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Radcliffe: From casting spells to hunting ghosts Young widower Kipp – played by Daniel Radcliffe – is asked to look into the legal affairs of the recently deceased owner of Eel Marsh House. He discovers a… 01/02/2012
Guimarães celebrates EU Culture Capital status – nocomment There have been celebrations in the northern Portuguese city of Guimarães as it officially became one of two European Capitals of Culture for 2012 (the other… 23/01/2012
Guimarães celebrates EU Culture Capital status There have been celebrations in the northern Portuguese city of Guimarães as it officially became one of two European Capitals of Culture for 2012. It… 22/01/2012
It’s not Iron Man, it’s Fortune Man!Hindu devotees wearing headsets listen to a fortune-telling machine at Sangam in Allahabad. REUTERS/Jitendra Prakas 18/01/2012
Bosnia’s national treasures on their knees Bosnia’s National Museum in Sarajevo is almost a miracle in itself, outlasting the Habsburg empire, and emerging bloodied but unbowed from two World Wars and… 10/01/2012
Vaclav Havel – from pensmith to president Vaclav Havel, the man who was to become the symbol of the struggle against Soviet domination, was born into the Prague bourgoisie in 1936 just before German… 18/12/2011
Pirelli presents its 2012 ‘glamour’ calendar The 39th issue of Pirelli’s calendar has been officially unveiled. Simply known as “The Cal”, the calendar features the work of photographer Mario Sorrenti… 13/12/2011
Ukraine pianist Romanenko marries music and colour The world-class musician Nathalia Romanenko tells euronews about the challenges of combining music and lights for the Festival of Lights in Lyon, and how if… 12/12/2011
The European Book Prize The European Book Prize was founded in 2007 by the Esprit d’Europe association as a way of promoting European values, and contributing to Europeans’… 08/12/2011
Olympus report urges legal action A damning report has been released by the independent panel of experts looking into the accounting scandal at Olympus. It urges legal action against the… 06/12/2011
‘Melancholia’ triumphs at European Film Awards Lars von Trier’s apocalyptic feature ‘Melancholia’ has been named European Film 2011 at a glittering ceremony in Berlin. But the Danish director was nowhere… 04/12/2011
‘Black Gold’ glitters at Marrakech Film Festival Movie magic has come to Morocco where the red carpet is attracting stars from all over the world to the Marrakech International Film Festival. Fifteen… 04/12/2011
The best days of your life? If we’re lucky, we have memories of our school days and our teachers. Around the world people are working to ensure that everyone has these memories. Learning… 23/11/2011
Common culture is key to economic re-launch Frédéric, from Brussels, asks: In the current context of growing euroscepticism among people who despair for European integration for the moment, I’d like… 10/11/2011
Floods in Thailand’s Ayutthaya Ancient CityA Buddha head in the trunk of a Bodhi tree is partially submerged by flood waters in the ruins of Wat Mahathat temple in Thailand’s ancient capital Ayutthaya… 06/11/2011
Iranian Superstar Mohammad-Reza Shajarian tour To most people in Iran, Mohammad-Reza Shajarian is a superstar – but the authorities loathe him and his music and have made it difficult for him to perform in… 22/09/2011
Marty McFly’s shoes back to HollywoodA pair of 2011 NIKE MAG shoes, based on the original NIKE MAG worn in 2015 by the “Back to the Future II” character Marty McFly, played by Michael J. Fox, is… 09/09/2011
South Korea’s food goes global The South Koreans are keen for the world to develop a taste for their country, and they’re using food to do it. Now there are culinary tours for overseas… 05/09/2011
Building bridges through education Education plays a key role in connecting cultures and fostering tolerance. Our first report takes us to Morocco where a non-profit organisation aims to bring… 02/09/2011
