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Maribor and Guimarães become European Capitals of Culture 2012

Article | January 2, 2012 - 10:22am

As of 1 January, the Portuguese city Guimarães and Slovenia's Maribor became the European Capitals of Culture 2012. The official programme of events begins on 13 January in Maribor and 21 January in Guimarães.

Comment | Arts & Culture

Arts & Culture

Swatch switch watch workings for rivals

Article | December 17, 2011 - 2:41pm

On 1 January 2012, Swatch will begin to cut back, and possibly eventually end, its sales of inner workings to competitors to concentrate on producing watches with higher profit margins and to make sure it has
enough supplies on hand for its own brands, including Longines, Omega, Tissot and Breguet, Economic Times reported.

Comments (1) | Sport

Sport

Green Capital

Article | December 9, 2011 - 10:19am

The European Commission will hand over the title of European Green Capital from Hamburg to Vitoria-Gasteiz in Brussels on Thursday, 15 December 2011. Today three out of four Europeans live in towns and cities. Urban areas concentrate most of the environmental challenges facing our society but also bring together commitment and innovation to...

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UEFA and Commission pledge co-operation to ensure football stability

Article | December 7, 2011 - 5:45pm

UEFA President Michel Platini has met with European Commission Vice President Viviane Reding and Competition Commissioner Joaquín Almunia.

Comments (1) | Brussels

Brussels

MEDIA-supported movies honoured at European Film Awards

Article | December 5, 2011 - 11:49am

Six films financed by the EU's MEDIA programme for cinema were among those honoured at the 2011 European Film Awards organised by the European Film Academy in Berlin on 3 December.

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Movies

When Indian classical music meets flamenco

Blog entry | December 4, 2011 - 9:06pm

Classical Indian sitarist Anoushka Shankar and her group The Anoushka Shankar Project have been on their European tour since early November to promote a new album, Traveller, with the support of Deutsche Grammophon.

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Leading World Music

British School Brussels gets festive early

Article | November 30, 2011 - 5:34pm

On Saturday 3 December in Brussels, there is only one place to be for all things Christmas and all things British, and that's the British School Brussels (BSB) annual Christmas market.

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Leisure

The snowball becomes an avalanche

Blog entry | November 30, 2011 - 5:04pm

Conservatives usually uphold tradition, culture and values but, if Humanism and Classicismare really in their hearts, why could they allow such mega-scams run our economies and eventually drive us all over the cliff?

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Arts & Culture

Tahrir 2011: The Good, the Bad and the Politician [INTERVIEW]

Article | November 30, 2011 - 1:57pm

On 25 January 2011, Egyptians woke up not expecting that a public holiday would turn into a revolution aiming to overthrow Egypt’s political regime. New Europe talks with three documentary film-makers about their acclaimed latest work, which brings a unique multi-perspective perspective on the events.

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Abu Dhabi

A vine idea

Article | November 24, 2011 - 6:34pm

Buying wine for a good cause? What a splendid concept!

Comment | Leisure

Leisure

Blues 'n' booze

Article | November 24, 2011 - 6:28pm

Those worthy folk at Brussels Rhythm and Blues Club just keep on keepin’ on with their monthly showcases of the best blues around.

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