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Artists aroused

Newly-appointed culture minister Joke Schauvliege landed herself in trouble last week when she admitted in a TV interview that she was not particularly interested in culture. In an interview on the current affairs programme Terzake soon after her appointment, she confessed that her most recent theatre visit was "six months ago". She added that it was a production by an amateur theatre company in her home town of Evergem. The remark immediately provoked a storm of protest from eminent Flemish artists such as Tom Lanoye. But the minister insisted that she was the right person to head the culture department. "Do I have to be an art historian to do this job?" she asked.
(July 22, 2024)
Ministers pose for the traditional "family photo"
And then there were nine

Hilde Crevits, the new Flemish minister for mobility, takes her place among the nine ministers of the new Flemish government posing for a group portrait on the Martelaarsplein in Brussels last week. Her colleagues are, from left to right, Pascal Smet, Joke Schauvliege, Jo Vandeurzen, Geert Bourgeois, Freya Van den Bossche, Kris Peeters, Philippe Muyters and Ingrid Lieten. The government ministries have been reduced from 11 to nine as part of the new government's round of spending cuts.
(July 22, 2024)