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 at an award ceremony in June 2015 in Bristol (UK), the 2015 European Green Capital. (LC)