On 20 April, @glennmicallefeu.bsky.social & leading experts will discuss how to help shape the online world to make European content more visible. A new study reveals where action is needed to make EU music & literature stand out in a crowded digital environment. 🔗 lnkd.in/eK9A9_uX

The winners of the 2026 EU Prize for Contemporary Architecture are out! 🏆 Charleroi Palais des Expositions 🇧🇪 & Temporary National Theatre 🇸🇮 Two projects showing how existing spaces can be transformed into sustainable, inclusive & vibrant places. 🔗 link.europa.eu/MpkFGN

Spotlight: 🇮🇹 Bosco delle Querce Park, a symbol of ecological recovery & sustainability. 🇲🇹 Saint Paul’s Catacombs, showcasing Europe’s early religious diversity. 🇵🇱 Krzysztof Penderecki European Centre for Music, fostering musical cultural exchange. 🔗 link.europa.eu/B3YRDm

Through the eyes of a fly, a city comes alive. In "Maribor Hypnosis", 🇨🇿 Czech author Dora Kaprálová blends illusion, storytelling & unexpected perspective into a journey through a foreign place. Learn more about the #EUPL shortlisted authors: link.europa.eu/Wb9Njf

Let's spotlight: 🇫🇮 Varkaus, reflecting Northern Europe’s industrial growth & collaboration. 🇫🇷 Rashi of Troyes, honouring one of history’s most influential commentators. 🇩🇪 Pader Urban River Landscape, showcasing sustainable urban water management. 🔗 link.europa.eu/B3YRDm

A story of courage, memory and resistance from Cyprus. In "Sorely Grieved: Eleni of Karpasia" Evridiki Pericleous-Papadopoulou recounts the life of a teacher who stayed to educate children under occupation after 1974. An #EUPL shortlisted author. 🔗 link.europa.eu/Wb9Njf

The Creative Europe public dashboard is now live 📊 Explore data, track trends and gain insights into how cultural and creative sectors are supported across Europe and beyond— all in one place. 👉 Discover more & dive into the data: link.europa.eu/pDkQKp

Let's spotlight: ⛰️ Provadia-Solnitsata, a 🇧🇬 prehistoric salt-production hub. 🏰 Places of Peace, 7⃣ European sites across 6⃣ countries that symbolize peace & cultural exchange. 🏢 Free Speech network sites, honouring 🇨🇿 freedom of expression fight. 🔗 link.europa.eu/B3YRDm

If you're 18, you can travel across Europe for free. With DiscoverEU, young people can apply for a travel pass to explore Europe for up to 30 days. 8–22 April 2026 📅 Apply: youth.europa.eu/discovereu

What determines which European voices are seen or lost in the digital world? A new study shows how to make European content more visible, discoverable, and engaging in today’s complex digital world. 🌐 ➡️ Read the full study: link.europa.eu/PmGBJg

Today, we are spotlighting: Mariemont 🇧🇪 From a Renaissance estate to a public cultural domain, Mariemont in Belgium reflects visionary European personalities and the legacy of women patrons in arts and culture. 🔗 link.europa.eu/B3YRDm

92K of you explored the Brussels Book Fair @foirelivrebxl this week-end, a record!📚🇧🇪 A great moment for 🇪🇺 literature, also from our Creative Europe stand, with new EU projects highlights, discussions, our books donation to Ukraine & presence of Commissioner @GlennMicallef!

In "The Paper of Your Skin", 🇭🇷 author Lora Tomaš tells an intimate story of travel, grief and complex relationships. This voice is shortlisted for the European Union Prize for Literature. 🔗 link.europa.eu/Wb9Njf Do you like stories where travel transforms the inner journey?

This post's spotlight: Landeszeughaus 🇦🇹 This EHL site connects centuries of European conflict, trade, and cultural exchange. From arms depot to symbol of peace, it tells Europe’s story of transformation. 🔗 link.europa.eu/B3YRDm

🏛️ Spotlight: La Nau Cultural Centre Since 1499, the Universitat de València has promoted Humanism, inclusive education, and intellectual debate in Europe. Today, La Nau symbolizes centuries of learning, culture, and European educational heritage. 🔗 link.europa.eu/B3YRDm

Our first #EUPL spotlight: 🇦🇲Sargis Hovsepyan with "You Die Today, I Die Tomorrow." His work traces one woman’s search for a forgotten victim of Stalinist repression — a journey through archives, family silences and the weight of unresolved history. 🔗 link.europa.eu/WkVX3G

