High-tech, cutting-edge disciplines, innovation and research-development have entered the daily life nowadays. ‘Networks’ either dedicated to research-development or industrial, economic or social ones shall define the future, and the interaction and interference of all of the above with...

The Europe of Knowledge means shifting to a new stage of identifying, redefining and satisfying the exigencies related to human capital. Among the basic competencies, the language ones shall play a more important role for all age groups, and all categories of jobs and professions in the...

The present paper is a brief introduction into the new challenges posed to language competencies from the perspective of information and communication technologies and of the knowledge society. It emphasises the importance of a common yet multilingual world wide web with shared understanding of...