European Green Capital

On  February 23, in Brussels, at the presence of EU Commissioner for Science and Research Janez Potocnik, were awarded the prizes to the first edition of the "European Green Capital".
The "European Green Capital" was established by the European Commission to be elected every year since 2010, a city that has demonstrated to have achieved high standards of environmental quality and to be committed to ambitious goals for further environmental improvement and sustainable development.
The purpose of this award is to develop a healthy competition between cities in order to promote environmental progress, as well as to serve as a model and encourage other European cities to the best practices.

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