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#EuropeanCinemaNight2019 – Free screenings showcase best of European film
The second edition of theEuropean Cinema Night, an event celebrating the best of European film by offering free screenings, is going to take place from 2 to 6 December in cinemas across the EU. Organized by the Commission, under the Creative Europe MEDIA programme, and Europa Cinemas, the first network of cinemas focusing on European films, […]
#Labour promises millions of women pension compensation
Britain’s main opposition Labour Party has promised to hand more than three million women compensation for the loss of years of state pension payments when their retirement age was raised if it wins power at the 12 December election, writes Elizabeth Piper. Labour’s finance policy chief John McDonnell (pictured) said pay-outs of up to 31,000 […]
Brussels sees launch of new #Monopoly
Here’s an offer you might find hard to resist – buying the European Parliament and NATO’s new state-of-the-art HQ in Brussels, writes Martin Banks. Both are up for grabs – at least on the new Monopoly board which has just been launched. A brand new Brussels version of the kids’ favourite features some of the city’s […]
Tsinandali Festival a wonderful shop window for Georgia
Former soviet bloc country Georgia has a unique heritage which is now being used to enrich its modern appeal. Georgian wine is known for its excellence the world over, and it is believed that viniculture originated in what is now Georgia in pre-Roman times. Tsinandali is a fine wine producing estate which dates back to […]
Four #MEDIA films will compete for #GoldenLion at #VeniceFilmFestival
The 76th Venice Film Festival started on 28 August, featuring 12 films supported by the MEDIA programme – the EU’s programme for supporting the European film and audiovisual industries. Four of the MEDIA-supported films have additionally been shortlisted to compete for the Golden Lion: The Truth by Hirokazu Kore-eda (France, Japan), About Endlessness by Roy Andersson (Sweden, […]
Upset #Hindus urge London fashion brand to withdraw #OmGaneshaLeggings and apologize
Upset Hindus are urging London (United Kingdom) based “online ladies fashion store” AMiCAFOX for immediate withdrawal of fashion leggings carrying images of Hindu deity Lord Ganesha and sacred syllable Om, calling it highly inappropriate. Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, said that Lord Ganesha was highly revered in Hinduism and was […]
#Kazakhstan welcomes women back from #IslamicState, warily
“Everybody has a right to make a mistake,” said Gulpari Farziyeva, 31, who is in a treatment center in Kazakhstan for former members of the Islamic State. Credit Tara Todras-Whitehill for The New York Times The young woman said she thought she was going on vacation in Turkey, but instead found herself in Syria, tricked, […]