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354 candidatures from 60 nationalities have been nominated for the 2025 Princess of Asturias AwardsFurther informationThe deadline for submitting nominations closed yesterday, Thursday, 6th March
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Sandra Myrna Díaz, joint 2019 Princess of Asturias Laureate for Technical and Scientific Research, will participate in the closing events of the extraordinary edition of the “Taking the Floor” cultural programme for schoolsFurther informationThe Laureate will meet with teachers and pupils from Asturias and other Spanish provinces on 12th March at the Dulce Nombre de Jesús School in Oviedo
She will previously attend a guided tour of San Francisco Park with a delegation of students who have participated in this programme.
The following day, she will take part in a colloquium with students at the University of Oviedo Faculty of Biology
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Screening of the “Carmen and María. Two paths, but one gaze” documentary at the Ellas Crean (They Create) FestivalFurther informationAn audiovisual piece on artistic creation, inspired by the figures of Carmen Linares and María Pagés, 2022 Princess of Asturias Laureates for the Arts
At 7:00 pm on 28 March at the Film Academy in Madrid, with both artists in attendance
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Nicolás Castellanos, Prince of Asturias Laureate for Concord, has diedFurther informationJoint Laureate in 1998, together with Vicente Ferrer, Joaquín Sanz Gadea y Muhammad Yunus, for “their exemplary contribution, in different geographical areas and spheres of activity, to the advancement and improvement of people´s living conditions”
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The Princess of Asturias Foundation will premiere an audiovisual piece recording Meryl Streep's meeting with the public on the occasion of the Princess of Asturias Award for the ArtsFurther informationThe recording of this meeting, which included the participation of Antonio Banderas, will be available on the Foundation's YouTube channel and on the CaixaForum+ digital platform starting 25th February
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2016 Princess of Asturias Laureate for Social Sciences Mary Beard will return to Asturias for the special edition of the "Taking the Floor"Further informationThe Laureate will hold a meeting with teachers and students from Asturias and other Spanish communities on 12th February at the Real Instituto de Jovellanos Secondary School in Gijón
The following day she will participate in an event open to the public at the Niemeyer Centre in Avilés
The Foundation will make tickets available to the public via registration on the website on Saturday,8th February
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Concert by the Princess of Asturias Foundation Choir and the Oviedo Filarmonía Orchestra on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the proclamation of His Majesty King Felipe VIFurther informationAt 7:30 pm on Friday, 7th February at the Campoamor Theatre in Oviedo
The Foundation will make around 1,000 free tickets available for the general public, which may be collected at the theatre box office on 1st February
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Manuel Elkin Patarroyo, Prince of Asturias Laureate for Technical and Scientific Research, has diedFurther informationHe was conferred the Award in 1994 for “the importance of his scientific contribution to the design, development and field experimentation of a synthetic vaccine against malaria”
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Ordinary meeting of the Princess of Asturias Foundation Board of TrusteesFurther informationHeld today at the Reconquista Hotel in Oviedo, chaired by Ana I. Fernández.
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