OVER 200 CANDIDATURES FROM THIRTY-FOUR COUNTRIES IN CONTENTION FOR THE 2008 PRINCE OF ASTURIAS AWARDS
More than two hundred candidatures from over thirty-four countries across the five continents have been nominated for this year´s Prince of Asturias Awards, now being held for the twenty-eighth time.
The nomination period closed at 2 p.m. today, Friday 14th. Figures will be swelled during the coming weeks by nominations made at Spanish embassies and consulates abroad, as well as by candidatures proposed by the members of the Juries for each category, who have until two days before the Jury is convened.
Nominations for Sports Concord and Awards must be in by 25th July, as the corresponding Jury meeting will take place in September.
OVER 200 CANDIDATURES FROM THIRTY-FOUR COUNTRIES IN CONTENTION FOR THE 2008 PRINCE OF ASTURIAS AWARDS