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Article: Copenhagen to Host Festivals of European Culture for 1996
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- November 29, 1995
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Beginning on January 1, 1996, the Danish capital of Copenhagen
will be put in the limelight in a series of festivals glorifying the
European culture.
The Danish Ambassador to Belgium Ole Philipson told reporters here
today that the celebrations will run throughout the next year.
Copenhagen will host the grand events as an honor given by the
12-member European Community, which decided in 1986 to select a
European metropolis as a "city of European culture" with an aim to
promote European integration.
The activities, which take place in rotation in a European city
every year, will be financed by the Danish government with 1 billion ...