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National Travel Opera possibly first victim of culture cuts

The rapid austerity operation of at least 200 million on the cultural sector has yet to be fleshed out, but one thing is already clear. If it were up to state secretary Halbe Zijlstra, the National Reisopera, which operates from Enschede, would stand a good chance of being killed in that operation. His request for advice to the Council for Culture, sent the week before Christmas, states the following:
"I request you to indicate whether efficiency can be booked at the opera, by making visitors travel more, or...

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The rapid austerity operation of at least 200 million on the cultural sector has yet to be fleshed out, but one thing is already clear. If it were up to state secretary Halbe Zijlstra, the National Reisopera, which operates from Enschede, would stand a good chance of being killed in that operation. His request for advice to the Council for Culture, sent the week before Christmas, states the following:
"I request you to indicate whether efficiency can be booked at the opera, by making visitors travel more, or...

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