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On 15 March 2024, the 23rd Partnership Commission between Luxembourg and Cabo Verde took place, an annual meeting to discuss the broad outlines of our cooperation relations with this partner country since 1993.

The World Heritage Management Committee was set up in 2018 to prepare the recommendations of the Luxembourg Commission for Cooperation with Unesco for works having a medium or major impact on the "Luxembourg, old quarters and fortifications" property of universal value in Luxembourg.

Sam Tanson, Minister for Culture, Claude D. Conter, Director of the National Library of Luxembourg BnL, and Carlo Blum, Deputy Director of the National Library of Luxembourg BnL, invited members of the press and media to discover the new chatbot on the eluxemburgensia.lu portal.

Film Fund Luxembourg and Screen Ireland – the national agency for the development, production and distribution of Irish film – are delighted to open applications for the Ireland/Luxembourg Co-Development Fund at this year's Cannes Film Festival.

On 2 March 2023, Sam Tanson, Minister for Culture, Lydie Polfer, Mayor of the City of Luxembourg, and Serge Wilmes, alderman in charge of Tourism, congratulated the 87 official guides of the City of Luxembourg who had successfully completed the training courses organised by the Ministry of Culture on "Luxembourg: old quarters and fortifications", classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

As part of the reform of its subsidy policy and following the workshop dedicated to "Cultural press and culture in the press", which was held on 14 July 2022 at Les Rotondes, the Ministry of Culture has rethought its support for cultural periodicals, the quality and diversity of which will now be promoted through a call for applications.

After months of preparation, the EFAD, the film agencies and Culture Ministries from 13 countries launched, in presence of Culture Ministers Sam Tanson (Luxembourg), Rima Abdul-Malak (France) and Claudia Roth (Germany) during the 73rd edition of the Berlinale the European Solidarity Fund for Ukrainian Films.

On 8 February 2023, the Chamber of Deputies voted on draft law no. 7963 on the integration of artistic works in public buildings.

The Ministry of Culture's support for new forms of cultural mediation - blogs, vlogs and podcasts - is a new mechanism to support authors, critics or columnists specialised in cultural matters who create an independent platform, blog, vlog or podcast dedicated to publishing, accompanying or criticising current events in the artistic and cultural scene in Luxembourg.

As part of the "Les Rendez-Vous de l'UNESCO" cycle, the Luxembourg Commission for UNESCO is launching a new series of multidisciplinary events in 2023 on the theme of global citizenship.

On Tuesday 13 December 2022, the winners of the National Literary Competition 2022 were awarded the prizes by the Minister for Culture, Sam Tanson. The ceremony took place at the National Literature Centre in Mersch.

Josée Kirps, Director of the Luxembourg National Archives, has been appointed President of the International Council on Archives (ICA) for the next four years.

Swearing-In of Ms Nena Sand at the national Institute for Archaeological Research On July 28, 2022, Minister of Culture Sam Tanson swore in Ms. Nena

On July 21st 2022, Minister for Culture, Sam Tanson, presented the results of the survey on museum practices in Luxembourg that was launched in 2021 in collaboration with the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER).

Awareness-raising training on welcoming people with disabilities The Ministry of Culture, in collaboration with Info Handicap, offers training on how