27+ min ago   (310+ words) Two paintings stolen from Renoir museum in France UA.NEWS Two paintings stolen from Renoir museum in France In the French city of Cagnes-sur-Mer, two perpetrators before dawn on Tuesday stole Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s paintings “Portrait of Madame Colonna Romano” and…...

42+ min ago   (243+ words) 1,200 designers submitted entries to the competition for new euro banknotes UA.NEWS 1,200 designers submitted entries to the competition for new euro banknotes In Estonia, designer Anne Pikov, who represented the country on the jury for the preliminary selection of designs…...

1+ hour, 26+ min ago   (297+ words) In Finland, producer Jussi Rantamäki said he recognized practices of the Finnish film industry in a book about working conditions in the country’s Nepalese restaurants. The book in question is the Finlandia Prize-winning nonfiction work Pitkä vuoro by journalist Paavo…...

2+ hour, 8+ min ago   (367+ words) The grape harvest in Romania is more than just agricultural work. For centuries, the start of the harvest has been a major event for entire villages and wine-producing regions. After months of work in the vineyards, people could finally see…...

9+ hour, 20+ min ago   (355+ words) UA.NEWS The National columnist urges not to romanticize art theft In France, the robbery at the Renoir Museum in the south of the country, from which four paintings were stolen this week, has once again raised the question of…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (78+ words) UA.NEWS War, displacement and communities Among the works presented is Hashim Nasr’s project On War & Displacement, dedicated to the personal experience of war and forced displacement. The author views war as a prolonged condition that changes a person’s relationship…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (243+ words) In Gqeberha, South Africa, four generations of the Siemerink-Brinkman family spent more than a century designing buildings that became part of the urban environment. The family’s associated projects include Ridgewood House, the city’s original Ford Motor Company factory, hospital buildings,…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (285+ words) In Nairobi, Kenya’s capital, street acrobats perform for drivers at busy intersections, using stops at red lights to earn money. Groups in leopard-print costumes perform somersaults and other tricks, while one member approaches cars to collect tips. As Taipei Times…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (304+ words) An exhibition of the Bayeux Tapestry — a medieval embroidery depicting the Norman conquest of England and the Battle of Hastings in 1066 — opened at the British Museum in London, United Kingdom, on September 10. This is the first display of the work…...