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Karoline Preisler wrote that she had been awarded the Arno Hamburger Prize for Civil Courage by the Jewish Cultural Community of Nuremberg (IKGN). She expressed that she was overwhelmed and grateful and emphasized the beauty of the medal. Arno Hamburger was far more than a British soldier, a witness to the Nuremberg Trials, and head of the IKGN; he took action. She sees the prize named after him as an honor and a commitment, Preisler wrote. #Zivilcourage #Ehrung #Dankbarkeit (translated)

To be honest, I actually don't know if it was a happy choice. Nationwide politics and parliament have, I’m not afraid to say, minimal influence on the municipal level. You need to have people on the ground there. When I look at the Christian Democrats, even though they are weak in parliament or at the national level, with about 2.5 percent, they are huge in the municipalities," commented the Minister of Culture Oto Klempíř on this strategy. "For us, it is important to build an organization on the ground, to ensure its functioning and connectivity. This is an important goal because municipal elections have often been considered second-tier elections. However, I believe that this has changed and that municipalities are setting a very, very, very prestigious bar with their importance," Klempíř added. #volby #Praha #Motoristé (translated)

Young people from coal regions, such as Bełchatów and Konin, do not want to stay there because they lack appropriate professional, educational, and cultural opportunities, which indicates the need for comprehensive investment planning that could improve the quality of life and create conditions for settlement. #TransformacjaRegionów #Młodzież #PracaIWykształcenie (translated)

Merit Wager wrote that Finland's Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen had said that Finland should not accept traditions, cultures, or customs that limited girls' freedom. According to the Swedish translation that Wager shared, Valtonen believed that girls and women should be able to decide over their own lives, and that religious or cultural norms should not be used to restrict their freedom. Wager also recounted Valtonen's statement that the National Coalition Party wanted to ban face-covering garments, such as the burqa and niqab, in schools and other educational institutions. Valtonen had said that the government led by the National Coalition Party had strengthened the rights of girls and women by more clearly criminalizing forced marriages and female genital mutilation. She had described female genital mutilation as violence and said that every girl had the right to bodily integrity. According to Wager's account, Valtonen also emphasized that equality, individual freedom, and human rights should not be overridden by references to religion, culture, or tradition. Every girl should have the right to be seen, heard, dream, and shape her future based on her own desires, she had said. #Jämställdhet #MänskligaRättigheter #KvinnorsRättigheter (translated)

Felix Perrefort reported that Tillschneider referred to Jewish culture as part of German culture when asked about the AfD's position on Jewish life in Saxony-Anhalt. He described it as deeply rooted for centuries and referenced evidence of Jewish communities since late antiquity. Furthermore, Tillschneider spoke of a German-Jewish cultural symbiosis and announced plans to hold conversations with representatives of the Jewish community. Perrefort wrote that Tillschneider's response had nothing to do with extremism or National Socialism. He believed that the accusations brought to the public by public broadcasting and government parties all the way to the Chancellery were lies. He also doubted that Steinmeier or Klingbeil would have responded similarly confidently and sympathetically, and without diversity clichés, and recommended the interview. #AfD #JüdischesLeben #Kultur (translated)

"With meticulous research, he documents how an activist-radical, anti-Israel and anti-Jewish left has gained a foothold in academia, in the cultural scene, and also in the Left Party." Armin Laschet, former Minister-President and Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the German Bundestag, said in his tribute: "With meticulous research, he documents how an activist-radical, anti-Israel and anti-Jewish left has gained a foothold in academia, in the cultural scene, and also in the Left Party." "They highlight the diversity of opinions and identities," said Laschet in his tribute. #GeorgStefanTrollerPreis #JüdischesLeben #Journalismus (translated)

The indigenous Sámi people in Norway gained the right to influence decisions regarding their traditional territories, which was affirmed by the Norwegian Supreme Court when it found that permits for wind farms threatened their culture and way of life. #Sámové #větrnéelektrárny #právaPůvodníchObyvatel (translated)

The article by Jakub Sewerynik discusses the impact of Pope Leo XIV's pilgrimage on France, emphasizing that despite the secular nature of society, this event brought surprising reactions and symbolic significance for culture and politics in the country. #LeonXIV #Pielgrzymka #Francja (translated)

Björn Höcke wrote that order must be actively created, while chaos arises on its own. He believes this experience can be transferred from the garden to human communities. The fathers and mothers of the Basic Law intended to establish order and not to promote boundlessness, he explained. In a time when Western culture has become irrational about itself, this must be emphasized repeatedly. Höcke thanked Frank Böckelmann, who made it clear in the current issue of TUMULT that a constitution is not an end in itself. #Ordnung #Gesellschaft #Verfassung (translated)

The Salzburg Festival faces the challenge of carrying out the urgently needed renovations of its festival venues, with the controversial major construction project Festival District 2030 receiving both support and opposition. #SalzburgerFestspiele #Festspielbezirk2030 #Kulturentwicklung (translated)

Łukasz Warzecha criticized an author whom he described as an idol of the elites, and assessed her novels as verbose and grafomanic. He claimed that almost no one reads them, although few admit it. He accused her of only answering questions posed in a submissive manner, and in other cases refusing interviews. https://t.co/HsIJg1RHe4 #literatura #opinia #kultura (translated)

The negotiations for a possible red-green-red coalition in Berlin are causing tensions in the federal government, while the Minister of Culture Weimer is urging the SPD to prevent cooperation with the Left in order to counter radicalism. #BerlinerKoalition #RotGrünRot #WeimerWarnung (translated)

Senator David Smoljak, representing the STAN movement, has emerged as a strong candidate in the Senate elections in the Prague 9 district, while the new political face Dagmar Pecková from ODS received approximately half of the votes in the first round. #Senát #politika #kultura (translated)

Cultural State Minister Wolfram Weimer warns of a red-green-red coalition in Berlin, which he sees as a "vote of no confidence against our coalition," while the SPD accuses him of not understanding the seriousness of the situation and instead focusing on the support of cultural workers. #Deutschland #Koalition #Politik (translated)

In his songs, personal experience directly touched on music: life entered music with all its fractures, solitude, pain, hope, and rare moments of peace. The Minister of Culture and Media, Nina Obuljen Koržinek, emphasized that he was one of the most original and recognizable authors and performers of Croatian rock music, whose strength stemmed from authenticity, and his music proved that rock can be both raw and vulnerable. #GoranBare #Majke #RockGlazba (translated)

The Council for Media Services decided that host Anka Žitná failed to ensure sufficient balance and plurality of opinions during the discussion on the STVR station, which led to a single viewpoint and the exclusion of critical perspectives, for which the host was punished with a one-month ban. #Média #Kultura #NázorováVyváženost (translated)