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2013 WU Update: FISU Inspection Visit in Trentino - Day 1

Winter Games 18 April 2012

TRENTINO – Yesterday, April 17th, was the first day of the inspection visit in Trentino by the FISU delegation, chaired by Kairis Ulp, chair of the  Winter Universiade Supervision Committee, to have a glance of the venues and facilities arranged to host the Winter Universiade in 2013. The delegation started the inspection visit yesterday morning […]

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2015 WU Update: Granada OC at Spanish Jr. Alpine Cup

Winter Games 16 April 2012

  GRANADA – Granada 2015 continuously supports grassroots Sports. Last week, the Organizing Committee of the 2015 Winter Universiade was involved in the Spanish Junior Cup Finals Alpine Skiing with more than 300 children participating. The event took place in the Sierra Nevada, the competition venue for the snow sports of the 2015 WU.   […]

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2015 WU Update: Spanish Government denotes Granada 2015 as an Event of Special Interest

Winter Games 4 April 2012

GRANADA – The program ‘Granada Winter Universiade 2015’ will be considered an event of exceptional public interest as it will benefit from tax incentives, as recorded by the draft Law on State Budget (PGE) for 2012 presented Tuesday in Congress of Deputies by the Minister of Finance and Budget, Cristobal Montoro. In an additional provision […]

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2013 WU Update: Trentino Universiade officially launched

Winter Games 3 April 2012

Official presentation by Paolo Bouquet FISU OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED TODAY: “THE 2013 WINTER UNIVERSIADE WILL BE IN TRENTINO” TRENTO –  It’s official: the XXVI edition of the Winter Universiade will be hosted by Trentino. The announcement came late this morning from the International University Sports Federation delegates during a press conference that took place at the […]

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2015 WU Update: Granada Volunteers at FIS Event

Winter Games 26 March 2012

    GRANADA – The CEO of Granada 2015, Aurelio Ureña, has been supporting the volunteers who work at the FIS World Junior Snowboard Championship in Sierra Nevada. The 2015 Granada team is providing assistance to the organization of the FIS event taking place this week inSierra Nevada. In addition, Aurelio Ureña, was present both […]

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2017 WU update: Working meeting with Almaty delegates

Winter Games 22 March 2012

  Brussels. From March 21st till March 22nd a delegation from the 2017 Almaty Winter Universiade Organizing Committee met with FISU Director for the Winter Universiade Milan Augustin. Under the lead of the new OC Executive Director, M. Ramazan Tungushbayev, the delegates had the opportunity to meet with Andrew Sharp – Executive Director of EPG […]

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FISU moves 2013 Winter Universiade away from Maribor to Trentino to safeguard the 26th Edition

Winter Games 16 March 2012

    TRENTINO – Earlier this month FISU has announced the removal of the rights fromMaribor to host the 2013 Winter Universiade as its Organizing Committee had been facing difficulties. Due to the serious delays in the construction of the sports infrastructures necessary for the organization of the games, the recent lack of government funding […]

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2015 WU Update: 1st Test Event for Granada WU

Winter Games 15 March 2012

  GRANADA –Sierra Nevada is preparing for what will be the second world championship in its history. At a press conference yesterday the World Junior Granada Snowboarding Championship was presented, to be held in theSierra Nevada from March 22nd to April 1st with the participation of 300 athletes from 36 countries. The event will host […]