The Mayor of Sevilla, Juan Espadas Cejas, and the President of the Regional Government of Andalusia, Susana Díaz, inaugurated on 4 October 2017 the World Space Week in Sevilla. During the event the CVA General Delegate, Eros Pittarelli, officially announced that the city of Sevilla will hold the CVA Presidency in 2019, the 500th commemorative year of Magellan’s first circumnavigation and year of “Sevilla in Space”.
THE ARIANE PRIZE OF THE CITY OF LIEGE
The Ariane Prize of the City of Liège (established in 2008) was awarded to two young people who have distinguished themselves in the scientific field.