INTERVIEW

Glenn Micallef: Agora EU will be a place where culture, media and EU values meet

In his first interview with Creatives Unite, Commissioner Glenn Micallef said the 'Europe for Culture' declaration is a 'strong signal of the importance of culture at the European level'. He defended the merging of the Creative Europe programme into a new Agora EU...
ADVOCACY

70+ Cultural Organizations Are Calling For A stronger AgoraEU Programme for Culture

A coalition of over cultural organisations networks and institutions from across Europe is signing an open letter addressed to EU policymakers on the future of Creative Europe in the next long-term EU budget They are calling for at least of the budget of...

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Submit your live performance proposal and celebrate the 'Day of the Mediterranean'

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Anna Lindh Foundation | Call for musical performance proposals

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Showcase your work at the Imaginarius Performing Arts Festival in Portugal

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Imaginarius | Performing Arts in Public Spaces

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Residency programme in France for curators and art critics

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Cité internationale des arts | Residency programme for curators and art critics

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Perform Europe reimagines international touring  with a €1.4 million in funding for performing arts projects

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Perform Europe | 3rd Open call for performing arts collaborations

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Mobility and exchange grants across the Nordic Region for emerging artists

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NEMO | Northern European Mobility Opportunity

Artificial Intelligence

"If AI is here, it should be a public resource": a conversation with Heritiana Ranaivoson

Economist Heritiana Ranaivoson argues that generative AI—trained on creators’ work without consent—should be treated as a public resource, urging Europe to strengthen regulation and industrial policy at the same time to protect its cultural and creative sectors.

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Interviews

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Nina George: Stolen Words Are Stolen Futures

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Working Conditions

FLIP Final Study: The Precariat with a Portfolio

Europe calls its cultural workers vital infrastructure. The Creative FLIP final study shows they are also underpaid, underprotected, and absorbing systemic risks that policy should carry. Seven and a half years of evidence distilled into one uncomfortable question: resilient or enduring?

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In a Historic First, EU Institutions Commit to Place Culture at The Heart of Policy

Case Studies

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From Soundwave to Stage: When AI co-creation needs time, not just ideas

How the Europeana Academy Is Training Europe's Cultural Heritage Sector for the Digital Age

Demagog Studio: Building a Universe Where IP Connects Everything

M.oving O.thers: Choreographing AI, Audience, and Live Performance

Inclusion

Serbia's Artists Call for International Boycott of Expo 2027 as Cultural Repression Deepens

An open letter from Serbian artists and scholars urges foreign colleagues to shun next year's world exposition in Belgrade warning that the event is being used by the government of President Aleksandar Vu i to launder its image while systematically dismantling artistic freedom...

Marjane Satrapi, the woman who helped the world understand Iran
European Parliament Demands Brussels Act Over Slovakia's Rule of Law
Instagram can now read all users’ private messages. Will this make kids safer or just boost ad targeting?
EU Prepares Summer Law to Bar Children from Social Media as Von der Leyen Vows to 'Give Childhood Back'
Greening

New European Bauhaus: EU's favourite green design projects to a public vote

The public has until 6pm Brussels time this Friday to help choose the winners of the European Commission's New European Bauhaus Prizes, an annual competition that rewards projects blending sustainability, inclusion and good design.

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The Islamic legacy built into Gaudí’s most famous designs
Velosonics: Listening to the City Through Machines
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Ukraine Crisis

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Rebuilding War-Torn Ukraine with Renewable, Community-Led Materials

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