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Ericsson Nikola Tesla – a sponsor of Login@Europe 
Awards given to Login@Europe 2006 contest winners

Login@Europe is the annual web site design contest for students of secondary and elementary schools. The web site contents have to be related to the European Union. This year's contest topic was The Young People's Mobility in the European Union, a topic relating to the European Year of Workers' Mobility 2006. The purpose of this year's contest was to raise the young people's awareness of European initiatives and educational programs that should create opportunities for their later academic and vocational mobility.

Kolinda Grabar Kitarević, the minister of foreign affairs and European integrations of the Republic of Croatia spoke to the audience. Marija Pejčinović Burić, the state secretary for European integrations, and Dragan Schwartz, deputy minister of science, education and sport and the representatives of the sponsors were present as well.


The award winner for the best web design is the Third grammar school from Split, the second placed is the Fifteenth grammar school from Zagreb and the third placed the Secondary school Petrinja. All members of the winning team were awarded mobile phones Sony Ericsson K750i, a gift from the company Ericsson Nikola Tesla. Snježana Bahtijari, the company communication director congratulated the winners and handed over the mobile phones. She emphasized the company's continual support for the Login@Europe project and its endeavor to contribute to young people's competence development and knowledge of the European Union. "This year we celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of the great inventor Nikola Tesla. Being the regional knowledge and competence center and the Croatian leader in technology Ericsson Nikola Tesla understands its social responsibility as an obligation to encourage valuable and socially useful projects, such as Login@Europe. In this way the company invests in the kind of future that Nikola Tesla envisioned and actively pursuits the track of this great inventor and fellow-countryman". The Business Administration School from Bjelovar obtained a special award for creativity, and the elementary school Župa Dubrovačka Mlini won commendation.

 

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