Tourist and creative industries react angrily to ‘curb on freedom of expression’
If the Athens culture ministry has its way, tourists from around the world should brace themselves for what it says is only a matter of time: a holiday soundtrack that is decidedly Hellenic in tone.
Drawn up in the spirit of not only promoting and protecting indigenous music but also ensuring “the diffusion of the Greek language”, the law will be even more draconian in the case of state-funded films and audiovisual content. In both the music quota rises to 70%.Few were hit as badly by Covid lockdowns as those in the country’s cultural sector.
“This is the first time we are trying to do something to empower Greek-language songs,” said the culture minister, adding that, unlike the nation’s film and theatre industry, the Greek music scene had been overlooked by the state.
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