At a news conference Friday, two days after outgoing Prime Minister handed the resignation of his Government to allow a Cabinet rotation with GERB-UDF, outgoing Culture Minister Krastyu Krastev reported the performance of his Ministry.
Krastev highlighted the good work of his team. "I am grateful for the support of the Council of Ministers, the National Assembly, all the people from the sector with whom we worked together, we had theир support and that is why we carried out a lot of work," he said.
“We have started several projects and we will develop them,” Krastev added. The procedure for signing an agreement for the establishment of an Arts Centre at the St St Cyricus and Julitta Island. “We have secured over BGN 3 million. We are supported by UNESCO, which is very important. We are working with major companies, there is interest from other countries. It is being developed as the only World Heritage Centre in the world," he said.
"We are also establishing a regional centre for underwater archaeology, again under the auspices of UNESCO. We will submit the application by March 31. It will be staffed by experts from all over the world. I would like to thank very much the local authorities and the universities in the country, the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and the National Centre for Underwater Archaeology," Krastev said.
In his words, Bulgarian art is becoming more and more recognizable in the world, which is why his Ministry continues to support its global exposure.
"We support the development with new spending standards of delegated activities such as regional libraries, museums, community centres. The increase for libraries and museums is over 18%. There is a new methodology for performing arts and new programmes with our key partners. I want to let them know that the Association of Municipalities are some of the most important," Krustev said.
He recalled that the National Culture Fund budged was increased by BGN 9 million. BGN 40 million are earmarked for project funding for state, municipal and private organizations, Krustev added.
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