Europe’s identity is defined by its rich and diverse cultural heritage. Nowhere is this more evident than in the many different towns and cities dotted across our continent. This is something to be celebrated. That is why, every year, the EU rewards and recognises two or three cities as a European Capital of Culture, in […]
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Discover the winners of the EU Contemporary Architecture Awards 2024
The European Commission and the Fundació Mies van der Rohe have announced the Winners of the 2024 edition after the jury visited the 7 finalist works. The award ceremony will be held on 14 May in Barcelona. After visiting the finalist works, the 7 members of the international jury picked the Study Pavilion on the […]
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Eurostat: Online purchases: printed books preferred to ebooks
The share of the EU residents purchasing printed books, magazines or newspapers online remained significantly larger than that for e-books, online magazines or online newspapers in 2023. In 2023, at the EU level, 13.4% of the residents had purchased printed books online in the previous 3 months. This was a slight increase from 2022 (12.7%) but still […]
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Europa Nostra publishes list of Europe’s 7 most endangered monuments and heritage sites
Europa Nostra announced the list of the 7 most endangered monuments and heritage sites in Europe for 2024. On 17 April Europa Nostra announced the list of the 7 most endangered monuments and heritage sites in Europe for 2024. The 7 Most Endangered Heritage Sites in Europe for 2024: Working-class Housing (courées) in Roubaix-Tourcoing, France […]
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European companies in the arts sector employ 2.1 million people in the EU
En 2021, había un total de 894 000 empresas en el sector de las artes, el entretenimiento y la recreación de la UE , lo que representa el 2,9 % de todas las empresas activas en la economía empresarial . Following the entry into force of the European Business Statistics (EBS) Regulation, Eurostat […]
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The Monastery of San Jerónimo de Yuste receives the European Heritage Label
The Commission has awarded the European Heritage Label 2023 to seven sites across the continent, recognising their key role in Europe’s history and culture. They are: “Cisterscapes – Cistercian Landscapes Connecting Europe” (Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Poland and Slovenia); the Monastery of San Jerónimo de Yuste (Spain); “Our Lord in the Attic” Museum (The Netherlands); […]
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Meet the winners of the European Union Prize for Literature 2024
The jury of the European Union Prize of Literature has announced the laureates of the 2024 edition of the prize at the Brussels Book Fair. For the 2024 edition, emerging authors from 13 countries had been nominated by their country. An international jury composed of seven literary personalities have announced the winner of the Grand Prix and […]
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Spain, InvestEU: EIF and ICF join forces to mobilise €64 million to support social enterprises and cultural and creative businesses in Catalonia
With the support of the InvestEU programme, the European Investment Fund (EIF) will provide the Catalan Finance Institute (ICF) with a capped portfolio guarantee that will leverage €64 million in support of social enterprises and entities within the cultural and creative sector in Catalonia. This transaction is the first guarantee agreement between the two institutions […]
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27 January: Holocaust Remembrance Day: “Hitler did not win!”
27 January marks the International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 79th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. On Thursday, Irene Shashar, a survivor of the Warsaw ghetto, addressed MEPs in a plenary session in Brussels to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day. “We pay tribute today to the victims of the Holocaust […]
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