French electro, Red Hot Chilling and a chip off the old Blockhead A look now at a few new releases, starting with France’s most international DJ David Guetta’s latest album. ‘Nothing But the Beat’ is a double CD featuring… 30/08/2011
Lviv, the ‘Little Paris’ The city of Lviv in the west of Ukraine is perhaps the best example of the stark differences between the country’s main centres. Its ancient streets give… 22/08/2011
Kiev: from past to present This year Kiev celebrates 20 years of post-Soviet history. The country’s capital is an indicator of how Ukraine, which has always been torn between East and… 05/08/2011
Tower of Hercules – 2,000 years of light The Tower of Hercules in Spain, was built by the Romans around 2,000 years ago. It is the only lighthouse from that period which is still in operation. It is… 03/08/2011
Venetian lace museum proudly reopens On Burano Island in the lagoon of Venice, famed for the splendour of its past, the Lace Museum is open once more, following lengthy restoration. ‘Vaporetti’… 02/08/2011
Surprising street art in Germany – nocomment Residents of Frankfurt were able to observe an unusual spectacle in the streets of the German city yesterday, after street artists went around wrapping bronze… 05/07/2011
Venice Biennale starts… with a tank and a treadmill The Venice Biennale, the world’s oldest and perhaps most-talked-about festival of modern art, is getting underway. Every two years, more than 300,000… 03/06/2011
Young artists shine in Tallinn’s Eksperimenta Young artists have taken centre stage at Tallinn’s European Capital of Culture with an exhibition they’re calling Eksperimenta. It is a collection of works… 01/06/2011
New direction for Andrea Corr After a four year break from music Andrea Corr is back with her second studio album – ‘Lifelines.’ Several tracks have been co-produced by Brian Eno on the… 01/06/2011
Tallinn’s terrific Treff takes to the streets After five years of delighting shoppers and tourists in Tallinn, Estonia’s Treff street festival has become a benchmark for performance art in Eastern… 31/05/2011
South Korea unveils world’s biggest floating island The South Korean capital Seoul is now home to the world’s largest artificial floating island, recently opened on the Han river. It is made up of three… 30/05/2011
Diary – The soul of the young Macedonian nationOhrid: the hidden gem of the Balkans Before travelling to Skopje for our three-part series on Macedonian life, I must admit that I had never heard the name… 26/05/2011
Europe’s big screen battle Michele Berrebi owns a small cinema in the south of France in Provence. The cinema was set to close when she bought it four years ago. Michèle admits her… 19/05/2011
Bendy concrete inventor up for top European prize The City of Arts and Sciences in the southern Spanish town of Valencia is a complex of modern buildings devoted to science and culture. Parts of this… 17/05/2011
Anish Kapoor gargantuan work invades Grand Palais A giant structure by British artist Anish Kapoor has been unveiled at Paris’ Grand Palais. The aim of the monster-like figure is to engulf the visitor, who… 16/05/2011
The soul of the young Macedonian nation The soul of any country is its culture and heritage, and for Macedonians they are of vital importance. In the last of our special three-part series we… 05/05/2011
Art Cologne: Kirchner, Panamarenko, Kaprow One of the world’s leading art fairs, Art Cologne is now in its 45th year. Open this weekend, the exhibition-cum-sale has works from more than 200 galeries on… 15/04/2011
Vienna, a city of soundscapes Vienna is a city where the past and the future live side by side. The pulsating metropolis, once centre of the Habsburg empire, has a rich cultural heritage… 12/04/2011
Azerbaijan – a forum for intercultural dialogue The Caspian Republic of Azerbaijan sees itself as a successful multicultural society, with all its religions coexisting peacefully – while Europe struggles to… 08/04/2011
Hidden Art The American street artist Greg Haberny has come up with a very unique PR idea to raise his profile in Germany. For one week he has been hiding his artwork… 08/04/2011
