A forum to celebrate 40 years of European Capital of Culture in 2025 will be held on April 4 in Chemnitz, a European Capital of Culture along with Nova Gorica-Gorizia. At the moment the schedule is not yet known, but it will surely be announced in the coming days.

From many places, especially in the media, especially in Italy, there is talk of Gorizia as one of the European capitals of culture for 2025. Nothing could be more wrong. Or almost. Certainly clarity is needed because the beautiful project of Nova Gorica, European Capital of Culture 2025 for Slovenia, which also included Gorizia, created some confusion.

The first "cross-border" European capital of culture opened in Nova Gorica and Gorizia, on the border between Slovenia and Italy, in the presence of the highest officials of the two states.

How much did the Second World War influence the individual and collective memory of Japan?This is just one of the questions that was attempted to be answered during the Pochen Biennial organised at the Spinnerei e.V. cultural centre in Chemnitz, European Capital of Culture in 2025, in collaboration with Eu Japan Fest.

‘From station to station' is the title of the ceremony that will open the European Capital of Culture year of Gorizia - Nova Gorica from 10 a.m. on 8 February. The other European Capital of Culture for 2025 is the German Chemnitz.