Full Coverage: Culture

30.01.2006 Environmental activist Medha Patkar has asked Left parties to take a firm position against the machinations of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), International Monitory Fund (IMF), World Bank and Asian Development Bank (ADB) whose funding programmes "are aimed at changing our priorities and culture.''

30.01.2006 A websiteproject launched today aims to preserve the endangered language and culture of one of the world's most marginalised and maligned populations, the Romani.

27.01.2006 Portland might not be known for its jazz, but that hasn't stopped it from becoming a second home for some of New Orleans best known musicians displaced by Hurricane Katrina. From airline tickets to donated instruments, a local nonprofit has joined forces with Mercy Corps to provide Big Easy musicians a place to live, play, and earn a paycheck doing what they love best.

25.01.2006 Teodor Celakoski od Multimedijalniot institut,clen na Sovetot za novi mediumski klturi pri hrvatskoto MInisterstvo za kultura, razmisluva kako ke izgleda hrvatskiot kulturen sektor po 2008, godina vo koja kako se predviduva Hrvatska 'e stane clenka na EU.

23.01.2006 Teodor Celakoski from the Multimedia Institute, member of the Council for New Media Culture of the Ministry of Culture, discusses the issue of potential situation of the Croatian cultural sector after 2008, the year for which Croatian entry into full EU membership is predicted.

16.01.2006 The Valjevo Penitentiary was the site of the first festival of convict art held in Serbia. The occasion was also used to open the exhibition of the “Obnica” Art Colony (the third colony was organized in August of 2005).

11.01.2006 According to Glas Slavonije (Osijek based daily), the documentary film on the war in Vukovar, produced by B92, was completed last week. The screenplay was written by Drago Hedl, editor with Feral Tribune magazine, and was directed by Janko Baljak, film director from Belgrade.

06.01.2006 The US administration has identified Hindi as one of the "critical need" foreign languages that Americans should learn to further strengthen national security and prosperity in the 21st century. Other languages include Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Farsi.

05.01.2006 France's conservative ruling party quietly passed a bill recently requiring schools to teach the positive aspects of the country's colonial history, raising questions about an "official history" and further alienating immigrant populations.