Armchair travel is one thing, but some novels are so captivating, they provoke an irresistible yearning to see James Joyce’s Dublin for yourself, to wander John Fowles’ mysterious Greek caves or float languidly — in Elizabeth Peters’ style — down the Nile. Joe Kinsella’s “Shoeless Joe” has launched many a
Brussels, 19th-20th June – On the Move participated in the two-day seminar on Artists’ mobility, social security and taxation in the EU convened by the European commission – DG Education and Culture. OTM was commissioned, via the EENC network*, to prepare an analytical report on the issue, which served as the background document of the event and was completed
To be amazed during your travels is a good thing, but to learn to reproduce what amazes you yourself while on holiday is something else. For example, instead of taking home a replica of an ancient vase as a souvenir from Crete, why not sign up for a pottery class
The 2nd International Meetings on Research and Public Decision-Making in Cultural Policies will be held on 3 and 4 December 2014 at the TNP of Villeurbanne, France. The general topic of these meetings, aiming to intertwine presentations of works and viewpoints of researchers and European and international actors, is Metamorphoses
Culture ministers of the EU met in Brussels and adopted a high level document on cultural heritage. The opening words of four paragraphs (out of the thirty) carry the essence: Cultural heritage plays an important role in creating and enhancing social capital, has an important economic impact, plays a specific role in achieving the Europe 2020 strategy goals
Cultural Policy Quick Facts is a short international overview of the existence of cultural policies, plans and guidelines; the nature of cultural authorities and governance; and the key elements of cultural policies. The information has been drawn from the Cultural Policy Database, an IFACCA initiative designed to compile information on the cultural policies
Real estate agent and developer, Kleindienst Group, has announced that its flagship The Heart of Europe development on Dubai’s The World is the new home for 58 unique Mediterranean trees – the oldest of which are two olive trees aged between 1,300 and 1,400 years old. Having grown in the hot
By the time the World Cup is over, Mary Santos da Silva hopes she will be able to afford to build an extra floor on the roof of her house. A resident of Alto de Ondina, a neighbourhood overlooking the ocean in the city of Salvador, Mary is one of
It’s a global trend that has captured the imagination – and hearts – of romantics around the world, but it seems the tide may be turning against love locks. Paris council has pledged to take action against the locks, which are attached in their thousands to the guard rails of bridges
When it comes to summer music festivals, the Europeans have always done it a little better than the rest of the world. Every year between June and September, a world-class festival takes place almost every weekend in countries ranging from Spain and France to Germany, Austria and Hungary – and particularly
When Nikita Khrushchev emerged as the leader of the Soviet Union after Stalin’s death in 1953, one of the first things he addressed was the housing shortage and the need for more food. At the time, thousands of people were living in cramped communal apartments, sharing one kitchen and one bathroom with
The first details of a new £900,000 Creative and Cultural Fund for Belfast, which will bring a series of large-scale cross-community arts projects to life, were unveiled today. The new fund, set-up by Belfast City Council and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, will bring three years of exciting arts and
According to the circular 95 sent by Agenda 21 Culture, the process of producing a new Agenda 21 for culture was approved by UCLG in 2013. It continues in 2014 with several formats, including a Pilot Cities programme, and will end with the Culture Summit of UCLG which is being planned for the
After 8 months of intense, collaborative, engaging work, the Consortium partners achieved a lot of relevant milestones in the roadmap, and lots of events and releases are about to be delivered in the next forthcoming days. The networking activities undertaken by all Consortium partners brought to a consistent broadening of
Aurélie Filippetti , Minister of Culture and Communication has participated in the Council of Ministers of Culture and Audiovisual of the European Union held in Brussels, 21 May 2014. At the request of Germany, the negotiation of the proposed transatlantic partnership has been at the heart of discussions. The Minister
Considered as part of the “Old World” as opposed to the Americas across the Atlantic, Europe has both endured and thrived through certain years of its history. Its trials and challenges, and accomplishments and discoveries have amounted to create not only one, but multiple European culture capitals. As Amsterdam, Barcelona,
