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Creative Europe @creativeeurope.bsky.social · 9h

🔁 EU Agriculture🌱

🌱 Soil drives food systems and we need to protect it.

🗓️Follow #EMSW2025 online 5-6 Nov

See how researchers, businesses, farmers and policymakers are shaping business models and finance for soil health.

Register here ➡️ europeanmissionsoilweek2025.eu

#MissionSoil

Creative Europe @creativeeurope.bsky.social · 11h

It’s 2001 and Porto is reborn with art & renewal. That same year, Rotterdam shines with architecture, poetry & tolerance.

Jump one year. 2002, and Bruges welcomes 1.5M people & restores its heritage; while Salamanca glows with 1100 events & 2M visitors.

Creative Europe @creativeeurope.bsky.social · 11h

The Frankfurt Book Fair kicks off tomorrow and we have an event you don’t want to miss!

Join us at the @Book_Fair for “Get to know Creative Europe CULTURE!” 💬

Learn more about our funding for cultural & creative organisations across Europe.

culture.ec.europa.eu/event/creati...

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Creative Europe @creativeeurope.bsky.social · 1d

That’s a wrap on the #EuropeanHeritageAwards 2025!
30 incredible projects celebrated tonight, including the five Grand Prix winners and the Public Choice Award. 🏛️
Europe’s heritage is in talented hands

Thank you for joining the celebration! 🌍

Creative Europe @creativeeurope.bsky.social · 1d

Swipe ✨👉🏼
Antwerp City Hall with the Conservation and Adaptative Reuse Grand Prix!

Glacier Archaeology Programme - Secrets of the Ice won the Research Grand Prix!

And Hedgehog's Home - Inventing a Better World takes the Grand Prix in Citizens Engagement & Awareness-raising!

Creative Europe @creativeeurope.bsky.social · 1d

"It is through culture that Europe finds its soul."

🏛️

Tonight, First Vice-President of the European Parliament @sabineverheyen at the European Heritage Awards /
@europanostra.bsky.social Awards 2025

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Creative Europe @creativeeurope.bsky.social · 1d

"Heritage is our cities and our countryside. It is our monuments and landscapes. It is music, literature, traditions and skills; but it is also the women and men, all of you, who protect, pass on and reinvent it every day."

- Cecilia Bartoli, President of @europanostra.bsky.social

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Creative Europe @creativeeurope.bsky.social · 1d

"Cultural heritage gives us strength, unity, and sense of belonging."

🌍🏛️

"When culture is strong, Europe is even stronger."

Tonight, @GlennMicallef at the European Heritage Awards / @europanostra.bsky.social Awards 2025

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Creative Europe @creativeeurope.bsky.social · 1d

It’s time!

The European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards 2025 ceremony is today.

Celebrate with us Europe’s best heritage achievements 🏛️💫

Stay tuned for the five Grand Prix and the Public Choice Award, live from Brussels!

www.europanostra.org/events/europ...

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Europa Nostra @europanostra.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you for joining us at #ExcellenceDay! This is just the start of our 4-day #EuropeanHeritageSummit2025.

Up next … Our high-level Awards Ceremony tomorrow at 20:00 CET, which will be livestreamed from Brussels 🇧🇪.

🔗 Save the link: www.europanostra.org/events/europ...

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Creative Europe @creativeeurope.bsky.social · 2d

What does Creative Europe do for books & publishing world?

Swipe to find out!

From translation to cross-border book fairs, Creative Europe helps European stories travel.

Check it out

Creative Europe @creativeeurope.bsky.social · 3d

Monday 13 October: European Heritage Awards Ceremony 2025

But, what do the prizes mean?

Swipe to find out — and join us live 13 Oct | 20:00 CEST

Co-hosted by Commissioner @GlennMicallef.
Don’t miss it! 🏛️🏆

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Creative Europe @creativeeurope.bsky.social · 4d

📚 We're going to the Frankfurt Book Fair!

From 15–17 October, Creative Europe will be at the
@Book_Fair!

Discover how the EU supports Europe’s literary and publishing world.

From translation to innovation and accessibility.

culture.ec.europa.eu/event/creati...

