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The 🇪🇺 Voice of #CivilSociety committed to #CulturalHeritage #EuropeanHeritageAwards #7MostEndangered #EuropeanHeritageAlliance #EuropaNostraAgora
Today, the EU Council of Ministers held a first formal & positive exchange on the #CultureCompass, presented by Cssr Glenn Micallef.
Beforehand, Europa Nostra & @eurheritagehub.bsky.social urged Ministers in a letter to back the Joint Political Declaration on the Compass.
Beforehand, Europa Nostra & @eurheritagehub.bsky.social urged Ministers in a letter to back the Joint Political Declaration on the Compass.
November 28, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Today, the EU Council of Ministers held a first formal & positive exchange on the #CultureCompass, presented by Cssr Glenn Micallef.
Beforehand, Europa Nostra & @eurheritagehub.bsky.social urged Ministers in a letter to back the Joint Political Declaration on the Compass.
Beforehand, Europa Nostra & @eurheritagehub.bsky.social urged Ministers in a letter to back the Joint Political Declaration on the Compass.
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🌍 Heritage took a major step forward at #COP30!
Culture and heritage are now officially part of the Action Agenda. The Heritage Adapts! 3000 x 2030 campaign, of which the Hub & @europanostra.bsky.social are partners, also launched.
More takeaways on COP: www.europeanheritagehub.eu/heritage-gai...
Culture and heritage are now officially part of the Action Agenda. The Heritage Adapts! 3000 x 2030 campaign, of which the Hub & @europanostra.bsky.social are partners, also launched.
More takeaways on COP: www.europeanheritagehub.eu/heritage-gai...
November 26, 2025 at 2:13 PM
🌍 Heritage took a major step forward at #COP30!
Culture and heritage are now officially part of the Action Agenda. The Heritage Adapts! 3000 x 2030 campaign, of which the Hub & @europanostra.bsky.social are partners, also launched.
More takeaways on COP: www.europeanheritagehub.eu/heritage-gai...
Culture and heritage are now officially part of the Action Agenda. The Heritage Adapts! 3000 x 2030 campaign, of which the Hub & @europanostra.bsky.social are partners, also launched.
More takeaways on COP: www.europeanheritagehub.eu/heritage-gai...
📰 NEW: A large article in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung tracks the discourse around #Generalštab, a protected Modernist building in Belgrade which is at risk to be illegally demolished to make way for a Trump Hotel & towers.
November 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
📰 NEW: A large article in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung tracks the discourse around #Generalštab, a protected Modernist building in Belgrade which is at risk to be illegally demolished to make way for a Trump Hotel & towers.
📰NEWS: In a new interview with @theartnewspaper.bsky.social, our SG @sneskaen.bsky.social highlights how in the case of the Belgrade’s Generalštab Modernist Complex, protecting heritage and preserving European values such as democracy go hand in hand.
👉 www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/24/p...
👉 www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/24/p...
November 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
📰NEWS: In a new interview with @theartnewspaper.bsky.social, our SG @sneskaen.bsky.social highlights how in the case of the Belgrade’s Generalštab Modernist Complex, protecting heritage and preserving European values such as democracy go hand in hand.
👉 www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/24/p...
👉 www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/24/p...
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💬 How can Europe balance ambitious climate targets with the need to protect its cultural heritage and ensure affordable housing for all?
We’ll tackle this question and more in our upcoming #HeritageDialogues webinar on 3 December.
🔗 Register today: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
We’ll tackle this question and more in our upcoming #HeritageDialogues webinar on 3 December.
🔗 Register today: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 24, 2025 at 10:23 AM
💬 How can Europe balance ambitious climate targets with the need to protect its cultural heritage and ensure affordable housing for all?
We’ll tackle this question and more in our upcoming #HeritageDialogues webinar on 3 December.
🔗 Register today: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
We’ll tackle this question and more in our upcoming #HeritageDialogues webinar on 3 December.
🔗 Register today: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
👋 Come work with us!
Europa Nostra, the largest and most representative federation of cultural heritage NGOs in Europe, has two internship vacancies.
📆 Apply by 15 December!
