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Light installation Refugees Will Come by legendary nomad artist Babi Badalov in Rijeka
By: Rijeka 2020International artist who defies wars and situations forcing people to constant mass migrations develops his art in reaction to the brutality of wires and beatings at guarded borders.
ECoC programmes scheduled to take place in march and in the first half of april, postponed until further notice
By: Rijeka 2020All programmes in culture and arts and all public events scheduled in the ECoC event calendar by 14 April are postponed until further notice. Partner organisations participating in the realisation of the European Capital of Culture made thi...
Svežanj bay in Kostrena gets new designer beach equipment provided under the Lungomare Art flagship
By: Rijeka 2020To make the beach even more prominent, the international art collective Numen/For use will design playful and useful beach equipment which will be permanently located at Svežanj beach in June this year.
“Forever” closes the Needcompany festival in Rijeka
By: Rijeka 2020On Friday, March 6th, at the Croatian National Theatre Ivan pl. Zajc in Rijeka the performance of "Forever" by the Needcompany group marked the closing of the Needcompany Festival in Rijeka, held from 29 February to 6 March as part of the p...
Open Call for Entry – 25th Review of Puppet Theaters
By: Rijeka 2020We are pleased to announce that the 25th Puppet Theater Review will take place from the 2nd to 11th of November 2020 in Rijeka, organized by the Rijeka City Puppet Theater.
Needcompany festival to kick off on 29 february as part of the Rijeka 2020 ECoC programme
By: Rijeka 2020The Belgian art group Needcompany, one of the most important representatives of contemporary European theatre, will give as part of the Rijeka 2020 European Capital of Culture programme three performances from 29 February to 6 March and ope...
24 hours that changed Rijeka
By: Rijeka 2020A large-scale opening program that took place on 1st February 2020, and lasted for 24 hours, marked a date on which the city of Rijeka officially took over the title of the European Capital of Culture, as well as the actual start of...
Opera Industriale transforms Rijeka Port into an amazing stage, leading Rijeka into a year of the European Capital of Culture
By: Rijeka 2020Tens of thousands of people attended the central EcoC opening programme hat communicated the courageous messages on the values upon which modern Europe is founded
Mayor of Rijeka received the official plaque with the title of European Capital of Culture
By: Rijeka 2020During the opening ceremony in Croatian National Theatre Ivan pl. Zajca, Rijeka - as the new European Capital of Culture - sent a message: Unto peace, unto peace!
Head of the City of Rijeka Culture Department: „Tonight we are celebrating the birth of a new city!“
By: Rijeka 2020A full-day programme of the opening of the European Capital of Culture is underway in Rijeka. Ahead of the ceremony at the Croatian National Theatre, statements were delivered to journalists by organizers and artists
The largest culture party in Europe launched!
By: Rijeka 2020The morning programme of the opening of European Capital of Culture in Rijeka launched off with music, dance and great mood.
Press centre on Botel Marina opens doors for more than 230 accredited media representatives
By: Rijeka 2020On Saturday, 1 February, at 8 a.m., a temporary press centre of Rijeka 2020 has opened its doors on Botel Marina in Rijeka Port, where tonight there will be held central opening programme of Rijeka 2020 – European Capital of Culture.