The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has awarded Varna the title of City of Media Arts and membership in its Creative Cities Network, the Varna Municipality said on Monday.
Together with Varna, the cities holding the title of City of Media Arts are now 29 in number, located on five continents. All of them are committed to working together to support cultural products, as well as to share inspiration, technological innovations and good practices. They work to strengthen the role of creativity and culture in the life of every citizen and community and promote their importance for sustainable urban development.
“This is an extremely high recognition, because it allows for development in coordination with many other cities in Europe and around the world,” Acting Varna Mayor Pavel Popov emphasized during the regular weekly operational meeting in the Municipality. He pointed out that in the UNESCO network, cities are divided into eight creative areas, and the sea capital has been distinguished in the most advanced of them with an exceptional opportunity to use new technologies as a means of art.
Popov noted that Varna is only the third Bulgarian city to become a member of this network, with Sofia being included in the Film Art section and Gabrovo in the Crafts and Folk Arts section before that. He thanked the team of the Culture and Spiritual Development Directorate for bringing Varna’s candidacy to a successful conclusion and expressed confidence for many future cultural events in Varna, related to the recognition of the international organization.
UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay presented 58 cities as new members of the Creative Cities Network and emphasized their commitment to promoting creativity as a driver of sustainable urban development, with proven experience in building stable and dynamic communities within the Network. With these new additions, the Creative Cities Network of UNESCO now includes a total of 408 cities from over 100 countries. Varna Awarded City of Media Arts Title by UNESCO THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2025-11-03 15:19:03 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law