More information 👉 www.europanostra.org/get-involved...
Europa Nostra, the largest and most representative federation of cultural heritage NGOs in Europe, has two internship vacancies.
📆 Apply by 15 December!
More information 👉 www.europanostra.org/get-involved...
November 19, 2025 at 10:50 AM
👋 Come work with us!
Europa Nostra, the largest and most representative federation of cultural heritage NGOs in Europe, has two internship vacancies.
📆 Apply by 15 December!
More information 👉 www.europanostra.org/get-involved...
Europa Nostra, the largest and most representative federation of cultural heritage NGOs in Europe, has two internship vacancies.
📆 Apply by 15 December!
More information 👉 www.europanostra.org/get-involved...
It only takes 5️⃣ minutes!
Fill out @creativeeurope.bsky.social's User Satisfaction Survey for the Creative Europe Project Results Platform to help make the platform more user-friendly, relevant & valuable for Europe's creative community.
Submit by 5 December 2025👇
ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...
Fill out @creativeeurope.bsky.social's User Satisfaction Survey for the Creative Europe Project Results Platform to help make the platform more user-friendly, relevant & valuable for Europe's creative community.
Submit by 5 December 2025👇
ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...
November 18, 2025 at 3:57 PM
It only takes 5️⃣ minutes!
Fill out @creativeeurope.bsky.social's User Satisfaction Survey for the Creative Europe Project Results Platform to help make the platform more user-friendly, relevant & valuable for Europe's creative community.
Submit by 5 December 2025👇
ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...
Fill out @creativeeurope.bsky.social's User Satisfaction Survey for the Creative Europe Project Results Platform to help make the platform more user-friendly, relevant & valuable for Europe's creative community.
Submit by 5 December 2025👇
ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...
The #CostaCarras European Citizens Awards 2026 are open for submissions! Run by Europa Nostra & @Ellet_gr_NGO in honour of #heritage champion Costa Carras, the awards recognise exemplary campaigns to safeguard heritage across Europe🏆
Learn more & apply: www.europanostra.org/apply-for-th...
Learn more & apply: www.europanostra.org/apply-for-th...
November 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The #CostaCarras European Citizens Awards 2026 are open for submissions! Run by Europa Nostra & @Ellet_gr_NGO in honour of #heritage champion Costa Carras, the awards recognise exemplary campaigns to safeguard heritage across Europe🏆
Learn more & apply: www.europanostra.org/apply-for-th...
Learn more & apply: www.europanostra.org/apply-for-th...
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Applications are now open for the NextGen Heritage Ambassadors — a youth-led advisory body of the European Heritage Hub! 🎉
For the project duration, 12 ambassadors will be selected.
🗓️ Submit an application by 28 November 2025!
Learn more & apply: www.europeanheritagehub.eu/open-call-fo...
For the project duration, 12 ambassadors will be selected.
🗓️ Submit an application by 28 November 2025!
Learn more & apply: www.europeanheritagehub.eu/open-call-fo...
November 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Applications are now open for the NextGen Heritage Ambassadors — a youth-led advisory body of the European Heritage Hub! 🎉
For the project duration, 12 ambassadors will be selected.
🗓️ Submit an application by 28 November 2025!
Learn more & apply: www.europeanheritagehub.eu/open-call-fo...
For the project duration, 12 ambassadors will be selected.
🗓️ Submit an application by 28 November 2025!
Learn more & apply: www.europeanheritagehub.eu/open-call-fo...
🎙️NEW: On this week's EU Confidential episode about European Union enlargement, host Sarah Wheaton spoke with our SG @sneskaen.bsky.social about why Europe won’t feel complete until its whole cultural family is reunited.
Listen here 👇
Listen here 👇
Growing pains: Can the EU handle enlargement?
Russia’s war in Ukraine has given new momentum to EU enlargement — and raised a bigger question: Is the bloc itself ready to grow? This week, host Sarah Wheaton examines the EU’s growing pain…
www.politico.eu
November 14, 2025 at 11:47 AM
🎙️NEW: On this week's EU Confidential episode about European Union enlargement, host Sarah Wheaton spoke with our SG @sneskaen.bsky.social about why Europe won’t feel complete until its whole cultural family is reunited.
