A Capital of Culture without its cultural sector

The Slovenian city of Maribor is to be European Capital of Culture 2012. The daily Delo criticises the conduct of its mayor Franc Kangler, who it says is taking the wrong approach to the project. It points out that so far there is no evidence that Maribor deserves the title of culture capital: "It is … high time the mayor withdrew completely from the project to leave the work to competent people. But first a team that fulfils that requirement must be put together. A year ago there were already complaints that Maribor had too little time to prepare for the status of European Capital of Culture. In the meantime nothing has happened. … If things go on like this it could well be that Maribor not only ends up organising the Universiade [the World Student Games 2013] without the cooperation of the University [which has distanced itself from the project] but also becomes a European Capital of Culture without the involvement of the cultural sector."

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