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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

Swearing-in of Mr. Ralph Gengler, technical assistant at the National Museum of Natural History On 28th of April 2022, the Minister for Culture Sam

Announcement of the new board of directors of the Philharmonie After confirmation by the Government Council, the Ministry of Culture has the honor to

Partly as a sign of its change of name, the Service des sites et monuments nationaux, now the Institut national pour le patrimoine architectural – INPA or National Institute for Architectural Heritage, has just published a book documenting 20 restoration projects on buildings belonging to the rural and urban architectural heritage.

On April 5th 2022, Minister for Culture Sam Tanson received Bettina Steinbrügge as she takes the office as director of the Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean.

At the invitation of minister for Culture Sam Tanson, a number of delegations present in Luxembourg for the meeting of the Council of the European Union of ministers for Culture took the opportunity to visit Esch-Belval in the context of the European Capital of Culture, Esch2022.

With the Council exceptionally held in Luxembourg, the EU ministers of Culture resumed the discussions begun in early March on the measures adopted and to be adopted in support of Ukrainian artists and creative professionals - both refugees and non-refugees - and the cultural world.

On 10 March 2022, minister for Culture Sam Tanson swore in Ms Jamie Armstrong, who was appointed Research Officer at the National Museum of History and Art by ministerial decree on the same day.

In the context of the recent vote of the new cultural heritage law, Minister of Culture Sam Tanson is pleased to invite all interested parties to one of four presentation and information meetings on the new paradigms that will apply to the protection and enhancement of cultural heritage in Luxembourg.