TALLINN: The construction of the Tallinn Film Wonderland film studio will begin in 2023, as confirmed by Margus Allikmaa, head of the Cultural Endowme.
Subsidies from the Cultural Endowment of Estonia for artists and athletes will not keep pace with inflation next year, but they will not lessen either.
MPs are discussing speeding up the construction of nationally important buildings and may permit the Cultural Endowment to fund three buildings at once rather than two due to higher than forcast tax receipts.
The planned completion of the Tartu Südalinna Cultural Center (SÜKU), listed as a cultural object of national significance, will be postponed by two years, with the center estimated to open its doors in 2029.
Estonian public broadcaster Eesti Rahvusringhääling (ERR) is one of the most underfunded organizations of its kind in Europe, the broadcaster's board chair Erik Roose says. At the same time, cultural funding as a whole needs boosting in Estonia, while some mistruths put about by some of the private sector media leaders need dispelling, Roose says.