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According to multiple sources, the Slovenian Ministry of Culture recently slashed cofunding to NGOs by nearly 50 percent in the course of its latest four-year program tender, a decision some fear could push the country’s cultural landscape to the brink. The move, which shrinks funding from €6.4 ($7.1 million) to €3.6 million ($4 million), comes as the ministry records its largest budget since Slovenia gained independence from Yugoslavia in 1991 and follows the ascent to governmental power, over the past two years, of a right-wing administration, which has additionally gutted the Slovenian Press

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