In a cross-border extravaganza spanning Slovenia and Italy, Nova Gorica and Gorizia gear up to kick off the countdown to GO! 2025 European Capital of Culture on Thursday, February 8, 2025. The day promises a whirlwind of events and initiatives without boundaries, mirroring the spirit of cultural unity these sister cities aim to foster.

The 44 proposals of the ‘GO!2025 Small Projects Fund’ presented a few days ago in Gorizia

On a day of great significance for European cultural promotion, GO!2025, the future European Capital of Culture, made its international debut in Paris, at a special event organised at the House of Slovenia in the Parc de la Villette.

In the past days Culture Minister Asta Vrečko and Nova Gorica Mayor Samo Turel signed an agreement under which an additional EUR 3 million will be allocated to the institute running the Slovenian part of the 2025 European Capital of Culture project, which will be hosted jointly by Nova Gorica and Italy's Gorizia.

' Borderlines. From Turner to Monet to Hopper. Song with Variations", is the title of the exhibition curated by Marco Goldin, which proposes itself as the flagship event of "GO! 2025 Nova Gorica - Gorizia, European Capital of Culture", whose theme it interprets. It will be hosted in the totally renovated spaces, suitable for exhibitions of international level, of the Esedra di Levante of Villa Manin, in Passariano di Codroipo (Udine).