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From Iggy Pop to talks on AI: Colours of Ostrava 2025 kicks off rich lineup of acts
Radio Prague International
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July 16, 2025
Colours of Ostrava, this incredible festival that gets larger every year, has been going on now since 2002. When does the planning for each edition begin? “I have to admit that the planning for the next edition, in 2026, is already happening. We...
Europe’s Far Right Copies Trump—And It’s Working
Social Europe
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July 16, 2025
Leaked plans show Germany’s far right plotting a radical power grab with global implications. The leak of a document from the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), Germany’s far-right party, sheds light on the way Donald Trump’s strategy is being...
French National Day highlights India-France alliance in defence, diplomacy and innovation
ETGovernment
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July 16, 2025
“Culture is not just about preservation—it is about innovation. As we navigate a world of rapid technological change, we must ensure that our cultural ecosystems remain robust, inclusive, and inspiring": Ambassador Mathou. On the evening of July...
Italy: The Grown-Up Getaway You Didn’t Know You Needed
TNT Magazine
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July 15, 2025
Perched at the southern end of Europe, complete with magnificent coastlines, cobblestone streets, impressive architecture, and a rich history, Italy is a gorgeous canvas that goes beyond your wildest dreams. Adorned with cities such as Rome,...
GCDS Taps Into Collectible Toy Craze With Italy-themed Polly Pocket Compact
WWD - New York
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July 16, 2025
MILAN — With the Labubu craze far from winding down, GCDS cofounder and creative director Giuliano Calza is offering some compelling competition and tapping into the collectible toy fever with a project sprinkled with a dash of nostalgia. Calza...
'Not every story is a fairytale' - Inside the Cofidis team car on France's national holiday
The New York Times
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July 16, 2025
The wooded slopes of the Col de la Croix Saint-Robert are lined with polka dots and screaming fans. Camper vans are parked nose to tail; a washing line stretches from the roof of one to a nearby tree branch. Three T-shirts are drying in the...
Skipton’s Ben Crick leads music extravaganza for Yorkshire Day
Craven Herald and Pioneer
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Yorkshire Calling, on Friday, August 1, will see the composer and conductor bring together an array of stars and talent to showcase the county to the world and it will be the first evening concert to open the region’s new venue - the gloriously...
Madrid busy with activity: music, sports and celebration
Euro Weekly News
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July 16, 2025
Madrid at sunset. Credit: pcjvdwiel @ pixabay On the morning of 16 July 2025, madrileños wake to a city humming with activity in many realms: cultural, sporting and financial. From stadium lights to boardroom whispers, multiple stories converge...
Britain can’t tell its national story
Unherd
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July 15, 2025
Heard of Alex Phillips? Neither had I, until last month when she popped up on the BBC calling for non-Christian faith schools and the burqa to be banned. In the spring of last year, as Reform UK’s spokesperson for culture, media and sport, she was...
This is why handheld fans in Spain are enjoying undimmed popularity
Gulf Today
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July 16, 2025
As passengers wilted in a packed Madrid metro, one traveller defied the summer heat by snapping open her handheld fan — a quintessential Spanish accessory enjoying undimmed popularity. The burst of coolness drew envious eyes to a must-have item...
CNBC's UK Exchange newsletter: Britain was once known as a ‘nation of shopkeepers.’ Now, not so much
CNBC
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July 16, 2025
This report is from this week's CNBC's UK Exchange newsletter by Ian King. Like what you see? You can subscribe here. The dispatch England, Napoleon Bonaparte reputedly once said, is a nation of shopkeepers. These days, he might observe that it is...
Unreleased Beyonce music was stolen from a car in Atlanta
The Marietta Times - Ohio
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FILE - Beyonce, left, accepts the Innovator Award during the iHeartRadio Music Awards, April 1, 2024, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File) (AP) — A choreographer and a dancer traveling with Beyonce for her concerts...
Tickets now available to September’s Stefanos Korkolis concert
Cyprus Mail
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July 16, 2025
One of the most atmospheric concerts is set to take place this September in Cyprus, at two unique locations. The Medieval Castle of Paphos and Eleftheria Square in Nicosia are preparing to welcome the talented composer, pianist and performer...
Scandinavian Film Festival: diverse and thought–provoking
Echonetdaily
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July 15, 2025
Sentimental Value The 2025 Hurtigruten Scandinavian Film Festival presents the best new cinema from the Nordic region this July and August at Palace Cinemas, showcasing a diverse and thought-provoking selection from Sweden, Norway, Finland,...
Behind the music - Dr. Strangely Strange
RTE Ireland
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July 16, 2025
Veteran Irish experimental folk group Dr. Strangely Strange launch their new album, Anti-Inflammatory, in Hyde, Dublin on 25 September. We asked front man Tim Booth the BIG questions . . . Tickets priced €22.50 for the show are available here. We...
A huge new EU competitiveness fund?
EurActiv
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July 16, 2025
It’s B-Day! The European Commission will today unveil its seven-year spending plan, the so-called MFF. No, it doesn’t stand for 'mutha-fuckin farmers’ – though farm lobbies will be protesting in the streets of Brussels this afternoon. We got a...
Inside Three of Britain’s Top Summer Events
Harper's Bazaar
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July 15, 2025
I didn’t waste any time on my first trip to London. My objective was simple: five days, three major British events, very little downtime. Summertime in the UK is packed with various social and sporting events throughout the months of June, July,...
Uncovering ‘Big Jim’ Larkin’s forgotten role in the 1907 ‘Music Hall War’ strike
The Irish News
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July 16, 2025
James Larkin’s leadership of Belfast’s dock strike in 1907 and Dublin’s 1913 lock-out are landmarks in the history of trade unionism, but now his overlooked links to a third iconic industrial action – the ‘Music Hall War’ – have come to light. The...
JOEY DEMAIO Confirms MANOWAR Is Working On New Music: 'It Is Heavy' And 'Brutal'
Blabbermouth - California
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July 15, 2025
In a new interview with Metal Talk, MANOWAR bassist Joey DeMaio confirmed that there are still plans for the band to release a new studio album in the not-too-distant future. "Yes, we've been working on new music, and once we unleash it, you'll be...
Teenage pregnancy rates are a barometer of Britain’s progress. The tale they now tell is not reassuring
The Guardian
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July 16, 2025
It takes the passing of time to fully grasp the scale of the previous government’s vandalism. Think where we would be now had the Tories not dismantled the social programmes they inherited from New Labour, with so many showing rapid progress....