Tag: Culture
2005 – Heritage, against all the odds
At first the interest of the population was not apparent, but it did not take...
In north Syria, the arts return to former jihadist bastion
More than a year after the Islamic State group fled, Syrian boys and girls are...
Macao Arts Festival budget to be MOP24 mln
The budget for this year's Macau Arts Festival is up by MOP2 million because of...
French museum renames masterpieces after black subjects
French art masterpieces have been renamed after their long overlooked black subjects in a ground-breaking...
France, Kenya agree on deals worth 3-bn euros
On the first-ever visit to Kenya by a French head of state, presidents Emmanuel Macron...
Bachelet presses China for U.N. access to Xinjiang’s Uighurs
United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Wednesday that she is seeking access...
Missing ingredient in healing cities after disaster? Culture
In Bosnia, after the war in the 1990s, residents put rebuilding a 400-year-old bridge ahead...
Macau | Cultural Affairs Bureau to open applications for academic research grants in March
The Cultural Affairs Bureau has announced that the application round for its Academic Research Grants will...
MBtv: Discover one of Macau’s least well-kept secrets
Follow MBtv and discover one of Macau's least well-kept secrets. A street with a market...
Sisi defends death penalty at summit with Europe
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi defended the death penalty at a summit between Arab and...
Macau | Leng Nam School and Patio de Mainato to be restored
Two heritage properties, namely Leng Nam School and the alley of Patio de Mainato will...
Macau | City to deepen tourism and cultural cooperation with Porto – Secretary for Social Affairs
The Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam met with the mayor of Porto...
Thai party to comply with royal order against princess PM candidacy: statement
A Thai political party will obey a command from the king blocking the candidacy of...
Italy’s Matera in cultural limelight after slum ‘shame’
European Capital of Culture status has shone a spotlight on Italy's oldest city, whose previous...
‘Serbian knights’ plunge into chilly river for Epiphany
Men from a Serbian medieval knights organisation dived into Belgrade's chilly Sava river to retrieve...
Macau | Gov’t initiates eviction and recovery of the Iec Long Firecrackers Factory in Taipa
Three years since a CCAC report revealed several land swap irregularities involving the Iec Long...
Macau | Subsidies granted by Cultural Industries Fund reach MOP77 mln in 2018
The Cultural Industries Fund announced that MOP77 million had been granted last year for 48...
Essential Macau | Isn’t it genius?
What’s the chemistry like when eight genius designers co-operate?
Chinese lanterns dazzle in ancient French town
As darkness falls each winter night in the little French town of Gaillac, the glow...
Essential Macau | Made in China
Do you want to pay US$488 for a China-made porcelain-dial watch?
