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The Ministry of Culture, as part of the reform of its subsidy policy, is pleased to announce the introduction of a program to support sound recordings of all musical genres. Two calls for projects are launched each year, one in spring as well as one in autumn.

On Thursday 10 February 2022, the new law on cultural heritage was voted by the Chamber of Deputies. It is an important step towards the protection and enhancement of Luxembourg's cultural heritage.

On 27 January 2022, the Minister of Culture, Sam Tanson, presented the draft of the bill n°7948 on the institution of a cultural leave and the modification of: 1° of the Labour Code; 2° of the modified law of the 16th of April 1979 establishing the general status of State civil servants; 3° of the modified law of the 24th of December 1985 establishing the general status of communal civil servants.

As part of its public commissioning programme, the Ministry of Culture is launching a call for applications for commissions of musical compositions for seven orchestras or musical ensembles for the 2022/2023 season.

The Ministries of Culture and Justice, in collaboration with the Prison Administration, are pleased to launch the call for projects Access to Culture – Culture in prison.

The Ministry of Culture is calling for applications for the 8th Council of Europe Landscape Award.

Following confirmation by the Government Council, the Ministry of Culture is pleased to announce the new Board of Directors of the Centre Culturel de Rencontre Abbaye de Neumünster (neimënster). The board took office on 15 December 2021.

In the context of the reinforcement of the sanitary measures aimed at containing the health crisis linked to COVID-19, the specific scheme of supplementary aid for self-employed professional artists and intermittent workers in the entertainment industry is reintroduced until 28 February 2022.

As part of its program of public commissions for musical compositions, the Ministry of Culture has awarded nine commissions for musical compositions to Luxembourg composers or resident composers for the 2021-2022 season.

On 8 December 2021, the awards ceremony for the National Literary Competition 2021 took place at the National Literature Centre in the presence of the winners. Josée Hansen from the literature and publishing unit of the Ministry of Culture represented Sam Tanson, minister of Culture, who was unable to attend.

The government has just passed two financing bills to support the realization of the first phase of the new "NeiSchmelz" residential area in Dudelange with half a billion euros. In the center of the city of Dudelange, on an area of around 36 hectares, the former steel industry wasteland will be converted into a modern and ecological city district with a high quality of life and housing.

In its report following the third monitoring meeting with representatives of the European Capital of Culture Esch2022, the panel of independent experts congratulates the Esch2022 organisational team for its excellent work and recommends that the Melina Mercouri prize be awarded to the project.

After confirmation by the Government Council, the Ministry of Culture is pleased to announce the next Board of Directors of the Grand Duke Jean Museum of Modern Art Foundation. The new board will take office on 1 January 2022.

On 7 January 2021, Minister for Culture Sam Tanson gave an update on the reopening of cultural institutions and the new measures aimed at the cultural sector, as provided for in the draft law amending the amended law of 17 July 2020 introducing a series of measures to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

This year, none of the four traditions, that where first to be listed on the national inventory of intangible cultural heritage in Luxembourg, can take place in the usual way.