{"id":25979,"date":"2026-06-17T08:07:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T06:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/motovila.si\/?p=25979"},"modified":"2026-06-18T08:12:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T06:12:55","slug":"council-of-europe-workshop-on-freedom-of-artistic-expression-free-to-create-create-to-be-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/motovila.si\/en\/council-of-europe-workshop-on-freedom-of-artistic-expression-free-to-create-create-to-be-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Council of Europe workshop on freedom of artistic expression: Free to Create | Create to be Free"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6 class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><strong>From 2 to 4 June 2026, Ljubljana hosted the Council of Europe workshop\u00a0Free to Create | Create to be Free: Council of Europe Workshop on Freedom of Artistic Expression, with Mateja Lazar, Motovila Director and Head of CED Slovenia, among the participants.<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The workshop, organised by the Council of Europe in cooperation with the independent Free to Create expert team and hosted by Kino \u0160i\u0161ka, brought together around 20 artists and cultural professionals from different European countries and cultural fields. 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