Maribor, Guimaraes Take Over European Culture Capital Title

Turku, 17 December - Slovenia's Maribor and Portugal's Guimaraes officially took over the European Capital of Culture title from Estonia's Tallin and Finland's Turku at a ceremony in Turku on Friday. On Maribor's behalf, the title was received by the director general of the Maribor 2012 institute Suzana Zilic Fiser.