The Minister of Culture and Tourism, Pedro Alberto Cruz, attended today's delivery to the Festival del Cante de las Minas de La Union 'Cultural Award 2010', awarded by the Association of Foreign Correspondents.
The award was collected by the mayor of La Union, Francisco Bernabé, during a ceremony held at the Jardines de Cecilio Rodríguez, in the Parque de El Retiro, in Madrid, under the chairmanship of First Deputy Prime Minister of Spain Maria Teresa Fernandez de La Vega.
It is the national event of its kind in the international scene.
Licensors of distinction have highlighted the fact that this year marks the Golden Jubilee of the event unionense, which becomes the dean flamenco festival in the number of global issues.
This, coupled with the seriousness, rigor and prestige has always been the hallmark of its competition, as a means of preserving the Levantine mining songs make this event a unique and exceptional case.
The Festival del Cante de las Minas, event declared of International Tourist Interest, has also the Gold Medal of the Region of Murcia.
Currently pending before the Ministry of Culture his candidacy for the award of the Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts.
The other winners at the 2010 roster in the other categories have been the regional president Patxi Lopez and Antonio Basagoite (Politics), football coach Pep Guardiola (Sports) and the international press correspondent Gervasio Sanchez (Labor Humanitarian).
Javier Solana, until recently foreign minister of the European Union over the past ten years and former Secretary General of NATO, has received the Special Award for his long career.
The delegation of the Festival has been accompanied by the Director General of the National Institute of Performing Arts and Music (INAEM), Felix Palomero.
They have also attended by many personalities from the social, cultural and Spanish politics, as the mayor of Madrid, Alberto Ruiz Gallardon, the Director of the Royal Spanish Language Academy (RAE), Víctor García de la Concha, Committee member Spanish Olympic (COE), Manel Estiarte, and journalists Ana Blanco, which has demonstrated the act, "Miguel Angel Sacaluga, Mikel Thomas Ayestarán or Alcoverro, among many others.
The Association of Foreign Correspondents in Spain was officially established in 1923 and currently has 110 international media partners, representing more than two hundred media from five continents.
Source: CARM