Ljubljana, Bad Ischl, Brussels: in recent weeks the official GO! 2025 programme has been unveiled at various international locations.

The first presentation of the official programme took place on Wednesday, 20 November in Ljubljana in the presence of the Slovenian Minister of Culture Asta Vrečko, the Mayor of Nova Gorica Samo Turel, the Councillor for GO! 2025 of the Municipality of Gorizia, Patrizia Artico, and the Director of the EGTC GO Romina Kocina. The programme was illustrated by the team of the public body Javni zavod GO! 2025 composed of Mija Lorbek, Director of GO! 2025, Stojan Pelko, Programme Director of GO! 2025 and Neda Rusjan Bric, Artistic Advisor of GO! 2025 and director of the opening ceremony.

A few days later, on Friday 22 November, the relay between the European Capitals of Culture was held in Bad Ischl (Austria), the ceremony marking the turnover between this year's capitals - Bad Ischl, Bodø and Tartu - and next year's, Nova Gorica - Gorizia and Chemnitz.

Finally, on Tuesday 26th, GO! 2025 came to Brussels. On the same day, in fact, the Council of European Culture Ministers met, a moment during which, by tradition, the Capitals announce their programmes. The presentation took place in the prestigious premises of the Permanent Representation of Slovenia to the European Union. Speakers included Marko Rusjan, Slovenian secretary of state for culture, Mija Lorbek, director of GO! 2025, Stojan Pelko, programme director of GO! 2025, Neda Rusjan Bric, artistic advisor of GO! 2025 and director of the opening ceremony, and Romina Kocina, director of EGTC GO.

On these occasions, the GO! 2025 public body team presented the official programme, gathered in four artistic segments - War and Peace, Creation of the New, Smugglers and Very Green -, while the director of EGTC GO presented the SPF small project fund and the infrastructure projects (the redevelopment of Transalpina Square/Trg Evrope and the Borderless wireless platform).