{"id":72932,"date":"2026-06-11T11:11:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T08:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/?p=72932"},"modified":"2026-06-09T11:45:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T08:45:07","slug":"two-candidates-for-finno-ugric-capital-of-culture-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/en\/two-candidates-for-finno-ugric-capital-of-culture-2027\/","title":{"rendered":"Two applications for Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Secretariat of the Finno-Ugric <a href=\"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/en\/discover\/capitals-of-culture\/\">Capitals of Culture<\/a> has announced that it has received two eligible applications for the title of Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture 2027: the village of Geresdlak in Baranya County, Hungary, and the Kreevinimaa region in Latvia (Jaunsaule-Vecsaule and Bauska).<br><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An independent five-member international jury has begun its deliberations, and the name of the 2027 Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture will be announced on 20 June 2026, in the 2026 Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture, Hancock (Michigan, USA) around Midsummer\u2019s Day, during the celebration of the summer solstice.<\/p><div class=\"my-12 my-md-16 px-4 pt-6 border-primary-top content-section\">\r\n    \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-links\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/capitals.uralic.org\/news\/two-candidates-compete-for-finno-ugric-capital-of-culture-2027-title\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Two Candidates Compete for Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture 2027 Title (21.05.2026, Capitals of Culture)<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Secretariat of the Finno-Ugric Capitals of Culture has announced that it has received two eligible applications for the title of Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":25087,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1096],"tags":[3825,3243],"class_list":["post-72932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-2026-en","tag-capitals-of-culture"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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