Slovakia’s cultural sector is currently undergoing a deep systemic collapse driven by political control. Public cultural funds and institutions have been transformed into instruments of political power, no longer serving their original purpose of supporting independent art and culture.
In recent months, the Ministry of Culture has introduced a series of destructive interventions across the entire sector. These include the paralysis of public funding systems, politically motivated dismissals of professionals, institutional purges, and increasing ideological pressure on cultural workers. Independent decision-making has been replaced by opaque processes and centralised control..
The Cultural Strike (Kultúrny štrajk) is a coordinated movement of the cultural sector in Slovakia aimed at stopping the destructive interventions of the leadership of the Ministry of Culture across all levels of culture. The Cultural Strike calls for competent and professional governance of the ministry that respects the freedom, rights, and expertise of those working in the sector, and that actively contributes to improving the conditions for the creation and development of culture in Slovakia.
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