panels, workshops and roundtables on topics at the forefront of the […]

In the UK, elections to the European Parliament will be taking place on Thursday, 22 May 2014. The UK is represented by 73 MEPs from twelve electoral regions. The West Midlands is represented by seven MEPs. The election period across the EU stretches from 22 May […]

 Friday 9 May, 13:00-15:00 hours (tbc)

Produced by DanceXchange and Birmingham Hippodrome, International Dance Festival Birmingham (also known as IDFB) is a major biennial festival that presents a world-class programme of performance and participation in theatres and public spaces across Birmingham and the West Midlands.