07/04/2003 (Agence Europe) - During the 2003 tercentenary celebrations in Saint Petersburg, the European Commission supports five cultural projects involving music, theatre, art and design, a Commission press release announces. These projects will be organised in Saint Petersburg during the weeks and months to come, in the context of the EU's "Culture 2000" programme and will follow the joint declaration of the EU/Russia Summit in May 2001, during which the EU had announced its determination to take part in the Saint Petersburg commemoration celebrations. Other activities are organised in the context of the cooperation agreement between Saint-Petersburg and Graz, European Capital of Culture 2003. Saint Petersburg will also hold a European Month of Culture in October this year.