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According to a proposal sent to Member States last Friday 10 October, the Irish presidency of the Council of the EU is suggesting to cut the current EU budget plan 2028—2034 by 8%. Culture is amongst the hardest hit. If agreed, the successor of Creative Europe, AgoraEU, will be cut by 30%: from € 8,6 billion proposed by the EU Commission last year ...
OPEN CALL: Work in progress sharing and artist talk Come share your work-in-progress at the third edition of ilDance Event on 22 November 2026 15:00-21:00 at CCAP in Stockholm. With the ilDance Events, we seek to create a space where our community can meet, connect, and share through different experiences with dance. Framework of this engagement We ...
The Outdoor Arts Portugal Online Showcase 2026 returns this November, bringing contemporary artistic creation in public space and contemporary circus in Portugal to an international audience of cultural professionals. Taking place on 17 November at 15:00 (CET), the online session offers an opportunity to discover new artistic projects, explore ...
Equal Arts has reached its finish date: 30 September 2026. After two years of work on gender equality in leadership and management roles in the Performing Arts, Dance, Media and Theatre, our Erasmus+ KA210-VET partnership has come to a close. Here is what we delivered together: 68 learners enrolled, from 8 nationalities 33 lessons and 21 videos in ...
IETM – International network for contemporary performing arts has joined more than 200 cultural organisations across Europe in calling on EU Member States to reverse the proposed cuts to Creative Europe’s 2027 budget. An open letter was initiated and coordinated by Culture Action Europe . The Council, the EU institution representing national ...
The Ortaklaşa EU-Türkiye Cultural Partnership Call for Proposals will bring together the local knowledge and experience of arts and culture organisations and municipalities in Türkiye and Europe through equal partnerships. The aim is for these collaborations to move beyond one-off project partnerships and develop into lasting relationships grounded ...
The 35th annual International Theatre Festival Divadelná Nitra ends today. Its main programme indoors drew together over 2,500 spectators. The 5 Festival days brought 8 productions from Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Ukraine, 2 world premières of Slovak independent ensembles, as well as 13 events within the accompanying and working programmes ...
Viirus GUEST open call: What effect does art have on the world? Viirus GUEST open call is open 30.9.-15.10.2026. Viirus is a stage for the performing arts and a platform for artistic reflection. We have our own productions as well as a vast repertoire of guest performances. We are now looking for propositions for our Viirus GUEST program for the ...
Across Europe, cultural organisations and artists are facing growing political pressure: funding can be withdrawn, institutional independence challenged, leadership appointments politicised, and critical or uncomfortable artistic voices pushed towards silence or self-censorship. A new European petition is calling for a Cultural Freedom Act : an EU ...
On 16 September, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivered her annual State of the Union address, setting out the Commission’s priorities for the year ahead. The speech ranged from competitiveness, climate resilience and artificial intelligence to social policy, Europe’s global partnerships, security and defence, and migration ...
