From 10 to 12 November 2026, the Auditorio de Tenerife will host Parthenope Lab, the pilot project of Parthenope – Sirens of Europe and Beyond, one of the projects developed under Rebelión de la Geografía, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria’s bid to become European Capital of Culture 2031.

Cáceres City Council has officially joined the cross-border network La Frontera de la Cultura (The Cultural Border), an alliance bringing together institutions and organisations from Extremadura and Portugal. The foundations of this initiative were formally established on Monday at the University of Évora with the signing of the Évora Declaration.

More than 1,000 primary and secondary school students from 15 schools in Oviedo are taking part in Pequeñas acciones por la Amabilidá (Small Actions for Kindness), an initiative that transforms classrooms into spaces for artistic creation, reflection and shared learning.

This is the third instalment in the EcocNews series dedicated to the Spanish cities shortlisted as candidates to become the European Capital of Culture in 2031. Following Cáceres and Granada, today’s interview focuses on Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.The European Commission’s jury will announce the winning city on 3 December.

Cáceres' bid to become European Capital of Culture 2031 is working with Encore, an artificial intelligence tool developed by Culture Next and Whitelabel through their SDG Lab, as part of a pioneering initiative to apply this technology to European cultural cooperation. Its use demonstrates how artificial intelligence can support the cultural sector by facilitating knowledge exchange between cities, project analysis and the development of stronger bids.