Online newspaper based in Matera
EcocNews is registered at the Court of Matera in the press register n. 2/2021
Editor in chief: Mariateresa Cascino. Founder and editorial director: Serafino Paternoster
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Capitals
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The future of Ecocs? Online a public consultation
Serafino Paternoster
Mercoledì, 03 Luglio 2024
Next year the European Union's European Capital of Culture programme will celebrate its first 40 years. An important date as we have already written here.
Turku 2011, The new museum of history and the future comes to life
Editorial staff
Mercoledì, 19 Giugno 2024
The city of Turku in southwest Finland has announced that Sigge Architects is the winner of an international architecture competition to design the world’s first Museum of History and the Future.
Plovdiv2019, 'Les Francofolies' will come in June
Editorial staff
Martedì, 09 Aprile 2024
The 'Les Francofolies' festival is the largest international festival of contemporary Francophone music, which has been held since 1985 in the city of La Rochelle, France, but has also moved to various locations around the world.
Trencin 2026, new life to the neighbourhoods
Serafino Paternoster
Giovedì, 04 Aprile 2024
There is an increasingly important issue affecting cities and the lives of citizens: it is the relationship between the centre and the neighbourhood.
Braga 2025, Open call for the project "Desejar"
Editorial staff
Giovedì, 28 Marzo 2024
Can culture help citizens out of social apathy? Probably yes. That is why the Portuguese city of Braga, national capital of culture for 2025, has launched a call as part of the project 'desejar', desire. Deadline: april 15 2024.
Belgium 2030, it will be a race with 7 cities (maybe)
Serafino Paternoster
Martedì, 19 Marzo 2024
The month of September will be very important for a number of European cities that want to win the title of European Capital of Culture. In September, in fact, the evaluation panel will have to suggest the European Capital of Culture 2029 for Poland, choosing among the four short-listed cities: Bielsko-Biała, Katowice, Kołobrzeg, Lublin. And also in September it will be known which cities in Belgium have decided to participate in the competition for European Capital of Culture in 2030.
Viterbo 2033, a trip to Matera to study this ecoc
Editorial staff
Martedì, 05 Marzo 2024
Nine years away from 2033, when it will again be Italy's turn to nominate the European Capital of Culture, the first cities are starting to get on track. Several cities have announced their intention to take part in the competition: Ferrara, Turin, Padua, Urbino-Pesaro (which, however, is the Italian Capital of Culture this year) and Syracuse.
Pesaro 2024, in the Biosphere the Tree of Life
Press release
Lunedì, 26 Febbraio 2024
Pesaro 2024 'lights up' its 'Tree of Life' with a popular ceremony that drew thousands of Pesaro residents and 'temporary citizens' to Piazza del Popolo to attend the inauguration of the Biosphere, a sculptural-digital installation that is unique in Europe with its 4-metre diameter and over 2 million LEDs.
Exclusive, Sylvain Pasqua: 'We are working on the ecoc's future"
Serafino Paternoster
Giovedì, 22 Febbraio 2024
If there is one person who knows the world of European cultural capitals better than anyone, it is Sylvain Pasqua. And not only because of his professional role, but also because he cares about the future of a united Europe and its cities.
Bourges 2028, the final selection report is online
Editorial staff
Venerdì, 16 Febbraio 2024
The report of the evaluation panel for the choice of the French city to be European Capital of Culture in 2028 is online.
Veszprem 2023, The positive effects of the capital year
Press release
Giovedì, 15 Febbraio 2024
After the success of the ECoC year, Veszprém and the Bakony-Balaton region focus on the future of the city and the area.
Esch2022 takes a final look at the past and the future
Press release
Venerdì, 02 Febbraio 2024
To mark the formal end of the Esch2022 European Capital of Culture project, various official final reports and an illustrative publication for the general public have now been published and handed over to the European Commission Just over a year ago, Esch2022, together with Kaunas2022 and NoviSad2022, have passed on the title of European Capital of Culture in Athens to their successors; for the first time in this form in the history of the "ECoCs".
Nizhny 2024, the first capital of culture in Russia
Editorial staff
Lunedì, 22 Gennaio 2024
This year Russia has its first Capital of Culture. It is the city of Nizhny Novgorod. The news was leaked by Tass in the past weeks and was confirmed by one of the leading experts on European capitals of culture, Steve Green, who in his eighth report published on the site lists the capitals of culture around the world.
Chemnitz 2025, The secret of sustainable tourism is in the data
Editorial staff
Martedì, 16 Gennaio 2024
It was held in Chemnitz, European Capital of Culture 2025, the final conference of the 'CulTourData' project financed by the European Commission, within the COSME programme, to support SMEs, coordinated by Materahub with the participation of Basilicata Creativa and partners from Germany, Holland, Portugal, Spain and Slovakia.
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Kołobrzeg 2029, People and nature at the heart
Serafino Paternoster
Lunedì, 15 Gennaio 2024
The competition in Poland for ecoc 2029 is in full swing. After Krakow (2000) and Wroclaw (2016) in 2029 it will be the third time of a European capital of culture in Poland.Twelve cities in Poland had applied to become the European Capital of Culture 2029.
Burgos and Matera united by their lullabies
Editorial staff
Venerdì, 22 Dicembre 2023
In May 2024, a choir of children and adults will sing a lullaby for the city to unprecedented music based on the heritage of the lullabies of the citizens of Burgos and Matera.
Bergamo and Brescia connected by culture and the cycle route
Editorial staff
Giovedì, 21 Dicembre 2023
There have been 11.6 million visitors to Bergamo and Brescia during the Italian Capital of Culture year that is drawing to a close. A twinning in the name of culture that will not remain limited to this year alone: in 2024, in fact, the Ciclovia (bicycle route) that will unite the two territories will be inaugurated.
Veszprem 2023, More spaces for street art
Editorial staff
Martedì, 19 Dicembre 2023
In recent years, spectacular street art has appeared in several parts of Veszprém, including the Jutasi Housing Estate, Stadion street, and the Viaduct area. Two new areas have recently been covered with paintings, so if you're curious to see the finished works, head to the Veszprém Arena and the Maxon Tunnel.