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In June 2022, we were holding the defensive line at the Lysychansk oil refinery. With each passing day, the enemy grew in number, and resisting them became increasingly difficult. Engagements were direct and close-range: infantry firefights, clashes invol
08.02.2026
At the 41st Santa Barbara International Film Festival, currently taking place in California, audiences are being presented with four films supported by the New Zealand Film Commission.
Norway’s royal family has come under heightened public scrutiny in connection with the court proceedings against Marius Borg Høiby, the son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway.
The 103rd season of conferences organised by the Prince Pierre Foundation is dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Prince Pierre of Monaco Literary Prize and the 25th anniversary of the Discovery Grant.
08.02.2026
From 11 February to 1 March 2026, Nice will host a new season of its famous carnival, one of the best known in Europe. This year’s celebration will take place under the theme “Long Live the Queen” and will be dedicated to iconic female figures from histor
The opening ceremony of the Milano–Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games was held in Milan at the San Siro stadium. For the first time in Olympic history, the opening events took place simultaneously in several cities: in addition to Milan, ceremonies were he
06.02.2026
Slovak researchers have presented two scientific tools that could significantly change the way light pollution is studied — a phenomenon that is increasingly affecting human health, ecosystems and the night sky.
06.02.2026
..впевнена, добре знаєте цей автопортрет Зінаїди Серебрякової "За туалетом", створений 1909 року на закиданому снігом хуторі біля її маєтку Нескучне нині Харківської області.
In the US capital, the premiere of the documentary Melania took place amid public protests. Activists and artists gathered outside the Kennedy Center in Washington, criticising the film as a symbol of excessive luxury and detachment from society’s pressin
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A polémique qui avait opposé en 1985 Joseph Brodsky à Milan Kundera fait l’objet de nombreux commentaires et prises de position.
Milan Kundera has recently passed away. Discussing the legacy of this Czech-French writer, Ukrainians today more often than others remember the debate that broke out in 1985 between him and Joseph Brodsky.
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
28.01.2026
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
28.01.2026
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
28.01.2026
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.
28.01.2026
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.
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