Slovak Culture Ministry Official Defends Subsidy Cuts as Quality Improvement Measure
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The head of Slovakia's Fund for the Support of Arts (FPÚ) has defended recent cuts to cultural subsidies, rejecting accusations that he is attacking the culture sector. Oľha justified the decision to eliminate certain funding as an effort to break institutional inertia and improve the quality of supported projects. The official denied that the subsidy reductions represent an assault on Slovak cultural institutions, framing them instead as necessary reforms to enhance standards in arts funding.