Brexit strips UK of 2023 European Capital of Culture
(Artdaily.org)

Britain can no longer host the European Capital of Culture in 2023 as planned because of Brexit, even though some non-EU countries are eligible, the European Commission said on Thursday. Britain and Hungary had been due to get the honour in six years` time, and five British cities had even reportedly submitted nominations at the invitation of the government. But the European Commission, the executive arm of the soon-to-be 27-nation EU, said it had sent a letter to the British culture ministry on Wednesday saying that it was no longer possible. `As one of the many concrete consequences of its decision to leave the European Union by 29 March 2019, the UK cannot host the European Capital of Culture in 2023,` a European Commission spokeswoman said in a statement, confirming a story in Politico Europe. `Given that the UK will have left the EU by 29 March 2019, and therefore be unable to host the European Capital