Join us at the Brussels Book Fair (26–29 March) 📍 Stand 148–152 at Tour & Taxis Each year we support ~500 translated books across Europe. 200+ writers backed by the EU Prize for Literature and special dedicated support for Ukrainian books. 🔗 link.europa.eu/WkVX3G

To start the weekend we have the 1⃣spotlighted EHL site: “Free Speech” network in 🇨🇿. Commemorating the fight for freedom of expression under 20th-century totalitarian regimes. The sites preserve the memory of struggles that shaped European democracy. link.europa.eu/mfd49V

📚The book sector is at our core. An example? Our LIT call results: 499 works supported 46 translation projects 76 organisations in 23 countries We promote literary diversity, translators, inclusion & sustainability. 🔗 link.europa.eu/jtK7BK

We have fresh ECOC news! 4⃣cities have been shortlisted for ECOC 2031 in Spain. Congratulations to Cáceres, Granada, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Oviedo! With the support of Creative Europe, ECOC shapes their future through culture. Read more: link.europa.eu/PRTckg

Women shape Europe’s cultural scene 🎭 Under Creative Europe – Culture strand, 56% of artists and cultural professionals working across borders are women. We’re proud to support projects empowering women and girls, from feminist public art to the rise of female rappers.

The Call for European Cooperation Projects 2026 is open! Are you a cultural or creative organisation? No matter the size, if you are to collaborate across borders and boost artistic creation, innovation & circulation, apply now! 🔗 link.europa.eu/yQKd7g Deadline: 5 May

The European Prize for Literature 2026 shortlist is out 📚 🇪🇺 14 emerging authors 🌍 14 countries 📖 Countless new stories Supported by Creative Europe, the prize promotes linguistic diversity and helps literature travel across borders. 🔗 link.europa.eu/Wb9Njf

Inclusive Comics brings real stories of displacement and survival to life through three powerful comic books. With Creative Europe support, the project empowers women creators and keeps cross-border dialogue alive. #StandWithUkraine 🔗 link.europa.eu/xHt6F4

📣 Today we unveiled the #7MostEndangered Heritage Sites in Europe 2026, in the frame of our #7ME programme supported by @eib.org and @creativeeurope.bsky.social. 🧵Find out which sites were selected 👇 Discover more about the 2026 #7MostEndangered sites: www.europanostra.org/europa-nostr...

The European Heritage Label continues to recognise sites that define our shared cultural identity. 🏛️Today, 1⃣3⃣ new sites have been awarded! Since 2011,➡️80 sites have been recognised for their role in European history and integration. Read more: link.europa.eu/j74yX7

Happy International Mother Language Day!💙 The 🇪🇺 is committed to protecting not only its 24 official EU languages, but 60+ regional and minority languages that enrich our shared heritage👏 #ErasmusPlus and @creativeeurope.bsky.social support language diversity: link.europa.eu/ktDBxM

🔁 EU Sport 🎿 Women remain underrepresented in Alpine skiing leadership. During the Games period in Milano Cortina 2026, Erasmus+ projects like EWAS support skills, equality and fair access in European winter sport. 👉 Erasmus+ Sport calls are open: link.europa.eu/WVdFJJ

It's official! Trenčín 🇸🇰 has launched its year as European Capital of Culture 2026! This weekend, with the slogan "awakening curiosity" locations across the city came alive to spark cultural transformation. Swipe for the key moments 👉

From industrial heritage to contemporary neighbourhoods, architecture shapes our future. 🏆 The 7 finalists of the 2026 EU Prize for Contemporary Architecture showcase projects and excellence, diversity and innovation. Supported by Creative Europe 🔗 link.europa.eu/DxJd7k

🔁 PiaAhrenkildeEU Hei, upea #Oulu! Welcome to the great family of European Capitals of Culture! It’s time for Europe & the world to discover the spirit of cultural climate change. Congratulations & best wishes for all the projects & events which will illuminate 🇪🇺 in 2026.🕊️

A memorable celebration in Oulu to launch its European Capital of Culture year, in the presence of 🇫🇮 President @alexstubb. Our Director-General @PiaAhrenkilde joined @oulu2026official.bsky.social for exchanges & the vibrant Opening Festival. Culture brings people together 🇪🇺

Yesterday, the @MMEawards supported by Creative Europe, celebrated Europe’s top emerging artists! The initiative and the artists represent the diversity, creativity & energy that make Europe’s music industry so unique. Discover the winners here👉 link.europa.eu/rKDXmD

