Budget leaks: Spending on culture to be cut 22%
The caretaker cabinet plans to cut spending on culture by 22% next year, as part of its plans to reduce the budget deficit, the Dagblad van het Noorden reports on Thursday, quoting from leaked government documents.
Orchestras, theatre and ballet groups will lose up to 30% of their subsidies under the plan, the paper says.
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