German Bookshop Prize Ceremony Axed After Furore over Minister's Veto

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Minister of State of Culture Weimer canceled the public award of the German Bookstore Award, which is scheduled for next week. Weimer was criticized after having three left bookstores removed from the prize list.

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Germany's culture minister has canceled a bookstore awards ceremony following an outcry over the exclusion of three far-left bookstores from the list of winners, his office said Tuesday.

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WDR Newsroom [Newsroom]Köln (ots) - The award of the German book trade award at the Leipzig Book Fair has been cancelled. A spokesman for the Minister of Culture, Wolfram Weimer, justified it this way: a dignified ceremony for the winners is no longer possible. What ... Continue reading here...Original content of: WDR Newsroom, transmitted by news aktuell

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Wolfram Weimer has removed three bookstores from the nomination list. Now he also cancels the award ceremony. A cowardly moment of the minister.

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After fierce criticism of the unloading of three shops from the German Bookshop Award, the controversial Minister of Culture, Wolfram Weimer, has completely cancelled the award. This also applies to two bookshops from Saarland.

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Kulturstaatsminister Wolfram Weimer has cancelled the planned award of the German Bookstore Award at the Leipzig Book Fair. The award ceremony should be held on the 19th ... The post Kulturstaatsminister Weimer says award of the German Bookstore Award ab appeared first on Apollo News.