Capital City Cultural Fund: Did Weimer Interfere in the Jury's Decision?

n-tv.de

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A translation project by Palestinian authors does not receive funding from the Capital Culture Fund because representatives of the Minister of State for Culture Weimer intervene.The new move on a previously made jury decision brings the opposition to the barricades.

Spiegel

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After the bookstore award, Minister of State of Culture Weimer apparently once again influenced the decision of a jury, which wanted to promote the translation of Palestinian texts from the Capital Culture Fund.

Berliner Morgenpost

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The jury of the Capital Cultural Fund raises serious allegations of political interference – was the Minister of State for Culture involved again?

Sueddeutsche Zeitung

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Wolfgang Weimer still seems to have no problem in interfering with the work of independent juries: Now is the turn of the Capital Culture Fund. Will the practice soon become a routine?

Berliner Zeitung

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The HKF jury accuses the Minister of Culture, Wolfram Weimer, of political interference. Weimer damages a democratic principle.

rbb24.de

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Several cultural ministers oppose the Minister of Culture, Wolfram Weimer: They warn against interventions in independent jury decisions in funding. Brandenburg's Minister Manja Schüle also criticizes this. Berlin, on the other hand, does not contribute to the declaration.