Brussels, 29/09/2006 (Agence Europe) - At the “Europe for the Citizens” Forum in Brussels on Thursday, the European Commission, represented by Vice-President Margot Wallström and Culture Commissioner Jan Figel', presented eleven “golden stars” to recognise the best European citizenship projects this year. The awards went to six town twinning schemes and five civil society projects. Among the initiatives recognised were a town twinning project linking three university theatres - Nancy (France), Karlsruhe (Germany) and Lublin (Poland) - and a Polish project raising awareness of how best to work together to build a common Europe in two rural areas in Poland and Slovakia. The Forum brings together representatives from towns and civic organisations from all over Europe, and this year, the event included mayors for the first time. The full list of award winners is to be found on: http: //ec.europa.eu/towntwinning/best/best_en.html)