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Details unveiled – our artistic director, Lajos Koltai

Eger performed well in the race for the title of European Capital of Culture 2010, so the Local Government decided that the city is to run again for the 2023 holding of the title. A professional conference was held on Thursday at the Assembly Hall of the City Hall regarding the tender application. Eger’s application […]

2017-03-17 by

Members of Eger’s cultural life given another round of updates

Another professional forum linked to the ECoC2023 tender was hosted on March 16th, 2017. Eger’s Local Government invited representatives of all institutions and associations devoted to art and culture in Eger as well as of Eszterházy Károly University and the Eger Archdiocese to the lavish assembly hall in the City Hall. The city’s decision makers, […]

2017-03-16 by

Capital of culture

Deputy Mayor Ildikó Adler Martonné met the heads of settlements around Eger at the City Hall, so that they may liaise on how best to cooperate regarding the “European Capital of Culture 2023” tender application. Each town is to contribute local assets to the body of the tender application.

2017-03-01 by

Meeting with the heads of the surrounding settlements

The strategic thinking that’s held sway thus far is to continue with the fine-tuning of details. We held a meeting with the heads of the surrounding towns on March 1st, 2017, at which numerous creative ideas were put forward in the spirit of cooperation and joint success.

2017-03-01 by

The tender is announced

State Secretariat for Culture at the Ministry of Human Resources announced the “European Capital of Culture 2023” tender on February 20, 2017. From the publication of “ECoC2023”, ten months are available for the preparation of Hungarian-language materials for the first round. This is then translated and the finished document is completed with a design that […]

2017-02-20 by

Unity not majority!

e General Assembly approved Eger’s Cultural and Community building Strategy The General Assembly approved Eger’s Cultural and Community building Strategy in January 2017, which also incorporates the period after “ECoC2023”. This document contains our long term cultural, social and economic goals, including those of city development. Winning the title would enable us to realise these […]

2017-02-02 by

Where are we now?

On two occasions, the City Hall has been the venue for wide-ranging discussions involving the heads of local cultural institutions and art associations, of NGOs, representatives of the Eger Archdiocese, Eszterházy Károly University, and creatives who hail from Eger and/or are active in the area. The Local Government of Eger is hosting further discussion forums […]

2017-02-02 by

Strategic agreement with the university

The Local Government and Eszterházy Károly University have signed a strategic agreement at the public city celebrations commemorating Hungarian Culture Day and the successful preparation of the tender application for “European Capital of Culture 2023”. Those who have excelled at cultural or artistic endeavours received public recognition at the celebrations, and the finalists of the […]

2017-01-24 by

Strategic cooperation with the University of Eger

László Habis, Mayor, and Dr. Kálmán Liptai, rector of Eszterházy Károly University, signed a strategic agreement on close cooperation in the ECoC2023 tender at the official ceremony held in celebration of the Hungarian Culture Day in January 2017.

2017-01-22 by