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The course “40 Years Since Spain Joined the European Economic Community” was inaugurated today at the Monastery of San Jerónimo de Yuste, with the participation of the director of the European and Ibero-American Academy of Yuste Foundation, Juan Carlos Moreno; the mayor of Cuacos de Yuste and member of the Foundation’s Board of Trustees, José María Hernández; the president of the Extremaduran Council of the European Movement and co-director of the course, Jaime Rossell; and Jesús Conde, deputy to the vice-rectorate for University Extension at the University of Extremadura.

To mark the 40th anniversary of the signing of Spain’s Treaty of Accession to the European Economic Community, the European and Ibero-American Academy of Yuste Foundation has organised a course entitled “40 Years Since Spain Joined the European Economic Community”, which will take place from 2 to 4 July at the Monastery of San Jerónimo de Yuste. The course forms part of the Campus Yuste educational programme, which is affiliated with the 26th edition of the University of Extremadura’s International Summer/Autumn Courses.

Masa Coral de Mineros de Almadén will offer a concert tomorrow, Saturday, 28th June at 1:00 p.m., in the church of the Monastery of San Jerónimo de Yuste. The event is organised by the European and Ibero-American Academy of Yuste Foundation, Minas de Almadén – Parque Minero, and Patrimonio Nacional.

The director of Yuste Foundation, Juan Carlos Moreno, reaffirmed European values, the need to establish a coordinated strategy, and regrouping around the European project as key solutions to overcome the ongoing challenges facing Europe.

With the aim of exploring strategies to better integrate European values into cultural heritage, and more specifically into sites certified with the European Heritage Label, the European and Ibero-American Academy of Yuste Foundation and Patrimonio Nacional, in collaboration with Minas de Almadén – Parque Minero, have organised the meeting “Integrating European Values into Cultural Heritage”, which will take place on 22 and 23 May at the Monastery of San Jerónimo de Yuste.

The European and Ibero-American Academy of Yuste Foundation and the Iberian Film Festival of Badajoz encourage young people between the ages of 18 and 30, who reside in Extremadura, to be part of the Young Jury for the official short film section of the 31st Iberian Film Festival, which will take place from 7 to 11 July 2025, in Badajoz, Olivenza, and San Vicente de Alcántara. This Young Jury will be responsible for deciding the “Luis Alcoriza” Award.

King Felipe VI delivered the Carlos V European Award to Josep Borrell, the former High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and former president of the European Parliament, in a solemn ceremony organised by the European and Ibero-American Academy of Yuste Foundation at the Monastery of San Jerónimo de Yuste.