European Commission says Russian pavilion at Venice Biennale will breach sanctions The European Commission has warned the Italian government that the operation of the Russian pavilion at the Venice Biennale will constitute a violation of EU sanctions.
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View all signals →European Commission warns Italy that Russia’s Venice Biennale pavilion violates sanctions, Financial Times reports The European Commission has warned the Italian government and the organizers of the Venice Biennale that opening Russia’s national pavilion at the exhibition violates the sanctions regime, breaching the ban on providing services to the Kremlin, the Financial Times reported.
The Forum for Security and Democracy (FBD) today welcomed the announcements that the recommendations of the Venice Commission will be "fully" implemented by the end of May, judging that this is a kind of recognition by the government that the adoption of changes to judicial laws, proposed by MP Uglješa Mrdić, resulted in Serbia moving away from the European Union.
An artist co-commissioned the Gaza Genocide Tapestry, which will be displayed at the Venice Biennale. The announcement includes the artist's account of the work's conception and significance as a cultural response to the conflict in Gaza.