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Creative Europe @creativeeurope.bsky.social · 4d

2000: the Millennium Year.

9 cities, 9 voices of Europe’s cultural heritage. The awarded were:

🇫🇷 Avignon
🇳🇴 Bergen
🇮🇹 Bologna
🇧🇪 Brussels
🇫🇮 Helsinki
🇵🇱 Kraków
🇨🇿 Prague
🇮🇸 Reykjavík
🇪🇸 Santiago de Compostela

The year was a celebration of Europe’s past & future. culture.ec.europa.eu/policies/cul...

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Creative Europe @creativeeurope.bsky.social · 5d

The stage is almost ready!
📅 On 13 Oct 2025, in Flagey, Brussels you have a special event to mark.

The European Heritage Awards Ceremony.

You can watch it live here! europanostra.org

Celebrate Europe’s cultural heritage

Creative Europe @creativeeurope.bsky.social · 5d

We're not only celebrating 40 years of European Capitals of Culture, but also the release of its evaluation (2013–22) that shows its legacy:

🎭 +1,000 cultural activities per ECoC year
📈 +30–45% visitors coming
🌍 Global recognition
🏙️ Urban growth through culture

culture.ec.europa.eu/news/europea...

Creative Europe @creativeeurope.bsky.social · 7d

culture.ec.europa.eu/policies/cul...

European Capitals of Culture

An initiative putting culture at the heart of European cities with EU support for a yearlong celebration of art and culture.

culture.ec.europa.eu

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Creative Europe @creativeeurope.bsky.social · 7d

It's 1997 and 🇬🇷 Thessaloniki held the European Capital of Culture title, featuring new venues & archaeological treasures.

In 1998 Stockholm held 1000+ cultural events & festivals.

And in 1999 🇩🇪 Weimar's stars were Goethe, Bauhaus, and the memory of Buchenwald.

#40YearsECOC

find link ⤵️

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Creative Europe @creativeeurope.bsky.social · 8d

Creative Europe allocates €7M to support Ukrainian cultural & creative sectors.

4 projects with Ukrainian + European partners will:
🎭 Preserve heritage
🤝 Support artists & co-creation
🌱 Contribute to recovery

#StandWithUkraine

🇺🇦🇪🇺
culture.ec.europa.eu/news/creativ...

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Creative Europe @creativeeurope.bsky.social · 11d

It’s 1993, and our cultural journey continues.

That year, Antwerp 🇧🇪 has the spotlight, exploring art, music & theatre.

Soon followed: Lisbon (1994), Luxembourg City (1995) & Copenhagen (1996).

Another chapter in 40 years of European Capitals of Culture.

link.europa.eu/MBk6Md

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Creative Europe @creativeeurope.bsky.social · 13d

🧠 Culture keeps on supporting mental health.

Culture may not solve the crisis, but the mental health crisis cannot be solved without culture.

At #MONDIACULT2025, EU Commissioner
@GlennMicallef launched the report “Culture and Health: Time to Act”.

op.europa.eu/en/publicati...

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Creative Europe @creativeeurope.bsky.social · 14d

Thank you to all who contributed.

The time to act on culture and health is now, and the OMC Report which we launched today provides a strong case for how cultural participation improves people’s well-being.

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Creative Europe @creativeeurope.bsky.social · 14d

🔁Glenn Micallef

“Culture by itself cannot solve the mental health crisis, but the mental health crisis will not be solved without culture.”

Insightful exchanges with experts, stakeholders, cultural networks, and young cultural professionals at our side event on culture & well-being.

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Creative Europe @creativeeurope.bsky.social · 14d

Thank you to all who contributed.

The time to act on culture and health is now, and the OMC Report which we launched today provides a strong case for how cultural participation improves people’s well-being.

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Creative Europe @creativeeurope.bsky.social · 14d

culture.ec.europa.eu/policies/cul...

Celebrating 40 years of European Capitals of Culture

In 2025, the European Capitals of Culture initiative marks its 40th anniversary. Since 1985, more than 70 cities have used the title to celebrate diversity, strengthen European identity and shape thei...

culture.ec.europa.eu