Listen here 👇
Listen here 👇
When Culture wins, Europe wins! 🇪🇺🤝
Europa Nostra welcomes and strongly endorses the Culture Compass for Europe, a landmark document placing culture & cultural heritage at the heart of Europe’s future.
Read our full statement: www.europanostra.org/when-culture...
#CultureCompassEU
Europa Nostra welcomes and strongly endorses the Culture Compass for Europe, a landmark document placing culture & cultural heritage at the heart of Europe’s future.
Read our full statement: www.europanostra.org/when-culture...
#CultureCompassEU
November 12, 2025 at 2:39 PM
When Culture wins, Europe wins! 🇪🇺🤝
Europa Nostra welcomes and strongly endorses the Culture Compass for Europe, a landmark document placing culture & cultural heritage at the heart of Europe’s future.
Read our full statement: www.europanostra.org/when-culture...
#CultureCompassEU
Europa Nostra welcomes and strongly endorses the Culture Compass for Europe, a landmark document placing culture & cultural heritage at the heart of Europe’s future.
Read our full statement: www.europanostra.org/when-culture...
#CultureCompassEU
🔴 It's the BIG day! The European Commission's Culture Compass for Europe will be announced at 1 p.m. CET.
🎥 Livestream: audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en
We will be following — will you?👀
#CultureCompassEU #WhenCultureWinsEuropeWins
🎥 Livestream: audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en
We will be following — will you?👀
#CultureCompassEU #WhenCultureWinsEuropeWins
Audiovisual Service
audiovisual.ec.europa.eu
November 12, 2025 at 11:44 AM
🔴 It's the BIG day! The European Commission's Culture Compass for Europe will be announced at 1 p.m. CET.
🎥 Livestream: audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en
We will be following — will you?👀
#CultureCompassEU #WhenCultureWinsEuropeWins
🎥 Livestream: audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en
We will be following — will you?👀
#CultureCompassEU #WhenCultureWinsEuropeWins
📰 NEW in Kathimerini: Our President Cecilia Bartoli speaks with pride about Europa Nostra receiving the 2025 Empress Theophano Prize & the importance of championing cultural heritage in today's divisive climate.
Read the full article👇
Read the full article👇
‘Culture is not a luxury – it’s a necessity’ | eKathimerini.com
This summer, amidst a season of sold-out concerts and a resplendent new production in Salzburg, Cecilia Bartoli also received another standing ovation – this time, not on stage, but on the civic platf...
www.ekathimerini.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:53 AM
📰 NEW in Kathimerini: Our President Cecilia Bartoli speaks with pride about Europa Nostra receiving the 2025 Empress Theophano Prize & the importance of championing cultural heritage in today's divisive climate.
Read the full article👇
Read the full article👇
Europa Nostra was honoured to be awarded the 2025 Empress Theophano Prize yesterday in Thessaloniki for 60+ years of protecting and promoting European cultural heritage as a vector for unity, identity & sustainable development.
Watch the full recording👉https://www.youtube.com/live/3pbI-2aCwII
Watch the full recording👉https://www.youtube.com/live/3pbI-2aCwII
November 7, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Europa Nostra was honoured to be awarded the 2025 Empress Theophano Prize yesterday in Thessaloniki for 60+ years of protecting and promoting European cultural heritage as a vector for unity, identity & sustainable development.
Watch the full recording👉https://www.youtube.com/live/3pbI-2aCwII
Watch the full recording👉https://www.youtube.com/live/3pbI-2aCwII
Building on our #EuropeanCulturalHeritageSummit 2025, the new #BrusselsManifesto calls for culture & heritage to be placed at the heart of EU policies, budgets & values.
Let’s shape a future where #HeritageMatters for Europe!
Read the full Manifesto 👇 www.europanostra.org/europa-nostr...
Let’s shape a future where #HeritageMatters for Europe!
Read the full Manifesto 👇 www.europanostra.org/europa-nostr...
November 7, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Building on our #EuropeanCulturalHeritageSummit 2025, the new #BrusselsManifesto calls for culture & heritage to be placed at the heart of EU policies, budgets & values.
