{"id":12112,"date":"2026-02-25T11:00:04","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T09:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/liepaja2027.lv\/?post_type=event&#038;p=12112"},"modified":"2026-05-05T15:55:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T12:55:17","slug":"europe-day","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/liepaja2027.lv\/en\/events\/europe-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><p>On 9 May, Liep&#257;ja 2027 will mark Europe Day with a programme of activities across Liep&#257;ja, South Kurzeme and Kuld&#299;ga regions, to strengthen civic awareness and foster a shared sense of belonging to the European community. From 12:00 to 16:00.<\/p><h4>Programme<\/h4><p><strong>Interactive and educational activities in the square beside the Great Amber Concert Hall (J&#363;ras iela 11)<\/strong><\/p><ul>\n<li>12:00 &ndash; 16:00 Youth-led initiatives to discuss European values, democracy and media literacy<\/li>\n<li>12:00 &ndash; 16:00 Four community projects funded through the microgrant competition &ldquo;The European Dream in Our Neighbourhood!&rdquo; will run in parallel: &ldquo;From Field to Table&rdquo; (Jaunliep&#257;ja), &ldquo;Reflections of European Values in Vecliep&#257;ja&rsquo;s Window&rdquo; (Vecliep&#257;ja), &ldquo;Create Your Own Community&rdquo; (Vecliep&#257;ja) and &ldquo;Dream Boxes&rdquo; (Northern Suburbs)<\/li>\n<li>12:00 &ndash; 16:00 Creative workshops with artist Agnese Rudz&#299;te<\/li>\n<li>12:20 &ndash; 13:50 and 14:20 &ndash; 15:50 Cyberattack simulation by the European Digital Innovation Centre (EDIC)<\/li>\n<li>12:30 &ndash; 14:00 Discussion on art, democracy, European values, and public participation moderated by Kristaps T&#257;lbergs<\/li>\n<li>14:20 Trivia game &ldquo;Faktu Formula&rdquo;<\/li>\n<\/ul><p><strong>Performances by &ldquo;E75 Art Bus&rdquo; artists at cultural venues across Liep&#257;ja<\/strong><\/p><ul>\n<li>12:00 &ndash; at the &ldquo;Bankhaus&rdquo; cultural venue, Eeva-Liisa Puhakka (Finland) presents the performance &ldquo;Currents of Smell and Signal: from the Aegean Sea to the Barents Sea&rdquo;, accompanied by a multisensory workshop with public participation<\/li>\n<li>12:00 &ndash; Sun&#269;ica Pasuljevi&#263; Kandi&#263; (Serbia) presents the performance &ldquo;Earthly Story&rdquo; and a collaborative storytelling workshop at &ldquo;V&#275;j&scaron; Cafe &ndash; V&#275;tra&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li>12:30 &ndash; Tianjun Li &ldquo;Timjune&rdquo; (China\/Finland) presents the audiovisual performance &ldquo;Free as Birds&rdquo; at the &ldquo;Veranda&rdquo; art space<\/li>\n<li>13:00 &ndash; Saara Kumpulainen (Finland) collects visitors&rsquo; sorrow and excitement in the performance &ldquo;European Collective Tear&rdquo; in the open lounge &ldquo;Pietura&rdquo; at the Great Amber Concert Hall<\/li>\n<li>13:30 &ndash; Sjors Hoogerdijk (Finland\/Netherlands) presents the interactive sound performance &ldquo;Modulating Histories&rdquo; at &ldquo;Valhalla&rdquo; caf&eacute;<\/li>\n<li>14:00 &ndash; Dance performance &ldquo;LOITSUT &ndash; at the end of the world&rdquo; by Polena Kolia Petersen (Greece\/Denmark), returning to the &ldquo;Bankhaus&rdquo; cultural venue<\/li>\n<\/ul><p><strong>South Kurzeme Region<\/strong><\/p><ul>\n<li>The trivia game &ldquo;Faktu Formula&rdquo; will take place at two locations from 14:20 to 15:00 &ndash; at the Durbe Cultural Centre and at Virga Manor<\/li>\n<\/ul><p><strong>Kuld&#299;ga Region<\/strong><\/p><ul>\n<li>The trivia game &ldquo;Faktu Formula&rdquo; will take place from 14:20 to 15:00 also at two locations &ndash; at V&#257;rme Elementary School and at the Alsunga tea house &ldquo;Sap&#326;otava&rdquo;<\/li>\n<\/ul><p>Each year, Europe Day celebrations within the Liep&#257;ja 2027 programme will highlight the city&rsquo;s dual role as European Capital of Culture and as a platform for European Union values in action. The initiative aims to establish a lasting tradition, strengthening civic awareness and sustaining an open dialogue about our shared European future.<\/p><p>The &ldquo;Europe Day&rdquo; project is implemented by the Liep&#257;ja 2027 Foundation. Total project funding amounts to 28,306.44 euros, co-financed by Liep&#257;ja Municipality (16,000 euros), South Kurzeme Municipality (287.44 euros), Kuld&#299;ga Municipality (500 euros), and the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia (11,519 euros), with an additional 5,450 euros provided through the German Embassy in Latvia&rsquo;s &ldquo;Fact, Fiction and Democracy&rdquo; project. The Liep&#257;ja 2027 programme is supported by its main partner in environmental education and sustainability, AS &ldquo;CleanR Grupa&rdquo; Jsc; its main partner in mobility and international communication, AS &ldquo;airBaltic Corporation&rdquo; Jsc; and its mobility partner, transport operator SIA &ldquo;Lux Express Latvia&rdquo; Ltd.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13573,"template":"","event-location":[165],"event-category":[146],"event-accesibilty":[97,96],"class_list":["post-12112","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/liepaja2027.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/12112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/liepaja2027.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/liepaja2027.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liepaja2027.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/liepaja2027.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event-location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liepaja2027.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-location?post=12112"},{"taxonomy":"event-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liepaja2027.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-category?post=12112"},{"taxonomy":"event-accesibilty","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liepaja2027.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-accesibilty?post=12112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}