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Sorbs Foundation receives more money


government press release of the Minister of State for Culture

Fri, 10/07/2009

The Sorbs are a small Slavic nation which has lived since the seventh century in the Lausitz. About 60,000 people speak today or down, and Sorbian keep culture and traditions alive. Together with the Free State of Saxony and Brandenburg, the Confederation supports this effort. Located
the Sorbs are mainly in the Saxon Upper Lusatia and Lower Lusatia in the southeast of Brandenburg.

where their language and culture are also present in everyday life. Day after day not only show many events, but also radio and television broadcasts in the Sorbian language as alive the culture of the Sorbs is today.

An important role is played by the "Foundation for the Sorbian people." Your task is to preserve the Sorbian language and develop. At the same time they want culture and traditions as an expression of Identity of the Sorbian people keep.


In the interest of the younger generation


The Public Service Foundation, based in Bautzen and Cottbus is federally funded the Free State of Saxony and Brandenburg. Today Culture Minister Bernd Neumann and the Prime Minister Stanislaw Tillich and Matthias Platzeck have signed a new financing agreement.
Planning Security will use the Foundation for the Sorbian institutions continue to make forward-capable, Culture Minister Bernd Neumann believes. "This modernization process will be particularly necessary in the interest of the younger generation so that the Sorbian people to continue can contribute to the cultural richness of Germany, "he said in Berlin.
The agreement is retroactive from 1 January 2009. Overall, 16.8 million euros of the Foundation are available each year to the end of 2013. Thus, her budget increased compared to previous year by 1.2 million €. The federal government is contributing 8.2 million euros, 5.85 million of the Free State of Saxony and Brandenburg € 2.77 million €. The agreement is renewed for another year, if not each twelve months previously terminated by a participating agency.