Bradford has been crowned UK City of Culture 2025, taking on the prestigious title from Coventry UK City of Culture 2021. The winner was approved by Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries based on independent advice from a panel of experts led by TV writer-producer Sir Phil Redmond. The experts visited each of the four shortlisted places, which also included County Durham, Southampton and Wrexham County Borough, to learn more about the bids before making their final recommendation.

They are 3m x 6m x 2.80m stuck together in single or double rows, and many are grouped together in larger complexes. Some are built of corrugated iron, others of concrete slabs: garages. In all districts of the city of Chemnitz together, there are estimated to be between 3,000 and 30,000 garages. Many of them are simply used to park cars, while others are used for tinkering, hobbies, neighborhood chats or barbecues.

Piccolo Opera Festival together with European Capital of Culture (ECOC) Nova Gorica – Gorizia 2025 is holding an open call for new compositions, with the aim to give space to new creativity within the 2022 edition of Piccolo Opera Festival and as the opening of GO! Borderless Opera Lab, a new professional training project.

A techno-cultural urban neighborhood will be built between the neighboring cities of Nova Gorica in Slovenia and Gorizia in Italy ahead of their joint European Capital of Culture (ECoC) 2025 title project in what is now a update of the initial plan to strengthen ties between the two cities. This is what was reported by The Slovenian Press Agency (STA)

Bradford, County Durham, Southampton and Wrexham County Borough are unveiled as the four areas shortlisted to be UK City of Culture 2025. The four locations were approved by Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries based on independent advice made to the government by a panel of experts led by Sir Phil Redmond.