Traditional Cambodian dance experiences cultural revival The Apsara were dancing goddesses, celestial figures, famous for their beauty, and once at the heart of Cambodian culture. Now the traditional dance… 08/04/2011
Opera Anna Bolena hits all the right notes in Vienna The premiere of Gaetano Donizetti’s opera Anna Bolena marked the start of the spring and summer Opera season in Vienna. 06/04/2011
Bonus: Plácido Domingo The ‘Musica’ bonus includes an excerpt (in Spanish) from our interview with Plácido Domingo. As the artist also manages two opera houses, he explains how… 06/04/2011
King Domingo’s triumphant return to Buenos Aires With a career spanning 50 years, 3,500 performances in more than 130 roles, there is no doubting Plácido Domingo’s place in the annals of operatic history. He… 06/04/2011
MoMA show charts dawn of German Expressionism Graphic images of death, sex and war are on display at New York’s Museum of Modern Art in an exhibition on German Expressionism. 29/03/2011
Mexico’s Zoe releases unplugged album Mexican alternative rock band Zoe has just released their acoustic album Musica de Fondo. The unplugged CD includes 13 songs, including many of the band’s… 28/03/2011
Bonus: Omer Meir Wellber The ‘Musica’ bonus includes several excerpts from our interview with conductor Omer Meir Wellber. He remembers his first time at La Scala, and talks about… 20/03/2011
A maestro’s apprentice At La Scala in Milan Daniel Barenboim has been back on the piano stool, playing Franz Liszt’s piano concertos with the Orchestra Filarmonica. As 2011 is the… 20/03/2011
Portuguese beats get youths on the streets In Portugal, music is once again inspiring the country’s youth to take to the streets. A satirical group called The Fighting Man has won the Portuguese vote… 17/03/2011
Peru fresco may be linked to human sacrifices Colourful murals have been discovered on the walls of an ancient temple in Lambayeque in Peru. 17/03/2011
Bonus: Yuja Wang Here are a some excerpts from our interview with the pianist Yuja Wang. She tells us more about her interests, her past and her plans for the future. 09/03/2011
Yuja Wang’s perfect pacing They call her Flying Fingers, and she certainly lives up to her name. Yuja Wang is a piano virtuoso with exceptional abilities. At only 24, she is globally… 09/03/2011
Franco-Mexican spat proving costly to culture Organisers of France’s Mexican Year of Culture are warning that a diplomatic spat between the two countries could cost tens of millions of euros. Mexico… 02/03/2011
Adele’s new album Adele’s latest album 21 has already hit number 1 in several European countries; now it is out in the US. Despite the north Londoner’s runaway success, the… 28/02/2011
From Egon Schiele to Michel Gondry The work of Austrian artist Egon Schiele is currently on show in Vienna. Born in 1890, Schiele, along with Gustav Klimt and Oskar Kokoschka, was one of the… 18/02/2011
Madrid hosts contemporary art fair Contemporary art lovers should make a beeline for Spain for the 30th anniversary edition of ARCO, the Madrid International Contemporary Art Fair. Nearly… 17/02/2011
Major restoration at ancient Khmer temple More than a thousand temples of all sizes draw some 2 million tourists to Cambodia’s Angkor Wat site every year. Now, the Bayon temple, which lies at the… 10/02/2011
Gaugin’s tribute to Van Gogh up for auction Christie’s in London has a Van Gogh tribute piece by Paul Gaugin up for auction next week, Nature Morte a l’Esperance, Still Life with Sunflowers, which may… 04/02/2011
Foreign language films give France boost Oceans is one of the most successful European films worldwide last year, and the French production was the most successful in terms of box office receipts. 21/01/2011
European Heritage Label Europe’s great variety of peoples are to a greater or lesser extent cut from a common cloth, woven of many cultures. How is the European Union planning to… 11/01/2011
Prince Faisal: Arab Thought Foundation 10 years on It is 10 years since since the Arab Thought Foundation was established to nurture intellectual interaction between Arabs and the rest of the world. A decade… 10/12/2010
