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ANDORRA TO HOST MINI OLYMPIC GAMES

Andorra will play host to the 11th Games of the Small States of Europe (GSSE), a six-day mini Olympics for small European countries and states.

Eight European countries will come together between May 30 and June 4, high in the Pyrenees between France and Spain, to compete in the Games.

The event features 10 sports including basketball, judo, swimming, tennis and volleyball.

European countries with less than one million inhabitants that are also members of the International Olympic Committee, qualify to compete in the GSSE. The nations involved are Andorra, San Marino, Malta, Cyprus, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg and Monaco.

The Andorran Olympic Committee anticipates more than one thousand athletes will take part in this year's Games.

Since the start of the biannual event in 1985, all eight participating countries have hosted the GSSE at least once.