"The National Resources Ministry is cutting off subsidies to Budapest’s Kamaraszínház and Játékszín theatres next year to save Ft 477 million, it was revealed on Wednesday. Kamaraszínház director Miklós Szűcs said the theatre will not be able to pay salaries in January if the ministry does not transfer funds. He said he will write to minister Miklós Réthelyi to ask for an answer.Játékszín director Lajos Balázsovits said he does not know how the theatre can continue to function, adding that he hopes that he will be able to hold talks with the ministry after the holidays and reach a compromise.
If the theatre does not receive subsidies, it will be closed in late February.
The culture state secretariat said the 2012 budget reduces the funding for cultural institutions that operate as companies from Ft 7.3 billion this year to Ft 6.4 billion next year."
Source: Hungary Around the Clock
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22.12.2011