{"id":72938,"date":"2026-06-14T13:02:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T10:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/?p=72938"},"modified":"2026-06-09T13:15:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T10:15:36","slug":"2027-capital-of-culture-candidates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/en\/2027-capital-of-culture-candidates\/","title":{"rendered":"2027 Capital of Culture candidates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On 2 June, the Finno-Ugric <a href=\"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/en\/two-candidates-for-finno-ugric-capital-of-culture-2027\/\">Capital of Culture 2027<\/a> competition committee met virtually to meet the two candidates for next year\u2019s title: Geresdlak (Hungary) and Kreevinimaa (Latvia). The meeting was chaired by <strong>Oliver Loode<\/strong>, programme director of the Finno-Ugric Capitals of Culture.<br>The jury members are:<br><strong>Kamilla Kaiser<\/strong> \u2013 researcher in Finno-Ugric studies, member of the Reguly Society (Hungary)<br><strong>Alexandra Kellner<\/strong> \u2013 member of Sukukansojen yst\u00e4v\u00e4t ry (Finland)<br><strong>Nate Kilponen-Fix<\/strong> \u2013 member of the Finlandia Foundation\u2019s Youth Leadership Council, Finno-Ugric activist (USA)<br><strong>Barbi Pilvre<\/strong> \u2013 Director of Fenno-Ugria Foundation (Estonia)<br><strong>Vitaly Romashkin<\/strong> \u2013 member of the Erzya Elders\u2019 Council (USA)<br>The Geresdlak delegation was represented by Geresdlak Mayor Dr. <strong>Tibor Habj\u00e1necz<\/strong>, Deputy Mayor <strong>Csaba Fischer<\/strong>, and Geresdlak Village Council Secretary <strong>Vikt\u00f3ria Fischern\u00e9 Farag\u00f3<\/strong>. <strong>Bog\u00e1ta Tim\u00e1r<\/strong>, a Hungarian from Tartu, helped introduce Geresdlak to the jury.<br>Kreevinimaa was represented by <strong>Dmitrijs \u0160\u010dego\u013cevs<\/strong>, head of the Kreevinimaa \/ Krievinu Novads NGO. <\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two-hour meeting was substantive; the candidates were thoroughly questioned, a discussion took place weighing the strengths and weaknesses of both, and a vote was held. Additional information on both Geresdlak and Kreevinimaa will be published shortly.<br>The jury\u2019s decision: the name of the Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture 2027 will be announced on June 20 in Hancock (Michigan, USA) during the celebration of the summer solstice, Midsummer Day (Juhannus).<\/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\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Finno-Ugric Capitals of Culture<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fennougria.ee\/en\/discover\/capitals-of-culture\/\">Capitals of Culture (Fenno-Ugria)<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\r\n<\/div><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FURTHER INFORMATION:<br>Oliver Loode<br>+372 513 2992<br>capitals@uralic.org<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 2 June, the Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture 2027 competition committee met virtually to meet the two candidates for next year\u2019s title: Geresdlak (Hungary) and &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":72801,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1096],"tags":[3825,3243,3676,3600],"class_list":["post-72938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-2026-en","tag-capitals-of-culture","tag-hungary-en","tag-latvia"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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