Besides the updates on the latest EU publications and publishing activities, this issue of the newsletter contains an interview with Jan Figel, Commissioner for Education and Culture on the priorities of his portfolio, projects for promoting active citizenship in the EU, and the importance of multilingualism for the culture and identity of Europe.

Among the recent developments described in the issue is the creation of the European Forum of Official Gazettes, and the adoption of the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) system to allocate international electronic identifiers to the EU digital publications.