Restoration of a unique Armenian monastery It was once a beacon of light for an entire country, home to 500 monks, a seat of learning and spiritual fulfilment. Little remains of the glorious past of… 25/10/2010
Istanbul’s World Heritage status under threat “Hands off my house” warns a home-made sign on an historic dwellings in the old part of Istanbul are still standing – but for how long? The residents are… 23/09/2010
Cultural heritage – a new dimension Anne Coulié is a preservation expert at the Louvre, specialising in ceramics from ancient Greece. David Kolin is an IT expert, working on 3D technologies at… 08/09/2010
Bonus interview: Valery Gergiev Here are a few bonus excerpts from our interview with conductor Valery Gergiev, in which he talks about Vladimir Putin. 01/07/2010
Bonus interview: Jonas Kaufmann Here are some extra excerpts from our interview with Jonas Kaufmann. He tells us more about his career, his roles and keeping his voice in shape. 28/01/2010
Musica – the concept… Musica transports viewers into the world of music – from rising stars to true masters there is a rich musical landscape to explore. The programme will… 28/01/2010
Agora sees out 2009 2009 has been a memorable year for the EU, studded with successes and failures, subjected to global tensions and internal growing pains in equal measure. How… 20/12/2009
Countdown to the end of the world?A celebration marking one year until the end of a cycle in the Mayan calendar has been held in the Copan ruins in Honduras. Guests included the country’s… 22/12/2011
Tributes paid to Vaclav HavelTributes have been pouring in to Vaclav Havel, the dissident playwright who helped overthrow Communism and became President of the Czech Republic. Havel died… 18/12/2011
Vaclav Havel diesVaclav Havel, the dissident playwright who was to become the first President of the post-communist Czech Republic, died this morning. The 75-year-old had… 18/12/2011
Cesária Évora dies at 70Cesária Évora, tha Cape Verdean singer known as the Barefoot Diva, has died at the age of 70. Evora had been suffering from ill health for some time and… 17/12/2011
Greece bucks austerity trend with museum faceliftGreece says an overhaul of many archaeological sites and museums is helping its crisis-hit economy. The country is 12 months into a three-year revamp at… 02/12/2011
Wilde’s Paris tomb gets glasshouse treatmentFor years adoring fans of Irish writer Oscar Wilde have not been able to resist the temptation of paying their own personal tributes at his tomb in Paris’… 30/11/2011
UN honours cultural heritageTwelve cultural traditions have been given world heritage status by UNESCO, the UN body responsible for education, science and culture. They include French… 28/11/2011
Palestine vote leads to US cutting UNESCO moneyThere will be no new UNESCO projects this year, following a cut in funding by the United States. Since UNESCO granted full membership to the Palestinians… 10/11/2011
Russia’s Bolshoi is back after lavish revivalA revered Russian landmark has been revived. VIP guests were invited to the reopening of Moscow’s world-famous Bolshoi Theatre after a six-year-renovation… 28/10/2011
New German military museum stirs strong feelingsGiven Germany’s history, the opening of a military museum was bound to be controversial. But even the design of the newly-revamped building opening on… 15/10/2011
Pressing issues at the Frankfurt Book FairThe biggest book fair in the world is in full swing in Frankfurt, opening to publishers and guests. It is an industry that has weathered the financial crisis… 12/10/2011
Barefoot diva Cesária retiresCesária Évora, the legendary singer from the Cape Verde islands off the coast of West Africa, has announced her retirement due to ill health. Nick-named… 23/09/2011
Pregnant fossil shows reptiles did not lay eggsA fossil on display at the US Natural History Museum in Los Angeles shows that giant prehistoric sea reptiles gave birth to live offspring, rather than laying… 13/08/2011
