Brussels, 25/05/2012 (Agence Europe) - The European jury monitoring preparations by the cities of Marseilles (France) and Kosice (Slovakia), which will be next year's European Culture Capitals, recommended on Friday 25 May that the two cities be granted the Melina Mercouri Prize for their work, which is accompanied by €1.5 million for each city. The Melina Mercouri Prize is named after a former Greek culture minister, who came up with the idea of European Culture Capitals in 1985.
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