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Press Conference on June 24

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The first meeting of the European Capital of Culture 2026 jury will be held on 23-24 June 2020 in Helsinki. Candidate cities are invited to present their applications to the panel on 23.6.2020. The decision of the evaluation jury on the cities continuing the application procedure will be announced on Wednesday, June 24, 2020.

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