4/27/2009: Towards a better recognition of artists’ work in Europe

Last week the European Parliament plenary voted in favour of a proposal for a Directive to extend the term of protection for performers’ rights and sound recordings and to introduce complementary meas...... Read Announcement...

4/27/2009: Germany to strengthen its cultural policies abroad

From April 18th to 26th Berlin hosted the “Foreign Cultural Policy Days” [Tage der auswärtigen Kulturpolitik] organised by the German Federal Foreign Office together with its main partners in the fiel...... Read Announcement...

4/22/2009: New report on UK creative industries commissioned

The British Conservative Party is putting together a review group on creative industries. Shadow culture secretary Jeremy Hunt said the review would "look beyond" the government's Digital Britain repo...... Read Announcement...

4/22/2009: New ways in music industry

The success of websites like MyMajorCompany, NoMajorMusik or NoMajorCompany shows: music production is no longer only reserved to record companies. Nowadays consumers discover, launch and even produce...... Read Announcement...

4/17/2009: The EU and its consequences for Europe’s cultural heritage

Upon approval by the European Parliament, the European Commission and the Council of the EU define binding regulations for several decrees and directives for the national legislation of the 27 member ...... Read Announcement...

4/17/2009: European Cultural & Creative Industries Summit 2009

Dear Madam, dear Sir, With a little over one week to go there are still a small number of places available at the European Cultural and Creative Industries Summit 2009 on the 23rd April at the Comm...... Read Announcement...

4/6/2009: Working on making arts and culture a priority of national and European policies

Arts and culture can play key roles in Europe‘s economic recovery – politicians, EU officials and arts experts attending the Prague Forum for Creative Europe on March 26th and 27th 2009 agreed. The co...... Read Announcement...

4/6/2009: Spanish video games declared cultural goods

After a recent modification of the Spanish legislation the national games industry now can obtain public funding just like other cultural industries such as music and film. The new law considers games...... Read Announcement...

4/3/2009: Investing in education for the sake of local economy

Two weeks ago a new £ 4.4 million campus officially opened in the Thames Gateway area, East of London: the Thurrock Learning Campus, which courses are geared to provide the skills needed by the local ...... Read Announcement...

4/3/2009: Amazon Germany gets into music business

On April 1st online shop Amazon opened its MP3 music store to German customers. More than five million titles are available for MP3 players including the iPod and mobile phones with MP3 function. The ...... Read Announcement...