The expert board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has announced a new adjustment of the Doomsday Clock, which now stands at 85 seconds to midnight—the most dangerous setting in the project’s history. The decision was made public on 27 January duri
Mozart Week 2026 in Salzburg will be far more than a routine festival season. It marks the culmination of a double anniversary of symbolic importance for European musical culture. Next year, the world will celebrate the 270th anniversary of Wolfgang Amade
An artist from Zakarpattia, Mariia Rizak, has been named among the winners of the Bologna Illustrators Exhibition 2026—one of the most authoritative international competitions in the field of children’s book illustration, traditionally held as part of the
The Italian painter Giovanni Segantini (1858–1899) depicted the ordinary lives of peasants and, above all, their everyday labour in remote mountain regions. He did so without strain or pathos, but also without resorting to ethnographic poeticisation.
Canada has decided to abandon the inscription of individual names on the ‘Victims of Communism’ monument in Ottawa following a government review that found many of those originally listed had links to Nazi or fascist organisations.
According to the Estonian Publishers’ Association, the best-selling book of the year was Minu kallis tervis (“My Dear Health”) by Estonian author Katariina Libe, written for young readers.
The 33rd edition of the Paszporty POLITYKI 2025 cultural awards—one of Poland’s most prestigious honors in the field of contemporary culture and the arts—has taken place.
In the Bulgarian city of Pernik, the second half of January saw the staging of the international festival of masquerade games Surva 2026—one of the largest events dedicated to intangible cultural heritage in South-East Europe.