Art & Culture

Euro 2016: MEPs share their favourite memories of previous editions

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Martin Schulz's dream team for Euro 2016.

FBI Recovers Stolen Charles Darwin Letter

Letter Returned to Smithsonian Institution by Special Agents from the Art Crime Team

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People in the driving seat as minister announces £3.9 million urban regeneration partnerships

People living in the cities of Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Newcastle & Gateshead and York will benefit from a new research and innovation initiative that puts them in the driving seat to help improve their cities’ health, wellbeing and prosperity as they face up to challenges of modern urban living.

The Orchard Acquires Pablo Larrain’s Neruda From Participant Media

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Rediscovering Jewish Music and Theatre

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Manuscript of ‘Chad Gadja’

Canada-Australia co-productions receive more than $700,000 in funding

Screen Australia and the Canada Media Fund (CMF) announced a financing incentive of more than $700,000 for three interactive digital media co-productions on 24 March. The Canada-Australia Interactive Digital Media Incentive supports projects that go beyond traditional screens, with content available across different media platforms.

UN appoints Red from the ‘Angry Birds’ as Honorary Ambassador for International Day of Happiness

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon with Red from the ‘Angry Birds’ who was appointed Honorary Ambassador for International Day of Happiness.

UNESCO and the European Commission join hands in promoting cultural routes for ‎sustainable development

UNESCO and the European Commission are launching a project to develop cultural routes that would benefit from the power of World Heritage sites to attract tourists to promote other cultural assets such as museums and festivals, for example, along selected European itineraries.

Australian YouTube hit Starting From … Now! makes jump to TV

Almost two years to the day after writer/director Julie Kalceff published the first seven-minute, self-funded episode of her drama Starting From … Now! on YouTube, the show is now moving to TV. It will screen on SBS 2 after its world premiere at the Queer Screen Mardi Gras Film Festival in March.

Participant Media and Malala Fund’s Students Stand #withMalala Offering 20,000 Copies of ‘He Named Me Malala’ Film Free to Teachers Throughout U.S.

Students Stand #withMalala campaign, a collaboration between Participant Media and Malala Fund, announced on February 10 that it is making 20,000 DVDs of He Named Me Malala available for free to teachers across the U.S. to use in their classroom.