Full Coverage: Culture

22.12.2005 The 2006 Budget of the City of Rijeka, which is on the todayÂ’s agenda of the City Council, proposes reduced cultural budget by 18%. The reduction refers, above all, to financing of cultural programmes, while the funding available for salaries and infrastructural costs of public cultural institutions remains at the same level.

21.12.2005 Twenty young people from Massachusetts are getting to reach out to and bond with peers in Afghanistan. The project was presented to the community at "A Night of Peace," where students shared pen-pal letters, photos, and presented an anthology of their writing on Afghanistan.

20.12.2005 Where do I live? The “Through My Eyes” Calendar for 2006, prepared by UNICEF and “Lindart” organization, provides an original answer to this question. The calendar was promoted on Friday afternoon in the National Gallery of Arts and it shows the children point of view on living conditions, through photographs of segments of their lives. The presentation was held under the patronage of Jozefina Topalli, the Speaker of the Parliament.

19.12.2005 Last Thursday, December 15, the Coalition of Youth Association (KUM) organized a debate “Independent Culture and the Youth Centre”, aiming to discuss the current status of independent culture in Split, the problem with space and the use of space resources of the Youth Centre.

19.12.2005 Award-winning comedian Chris Langham has been arrested in connection with a police investigation into internet child pornography.

16.12.2005 The Citizens Pact for the SEE presented Best Visa Queue Stories collection of 20 stories of young people from the region, irrated by the fact that they canÂ’t travel to the EU without a visa.

15.12.2005 This essay attempts to provide a description of the global ringtone industry, to determine and assess the numerous cultural consequences of the ringtone's appearance and development, and to situate the ringtone within the context of contemporary capitalism.

15.12.2005 Mounir Bouchenaki, Deputy Director General of UNESCO, will present Ljubo Beslic, Mayor of Mostar, with the UNESCO certificate on entry of Stari Most and the historic quarters of Mostar into the Protected Cultural Heritage List. The official ceremony is planned for Saturday, December 17.

15.12.2005 Bhutanese handicraft makers from diverse regions of the country now have a common platform to collectively participate in adding quality to otherwise unique handicrafts with the formation of an association on December 8 in Thimphu.

14.12.2005 Vladimir Milcin, Executive Director of FOSIM cut the red ribbon and officially opened the Youth Cultural Centre in Bitola. The Centre is situated in an old house, a cultural heritage monument, located on Samoilova Street.

11.12.2005 U.N. relief agencies are using video games to teach children in wealthy countries about the plight of the world's 852 million chronically hungry people. "Food Force" simulates the challenges faced by aid workers--such as negotiating with armed rebels and accounting for nutritional needs--and is available for free on the Internet.

08.12.2005 Khmer rice farmers are leaving pesticides behind, hoping to compete in the global market for organic goods with its higher, stable prices. But farmers must overcome reluctance to join producer cooperatives, which many associate with work camps that existed during the civil war in their country's recent past.

08.12.2005 Three more days of campaigning have left in the 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence have left in B&H. The CURE Foundation invites you to take part in the remaining activities.

01.12.2005 Circumcision practitioners in the Ivorian financial capital, Abidjan, have publicly laid aside their blades, knives and scissors following an ongoing campaign in the West African country to eradicate the practice, estimated by UNICEF to affect 40 percent of women living there.

01.12.2005 Peace x Peace's Global Network uses the internet to link "circles" of U.S. women with women's circles around the world to inform, collaborate, and serve as mentors to each other. One of the newest circles is drawing on Kenyan women's natural tendency to self-organize and helping them overcome societal taboos to discuss issues like female circumcision and AIDS.