City of Rijeka candidacy for 2009 Mediterranean Games accepted
International Committee of the Mediterranean Games informed City of Rijeka that Rijeka has been accepted as one of the three possible candidates for organising the Mediterranean Games in 2009. Other two cities chosen from a bid are Italian Pescara and Greek city of Patras.
Greek city of Patras, Italian city of Pescara and Croatian city of Rijeka have become potential candidates for organizing an attractive event of the 2009 Mediterranean Games.
Rijeka City Mayor Vojko Obersnel told journalist the three cities have submitted their bid files by the date limit of July 31 2002 and are going to be considered by the Evaluation Commission for organizing the games in five years from now.
The decision on where the 2009 Mediterranean Games will be organized is supposed to be delivered by mid next year.
