| 5/4/2009: France: the fight against Internet piracy continues | |
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Beginning of April the French Parliament surprisingly rejected a draft bill against Internet piracy supported by President Nicolas Sarkozy and the Conservative Party. The bill required the disconnecti...... Read Announcement... |
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| 4/27/2009: Germany to strengthen its cultural policies abroad | |
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From April 18th to 26th Berlin hosted the “Foreign Cultural Policy Days” [Tage der auswärtigen Kulturpolitik] organised by the German Federal Foreign Office together with its main partners in the fiel...... Read Announcement... |
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| 4/22/2009: New report on UK creative industries commissioned | |
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The British Conservative Party is putting together a review group on creative industries. Shadow culture secretary Jeremy Hunt said the review would "look beyond" the government's Digital Britain repo...... Read Announcement... |
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| 4/17/2009: The EU and its consequences for Europe’s cultural heritage | |
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Upon approval by the European Parliament, the European Commission and the Council of the EU define binding regulations for several decrees and directives for the national legislation of the 27 member ...... Read Announcement... |
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| 4/6/2009: Working on making arts and culture a priority of national and European policies | |
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Arts and culture can play key roles in Europe‘s economic recovery – politicians, EU officials and arts experts attending the Prague Forum for Creative Europe on March 26th and 27th 2009 agreed. The co...... Read Announcement... |
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| 4/6/2009: Spanish video games declared cultural goods | |
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After a recent modification of the Spanish legislation the national games industry now can obtain public funding just like other cultural industries such as music and film. The new law considers games...... Read Announcement... |
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| 4/3/2009: Amazon Germany gets into music business | |
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On April 1st online shop Amazon opened its MP3 music store to German customers. More than five million titles are available for MP3 players including the iPod and mobile phones with MP3 function. The ...... Read Announcement... |
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| 3/20/2009: Invitation to European Cultural & Creative Industries Summit 2009 | |
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Dear Madam, dear Sir,
We are delighted to invite you to take part at the European Cultural and Creative Industries (ECCI) Summit 2009, taking place on Thursday 23rd April at the Committee of Region...... Read Announcement... |
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| 3/13/2009: Creative industries – winners from the Austrian tax reform | |
| According to creative wirtschaft austria (cwa), the special interest organisation of the Austrian creative industries, the country’s 30.000 creative businesses will benefit from the new fiscal reform ...... Read Announcement... |
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| 3/3/2009: CPR Award 2009 – tackling issues of European relevance | |
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The European Cultural Foundation, the Riksbankens Jublileumsfond and the European Network of Cultural Administration Training Centres (ENCATC) open the application process for the 6th Cultural Policy ...... Read Announcement... |
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| 2/23/2009: German cinema on the road to success | |
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German State Minister for Culture Bernd Neumann highlighted the recent success of the German film industry during the Berlin Film Festival (Berlinale): Last year German films obtained a record market ...... Read Announcement... |
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| 2/23/2009: French Ministry of Culture turns 50! | |
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This year France’s Ministry of Culture is celebrating its 50th anniversary. State intervention in the arts and culture domain has a long tradition in France and in 1959 the country is one of the first...... Read Announcement... |
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| 2/16/2009: Cinema in crisis | |
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It seems US film industry at last has fallen victim to the economic crisis. As known US films are in general financed by big private investors, whose economic situations are getting out of hand now. C...... Read Announcement... |
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| 2/10/2009: Germany launches new cultural voluntary service | |
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This week the German Federal Foreign Office and the German UNESCO Commission will present a new voluntary service: kulturweit. This international voluntary program enables young people aged between 18...... Read Announcement... |
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| 1/30/2009: Gaia becomes the first Atlantic Axis Capital of Culture | |
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The Portuguese city of Vila Nova de Gaia becomes this month the first Atlantic Axis Capital of Culture, a qualification that will be attributed by the axis every two years.
In June, July and August...... Read Announcement... |
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