BERLIN/BONN (dpa)- Germany plans to celebrate Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) for the composer's 250th birthday next year. Approximately 1,000 concerts, opera performances, festivals and exhibitions...
BERLIN (dpa)- The construction of Berlin's controversial Museum of Modern Art is to start soon after years of planning. The president of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Hermann Parzinger,...
LONDON, Bill Smith (dpa)- London's Vagina Museum, the world's first venue of its kind, plans to use talks, exhibitions, science, art and parties to promote its vision of "a world where no one is...
VIENNA, Albert Otti (dpa)- A film about Nigerian prostitutes in Austria has been barred from competing in the international category for next year's Academy Awards because it contains too much...
STOCKHOLM (dpa)- Cultural and creative activities such as dancing and singing or museum visits can have a positive effect on physical and mental health, a European health agency said on Monday. Music...
BERLIN (dpa)- Actor and singer David Hasselhoff, who had a 1980s pop song which became synonymous with the fall of the Berlin Wall, says he feels honoured to be linked to the historic event. He can...
LOS ANGELES, Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times (tca/dpa)- If there's no business like show business, and there is no playwright like Shakespeare, then it stands to reason - and is, in fact, a fact -...
BERLIN, Laura Almanza and Gaby Mahlberg (dpa)- Isabel Allende, Chile's most internationally known writer, said it is "brutal" watching the violent protests and rioting that have unfolded in her home...
BERLIN (dpa)- How do Greek giants sound? Turkish artist Cevdet Erek has been inspired by the frieze of the famous Pergamon Museum in Berlin to create a sound installation in a wooden structure...
CAIRO (dpa)– Egypt on Saturday announced the discovery of 30 well-preserved coloured wooden coffins containing mummies dating back to 3,000 years ago in the southern city of Luxor. The coffins with...
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