On the occasion of Njegoš Day, Montenegro’s national holiday of culture, the Institute of Black Metallurgy in Nikšić hosted an Open Ateliers Day on 12 November 2025 – an event that gathered numerous artists and citizens in a spirit of community and cultural transformation of the city.

Niksic (Montenegro) will be one of the three European Capitals of Culture in 2030. This was announced today by the chair of the European Commission's evaluation panel, Hrvoje Laurenta.

Iris Jugo, coordinator of the Caceres Capital of Culture 2031 Consortium, sent us this article which we are happy to publish in full.

After Antwerp (1993), Brussels (2000), Bruges (2002), and Mons (2015), Leuven will represent Belgium as European Capital of Culture in 2030. In 2030, a Cypriot city may call itself European Capital of Culture. In Cyprus, two cities are still competing for the title: Larnaca and Limassol. Two cities from candidate member states also submitted an application: Lviv from Ukraine and Niksic from Montenegro.

The city of Lviv has submitted its final application for the European Capital of Culture 2030 competition, becoming the first Ukrainian city to join the European Union's largest cultural program with a 40-year history. Lviv offers a view of culture as a force that can recover, witness, care for, and shape the future.