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Weimer cancels bookstore award ceremony

Weimer cancels bookstore award ceremony
Minister of State for Culture Wolfram Weimer has removed three left-wing bookshops from the list for the German Bookstore Prize due to "findings relevant to the protection of the constitution" (archive photo). / Photo: Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa
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Minister of State for Culture Wolfram Weimer has canceled the presentation of the German Bookstore Prize at the Leipzig Book Fair. The background to the decision is a debate about the exclusion of three bookshops, his spokesman announced. Weimer's decision to remove three left-wing bookshops from the list of jury recommendations had caused massive criticism.

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