Gregory Campbell is the new minister for culture, arts and leisure
East Londonderry MP Gregory Campbell has been appointed as the new minister for culture, arts and leisure.
He replaced Edwin Poots in a reshuffle of DUP ministers which followed Peter Robinson’s elevation to first minister.
One of Mr Campbell’s first decisions will be whether to award ï¿¡5m [...]

A group of about 40 lawmakers from the conservative Liberal
Democratic Party had requested for a preview of the film
“Yasukuni” made by Chinese director Li Ying because they feared
the documentary could have “distorted content.”
“We just conveyed the lawmakers’ requests to the film
maker, but the company sent letters of invitation to the
preview at its own [...]

ATHENS (Reuters) - Jules Dassin, the American who directed the film “Never on Sunday” and was married to the late Greek actress and culture minister Melina Mercouri, died in an Athens hospital after a short illness on Monday aged 96.
“Greece grieves the loss of a rare human being, an important creator and a true friend,” [...]