A diplomatic and political dispute has broken out in Slovenia over the return of an altarpiece by Italian Renaissance master Vittore Carpaccio.
2.5 billion books were sold in Europe last year. Two and a half billion. The active, publicly accessible catalogue now contains 14.3 million titles. This is not a typo.
American actress Angelina Jolie, widely known for her long-standing humanitarian work, made a surprise visit to Kherson on Wednesday, according to Ukrainian media reports. Local sources say Jolie visited several medical institutions in the city, including
French author Adélaïde de Clermont-Tonnerre has been awarded the prestigious 2025 Prix Renaudot for her novel Je voulais vivre (I Wanted to Live), published by Grasset.
In Gniezno, at the branch of the Pedagogical Library in Poznań, the Ferdynand Ossendowski Award was presented to Ukrainian poet, translator, and journalist Iya Kiva.
A unique artistic treasure — an original sketch by the renowned Austrian painter Gustav Klimt — has been accidentally discovered in the storage of the National Library of Finland.
French writer Laurent Mauvignier has been awarded the 2025 Goncourt Prize for his monumental novel La Maison vide (The Empty House), published by Minuit.
Зі сховища Музею Каліфорнії в Окленді (Oakland Museum of California, OMCA) було викрадено понад 1 000 предметів історичної цінності. Інцидент стався 15 жовтня близько 3:30 ночі, коли невідомі зловмисники проникли до позамузейного складу установи.