And just yesterday, the biggest cities of four of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council were in competition to host the Summer Olympics.
It is disliked by many but it is the commission's task to be mean to a lot of people, be it member states (infringement procedures), undertakings (competition procedures) or the Council itself (withholding undesirable legislative initiatives).
Tesco has fought off competition from rival supermarket Asda for council-owned land in a North Yorkshire town.
West Sussex County Council is running a competition inviting people to name the new bridge with the winner to be chosen in June.
However Jules Pipe, the Mayor of Hackney, claimed that council newsletters were not in competition with local papers.
In 1970, the International Cricket Council banned South Africa from international competition, leaving the country's cricket-mad fans deprived of the sport they loved, and their cricketers of the careers they dreamed of.
However, many Jedburgh residents were keen to see increased competition in the town, and the local community council had backed the application.
The Canal and Rivers Trust, which advises on proposals affecting inland waterways, has backed the scheme to council planners as it says the increased competition would benefit canal users.
The design competition to completely overhaul the square was announced by the council last year.
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The International Year of Biodiversity competition was judged by Diana Garnham (Chief Executive, the Science Council), Felix Pepler (Creative Education Consultant) and Leo Vincent (UNESCO Associated Schools in the UK).
The landlords of the three shops being offered in the competition - the Mander Shopping Centre, The Wulfrun Shopping Centre and the council - will donate the premises rent free and cover most of the running costs.
Six radical visions of the square went forward in January to a panel chaired by council leader Gordon Matheson following a Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland competition.
Some members of the Inspire Centre had criticised the council for not refunding some of their fees, as the main competition pool is out of action on Fridays and Saturdays until 2 February.
The council opted to buy the university land and undergo the development themselves, thus cancelling the tendering competition that had included MEL's site at Sweet Street in Holbeck and another site on Elland Road.
Russian organized crime syndicates and criminally linked oligarchs may attempt to collude with state or state-allied actors to undermine competition in strategic markets like natural gas, oil, aluminum, and precious metals, the National Security Council attests.
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The Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, has warned that "a model based on price competition is a blunt instrument".
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