Europa Nostra SG @sneskaen.bsky.social spoke at the #SoftPowerConference on “AI & Soft Power”, held in Rome on 29-30 January.
She stressed the need to balance artificial intelligence with “ancestral intelligence” rooted in shared values and culture — for the common good, Europe and humanity.
Today, @sneskaen.bsky.social, Europa Nostra SG and Project Leader of the @eurheritagehub.bsky.social, reported to the EU Commission Expert Group on Cultural Heritage.
She outlined the Pilot Phase's key achievements and presented the Preparatory Action, which aims to align with the #CultureCompass.
📰 NEW: An article in the Brussels Times highlights @europanostra.bsky.social's work in advocating for the EU Commission's #CultureCompass and to secure it within the next EU budget.
"Culture isn’t an extra; it’s a foundation," our SG @sneskaen.bsky.social said.
Read the article 👇
📰NEWS: In a new interview with @theartnewspaper.bsky.social, our SG @sneskaen.bsky.social highlights how in the case of the Belgrade’s Generalštab Modernist Complex, protecting heritage and preserving European values such as democracy go hand in hand.
👉 www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/24/p...
🎙️NEW: On this week's EU Confidential episode about European Union enlargement, host Sarah Wheaton spoke with our SG @sneskaen.bsky.social about why Europe won’t feel complete until its whole cultural family is reunited.
Listen here 👇
When Culture wins, Europe wins! 🇪🇺🤝
Europa Nostra welcomes and strongly endorses the Culture Compass for Europe, a landmark document placing culture & cultural heritage at the heart of Europe’s future.
Read our full statement: www.europanostra.org/when-culture...
#CultureCompassEU
Europa Nostra was honoured to be awarded the 2025 Empress Theophano Prize yesterday in Thessaloniki for 60+ years of protecting and promoting European cultural heritage as a vector for unity, identity & sustainable development.
Watch the full recording👉https://www.youtube.com/live/3pbI-2aCwII
🇮🇹 Yesterday our SG @sneskaen.bsky.social joined the celebration of Italia Nostra’s 70th anniversary in Rome — one of the founding organisations of Europa Nostra back in 1963.
#ItaliaNostra70 #EuropaNostra
Yesterday our Secretary General @sneskaen.bsky.social visited the School of Arts & Crafts of the Fabric of Saint Peter at the Vatican🏛️, winner of a Europa Nostra Award 2025.
#CulturalHeritage #Restoration
We have published a statement of solidarity with those in Serbia defending heritage, democracy & freedom amid mounting repression.
🏛️Sites like the Generalštab Building, Belgrade Fortress & Belgrade Fair are at risk. We call on the EU & Europeans to act.
Read the full statement 👇
🌍 Today we mark 20 years since the Council of Europe’s Framework Convention on the Value of Cultural Heritage for Society — the #FaroConvention — was opened for signature. This landmark document has transformed how Europe understands, values, and engages with heritage.
Our Project Leader @sneskaen.bsky.social has helped to wrap up the “Heritage Matters for Europe’s Cities and Citizens” #HubForum with these takeaways:
🔺 Cultural heritage is a bridge for EU reunification
🔺 Culture is a tool for cohesion and integration
🔺 Culture is a beacon for democracy
Excellent meeting in Brussels with #MartaKos, EU Cssr for Enlargement.
We presented to her our #EurHeritageHub policy paper on heritage & enlargement.We also discussed about our #EUHeritageAwards winners & #7MostEndangered sites in EU candidate countries. We are grateful for her interest & support.
Thank you to @artefr.bsky.social for featuring our SG @sneskaen.bsky.social in a report on how Europe’s shared heritage is being kept alive.
Watch the full video 📹👇
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Creative Europe allocates €7M to support Ukrainian cultural & creative sectors.
4 projects with Ukrainian + European partners will:
🎭 Preserve heritage
🤝 Support artists & co-creation
🌱 Contribute to recovery
#StandWithUkraine
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culture.ec.europa.eu/news/creativ...
🔴 Live from #MONDIACULT2025
Our SG @sneskaen.bsky.social presented the work of @europanostra.bsky.social & the @eurheritagehub.bsky.social, highlighting how it connects to #CulturalRights, #CultureandPeace, the #DigitalTransformation, #ClimateChange and the #EconomyofCulture.
Europe’s cultural & audiovisual scene keeps growing 🎭
The Creative Europe Annual Work Programme 2026 is out!
With EUR 380 million to support YOUR ideas.
Because you're the future of culture.
Start planning your project: upcoming calls are now published!
culture.ec.europa.eu/news/creativ...
The EU is determined to invest in People!
Congrats to @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu & her Team on proposing a groundbreaking new budget which includes a new #AgoraEU programme covering 3 vital strands: #Culture (including cultural heritage!), #Media & #Values with a total budget of 8,6 billion Euros.
Modernist complex of #Generalštab in #Belgrade is a masterpiece protected by law as a cultural monument: experts, Serbian & European, agree that it can & must be restored.
Grateful for this large interview published today in Serbia’s oldest daily #POLITIKA.
#7MostEndangered
#EuropaNostra
Where is home?
What is exile?
Novelist Elif Shafak on identity.
An expert delegation appointed by #EuropaNostra & the European Investment Bank
institute will visit Belgrade for further talks with all stakeholders concerned & submit a report with recommendations how to ensure a proper recovery of this protected building.
7mostendangered.eu/sites/genera...
The #Generalštab building in #Belgrade is a Modernist masterpiece protected by law. It was included on Europa Nostra’s #7Mostendangered List in support of experts & citizens in #Serbia who campaign to save it.
Thank you @ericlipton.nytimes.com for reporting regularly on this illegal business deal.
In the 1980s Mr Trump took a sledge hammer to the art deco friezes of the Bonwit Teller building rather than sell them to the Met who offered to preserve them. Today we see that wasn’t an isolated incident but rather an exemplar of his worldview.
#WeAreAllGeneralštab
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The #Generalštab building in #Belgrade is a Modernist masterpiece protected by law. It was included on Europa Nostra’s #7Mostendangered List in support of experts & citizens in #Serbia who campaign to save it.
Thank you @ericlipton.nytimes.com for reporting regularly on this illegal business deal.
Happy #EuropeDay! 🇪🇺
We applaud & support the leadership of EU Commissioner #GlennMicallef on finally putting #Culture - both #Arts & #Heritage - where it belongs: at the very ❤️ of the European project.
@creativeeurope.bsky.social
@europanostra.bsky.social
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🗞️We're proud to announce that Europa Nostra has won the #EmpressTheophanoPrize 2025! This prestigious prize is awarded to Europa Nostra for championing Europe’s heritage, culture & values for over 60 years! 🇪🇺🤝Big thanks to the Theophano Foundation
👉 www.europanostra.org/europa-nostr...
Please welcome to Bluesky another #climateheritage hero — @europanostra.bsky.social secretary-general & a long time @climateheritage.bsky.social co-chair, Sneška Quaedvlieg - Mihailović. Welcome @sneskaen.bsky.social!
cc: @adammarkham.bsky.social
On #WorldPressFreedomDay, I proudly post my 1st message on #Bluesky:
On 30/4, I was back to #Mafra for a major conference co-organised by European Music Center & our European Heritage Hub. We jointly champion the huge value & power of #Music for Europe’s Unity & Peace!
#EuropaNostra #MusicaNostra