Spaces connect people, places and ideas. From bold ideas to built spaces, the 2026 EU Prize for Contemporary Architecture / Mies van der Rohe Awards shortlist is here! Read more: link.europa.eu/Gq7tb3

This 2026, culture takes over Oulu 🇫🇮 and Trenčín 🇸🇰. With support from Creative Europe, both cities take the stage as European Capitals of Culture. Both cities will explore how creativity can connect communities and spark change. ▶️ link.europa.eu/64Dx7t

🇲🇩 Great news with the new year... Moldova has officially joined #CreativeEurope! Moldovan organisations can now take part in cultural and creative initiatives across Europe. With Moldova on board, 41 countries are now part of the programme. ▶️ link.europa.eu/ckntmC

✨ As the year comes to an end, we want to say thank you to everyone shaping Europe’s cultural and creative sectors. From ideas to impact, 2025 was powered by creativity, collaboration and culture. Happy Holidays from all of us, let's keep creating stories together.🫂

🎭Culture and creativity can shape a sustainable future for Europeans. A new report calls for a “creative shift” to address the climate and biodiversity crises: reimagining how we live and relate to our planet by inspiring behavioural change. 🔗 link.europa.eu/YkbX7g

Host a residency with support from Creative Europe’s Culture Moves Europe initiative! Inspire learning, creation & collaboration. The call is open until 16 March 2026. Apply today ▶️ link.europa.eu/GJBFcT

We have launched a Call for Evidence on the European Capitals of Culture! 🇪🇺 📅 Open until 2 Jan 2026 💬 Help us ensure the initiative remains relevant, inclusive and impactful. link.europa.eu/XR6bYv

Larnaka has been recommended to become the European Capital of Culture 2030 in Cyprus! Congratulations! With “Common Ground”, the city will invite us to rediscover togetherness, vulnerability and care. It joins Leuven 🇧🇪 and Nikšić 🇲🇪 in 2030. link.europa.eu/TNMv38

The title handover is complete! Thank you to Nova Gorica/Gorizia & Chemnitz! Congratulations to Oulu and Trenčín, the 2026 European Capitals of Culture. Here’s to another year of creativity across Europe! 🇪🇺

All week, Nova Gorica & Gorizia celebrated the final days of their ECoC year: from light parades to cultural talks and cross-border events. Tonight: the official title handover! 🇪🇺🏦

The key element to culture is people, it's you. That is why you now have the opportunity to shape its future. We are consulting on the European Heritage Label (EHL), which celebrates Europe’s history, values & diversity. 📅 Open until 8 Jan 2026 ▶️ link.europa.eu/rJD8k8

🔁Glenn Micallef Friday's Education, Youth, Culture & Sport Council showed why culture and sport matter for Europe’s future. 🎭 𝘾𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙣𝙚𝙭𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙘 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙧. With the new 𝗖𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲, we want culture and cultural heritage at the heart of EU policymaking. 🧵⬇️

Our last stop in 40 years of Capitals of Culture: 2025. 🇩🇪 Chemnitz steps onto Europe’s cultural stage, reimagining its industrial past into creative futures. 🌿 Nova Gorica (SI) & Gorizia (IT) unite with “GO! Borderless”: a symbol of reconciliation & shared heritage.

🔁 Glenn Micallef I am at the @eucouncilnewsroom.bsky.social today, where Culture & Sport Ministers across Europe gathered to discuss 🔵 the #CultureCompass for Europe 🔵 #AgoraEU, our MFF proposal for culture 🔵and the next steps for strengthening the #EuropeanSportModel ⤵️

2024 stretched culture across mountains, the Arctic & beyond 🌍✨ 🏔️ Bad Ischl & Salzkammergut – 23 for 24, 23 towns united. ❄️ Bodø – Arcticulation, the first Arctic ECOC. 🌱Tartu – Arts of Survival, culture for people & planet Europe’s creativity knows no borders.

The key element to culture is people, it's you. That is why you now have the opportunity to shape its future. We are consulting on the European Heritage Label (EHL), which celebrates Europe’s history, values & diversity. #HaveYourSay ▶️ link.europa.eu/rJD8k8

As part of the European Authors Day #ReadforReal 2025, Commissioner @GlennMicallef joined: 📍 a roundtable at the House of European History 📍 a reading session at Mechelen Public Library Two ways of celebrating our literary & linguistic diversity supported by #CreativeEurope