Folklore ensembles came out again empty

23. Apr 2025 at 17:39

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BRATISLAVA. The Council of the Fund in support of art did not again decide on subsidies for folklore festivals.

The director of the Fund Róbert Špoták, as well as a week ago, undertook to submit projects to the members of the Council of the Council in these calls. Even if the expert committees do not fit, as the law preaches.

Moreover, the Council, with its vote of Špoták on Wednesday, April 23, committed to present the projects no later than 17 April. All nine present nominees of the Minister of Culture voted for this impossible role Martina Šimkovičová.

At the same time, one of the latest members of the Council during the meeting appealed to the journalists present to inform that the fund works and fulfills its tasks.

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“Again the same?” He asked the FPU Director Spoták in disbelief when the Council Chairman Matúš Oľha voted on the same resolution in the same version as last week. « You have heard, we continue this game, » Olha replied.

The seventh meeting of the Council took place only a week after the previous and the only point of the program was the solution of the situation with folklore festivals. The calls have long been exceeded by the legal deadline of 90 days, for which they should be assessed and several organizers of the summer events have already resigned.

However, folklore and folklore festivals are a politically explosive topic and the ministry nominees want to solve the situation quickly and « even unusual » – as they said.

« I cannot imagine that the festival in Eastern or Detva would not get money and the newsletter that would not happen. He complained during the meeting member of the Council Július Lomenčík.

According to Šimkovičová and Olhu, the director is responsible for everything

During the last week’s press conference, Minister Šimkovičová and Oľha, Director of Špoták, directly accused that he is responsible for the current situation.