Culture Minister Hunor Kelemen said the institution’s budget for next year is slightly higher than that proposed for 2011, of RON612 million.
After revision, the ministry’s 2011 budget rose to RON828 million, Kelemen added.
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The Romanian Culture Ministry’s draft 2012 budget, which has been negotiated with the Finance Ministry at 713 million lei (about EUR164 million), has been approved Monday by the Parliament’s committees for culture with 15 to five votes and three abstentions.