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Budget cuts anger culture sector
Arts industry representatives called planned cuts a disappointment and warned that freelance workers would be hit hardest.
Katerina Repponen of the circus duo Kate & Pasi performing in Helsinki last May.
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The government budget framework talks which concluded last week brought news of budget cuts for the arts and culture sector.
The arts sector in Finland has largely been financed through profits from the state-owned gambling company Veikkaus, but this income has dropped by hundreds of millions of euros due to the coronavirus pandemic and restrictions on gambling.
The government said it would compensate the sector for some of the losses, but not all. ....

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