| 4/27/2009: Towards a better recognition of artists’ work in Europe | |
| Last week the European Parliament plenary voted in favour of a proposal for a Directive to extend the term of protection for performers’ rights and sound recordings and to introduce complementary meas...... 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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| 4/22/2009: New ways in music industry | |
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The success of websites like MyMajorCompany, NoMajorMusik or NoMajorCompany shows: music production is no longer only reserved to record companies. Nowadays consumers discover, launch and even produce...... 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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| 4/3/2009: 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: African cinema as a developing factor? | |
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The Festival panafricain du cinéma et de la télévision of Ouagadougou (FESPACO) is one of the major film festivals of the African continent. Every two years filmmakers from Africa, the African Diaspor...... 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: Spotify – tomorrow’s music portal? | |
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The Swedish enterprise Spotify has developed a streaming programme giving access to millions of music titles of the four Majors, Universal, Sony BMG, EMI and Warner, as well as numerous independent la...... Read Announcement... |
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| 2/10/2009: Creativity to play central role in Birmingham's Big City Plan | |
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Birmingham is facing the most ambitious planning process for the next twenty years and the city’s creative players might have their say in it. The Big City Plan is an extensive Birmingham City Council...... 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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| 1/27/2009: First Luso-Spanish Museum Meeting aims to strengthen bilateral relations | |
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Forty Portuguese and Spanish museum directors will gather this week in the Spanish city of Merida to strengthen bilateral relationships and encourage common projects.
The I Luso-Spanish Museums Me...... Read Announcement... |
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