UEG decided dates of 2006 continental Championships

During its extraordinary meeting held on November 1st 2005 in Lausanne, the President’s Board of the European Gymnastics Federation UEG has definitely entrusted the 2006 European artistic gymnastics Championships to the town of Volos in Greece.
The women's Europeans will be held from 2006 April 27 to 30 and the men's Europeans from 2006, May 4 to 7, 2006.

The UEG informed on its website today that after the candidature of Split for the Women’s European Championships was withdrawn, the organizers for the Men’s European Championships (Zagreb) could finally not fulfil all requests from the UEG within the fixed deadlines.
The President’s Board had received the candidature from Greece, and the town of Volos was ready to host not only the women’s Championships, for which they had already submitted a candidature, but also the men’s event.

ECh Rhythmic Gymnastics 2006
The UEG President's board authorized the date of the Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships, which will held unusually 2006, September 18 to 24, organized by the Purtuguese Gymnastics Federation and the City of Portimao. Source: ueg

The city Volos (326 km. from Athens, 215 km. from Thessaloniki) is the capital and economic centre of the prefecture. Thanks to its privileged position at the foot of Mt. Pelion on the Pagasitic gulf, it is a good base for enjoying the sea, wooded slopes, and green valleys that surround it. As for the derivation of the word 'Volos', which according to a Byzantine historian of the 14th century was called 'Golos', there are several theories:

The most widely accepted is that it represents a corruption of the Mycenaean Iolkos. Founded in the mid 19th century, modern Volos, with 71,000 inhabitants, is a cheerful , lively town, soundly laid out with pleasant broad streets.