German intendant faces prosecutor over losses

German intendant faces prosecutor over losses

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norman lebrecht

July 07, 2017

The former intendant of Trier, Karl Sibelius, and the city’s culture chief, Thomas Egger, are under criminal investigation over two years of overspending.

It is alleged that they ran up million-Euro deficits.

Presumptions of innocence apply. It is rare for the prosecuting authority to get involved in cultural affairs.

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