Cultural Community Protest March Held in Bratislava

Bratislava, 31 March (TASR) – A protest march by the cultural community titled 'Great Cultural Mobilisation! Like Never Before' is taking place in Bratislava on Tuesday evening. Organisers from the Open Culture platform describe the current state of the culture sector as a crisis, and criticise the Ministry of Culture for failing to fulfil its role for the past two and a half years. "Instead of supporting culture, it silences inconvenient voices, carries out mass dismissals and strips organisations and projects of their remaining funds," the platform said about the march. According to them, this threatens all cultural workers, from lighting technicians, cloakroom attendants and technical staff to writers, actors and producers. The organisers claim that everything the culture sector is meant to protect is deteriorating. In addition, they question the effectiveness of how funds allocated to culture are being used. mf