Samarkand 01.11.2025 A longstanding UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Jean-Michel Jarre will bring his world-renowned outdoor concert experience to Registan Square, Samarkand, on 1 November 2025. Presented in collaboration with the Uzbekistan Culture Development Foundation, this one-off event will mark Jarre’s first-ever live performance in Uzbekistan, transforming one of the world’s most iconic heritage sites with music,…
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Activists vandalize painting again
Brussels 13.10.2025 Two “bio” activists sprayed red paint on a painting of Christopher Columbus at the Naval Museum in Madrid, Spain. José Garnelo’s painting, “First to Christopher Columbus,” is severely damaged on its left half. The anniversary of the discovery of America was marked, at the Naval Museum in Madrid by two activists, members of…
MEPs outcast Eurosceptic views
12.09.2025 Strasbourg At September Plenary the European Parliament voted on a non-legislative report entitled “Stock-taking of the European Elections 2024 (reference INI 2025/2012). While presented as a reflection on the conduct of the elections, the text amounts to an attempt by the EU’s political establishment to discredit opposition voices and centralise control over Europe’s democratic…
OSCE PA: 50 years Helsinki Final Act
29.06.2025 Porto, Portugal. Today the 32nd Annual Session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly has started under the theme “Commemorating 50 Years of the Helsinki Final Act: Responding to a New Reality in the OSCE.” Ms. Pia Kauma, president of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, addressed the audience with a reminder of the Helsinki Act, as the…
MEPs adopt Human Rights report
Strasbourg 02.04.2025 Today the European ²Parliament adopted its 2024 annual report on human rights and democracy in the world, warning against the deteriorating global human rights situation. (Image above: illustration). Denouncing the rise of authoritarianism, totalitarianism, and populism, MEPs are deeply concerned by the increase in violations of democratic values and disregard for international humanitarian…
Borrell: nuclear war must be never fought
Brussels 11.10.2023 “The award of the Nobel Peace Prize to the organisation Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, serves as a reminder of the very severe consequences associated with nuclear weapons use and the responsibility that all States share to prevent such an occurrence from happening”, reads the…
EU calls Russia for Dmitriev unconditional release
A Russian court sentenced historian and human rights activist Yuri Dmitriev to three years and six months of imprisonment. Mr Dmitriev has already been detained for over 3 years. The EU calls for the release of historian and human rights activist Yuri Dmitriev. https://t.co/t5y7o1nMFP — Nabila Massrali (@NabilaEUspox) July 24, 2020 “The charges brought against…
Spanish Steps sitting ban
Sitting on Rome‘s Spanish Steps ( Scalinata di Trinità dei Monti) is no longer allowed as the local police is imperative to apply the rules in a more stringent way, sources said to ANSA news agency. The famous steps are also considered to be a monument, meaning sitting or lying on them is banned. The film…
Matera and Plovdiv starring as EU capitals of culture
Plovdiv is the first ever Bulgarian city to be chosen as European Capital of Culture. With a full programme under the motto “Together”, 2019 will bring new opportunities to the region and international visibility for the city. More than 300 projects have been organised in Plovdiv, as well as the South Central Region of Bulgaria, and…
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