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On Friday, May 30, the largest bus transportation company in the Baltic region, Lux Express, has launched a new summer season route to Klaipėda.

On 29 May, the Liepāja 2027 Foundation presented a new gift to the city in honour of its 400th anniversary — a large-scale mural by artist Kristaps Tinte, titled “Laipnības patvērums” (Haven of Grace).

The Istituzione Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa announces a call for applications to assign two young artists a space in Venice (at Palazzo Carminati in San Stae) where they can study and work for a period of five weeks: September 8 – October 10, 2025.

On 12 July, the Liepāja 2027 Foundation will shine a spotlight on how to live with nature rather than against it by hosting an international forum titled “Nature Trouble”. This ecological brainstorming marks the opening act of the programme cycle “Agora of Values”, part of the Liepāja – European Capital of Culture 2027 initiative.

EPHEMERA PHESTIVAL is the initiative of CreArt Valladolid and Cultura Valladolid to present contemporary art in the public space focusing on ephemeral interventions. This edition will take place between September 15–October 5, 2025.

As part of its participation in the European CreArt program, the city of Rouen invites artists to apply for a joint residency at “Centre Culturel André-Malraux”. One artist will be selected from Rouen and one artist internationally. Artists from Liepāja are invited to use this opportunity.

On 11 July at 18:00, the Bertschy Hall of the Art Gallery “Romas Dārzs” will open its doors to the public with the exhibition “Unscheduled Sandy Meeting II” organized by the Foundation “Liepāja 2027”. The exhibition, which will run until 12 September, brings together 14 young artists from Liepāja who explore the post-war legacy of the Baltic Sea and the environmental issues shaping life along its shores.

On Wednesday, 21 May, at the Great Amber Concert Hall, the Liepāja 2027 Foundation and the French Institute in Latvia officially launched a new strategic partnership by signing a memorandum of cooperation, laying the common groundwork for long-term collaboration that will shape the European Capital of Culture programme in Liepāja.

Our friends from Trenčín – European Capital of Culture 2026 – together with the Municipal Cultural Centre of Nové Mesto nad Váhom are announcing the 23rd edition of the international cartoon and satire biennial “Novomestský osteň 2025.”

On 14 May 2025, the Liepāja 2027 team took part in the second monitoring meeting organised by the European Commission, where we presented the project’s level of readiness to the European Capitals of Culture (ECOC) Expert Panel online.