The fact that Košice will become the European Capital of Culture (ECOC) in 2013 was known by 72% of people that took part in a survey in December 2011 during a tour of Slovak cities (Bratislava, Žilina, Banská Bystrica, Prešov and Košice) - KULTOUR 2013, carried out by Košice 2013 non-profit making organisation. The best source of information is television, online newspapers and the internet. The most popular event in the ECOC portfolio has become the White Nights/Nuit Blanche event.

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Košice, the European Capital of Culture 2013, is headed out on tour to Bratislava accompanied by a non-traditional, multi-functional mobile podium on wheels - KULTOUR 2013. The Košice 2013 team will kick off the program in the capital on 13 December at 4:00 PM at Primaciálne námestie (Primate's Square). The tour going forward will include visits to the following city centres: Žilina, Banská Bystrica, Prešov and Košice. The organizers want to use this unconventional format and accompanying program to bring the project closer to all the residents of Slovakia.

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The Palace of Wonders in Buda, part of the capital of Hungary, has become the next stone in the mosaic of the Creative Factory project. It will be placed in the City Exhibition Center in the Barracks/Culturpark grounds. This will be reconstructed as part of the Košice - European Capital of Culture 2013 project.

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Two founding Coalition 2013+ members - U. S. Steel Košice, s. r. o. and Východoslovenská energetika, a. s. (Coalition 2013+ is the legal entities interest group) significantly support with their activities the Košice - European Capital of Culture 2013 project.

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In cooperation with Futura, Prague, and the Triangle Arts Association, Brooklyn, the International Visegrad Fund is opening a call for applications for artist-in-residence scholarships in New York in 2012. The residencies are intended for visual artists who are citizens of the Visegrad Group countries (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland or Slovakia). Deadline 22 December 2011.

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Michal Holy is in Chisinau since September 9, 2011, where he takes part in KIOSK artist in residency program. During this period he has established a relation with Chisinau urban space, crossing it on the bicycle and by feet, looking for common for his native city of Kosice features.

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Košice 2013, n.o. within project Kosice  A.I.R. (artists in residence)  offers three-month residency in Kosice (Slovakia) (from May to December 2012) for artists from abroad. Deadline for applications: 31. December 2011.

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Mayor of Košice Richard Raši and President of U. S. Steel Košice David J. Rintoul signed a Memorandum of Understanding on November 10, 2011. They agreed on realization of the Creative Factory project in one of the buildings in the Barracks/Culturpark grounds. It will be reconstructed as part of the Košice - European Capital of Culture 2013 project.

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An untraditional multifunctional stand on wheels - KULTOUR 2013 - will visit five Slovak cities and will introduce the project of the future European Capital of Culture (ECOC) via a unique presentation and programme.  From 13th to 16th December 2011, they will gradually visit four Slovak cities (Bratislava, Žilina, Banská Bystrica, Prešov).  Starting in Bratislava (13th december) and finishing its route in Košice (16th december), where the programme will culminate in an exhibition of ice sculptures.  For this occasion, the ECOC team is currently seeking two part time employees.

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Meetings at the highest level between representatives of the cities of Košice and Marseille and between the European Capital of Culture teams from both cities are laying out the lines of cooperation between both cities awarded the title of European Capital of Culture for 2013. After meetings between Mayor Richard Raši and Deputy Mayor Renáta Lenártová with their colleagues in France, the Director of Košice 2013 Ján Sudzina and Art Director Vladimír Beskid met with the Marseille/Provence team at the end of last week.

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The City of Košice is one of the seven founding Coalition 2013+ members. The new management of the non-profit organization Košice - European Capital of Culture 2013 has realized the fact that the city is made ​​up of 22 city wards, and it organized a meeting with the leaders of Košice city wards at the beginning of October. They were - according to their words - pleasantly surprised by the invitation to the negotiating table. Twelve leaders of Košice city wards finally accepted this invitation, who discussed with the Executive Director of Košice - ECOC 2013 Ján Sudzina, the Art Director Vladimir Beskid and the SPOT-s project manager for community development Blanka Berkyová.

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The new non-profit organization Košice - ECOC 2013 management continued in opening up dialogue with the Košice community in early October. Executive Director Ján Sudzina and Art Director Vladimir Beskid met with cultural operators - with the representatives of stone cultural institutions and civic society organizations active in culture and the arts. Twelve representatives of Košice culture accepted an invitation and the Coalition 2013+ members also took part in this meeting. There were representatives from State Theatre Košice, State Philharmonic Orchestra Kosice, CREATV and City TV Foundation.

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