Ministère de la Culture et de la Francophonie, Cote d'Ivoire, 23 January 2026, Côte d'Ivoire

Our admiration to Minister Françoise Remarck for her reappointment as head of the Ministry of Culture and Francophonie by the President of the Republic, H.E. Mr. Alassane Ouattara, on the proposal of the Prime Minister, Head of Government H.E. Mr. Robert Beugré Mambé.

Swedish Arts Council, 23 January 2026, Sweden

Through this year's decision, the Swedish Arts Council has been able to allocate state funds that will reach more than 250 regional activities throughout the country. The Arts Council's board has prioritised stability and a long-term perspective for regional culture, and therefore all regions within the cultural collaboration model have received an increase in their grants compared to last year.

Ministry of Culture, Sports, Tourism and Youth of Mongolia, 22 January 2026, Mongolia

During the meeting, the parties exchanged views on the expansion of cooperation in the fields of culture, sports, tourism and youth, including specific measures that can be implemented in 2026.

National Arts Council (BASATA), 22 January 2026, Tanzania

More than 100 manju musicians (DJ's) have attended the formalisation and taxpayer education training organised by the National Arts Council (BASATA) in collaboration with the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA), held on January 20, 2026 at the Hekima Garden, Mikocheni grounds in Dar es Salaam.

Ministerstwo Kultury I Dziedzictwa Narodowego - Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, Poland, 22 January 2026, Poland

Marta Cienkowska, Minister of Culture and National Heritage, presented the main assumptions of the draft law on social security for professional artists in the Sejm today. The project is the first in history of a real proposal for a systemic regulation of the situation of artists, whose work specificity and the associated unstable and irregular income deprive them of the opportunity to regularly …

Ministry of Culture, Sports & Tourism, 21 January 2026, Korea, Rep

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST, Minister CHAE Hwi-young) announced the results of the “2025 Survey on Korea’s National Image,” conducted from October 1 to 31, 2025, across 26 countries with a total of 13,000 respondents. The results showed that 82.3% of respondents hold a favorable view of South Korea, marking a 3.3%p increase from the previous year and the highest since the su…