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14.10.2020|Ministry of Culture
The upcoming Pan-Finno-Ugric Day will highlight the importance of Finno-Ugric cultures in the European cultural space
On Saturday, October 17th, Pan-Finno-Ugric Day, which is one of the most important yearly cultural events of the Finno-Ugric peoples, will be celebrated. In a message sent to the Ministers of Culture of the kindred nations, Minister of Culture Tõnis Lukas emphasised the importance of the Finno-...
10.08.2020|Ministry of Culture
Tõnis Lukas: Estonian culture is emerging from the crisis as strong as when it entered it
The COVID-19 pandemic, which is re-emerging, is causing concern for cultural and sports organisers. The experience in the spring, when the value chains of many sectors simultaneously ceased to function overnight, is still very fresh in our minds. And the recovery has yet to be completed, even under...
28.05.2020|Ministry of Culture
Cultural cooperation between Estonia and Hungary: kinship and cooperation in supporting other Finno-Ugric people are of importance
Today, on the 28th of May, the Estonian ambassador in Hungary, Kristi Karelsohn and the state secretary of the Hungarian Ministry of Human Capacities, Zoltan Lörinczi (photos attached), signed an agreement on a programme of cultural cooperation between the two countries, lasting from 2020 until...
11.05.2020|Ministry of Culture
Emergency assistance in the wake of the corona crisis
The size of the crisis package in the field of culture and sport is 25 million euros. Applications are being accepted from 8th of May through online application system of Estonian Ministry of Culture.
The aim is to provide emergency assistance in the wake of the corona crisis as follows:
to...
06.05.2020|Ministry of Culture
Measures to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 virus outbreak in culture and audiovisual sector in Estonia
Together with cultural and creative sector, Estonian Ministry of Culture is continuing mapping the situation and possible consequences for culture, cultural heritage, audiovisual field, media sector and for sport sector. The overall aim of mitigation and support measures is to preserve the...
01.04.2020|Ministry of Culture
Taaniel Raudsepp will start work as the Undersecretary of the Arts of the Ministry of Culture
Taaniel Raudsepp will start work as the Undersecretary of the Arts of the Ministry of Culture. The competition for finding the undersecretary was conducted by the Civil Service Committee for Selection of Top Managers, which operates within the Government Office and according to the proposal of...
14.03.2020|Ministry of Culture
The government declared an emergency situation in Estonia until 1 May
The government has declared an emergency situation due to the pandemic spread of the coronavirus in the world and within Estonia. Unless decreed otherwise by the government, the emergency situation remains in force until 1 May 2020.
Until 1 May 2020, theater houses, museums and cinemas will remain...
14.02.2020|Ministry of Culture
The Culture Friends of the Year for 2019 are Feliks Mägus and Olerex
Today, on Valentine’s Day, the Ministry of Culture presented the Culture Friend of the Year awards for 2019. The main prizes, i.e. the Culture Friend of the Year titles, went to Feliks Mägus and the fuel company Olerex. In total, Minister of Culture Tõnis Lukas recognised 23 companies or private...
06.02.2020|Ministry of Culture
The laureates of the achievement awards for culture and sport were announced by the government
Today, the government decided that the Lifetime Achievement Awards for Culture will be awarded to Rutt Hinrikus, Paul-Eerik Rummo and Toomas Rein, and the Lifetime Achievement Awards for Sport will be awarded to Kadri Liivak and Peeter Mardna. The government’s decision is based on the proposals of...
09.12.2019|Ministry of Culture
Salary agreement: wage fund for people working in the cultural field will increase by 2.5%
Today, December 9th, Minister of Culture Tõnis Lukas and Ago Tuuling, the Chairman of the Management Board of the Confederation of Estonian Employees' Unions (TALO) signed the salary agreement for cultural workers. The agreement calls for increasing the wage fund for people working at Ministry of...