The Association of Towns Awarded the Europe Prize General Assembly

In May, on the tenth anniversary of Polish local government reactivation, the representatives from 26 European cities debated the problem of fighting social pathologies.
At the same time the International Youth Forum "Drug and alcohol free Europe in the third millennium" took place where young people from Germany, Austria, Hungary, France, Portugal and Poland discussed issues connected with education and popularization of counteracting alcoholism and drug addiction between teenagers.

Representatives of the Association of Towns Awarded the Europe Prize. Dieter Schmidt (the outgoing Chairman of the Association) is holding the Europe Prize - the highest honourable Council of Europe can grant. On his left, the new Chairman, Wiesław Maras (Mayor of Częstochowa).