Wikipedia wins top Spanish prize for international cooperation

AWARD WINNING: Wikipedia has been hailed as an "important example of international, democratic, open and participatory cooperation that has managed to make universal knowledge available to everyone".

MADRID: Online encyclopedia Wikipedia was awarded Spain's Princess of Asturias award for international cooperation. 

The award foundation hailed the website as an "important example of international, democratic, open and participatory cooperation – to which thousands of people of all nationalities contribute selflessly – that has managed to make universal knowledge available to everyone".