Szczepan Twardoch has been awarded Poland’s foremost literary prize, the Nike, for *Null*, his novel about the Russian-Ukrainian war. The book is also due to appear in Ukrainian translation within the next few days. It will be fascinating to hear how Ukra
What began on 21 September as a school blockade in a Paris suburb over teacher shortages has grown into one of France’s largest youth protest movements in decades. On 6 October, hundreds of thousands took to the streets, joined by students, teachers, pare
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been jointly awarded to American neuroscientist Karl Deisseroth and German scientists Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for their discoveries of light-sensitive ion channels and their pioneering development
Sweden’s Nobel Week begins tomorrow, with the first laureate — in Physiology or Medicine — announced at 11.30 a.m. CET on 5 October. The Physics prize follows on 6 October, Chemistry on 7 October, Literature on 8 October, while the Nobel Peace Prize will
The R.o.R+ contemporary art festival is taking place at Vila Vipolže in Slovenia’s Brda region, exploring water, microplastics and the interconnectedness of human life and the environment. This year, the festival is being held at the historic venue for th
The anniversary edition of European Researchers’ Night in Nicosia, marking its 20th year, drew more than 5,000 visitors, including over 2,000 schoolchildren. Organised by the Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF), the event featured more than 75 exhibi
Six books spanning the breadth of contemporary literary non-fiction — from biography and historical scholarship to investigative journalism and reporting from war-torn Syria — have been shortlisted for the 2026 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction.
The second edition of Montenegro Today 2026, a major research and exhibition project organised by the Museum of Contemporary Art of Montenegro, has come to an end. The project brought together 94 artists, whose works were presented across four exhibition
After a 14-year hiatus, Albania has revived its National Film Festival, bringing the country’s cinema back to audiences in Tirana. The festival was staged across four venues in the capital — the University of Arts, Agimi Cinema, the Pyramid of Tirana and