Cagliari/Brussels, December 3 2002. Earlier today Tiscali presented its brand new Europe channel during a meeting at the Charlemagne Building in Brussels. Present at the meeting were Renato Soru, the Tiscali CEO, a special appearance by Romano Prodi, President of the European Commission, Guido Podestà, Vice President of the European Parliament and Fabio Colasanti, Information Society Director General.
The Europe channel is a new Internet portal for all European citizens. It is an online guide designed for people to get to know, understand and live the European Community to the full and to share in the opportunities it brings. Thanks to the numerous theme areas, packed with information, Tiscali Europe is a major new reference point for keeping up to date with what is happening today in Europe.
"A united Europe is a wonderful gift for all of us to share; said Renato Soru, - the Tiscali CEO. - Our company is the result of this unique country called Europe that is both united and incredibly different at the same time. This is why we have decided to pay tribute to it with the new Tiscali Europe channel, a small sign of our gratitude for all the activities and initiatives that are organised daily to expand and reinforce this new European identity which belongs to all of us."
Tiscali is a leading European Internet Company, present in 14 European countries as well as in South Africa. Today it is the only company in this sector to have reached a truly European dimension and to have established itself as a landmark platform in the distribution of online products. Thanks to this fundamental characteristic the company enjoys a privileged viewpoint from which it can fill the Europe channel with the facts, trends, opportunities and problems that influence and interest the countries in the Community.
To mark the official presentation, Tiscali Europe has put online a detailed special bulletin on one of the most talked about, most crucial issues of the
moment: "The history of Eastern expansion". From Copenhagen to Nice passing through Essen, Madrid, Florence, Amsterdam, Berlin and Helsinki, the path of Eastern expansion is marked with nine years of European summits and by at least three fundamental European Union reports: the White Paper on the internal market, the 2000 Agenda and the Treaty of Nice. The first of a series of special reports: "The history of Eastern expansion", allows users to retrace the progress that has been made over recent years and to get a clearer picture of Europe's new identity.
Tiscali Europe will soon be available in all the countries that Tiscali is active in, and it is already online in: Italy - http://europa.tiscali.it France - http://europe.tiscali.fr Belgium - http://europe.tiscali.be United Kingdom - http://europe.tiscali.co.uk Denmark - http://europe.tiscali.dk Sweden - http://europe.tiscali.se Norway - http://europe.tiscali.no Czech Republic - http://www.tiscali.cz/euro
This wide-ranging and easy to consult channel, is organised into theme areas that together give the user a complete view of all the important European Union activities, sector by sector, as well as informing them of the numerous opportunities that the community creates in all the European countries.
The News section compiles all the useful information regarding the political, economic and business activities of the Union. Ample space is dedicated to European financing, with all the documentation regarding the various financing programmes that the Community offers sector by sector. Particular attention is also paid to the job market; keeping users up to date with the latest vacancies and European community projects and helping them look for work within the EU itself.
The Services category is divided into seven sections covering all the areas that are of interest to European citizens. Studying in Europe contains information on all the best European schools as well as the most popular MBAs and a guide to all the community education programmes. Living in Europe contains several practical guides for travelling in the European Community as well as special bulletins on art, culture, sport and tourist guides, including the traditions and culinary specialities of the various countries. The Dossier section includes the main news items with in-depth articles and reports and useful links, whereas Getting to know the EU helps European citizens to explore the institutions of the Union. These are just a few of the services that the channel offers and there are many more, all kept constantly updated.
In the Community area users can gain in-depth information on issues dealt with in the channel as well as finding answers to any doubts or queries they may have regarding the polls, forums and chats.
Last but not least, the channel could not lack the highly important News area. This is constantly updated and full of recommended articles from the major international dailies, left in their original language. Forums and polls complete this totally renewed space in the Tiscali portal.
The channel has been created with the collaboration of Waleurope.
About Tiscali
Tiscali S.p.A., (Nuovo Mercato, Milan: TIS, Nouveau Marché, Paris: 005773), is the European Internet Company providing access, content and business applications, as well as innovative communications services. As at 30 September 2002, Tiscali had 7 million active users and 13,3 million unique visitors to the Tiscali portals, confirming the company as one of the leading web properties in Europe (source:Nielsen NetRatings). Tiscali's corporate website can be found at www.tiscali.com
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