Iconic statue set to close for year long refurbNew York’s iconic Statue of Liberty will close for a year at the end of October. It is set for a renovation at a cost of nearly 20 million euros. The work… 11/08/2011
25 sites added to UNESCO world heritage listTwenty five new sites have been added to the UNESCO world heritage list. Among those in Europe is the landscape of the Serra de Tramuntana in Spain (see… 29/06/2011
Leonard Lohen wins Asturias prizeThe Prince of Asturias Prize for Letters has been awarded to Leonard Cohen. The finalists also included Alice Munro and Ian McEwen. Leonard Cohen’s work is… 01/06/2011
Argentinian hero Ernesto Sábato has diedThe Argentinian writer Ernesto Sábato has died at the age of 99. Sábato, whose “The Tunnel” is hailed as an existentialist classic, was viewed as a hero by… 01/05/2011
American Ballet Theatre finally returns to RussiaThe American Ballet Theatre has returned to Moscow for the first time since the 1960s, ending decades of frosty relations after Mikhail Baryshnikov, then one… 01/04/2011
“I’m no tormented weirdo”, but Collins confirms retirementSinger Phil Collins has confirmed press reports that he is calling it a day. He says on his website that he is ending his career to devote more time to his… 09/03/2011
Galliano takes trip back in time at Paris FashionGalliano has gone back in time to the 1950s, bringing reds and romance to the runway at the Dior show in Paris. Inspired by fashion illustrator Rene Gruau… 26/01/2011
Ritual release for Britain’s White LiesBritish alternative rock band White Lies have released their second album ‘Ritual’. Formerly known as Fear Of Flying, their debut called ‘To Lose My Life’… 20/01/2011
Turku lures culture vultures with saunas and spudsTemperatures of -17 degrees celsius failed to stop tens of thousands of people in Finland from celebrating Turku’s inauguration as the European Union’s… 16/01/2011
Alchemist author Coelho gets round Iranian banBestselling Brazilian author Paulo Coelho has placed the Persian versions of his books free online after Iranian authorities banned them. The reason for… 13/01/2011
Northern European Capitals of Culture Tallinn and Turku for 2011For culture this year, follow the north star, as two of Europe’s designated capitals of culture lie that way: Tallinn in Estonia and Turku in… 05/01/2011
Duran Duran bid to reconnectVeteran popstars Duran Duran have dusted off the cobwebs and released a comeback album – “All You Need Is Now”. Lead singer Simon Le Bon waxed lyrical: “… 03/01/2011
Hitting the highs: soprano Barbara HendricksBorn in the United States in 1948, acclaimed soprano Barbara Hendricks moved to Sweden in 1977, where she became a Swedish citizen. She studied at the… 17/12/2010
Oscar Niemeyer’s architectural gift to SpainThe celebrated Brazilian architect, Oscar Niemeyer, marked his 103rd birthday this week with the opening of the main dome of a new cultural centre in northern… 16/12/2010
Exhibition offers close up look at famous faces“Close up”, currently on at Australia’s National Portrait Gallery, features works by German photographer Martin Schoeller. A collection of portraits framed… 06/12/2010
Curtain up for stage premiere of Dragon TattooThe actors at Norrebro Theatre in the Danish capital Copenhagen are preparing for the world stage premiere of Stieg Larsson’s international bestseller The… 03/12/2010
Red faces in Pompeii as more walls collapseThe Roman ruins of Pompeii have suffered more collapses – the third and fourth in a month. Two walls crumbled along one of the site’s main streets, the Via… 01/12/2010
Sony re-enters Japan’s e-book marketSony is making a fresh bid to enter Japan’s electronic book market with an online bookstore with 20,000 titles, and an e-book reader that goes on sale next… 26/11/2010
Government cuts target Italy’s culture budgetThere are fears that many of Italy’s historic treasures could go to rack and ruin because of large scale government cuts. Some 300 million euros from the… 13/11/2010
Modern art fair opens in KievWorks by artists from across Europe, Russia and the former USSR are on display at the ‘ART-KYIV’ contemporary art fair in the Ukrainian capital. According… 10/11/2010
