24/10/2014 (Agence Europe) - 12 cities apply for European Green Capital Award 2017. The deadline for submitting entries to the European Green Capital 2017 competition cycle has now expired, with the following cities having entered: Bursa (Turkey), Cascais (Portugal), Cork (Ireland), Essen (Germany), 's-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands), Istanbul (Turkey), Lahti (Finland), Lisbon (Portugal), Nijmegen (Netherlands), Pécs (Hungary), Porto (Portugal) and Umeå (Sweden). The winner will be announced...