The Festival. One Week One Europe | Share the European Spirit

Barcelona, February 22 2010 // For more than three years we have been promoting this European communication platform among YOU, the protagonists, and those who will make it happen. Of course… someone has to pay the party! For more than three years we have been convinced that it just makes perfect sense to engage people European-wide with the idea of getting together - and YES, IT DOES…

Berlin, January 25 2010 // These are the moments that make our eyes shine. The Deputy Head of the Representation of the European Commission in Germany and responsible for their local communication, Dr. Detlev Clemens, gave us a great interview about the value of The Festival as a motor of European integration.

Berlin, January 24 2010 // With more than 43,000 members XING group Berliner Köpfe (Berlin Heads) is one of the largest virtual get-togethers within the second biggest business networking platform in the world. Initiator Nils Rüstmann will help to activate the already international crowd of Berlin and other German cities and bring the European spirit to town.

Veria (Greece), January 20 2010 // Women are her artistic subject. Greece is her home zone. Internet made it possible for her to get to know about The Festival. The first thing she did was to write us an email telling us that she wanted to participate… Fotini Hamidieli, the latest member of The Festival Family.

Amsterdam, December 22 2009 // We are thrilled to announce that Felix Meritis, an independent European centre for art, culture and science and a national and international meeting place in Amsterdam, has joined The Festival train as a Friend.

Gothenburg, December 12/13 2009 // We had the opportunity to bring the movement to this year’s annual summit of the European Cultural Parliament in Gothenburg, Sweden. Steve Austen from the initiative “A Soul for Europe” and many other personalities from the European cultural scene couldn’t hide their shining eyes…

Berlin, November 12 2009 // September 23 2009 was a big day for The Festival team: we were having our video shoot for the I AM EUROPEAN video clip. Bart Navarra and his team from Navarra Design had already worked on the animated parts, but we needed people in the video. A European people-to-people initiative without people? No way!

Europe, November 4 2009 // Black peas from Cyprus with Spanish Serrano ham on white asparagus from Germany, topped with Parmesan cheese from Italy, accompanied by Danish Smørrebrød - a euromeal! Euromeals, many euromeals, thousands of euromeals - they will be the outcome of The Festival Cuisine Competition…

Berlin, September 29 2009 // On September 30th the new debate portal for the German market - The European - goes online. Of course, The European has been media partner of The Festival “before birth”. We wish our friends all the best for the launch.

Berlin, September 19 2009 // When we uploaded the I am European song on May 11 2009, we already knew we would have to produce a video clip for that. Of course! But it was not until Bartosz Navarra’s initiative that we could actually start with the production. In the pre-funding period we rely on people like Bartosz who just love this project and support it wherever they can.