Piccolo Opera Festival together with European Capital of Culture (ECOC) Nova Gorica – Gorizia 2025 is holding an open call for new compositions, with the aim to give space to new creativity within the 2022 edition of Piccolo Opera Festival and as the opening of GO! Borderless Opera Lab, a new professional training project.

A techno-cultural urban neighborhood will be built between the neighboring cities of Nova Gorica in Slovenia and Gorizia in Italy ahead of their joint European Capital of Culture (ECoC) 2025 title project in what is now a update of the initial plan to strengthen ties between the two cities. This is what was reported by The Slovenian Press Agency (STA)

Bradford, County Durham, Southampton and Wrexham County Borough are unveiled as the four areas shortlisted to be UK City of Culture 2025. The four locations were approved by Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries based on independent advice made to the government by a panel of experts led by Sir Phil Redmond.

In early November, Gregor Karer from Nova Gorica took over the management of the public institution GO! 2025 European Capital of Culture, Nova Gorica, as the acting director. He was appointed to this position by the decision of the mayor of Nova Gorica Klemen Miklavič, PhD. The director of the public institution will be chosen on the basis of the public call, which will be published on Monday, 3rd January 2022.

 The Municipality of Nova Gorica invites all interested candidates to get acquainted with the public call, which will be published on 3rd January 2022 on the website of GO! 2025 and on the website of the Municipality of Nova Gorica.

In addition to the general conditions set out in the law, the candidates will also have to meet the following conditions set out in the Decree establishing the public insitution GO!2025 – European Capital of Culture, Nova Gorica:

higher university education (previous), minimum specialisation in higher professional education (previous), master's degree (second cycle degree), master's degree in higher professional education (previous);
at least five years of work experience in management positions;
knowing the expertise area of the institution;
active knowledge of the Slovenian language;
knowledge of the Italian and English language at a higher level;
possessing organisation and management skills.
 

The candidates will have to enclose a curriculum vitae and the development programme of the institution for the term of office. 

Eight areas longlisted for UK City of Culture 2025 were yesterday unveiled by Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries.