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Foreign Culture: New Program Focuses on Central Asia

From Der Standard · () German

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  • Austrian State Secretary Sepp Schellhorn has designated Central Asia as one of three priorities for the country’s foreign cultural policy.
  • The new “Trans Stans” program will intensify cultural exchange and produce artistic work for a planned 2028 exhibition at the Weltmuseum.
  • Austria’s annual foreign-culture budget amounts to €5.84 million.

Central Asia is becoming one of Austria’s three main priorities in foreign cultural policy. Sepp Schellhorn, the Neos state secretary responsible for foreign culture at the Foreign Ministry, presented a new program called “Trans Stans” on Monday.

The initiative is intended to intensify cultural exchange with the region. Artistic works produced through the program will feed into an exhibition planned at Vienna’s Weltmuseum in 2028.

Austria’s annual budget for foreign culture is €5.84 million.

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Originally published by Der Standard in German. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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