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Information about the European Capital of Culture program and process

Decision 1419/1999/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 May 1999 establishing a Community action for the European Capital of Culture event for the years 2005 to 2019

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Decision No 1622/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 2006 establishing a Community action for the European Capital of Culture event for the years 2007 to 2019

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Decision No 445/2014/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 establishing a Union action for the European Capitals of Culture for the years 2020 to 2033

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Question catalogues by the European Union, to be addressed during the application process

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Wikipedia article about the European Capital of Culture

 

Decision proposal for the Nuremberg city council (December 2016, German only):

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Address by city mayor Dr. Ulrich Maly on Wednesday, 11 January 2017 at the new year’s reception (German only, cf. page 8 et seq. for the European Capital of Culture topic)

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Materials with more extensive descriptions about our concept and general position as well as

Protocols can be found on our German pages. Unfortunately, no English translation exists at the moment. If you speak both languages and are willing to translate, please drop us a line.