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Transeuropa Festival is a transnational festival of arts, politics and culture in Europe. It takes place every year. Transeuropa Festival was born after three successfull editions of the London Festival of Europe in 2007[1], 2008[2] and 2009[3]. In 2010[4] Transeuropa Festival took place in 4 European cities and in 2011[5] in 12 cities, in 2012 in 14 cities. In 2013, Transeuropa Festival calls for participants to Imagine, Demand, Enact European Alternatives. It takes place in 13 cities in Europe: Amsterdam, London, Barcelona, Lublin, Belgrade, Paris, Berlin, Prague, Bologna, Bratislava, Sofia, Cluj-Napoca, Warsaw. Organised by more than 100 activists all year long, Transeuropa Festival features a mix of events: art installation and performances, debates, film screenings, open air activities. Transeuropa Festival is organised by European Alternatives, which key words are: equality, democracy and culture beyond the nation state.

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In 2012, the online portal Presseurop published on its homepage a presentation of the festival.

In Bologna, articles on Transeuropa festival appeared on La Repubblica and radio interviews to the festival’s organizers and participants were streamed both on national radios (Radio RAI 3, and Radio24.

In Berlin, the festival was featured on radio DeutschlandradioKultur (one interview)and on the local independent radio station Flux FM and in printed daily newspapers, such as the Tagesspiegel.

The same happened in Amsterdam, where articles on the festival were published on the printed edition of the NRC Handelsblad (national newspaper) and Het Parool (local newspaper).

In Cluj-Napoca the festival spread in the city through printed magazines such as Zile si nopti, Revista 22, Go Free Magazine, interviews to local radios such as Radio Cluj/Kolozsvari Radio and online portals such as Slickr, but also reached a national audience, thanks to the coverage of media such as Radio France Internationale and Radio Romania International and EURANET.

Also in Belgrade, the festival had a wide coverage, both in printed and online magazines, such as 24 Sata and the multimedia portal B92.

In Bratislava the festival reached nation-wide media, such as Stv, the main national TV (festival featured in the daily journal of 7 pm of the 9th May), SME, major online newpaper (about the opening and about a debate on participative budgeting).

The Polish National TV TVP covered both the festival in Lublin and in Warsaw. In both cities, the festival attracted also local mainstream media (such as the main local radio Radio Lublin), and at the same time was featured on more “alternative” political and cultural magazines such as Krytyka Polityczna (Lublin) and E-teatr, important national magazine on Theatre (Warsaw).

In London the festival events were featured on Timeout, the weekly magazine of reference for events in the city and festival’s events received coverage on different platforms, such as Transnational Democracy or Italoeuropeo.

Also in Paris the festival was featured on several online magazines, such as Cafè Babel, Toute L’Europe, and the events promoted through various online agendas, such as Paris bouge or Yakolia.

In Sofia, the festival attracted many online cultural websites, such as Kulturni Novini or Stand, which featured an interview to Franco Berardi Bifo, key-note lecturer at the festival.

The Agorà Transeuropa, the event closing the festival, on the 2nd and 3rd June in Rome, received a wide coverage, with features on national media, such as the monthly magazine Carta (printed) and all the main newspapers: Corriere della Sera (printed and online), La Repubblica (printed and online), il Manifesto (which also featured a video-reportage from the Agorà), L’Unità (printed and online), Il Fatto Quotidiano (with a video feature on the online TV).

Transeuropa Festival even overcame the European borders, reaching as far as China, with a report on the participation of a group of Chinese artists in the festival in Bologna and Rome, published by Art Info, the first Chinese Art and Cultural Magazine.

External links

Allianz Cultural Foundation Transeuropa Festival Website European Alternatives website www.euroalter.com