(CUL) EC AWARDS ISTANBUL 2010 CAPITAL OF CULTURE AGENCY.ISTANBUL, Jul 29, 2009 (TUR tur: see ibex. ) -- The European Commission European Commission, branch of the governing body of the European Union (EU) invested with executive and some legislative powers. Located in Brussels, Belgium, it was founded in 1967 when the three treaty organizations comprising what was then the European Community (EC) presented an award to the Istanbul 2010 Capital of Culture Agency, the agency said on Wednesday. An agency statement said that the EC decided to grant "Melina Mercouri Award" to the Istanbul 2010 Capital of Culture Agency for the agency had fulfilled "European dimension" and "city and citizens" categories. Istanbul will also receive some 1.5 million Euro support from the European Union European Union (EU), name given since the ratification (Nov., 1993) of the Treaty of European Union, or Maastricht Treaty, to the European Community (EU) to support projects within the framework of the Istanbul 2010 European Culture of Capital program. The award was named after Melina Mercouri, the then Greek minister of culture, in 1985. The "European Dimension" of the award aims to highlight the cultural diversity in Europe and bring the common aspects of European cultures to the fore. The "city and citizens" criteria aims to foster the participation of the citizens living in the city and its surrounding and raise their interest as well as the interest of citizens from abroad. In November 2006, an EU committee declared Istanbul, together with Pecs city of Hungary and Essen city of Germany, as the European Capital of Culture The European Capital of Culture is a city designated by the European Union for a period of one year during which it is given a chance to showcase its cultural life and cultural development. for 2010. (THROUGH ASIA Asia (ā`zhə), the world's largest continent, 17,139,000 sq mi (44,390,000 sq km), with about 3.3 billion people, nearly three fifths of the world's total population. PULSE) |
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