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30.08.2026
The 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival emerged as a meeting point for several of the defining concerns of contemporary European cinema: historical memory, political unease, the discovery of new voices and an increasingly urgent conversation about the future of s
30.08.2026
Romanian actor Adrian Văncică received the Heart of Sarajevo for Best Actor at the 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival for his performance in Florin Șerban’s drama You Don’t Belong Here (Nu e locul tău aici). For Văncică, who has long been known to Romanian audie
Warsaw has once again turned its attention to the memory of the 1920 Battle of Warsaw — an event that became a symbol of preserved independence for Poland. The decisive fighting took place on the approaches to the capital between 13 and 16 August, while t
29.08.2026
The international art market has been stirred by the appearance of Piet Mondrian’s Composition III (1920) — a work that is coming to auction for the first time. Christie’s will offer the painting on 14 October 2026 in its 20th/21st Century Evening Sale in
From 20 to 23 August, the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebæk, Denmark, around 35 kilometres north of Copenhagen, hosts the international literary festival Louisiana Literature 2026.
28.08.2026
The northern Czech city of Liberec is hosting Crystal Valley Week 2026, the largest glass festival in the Czech Republic, transforming the city into a vast open-air gallery for six days.
28.08.2026
From 13 to 16 August 2026, Brussels’ Grand-Place was once again transformed into a vast canvas of living flowers. This year’s Brussels Flower Carpet marked the 160th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Belgium and Japan.
15.08.2026
Italian Carabinieri have recovered three paintings by Paul Cézanne, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Henri Matisse, stolen in March from the Magnani Rocca Foundation near Parma. The works — Cézanne’s Tasse et plat de cerises, Renoir’s Les Poissons and Matisse’s
15.08.2026
A documentary theatre production titled 100% Oulu has premiered in the Finnish city of Oulu, bringing one hundred ordinary residents on stage without fictional roles.
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The Hungarian city of Székesfehérvár is turning back to its royal past for ten days as the Székesfehérvári Királyi Napok, or Royal Days, gets under way. One of the country’s leading historical and cultural festivals, this year’s programme runs until 23 Au
12.08.2026
This year’s Salzburg Festival has proved a study in contrasts: alongside clear artistic triumphs, critics have identified productions in which the director’s concept at times appeared to overshadow the work itself. One of the festival’s major events was O
11.08.2026
Copenhagen Fashion Week, held from 3 to 7 August 2026, celebrated its 20th anniversary this season while presenting the Spring/Summer 2027 collections. The anniversary edition was the largest in the event’s history, reinforcing Copenhagen’s position as on
08.08.2026
Tomorrowland 2026 took place in Boom, Belgium, across two weekends — 17–19 and 24–26 July — drawing around 400,000 visitors from more than 200 countries.
08.08.2026
The 79th Locarno Film Festival opened on the Piazza Grande with a tribute to Isabella Rossellini, the actor, director and one of the most distinctive figures in European and American cinema of recent decades. The honour also carried a personal significanc
08.08.2026
A public farewell for Irish musician, songwriter and actor Glen Hansard was held at the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin. His coffin was placed in the museum’s Baroque chapel, alongside two of his guitars, while traditional Irish music was performed t
Ukrainian poet, translator and scholar Iryna Shuvalova, a member of PEN Ukraine, has been named among the recipients of Norway’s Ordknappen 2026 literary award. She was honoured for the Ukrainian-Norwegian poetry collection Ingen planer om å bli (No Plans
Over the past two months, 95 children have been treated at Lviv hospitals for injuries involving electric scooters. Some were hurt after falling while riding, while others were struck by a scooter. Of the 95 children, 41 were brought to hospital by ambula
On July 24, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order requiring the Department of the Interior to install temporary informational displays outside the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.
24.07.2026
Frank Berry’s historical drama The Lost Children of Tuam won the award for Best Irish Film at the 38th Galway Film Fleadh. The film had its world premiere in Galway, not far from the town where the events on which the story is based took place.
22.07.2026
In the small Finnish municipality of Kaustinen, home to just over 4,000 people, musicians outnumber local residents for one week every July. The Kaustinen Folk Music Festival, held from 13 to 19 July 2026, set a new attendance record.
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