European Capitals of Culture
Every year there is a city (or sometimes cities) named as the European Capitals of Culture . In 2010 Hungary and Germany will have the right to each nominate a city. So far 7 Hungarian cities competed for this prestigious opportunity. As “Gyere Gyuri” briefly reports , the Minister of Culture has declared the application of Pécs as the winner of the Hungarian title. (As far as I know presently Essen and Görlitz are the cities still competing for the German title).
The hometown of Gyere Gyuri (a nice town called Győr) was also competing so it is a great thing from him to add: “We congratulate them. They’ve deserved it.”
The following blogs also cover this news:
Debrecenfalu , where the very short entry generated an interested discussion about the application of their own city (Debrecen).
E.M.A város also seems to be happy to see Pécs win as he/she considers that application much more realistic than the Budapest one.
[Henrik’s note: as Pécs is my birthplace you can imagine how happy I am for this success! 
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(The referenced blogs are in Hungarian)
Hungary: Capitals of Culture
Hungarian Accent reports on the selection of Pecs as Hungary’s candidate for European Capital of Culture and the Hungarian blogosphere’s discussion of the selection.
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Trackback by Global Voices Online — October 20, 2005 @ 3:54 am
Congrats for your home town!
I think a lot of people have been pleasantly surprised by the result. I would never have thought that the panel making the decision would actually do something unexpected.
Pécs is a great place though and it well deserves the extra attention is will get. I hope the South of Hungary gets a lot more tourists down there now.
p.s. It was good to find your blog!
Comment by Vándorló — October 21, 2005 @ 9:08 am
I agree, many people seemed to be surprised by the decision.
I just hope Pécs will take good advantage of this great opportunity.
Comment by Henrik — October 23, 2005 @ 7:14 pm