(© Prof. Monika Grütters/ Elke A. Jung-Wolff / Deutscher Bundestag) German Minister for Culture Monika Grütters has announced that the German federal government led by Chancellor Angela Merkel will substantially increase the aid for the embattled culture sector in Germany. Angela Merkel is leading a coalition government between her own Christian Democrats and Social democrats. Per Grütters’ words, another package {…}
(Credit: dpa) The German federal government and the Prime Ministers of the German federal states have decided to extend the current state of lockdown until Feb. 14, 2021. The cabinet of German Chancellor Angela Merkel also decided to impose more drastic measures, such as mandatory medical face masks in public transport and shops. The government also wants to expand work {…}
(Credit: Sven-Helge Czichy) Theaters and Opera houses in the German federal state of Hessen have announced that they will shut down until at least the beginning of April 2021. The Hessische Staatstheater Darmstadt, Hessische Staatstheater Kassel and Hessische Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Hessische Landestheater Marburg and the Stadttheater Gießen will try to reopen during week of Easter. “Unfortunately, the infectious situation is {…}
(Credit: Bayerische Staatsoper official website) The German federal government and the Prime Ministers of the German federal states (Bund und Länder) have decided to extend the lockdown in Germany until the end of January 2021 at the earliest. Markus Söder, the Prime Minister of Bavaria, recently said in a statement to Bild am Sonntag that the country needs to be {…}
(Credit: Tobias Koch) The German Music Council (DMR) will implement another sub-program of “Neustart Kultur” project with the “Classical Scholarship Program.” The now-planned program, worth ten million euros, is aimed at self-employed musicians in the field of classical music. The program will cover all periods of classical music, from early music to the early avant-garde. “The German Music Council thanks Minister {…}
Credit: © visitBerlin / Dagmar Schwelle German Chancellor Angela Merkel has announced that the country will enter a next phase of the lockdown, bringing more rigorous measures in a bid to curb the exponential spread of COVID-19. Following the meeting with Prime Ministers of 16 German federal states, Chancellor Merkel said that there was an urgent need to take action. {…}
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has announced that the lockdown in Germany has been extended until Jan. 10, 2021. A five-hour meeting between Chancellor Merkel and the Prime Ministers of German federal states on Dec. 2, 2020 resulted in another extension of the lockdown. The German federal government and federal states authorities (Bund und Länder) concluded that the country is still {…}
(Credit: Jan Windszus Photography) According to sources from Deutsche Welle and Der Spiegel, the German federal government and Prime Ministers of German federal states (Bund und Länder) have agreed to extend the partial lockdown until Dec. 20 2020 at least, with new drastic measures aimed to further curb the second wave of COVID-19 in Germany. Per the draft obtained by {…}
(Credit: Visit Berlin official website) The German government has announced new restrictions due to the rise in COVID-19 cases. Per sources from the German newspaper Die Welt, the German government has reached an agreement with Prime Ministers of German 16 federal states to implement new drastic COVID-19 measures, which include the closure of opera houses, theaters, and concert halls. The {…}
(Credit: Chris Singer) Only seven days before the COVID-19 pandemic fell on our heads, American mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato was in New York portraying the role of Agrippina at the Metropolitan Opera House. Taking on the role of the cunning queen, DiDonato already had been in the eye of the storm. At that moment very few people really understood well what {…}
As Europe eases on the lockdown for the coronavirus, Switzerland has announced that it will open borders with Austria, Germany and France. Following discussions with the Interior Ministers, the Federal Councilor Karin Keller-Sutter and the three countries have come to an agreement to remove restrictions on June 15. The agreement will allow border crossing but will still limit airfare. According {…}