GALWAY 2020 EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF THE CULTURE REINVENT ITSELF

BACK WITH AN EXCITING REDESIGNING PLAN

Responsible Author: Jedi Foster P/O Rahma Sophia Rachdi | Paris, Washington DC, 09/15/2020, 03:28 Time

USPA NEWS - Despite the ups and downs of an extraordinary year, Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture is back with an exciting redesigned program. From September 2020 to March 2021, over 350 artists from Galway and across Ireland will take part in a series of arts and cultural events celebrating the creativity for which this region of western Ireland is known.
The new program of “Galway 2020, European Capital of Culture” will be both real and virtual, comprising more than 28 projects and hundreds of events still on the original theme “language, landscape and migration”. Enough to whet the appetite of culture enthusiasts.

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EUROPEAN COUNCIL AGREES POSITION ON EUROPEAN BUDGET FOR 2021 TO €162.9 Bn

AND €164.8 Bn IN PAYMENTS

Responsible Author: Jedi Foster P/O Rahma Sophia Rachdi | Paris, Washington DC, 09/15/2020, 03:18 Time

USPA NEWS - Today EU ambassadors agreed the Council's position on the 2021 EU draft budget. In total, the Council's position for next year's budget amounts to €162.9 billion in commitments and €164.8 billion in payments. "The 2021 budget will help the EU to address the damage of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has deeply affected our societies and economies. The Council's position is fully aligned with the priorities agreed by EU leaders in July for the next multiannual financial framework. It provides appropriate means to support a sustainable recovery as well as the EU's green and digital transition." Olaf Scholz, Germany's Federal Minister for Finance and Vice Chancellor.

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