Press / DEU, Serbske Nowiny - Request for Angela Merkel was supported by EUA, 2014

Letter from the Association of Serbian artists were sent to German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Federal Minister Sigmar Gabriel economy to promote cultural and community life of the Sorbs. The resolution was signed by participants of the meeting of writers and journalists at the headquarters of the European Commission Representation in Prague on 31 January 2014. Among the signatories of the letter were as Prof. Jozef Leikert - Dean of the Pan European University in Bratislava, Josef Foldyna - Member of Parliament, Dr. Petr Vasicek - President of the European Union of Arts, along with

two other hundreds of prominent personalities from the social and cultural life of Europe. Chairman of the Lusatian Serb artists Dyrlich Benedict also emphasized that "... it is acutely threatened the continued existence of Lusatian Serb cultural and social institutions."