The EU Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Awards will be handed out on 5 June. The seven Grand Prizes and 21 Awards will be presented by Mr Ján Figel’, the European Commissioner responsible for Education, Training, Culture and Youth and Her Royal Highness The Infanta Doña Pilar de Borbón, President of Europa Nostra, during the official European Heritage Awards Ceremony in the Teatro Antico of Taormina, Sicily (Italy). Each Grand Prize winner will receive an amount of € 10,000.

 The European Union and Europa Nostra have selected 28 candidates for the annual "European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Awards", in categories ranging from the restoration of buildings and their adaptation to new uses, to urban and rural landscape rehabilitation, archaeological site interpretations, and care for art collections. Also awarded are prizes for research, for education and awareness-raising projects related to cultural heritage and for dedicated service to heritage conservation by individuals or organisations.