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Features by regional filmmakers appear across the festival’s main and parallel sections Arab cinema once again has a strong presence at the Cannes Film Festival, with selections across both the main sections and parallel categories in the 2026 event. This year's line-up includes features by Moroccan, Palestinian and Yemeni directors, as well as shorts from Tunisia, Syria, Algeria, Lebanon, Morocco and Sudan. Egyptian-French filmmaker Arthur Harari is also in main competition

The Acropolis Museum will take part in the celebration of International Museum Day under the theme “Museums connect the world,” offering a series of special activities for visitors on May 17 and 18, 2026. Sunday, May 17: Behind-the-scenes stories of a world-class museum On Sunday, the museum will be open from 09:00 to 20:00 with standard admission. Visitors will have the opportunity to attend a special presentation titled: “Acropolis Museum: Hidden stories from the journey of

Athens, 4 May 2026 — Greek wines have received major international recognition, with Vinsanto from Santorini ranking 3rd and Naousa from Macedonia placing 9th in the prestigious Top 20 Best-Rated Wine Types in the World, according to TasteAtlas. The annual ranking is based on millions of user ratings and expert reviews collected by TasteAtlas, one of the most respected food and drink databases globally. Full Top 20 Best-Rated Wines in the World Brunello di Montalcino – Tusca

Athens, April 8 - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said the country will ban children under 15 from accessing social media from January 1 next year. "We have decided to take a difficult but necessary measure and ban children under 15 from accessing social media," he said in a video posted on TikTok on Wednesday. The prime minister added that he would press the European Union to take the same measure. Mitsotakis said he used social media to make the announcement so he

Rome, March 31 - Italy's birth rate fell to a new low of 1.14 children per woman in 2025, making it one of the countries with the lowest birth rates in the world, according to data released Tuesday by the Italian statistics agency ISTAT. The report also showed that Italy, which is struggling with a rapidly aging population, has one of the highest life expectancies in Europe: 81.7 years for men and 85.7 years for women. Sociologist Chiara Saraceno told AFP that women are delay

Brussels, March 26 – Around 30 percent of European online retailers are misleading their customers during Black Friday and Cyber ​​Monday sales, Brussels announced on Thursday, based on findings by consumer authorities. Inspections carried out by consumer protection authorities in 23 European Union (EU) member states, Iceland and Norway during the sales last November found that the discounts and promotions offered were actually less advantageous than the sellers claimed. The

New York, March 22 - Talking about Nicolas Cage means talking about an actor who is a sensation wherever he goes. The 62-year-old American can boast of being one of the most popular and charismatic movie stars Hollywood has ever seen, something he has achieved thanks to his long and illustrious career. There are many movies that speak for him, and while they are all very well-known, there is one fact that many people do not know - his real name is Nicholas Kim Coppola. Nicola

Havana, March 16 - Cubans living abroad will be able to invest and own businesses on the island. This was announced on Monday by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Trade Óscar Pérez-Oliva, who presented one of the most significant economic reforms in recent years. "Cuba is open to continuous trade relations with American companies, but also with Cubans living in the United States and their descendants," Pérez-Oliva said in an interview with NBC News. The government

Paris, January 29 - The number of men undergoing plastic surgery has almost doubled in less than a decade, according to the latest report presented Thursday by the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS) at the IMCAS annual congress of aesthetic medicine in Paris. According to the published analysis, the number of surgical procedures for men increased by 95 percent between 2018 and 2024, while non-surgical aesthetic procedures such as injections, laser trea

Brussels, January 28 - The European Union is facing a decision that would have sounded unimaginable just a few years ago - a complete ban on social media for children. The impetus came from France, where parliament moved a step closer to banning the use of social media for children under 15. Brussels is also closely watching Australia, where a ban for those under 16 has already come into force - although it faces legal challenges. This is intended to be a test of whether a si

PARIS, Jan. 27 - Victoria Beckham has traded a tense family atmosphere for the glitz of Paris. The former Spice Girl received France's prestigious Knight of the Council of Arts and Letters award on Monday, while a bitter feud with her eldest son Brooklyn continues to simmer at home. She arrived in the French capital with husband David Beckham and their children - without Brooklyn, who last week publicly accused his parents of trying to "ruin" his marriage. Culture Minister Ra

Geneva, January 27 – The imaginary “Doomsday Clock,” a symbol of the nearness of global catastrophe, moved closer to midnight on Tuesday than ever before, to 85 seconds before midnight, four seconds closer than last year. Scientists from the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists cited the growing risk of nuclear weapons use, the climate crisis and the unchecked spread of disinformation as reasons for the move. The announcement comes a year into President Donald Trump’s second ter

Brussels, Jan. 14 - Planet Earth experienced its third-warmest year on record in 2025, extending a period of unprecedented heatwaves with no relief expected in 2026, US researchers and the European climate service Copernicus said Wednesday. The other 11 years were the warmest on record, with 2024 taking first place and 2023 second, Copernicus and the California-based nonprofit research organization Berkeley Earth said. Global temperatures in the other three years exceeded 1.5