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Municipal elections March 18
Municipal elections will take place on March 18. Municipalities are the largest investor in culture: their share, at 60%, also constitutes the largest share of public spending on culture (CBS 2024). For this reason, the Boekman Foundation has put together a page on its website full of knowledge and arguments that can help in making a choice....
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Paradiso Debate: Under Pressure
Free speech is under pressure, which was the central theme of the Paradiso Debate 2025, held Sept. 1 in Amsterdam.
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Municipal elections 2026 and culture
Although we first go to the polls in October for the national elections, a few months later it is already time for the municipal elections. Municipalities are responsible for more than half of all public investment in culture. Last spring, national Kunsten '92 sent a message to all political parties in all municipalities that participate...
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Call to maintain international cultural cooperation
On March 13, 2025, the committee debate on Minister Klever's Development Assistance Policy Letter took place in the House of Representatives. That policy letter proposes to completely eliminate support for international cultural cooperation. Kunsten '92 called on the cabinet to maintain international cultural cooperation. Kunsten '92 in the letter: "Scrapping...