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NEWS BRIEFS / Culture

Nikšić named ‘European Capital of Culture 2030’ outside EU

22/10/2025 (Agence Europe) – On Tuesday 21 October, the chairman of the group of independent experts on the European Capitals of Culture recommended that Nikšić (Montenegro) be designated as the ‘European Capital of Culture 2030’ in an EFTA/EEA country, a candidate country or potential candidate country for EU membership. The city has overtaken Lviv (Ukraine) and follows the nominations of Novi Sad (Serbia, 2022), Bodø (Norway, 2024) and Skopje (North Macedonia, 2028). Under the theme of the ‘open city’ and the Montenegrin concept of ‘čojstvo’ or ‘human being’, the programme will be organised around the notions of creativity, solidarity and resilience. Nikšić will share its title with Louvain (Belgium) (see EUROPE 13717/26) and a Cypriot city (Larnaka or Lemesos), which will be announced in December 2025. To find out more about Nikšić’s programme: https://aeur.eu/f/j2z (NP)

Contents

EUROPEAN COUNCIL
COMPETITIVENESS/CLIMATE: European Council to call for accelerating work on competitiveness before informal summit in February
UKRAINE: EU27 invited to agree on key principles of future macro-financial loan to Ukraine, exploiting Russian public assets tied up in EU
DEFENCE: European Council should ask for progress on short- and long-term capacities
MIDDLE EAST: European leaders expected to call for full implementation of peace agreement
EURO AREA: Euro Summit to discuss digital euro project and integration of capital markets in EU
HOUSING: CoR and EESC call on EU27 to fully address “social and economic emergency” of access to housing
EXTERNAL ACTION
EGYPT : EU and Cairo pledge to step up cooperation in economic, security and migration fields
DEVELOPMENT: official development assistance - Europeans’ generosity artificially inflated, according to report by Concord network
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
COMPANIES: ‘omnibus’ - European Parliament rejects negotiating mandate on simplification of CSRD and CSDDD Directives
ECONOMY: broad support in European Parliament for new macro-financial loan to Ukraine mobilising Russian assets frozen in EU
FUTURE OF EU: European Parliament approves report calling for review of Treaties before new members join EU
BUDGET: European Parliament adopts its position on 2026 EU budget
BELARUS: Sergei Tikhanovsky urges EU to take more active role in Belarus
SERBIA: one year after tragedy in Novi Sad, European Parliament denounces Belgrade’s authoritarian drift
AFRICA: MEPs share vision for future of ‘EU-Africa’ partnership
HUMAN RIGHTS: journalists Andrzej Poczobut and Mzia Amaglobeli win 2025 Sakharov Prize
SECTORAL POLICIES
Interview ENVIRONMENT: European Water Resilience Strategy can become “great industry adventure”, according to Danish Minister for Environment
ENVIRONMENT: European Parliament’s political groups hold future of ‘imported deforestation’ regulation in their hands
ENERGY: REPowerEU - European Parliament backs decision to open interinstitutional negotiations with EU Council, with first session on 6 November
AGRICULTURE/TRADE : Hungary, Romania and Slovakia call for efficient safeguard measures in EU-Ukraine agreement
AGRICULTURE: farming organisations disappointed by EU strategy on generational renewal
AGRICULTURE: European Commission launches call for evidence on revision of rules on organic production
JUSTICE: challenges of new ‘Council of Europe Convention for the Protection of the Profession of Lawyers’ presented to MEPs
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: European Parliament adopts distribution of competences between its committees for 2028-2034 Multiannual Financial Framework
EESC: Séamus Boland criticises dilution of resources allocated to agriculture and cohesion policy in post-2027 EU budget
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: tax systems of Baltic countries among most competitive in OECD according to Tax Foundation
MONEY LAUNDERING: Accountancy Europe calls on AMLA and European Commission to integrate certain principles into development of regulatory technical standards
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL/EMPLOYMENT: simplification, job quality, investment - European social partners set out their demands to EU27 on competitiveness
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: disability rights - European Disability Forum welcomes announcement of EU strategy update in Commission’s 2026 programme
NEWS BRIEFS
AFRICA: launch of ‘Africa-Europe Innovation Platform’, a ‘network of networks’ to support entrepreneurship
TRADE: Ursula von der Leyen says she is ready to propose new economic security measures
CULTURE: Nikšić named ‘European Capital of Culture 2030’ outside EU
CULTURE: Creative Europe - European Commission takes stock of its programme’s support for literature
ENERGY: Member States’ ambassadors to EU do not reject delegated act on ‘low-carbon’ hydrogen
MOZAMBIQUE: EU releases €800,000 in humanitarian aid after new attacks in north of country
UZBEKISTAN: EU wants to deepen political and economic cooperation with Tashkent
RESEARCH: European Commission consults on future Advanced Materials Act
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