Press Release: Environment: Stockholm and Hamburg win first European Green Capital awards

Stockholm and Hamburg were named as the first winners of the new European Green Capital award on 23 February, 2009. The Swedish capital will be European Green Capital in 2010 followed by Hamburg in 2011. The European Commission's new award scheme encourages cities to improve the quality of urban life by taking the environment systematically into account in urban planning. The awards were presented by European Commissioner for Science and Research Janez Potočnik at a ceremony in Brussels.

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Website: European Green Capital http://ec.europa.eu/environment/europeangreencapital/index_en.htm

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