| 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: 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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| 4/6/2009: 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: Investing in education for the sake of local economy | |
| Two weeks ago a new £ 4.4 million campus officially opened in the Thames Gateway area, East of London: the Thurrock Learning Campus, which courses are geared to provide the skills needed by the local ...... Read Announcement... |
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| 3/30/2009: Compromise to extend musicians’ copyright failed in Brussels | |
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The Czech presidency’s compromise proposal to extend the protection of musicians’ rights to 70 instead of 95 years failed at the EU Council last Friday. Over a year ago the European Commission came up...... 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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| 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: 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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| 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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