28 August, Austria. A diamond necklace once belonging to has been stolen in broad daylight from Vienna’s Museum of Applied Arts (MAK). The platinum piece, set with 673 diamonds weighing more than 200 carats in total, was created by Van Cleef & Arpels in
This summer, 200 square metres of wool appeared on the Tsanfleuron Glacier in the Alps. Two 10-by-10-metre woollen blankets were laid over the ice alongside an equivalent section covered with conventional synthetic geotextile.
Even within the EU, statistical agencies do not always calculate cultural expenditure using the same methodology. The harmonized COICOP classification includes a broad category called “recreation, sport and culture.” However, national statistics may group
International comparisons of cultural spending need to be treated with caution, as national statistical agencies do not use fully consistent categories. In the EU, expenditure may be reported under “culture, sport and recreation”; in the United States, un
In the city of Villena, in Spain’s Alicante province, thieves broke into the local MUVI museum on the night of 27 August and stole a substantial part of the celebrated Villena Treasure, one of Europe’s most important collections of Bronze Age goldwork. Th
The 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival emerged as a meeting point for several of the defining concerns of contemporary European cinema: historical memory, political unease, the discovery of new voices and an increasingly urgent conversation about the future of s
Romanian actor Adrian Văncică received the Heart of Sarajevo for Best Actor at the 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival for his performance in Florin Șerban’s drama You Don’t Belong Here (Nu e locul tău aici). For Văncică, who has long been known to Romanian audie
Warsaw has once again turned its attention to the memory of the 1920 Battle of Warsaw — an event that became a symbol of preserved independence for Poland. The decisive fighting took place on the approaches to the capital between 13 and 16 August, while t
The international art market has been stirred by the appearance of Piet Mondrian’s Composition III (1920) — a work that is coming to auction for the first time. Christie’s will offer the painting on 14 October 2026 in its 20th/21st Century Evening Sale in