Let’s shape a future where #HeritageMatters for Europe!
Read the full Manifesto 👇 www.europanostra.org/europa-nostr...
Let’s shape a future where #HeritageMatters for Europe!
Read the full Manifesto 👇 www.europanostra.org/europa-nostr...
🎉 Today is the day!
Europa Nostra is honoured to receive the 2025 Empress Theophano Prize at a ceremony in Thessaloniki, Greece this evening.
🎥👉 Follow the event via the livestream, from 17:30 CET / 18:30 EET: www.theophano.eu
@sneskaen.bsky.social
Europa Nostra is honoured to receive the 2025 Empress Theophano Prize at a ceremony in Thessaloniki, Greece this evening.
🎥👉 Follow the event via the livestream, from 17:30 CET / 18:30 EET: www.theophano.eu
@sneskaen.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 9:14 AM
🎉 Today is the day!
Europa Nostra is honoured to receive the 2025 Empress Theophano Prize at a ceremony in Thessaloniki, Greece this evening.
🎥👉 Follow the event via the livestream, from 17:30 CET / 18:30 EET: www.theophano.eu
@sneskaen.bsky.social
Europa Nostra is honoured to receive the 2025 Empress Theophano Prize at a ceremony in Thessaloniki, Greece this evening.
🎥👉 Follow the event via the livestream, from 17:30 CET / 18:30 EET: www.theophano.eu
@sneskaen.bsky.social
Tomorrow Europa Nostra will receive the 2025 #EmpressTheophanoPrize in a ceremony in the emblematic 2,000-year-old Rotunda of Thessaloniki, Greece.
Save the date for the livestream:
📆 Thursday, 6 November
⏰ 17:30 CET / 18:30 EET
🎥🔗 www.theophano.eu
Save the date for the livestream:
📆 Thursday, 6 November
⏰ 17:30 CET / 18:30 EET
🎥🔗 www.theophano.eu
November 5, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Tomorrow Europa Nostra will receive the 2025 #EmpressTheophanoPrize in a ceremony in the emblematic 2,000-year-old Rotunda of Thessaloniki, Greece.
Save the date for the livestream:
📆 Thursday, 6 November
⏰ 17:30 CET / 18:30 EET
🎥🔗 www.theophano.eu
Save the date for the livestream:
📆 Thursday, 6 November
⏰ 17:30 CET / 18:30 EET
🎥🔗 www.theophano.eu
In a new statement, the leading European and international heritage organisations EUROPA NOSTRA, @icomos.bsky.social, DOCOMOMO International, and The Architects’ Council of Europe (ACE) stand in firm opposition to the proposed “Lex Specialis” Law related to the Generalštab Modernist Complex.
November 4, 2025 at 12:33 PM
In a new statement, the leading European and international heritage organisations EUROPA NOSTRA, @icomos.bsky.social, DOCOMOMO International, and The Architects’ Council of Europe (ACE) stand in firm opposition to the proposed “Lex Specialis” Law related to the Generalštab Modernist Complex.
We have released a statement of unwavering solidarity with Georgia’s civil society & cultural heritage actors.
Recent laws & anti-EU rhetoric threaten to isolate the EU candidate country and endanger its rich heritage.
Read the full statement 👇
Recent laws & anti-EU rhetoric threaten to isolate the EU candidate country and endanger its rich heritage.
Read the full statement 👇
Europa Nostra issues Statement of Solidarity with Civil Society and Cultural Heritage Actors who defend European Values in Georgia - Europa Nostra
Europa Nostra Statement (PDF) Following the recent discussions at the European Cultural Heritage Summit 2025 held in Brussels from 12-15 October, and referring to the statement…
www.europanostra.org
October 31, 2025 at 12:14 PM
We have released a statement of unwavering solidarity with Georgia’s civil society & cultural heritage actors.
Recent laws & anti-EU rhetoric threaten to isolate the EU candidate country and endanger its rich heritage.
Read the full statement 👇
Recent laws & anti-EU rhetoric threaten to isolate the EU candidate country and endanger its rich heritage.
