At the recent EB and Council meeting in Nancy, France, it was agreed that Honorary Ambassadors would be appointed who could represent President Merja Laaksovirta and the EB at AITA/IATA events. It was with great pleasure that Paddy O’Dwyer and Mary Pears were appointed to this Honorary position. Their mandate will be for the period [...]

The Amateur Theatre Association of Finland arranges every year a domestic festival for the best amateur theatre performances held during the year and it is called Seinäjoen Harrastajateatterikesä. The festival is situated in the western part of the country in the city of Seinäjoki which is famous for its city centre, designed by architect Alvar [...]

On the occasion of the conferment of Mr Koizumi’s decoration and of Mrs Koizumi’s prize of distinguished cultural service of the Kitanippon Shimbun Mr. Hiroshi KOIZUMI, aged 78, President of Toyama Prefectural Artistic and Cultural Association as well as Representative of the Theater Company BUNGEIZA, was given the honorable Medal of Japan, “Rising Sun with Two Rays”, [...]

I am writing with great pleasure to announce to you all that the AITA/IATA Secretariat in Oslo is now open for business I want to introduce you to your new secretary Mrs. Christin Sund who is working part time and without salary to support our organization. Mrs. Sund is supported by Mr. Svein J. Svensson, [...]

Announcement from Josef Hollos, President CEC Josef Hollos has announced that our good old Hungarian theatre friend Lajos Máté, for many years the Hungarian representative in AITA/IATA and CEC, passed away this morning, Friday 29 October 2011 at the age of 83. Lajos was for a many of us a shining example of a fighter [...]