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Athens, European Capital of Innovation 2018

Nov 6, 2018 | News

(06 November 2018) – The European Commission is awarding Athens the title of the European Capital of Innovation 2018 with a €1 million prize.

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Athens (Greece) is the winner of this year’s European Capital of Innovation Awards, funded by the EU research and innovation programme Horizon 2020.

The City of Athens has placed a lot of importance to innovation and how it can help the local community bring about change and open up to the world.

The runner-up cities – Aarhus (Denmark), Hamburg (Germany), Leuven (Belgium), Toulouse (France), and Umeå (Sweden) – received €100,000 each.

The prize money will be used to scale up local innovation activities and collaborate with other cities.

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