Read the full statement 👇
We have published a statement of solidarity with those in Serbia defending heritage, democracy & freedom amid mounting repression.
🏛️Sites like the Generalštab Building, Belgrade Fortress & Belgrade Fair are at risk. We call on the EU & Europeans to act.
Read the full statement 👇
🏛️Sites like the Generalštab Building, Belgrade Fortress & Belgrade Fair are at risk. We call on the EU & Europeans to act.
Read the full statement 👇
Europa Nostra publishes Statement of Solidarity with Civil Society and Cultural Heritage Professionals and Activists who defend European Values in Serbia - Europa Nostra
Europa Nostra Statement (PDF) Following the European Cultural Heritage Summit 2025, the Europa Nostra General Assembly, and the European Heritage Hub Forum held in Brussels on…
www.europanostra.org
October 31, 2025 at 11:52 AM
We have published a statement of solidarity with those in Serbia defending heritage, democracy & freedom amid mounting repression.
🏛️Sites like the Generalštab Building, Belgrade Fortress & Belgrade Fair are at risk. We call on the EU & Europeans to act.
Read the full statement 👇
🏛️Sites like the Generalštab Building, Belgrade Fortress & Belgrade Fair are at risk. We call on the EU & Europeans to act.
Read the full statement 👇
Yesterday our Secretary General @sneskaen.bsky.social visited the School of Arts & Crafts of the Fabric of Saint Peter at the Vatican🏛️, winner of a Europa Nostra Award 2025.
#CulturalHeritage #Restoration
#CulturalHeritage #Restoration
October 30, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Yesterday our Secretary General @sneskaen.bsky.social visited the School of Arts & Crafts of the Fabric of Saint Peter at the Vatican🏛️, winner of a Europa Nostra Award 2025.
#CulturalHeritage #Restoration
#CulturalHeritage #Restoration
🇮🇹 Yesterday our SG @sneskaen.bsky.social joined the celebration of Italia Nostra’s 70th anniversary in Rome — one of the founding organisations of Europa Nostra back in 1963.
#ItaliaNostra70 #EuropaNostra
#ItaliaNostra70 #EuropaNostra
October 29, 2025 at 9:26 AM
🇮🇹 Yesterday our SG @sneskaen.bsky.social joined the celebration of Italia Nostra’s 70th anniversary in Rome — one of the founding organisations of Europa Nostra back in 1963.
#ItaliaNostra70 #EuropaNostra
#ItaliaNostra70 #EuropaNostra
🌍 Today we mark 20 years since the Council of Europe’s Framework Convention on the Value of Cultural Heritage for Society — the #FaroConvention — was opened for signature. This landmark document has transformed how Europe understands, values, and engages with heritage.
October 27, 2025 at 5:20 PM
🌍 Today we mark 20 years since the Council of Europe’s Framework Convention on the Value of Cultural Heritage for Society — the #FaroConvention — was opened for signature. This landmark document has transformed how Europe understands, values, and engages with heritage.
👀 In case you missed it, @euronews.com — Europe’s leading international news channel — published both written and audiovisual news pieces about our recent #EuropeanHeritageAwards Ceremony in 11 languages.
Take a closer look👇
Take a closer look👇
European Heritage Awards: Conservation champions receive top honours
Dozens of cultural heritage workers have been hailed as heroes in Brussels this week for their work preserving a broad range of projects, from a glacier archaeology programme in Norway to the restorat...
www.euronews.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:12 PM
👀 In case you missed it, @euronews.com — Europe’s leading international news channel — published both written and audiovisual news pieces about our recent #EuropeanHeritageAwards Ceremony in 11 languages.
Take a closer look👇
Take a closer look👇
Moldovan President Maia Sandu has paid tribute to the accomplishments of 2025 #EuropaNostraAward laureate Varvara Buzilă — because Europe’s strength comes from “the richness of its cultures.”
Read her full statement 👇
Read her full statement 👇
October 24, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Moldovan President Maia Sandu has paid tribute to the accomplishments of 2025 #EuropaNostraAward laureate Varvara Buzilă — because Europe’s strength comes from “the richness of its cultures.”
Read her full statement 👇
Read her full statement 👇