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A European Capital of Culture is a city designated by the European Union (EU) for a period of one calendar year during which it organises a series of cultural events with a strong pan-European dimension. Being a European Capital of Culture can be an opportunity for a city to generate considerable cultural, social, and economic benefits, and it ...
It is the European Capital of Culture in 2025. Since 1948, Nova Gorica has replaced Gorizia as the principal urban center of the Gorizia region ( Slovene : Goriška ), as the northern part of the Slovenian Littoral has been traditionally called.
Leeds is a city recognised for its cultural offering in the fields of art, architecture, music, sport, film and television. [1] In 2015, after a fourteen-month consultation and a public vote, Leeds City Council (LCC) approved the creation of a bid for the city to the UK's nomination for European Capital of Culture in 2023. [2]
Tallinn became the capital of a de facto independent country once again on 20 August 1991. The Old Town became a World Heritage Site in 1997, [33] and the city hosted the 2002 Eurovision Song Contest. [34] Tallinn was the 2011 European Capital of Culture, and is the recipient of the 2023 European Green Capital Award. [35]
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In 2015 Leeds announced its intention to bid for European Capital of Culture 2023. Following the European Commission's decision for the UK to no longer able to bid to be part of the European Capital of Culture Competition, the City Council, along with partners, committed to a five-year cultural investment programme culminating in Leeds 2023, a ...
Today the EU Court of Justice ruled in favor of the European Commission which had ordered Apple to reimburse 13 billion euros in unpaid taxes to Ireland in 2016, and 2.4 billion euros imposed on ...
Riga was the European Capital of Culture in 2014, along with Umeå in Sweden. Riga hosted the 2006 NATO Summit , the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 , the 2013 World Women's Curling Championship , and the IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championships in 2006 , 2021 , and 2023 .