Registration is now open for the workshop 'A cross-border European Capital of Culture: new challenges for cohesion policy'. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, 10 October on the occasion of the European Week of Regions and Cities in Brussels and will focus on the challenges and opportunities for cohesion policies arising from the victory of the title of European Capital of Culture 2025 obtained jointly by the cities of Nova Gorica and Gorizia.

Around 6000 buildings: this is the number of modernist objects in Kaunas city and its district surviving to this day. From luxurious concrete villas, temples and public buildings, schools and cultural institutions, to small wooden houses. 

Ghent is a candidate to become European Capital of Culture in 2030. This title has existed since 1985 and in 2030 a city from Belgium, also will be European Capital of Culture. The title may have started as the crown in a beauty pageant, but today, it is a recognition of courageous European cities. 

What kind of situations did other European cities face after completion of the European Capital of Culture year? Which ones of the phenomena that had emerged in the cultural sector, in the communication of the regional image and in the community and public sectors have been successfully maintained and which ones – not, and why? Which of the lessons learned could be of use for the future representatives of the Cultural Capitals in the development of their own legacy plans?

The second monitoring report on Nova Gorica, Slovenia's European Capital of Culture in 2025, is online on the European Commission website here.