05/09/2014 (Agence Europe) - Plovdiv, European capital of culture 2019. On Friday 5 September, the independent selection panel recommended that Plovdiv should be awarded the title of European capital of culture 2019. Three other cities were short-listed: Sofia, Varna and Veliko Turnovo. Formal nomination of Plovdiv by the EU Council of Ministers is expected to take place in May 2015. In a press release, European Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou...