From 1 January, Leeuwarden (The Netherlands) and Valletta (Malta) will hold the title of European Capital of Culture for one year. The opening celebrations for Valletta will take place from 14 to 20 January across the city, inspired by the traditional Maltese festa (village feast). Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport, Tibor Navracsics, will attend
The international conference Do It Together! Participatory Governance in Culture: Exploring practices, theories and policies, was held in Rijeka, European Capital of Culture 2020, 22-24 November 2017 organised by Kultura Nova. The event gathered scholars, researchers, theorists, cultural operators, artists, practitioners, activists, policy-makers, and decision makers from across the world and representing
Galway was formally announced as the European Capital of Culture for 2020 at a reception held in Brussels last week. One million extra visitors are now expected to visit Galway city and county in 2020 as a result of winning the bid, which is estimated to cost a total of
A five-year cultural strategy for Dublin is to be launched by the city council today. Based on work carried out for the unsuccessful bid to become European Capital of Culture, the new strategy aspires to a broader, more ambitious and all-encompassing vision of culture in the capital. Dublin was knocked
IGCAT congratulates Timisoara following its announcement as Romania’s European Capital of Culture in 2021. The European Commission made the announcement on Friday, September 16 after four Romanian cities were short-listed for the title: the capital Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Baia Mare, and Timisoara. An expert committee made of 10 representatives of the
The promotional campaign of Paphos and traditional Cypriot food, which will take place over the next four weekends at four of the largest and busiest supermarkets in the Finnish capital Helsinki, will target potential visitors, according to the head of the Paphos regional board of tourism, Nasos Hadjigeorgiou. Supermarket shoppers
Rhodes 2021, one of the pre-selected cities to hold the title European Capital of Culture (ECoC) has a strong bid team headed by Aliki Moschis-Gauguet and supported by IGCAT experts, Robert Palmer and Diane Dodd. From 30 March – 2 April 2016, IGCAT led the bid team through a complete review
The Hungarian government is set to strengthen cultural links with countries in southern Europe, with the city of Pécs in south-western Hungary to play a crucial role. This development forms part of the government’s broad new cultural policy aim of “opening to the south”. Mayor Zsolt Páva held a press
The Tuscan city of Pistoia was chosen out of nine finalists to be the Italian culture capital in 2017, Culture Minister Dario Franceschini has announced. The other finalists were Aquileia, Como, Ercolano (Herculaneum), Parma, Pisa, Spoleto, Taranto and Terni. Pistoia will thus succeed the current Italian culture capital, the Lombard city
Daring and unforgettable, thought-provoking and creative, Aarhus 2017 has revealed a selection of highlights from its European Capital of Culture programme. Under the headline theme ‘Rethink’, a kick-off event detailed some of the iconic performances and works of art planned for Aarhus 2017, exactly a year ahead of its official
This year San Sebastián, Spain, has been honoured European Capital of Culture 2016 and the resident´s plans are to celebrate this amazing title in style. How? Well, the residents and visitors of San Sebastián will be invited to become part of the cultural program. Pedro Subijama, chef of one of
The year-long celebration of art and culture that is the European Capital of Culture kicks off on the weekend of 15-17 January in Wrocław, Poland. On 17 January, the opening ceremony will be held with a concert dedicated to the works of composer Iannis Xenakis. Opening ceremony The ceremony will
A total of 14 Romanian cities are in the race for the European Capital of Culture 2021 title, as experts from the European Commission validated their candidacy files. The 14 cities are Arad, Alba, Iulia, Bacău, Baia Mare, Braşov, Brăila, Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Craiova, Iaşi, Sfântu Gheorghe, Suceava, Timişoara, and Târgu Mures. A
Twenty copies of Limerick’s bid document for the prized European Capital of Culture 2020 designation have been submitted to the Department of Arts Heritage and the Gaeltacht. Dublin, Galway and the Three Sisters or South East regional clustering of Waterford, Wexford and Kilkenny are all bidding for the title, which
A video, which will be broadcasted by more than 30 televisions, advertises the Bulgarian city of Plovdiv as the 2019 European Capital of Culture. The video has a length of thirty seconds and depicts the citizens of Plovdiv doing arts, sports and their daily activities with some of the city’s
