{"id":124148,"date":"2015-10-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-22T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/14-romanian-cities-compete-for-the-title-of-european-capital-of-culture-2021\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T21:07:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T19:07:41","slug":"14-romanian-cities-compete-for-the-title-of-european-capital-of-culture-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/14-romanian-cities-compete-for-the-title-of-european-capital-of-culture-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"14 Romanian Cities Compete for the Title of European Capital of Culture 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The Ministry of Culture announced that following the analysis of the submitted files, the candidacies of the cities of Alba Iulia, Arad, Bacau, Baia Mare, Brasov, Braila, Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Craiova, Iasi, Sfantu Gheorghe, Suceava, Timisoara, and Targu-Mures for the title of European Capital of Culture 2021 have been accepted.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>In the first half of November, additional information regarding the meeting agenda and the scheduling of candidacy presentations by the candidate cities will be published, and the pre-selection meeting, following which the European jury will draw up a short list of candidate cities, will take place between December 7 &#8211; 10.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In the released press statement, it is mentioned that the Ministry of Culture has supported and continues to support the candidacies of all 14 participating cities equidistantly and will support the city that wins the competition in organizing and carrying out the program of events, projects, and initiatives intended to give concrete content to the status of European Capital of Culture 2021.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The &quot;European Capital of Culture&quot; program was initiated by the Council of Ministers of Culture of the European Union in 1985, with the aim of bringing the peoples of Europe closer together and celebrating the contribution of cities to the development of culture. To date, over 40 cities have held this title. In 2007, the city of Sibiu held this title, alongside Luxembourg.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wall-street.ro\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">Wall-Street<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Which Romanian cities are competing for the 2021 title?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A total of 14 cities are in the race, including Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Timisoara, Iasi, and Brasov, among others.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When will the short list of candidates be announced?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The pre-selection meeting to establish the short list of cities is scheduled to take place between December 7 and 10.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Has any other Romanian city held this title before?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yes, Sibiu was the European Capital of Culture in 2007, sharing the title with Luxembourg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Culture announced that following the analysis of the submitted files, the candidacies of the cities of Alba Iulia, Arad, Bacau, Baia Mare, Brasov, Braila, Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Craiova, Iasi, Sfantu Gheorghe, Suceava, Timisoara, and Targu-Mures for the title of European Capital of Culture 2021 have been accepted. &nbsp; In the first half of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":65704,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2858],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-124148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tourism"],"article_style_override":"","post-style":"","post_via":"","post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/turism-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124148"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=124148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}