Press Release: Europe-wide truck tour brings anti-discrimination message to 20 cities

Commissioner Vladimír Špidla will tomorrow launch the 2008 ‘For Diversity. Against Discrimination.’ truck tour as part of the EU's Europe-wide anti-discrimination information campaign. The tour will kick off at the United Islands of Prague music festival (Czech Republic), where 20,000 visitors are expected – before going on to visit 20 cities in 10 different EU countries over the next four months. The initiative – now in its fifth year – aims to raise awareness of the right to a life free of discrimination and has so far reached half a million people.

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European Commission: MEMO/08/423: Anti-Discrimination Truck Tour, Prague, 21 June 2008 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/08/423&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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