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France without a prime minister or budget, Macron isolated, Philippe proposes he resign

Heaven talks of nothing but France without a prime minister or a budget. Macron looks isolated, Édouard Philippe proposes that he leave office and call early elections, Alain Minc calls him a dreadful president, while Le Pen, his long-standing opponent, unlike her former comrades-in-arms, does not support

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Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature

The Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to the Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai, winner of the 2015 Man Booker International Prize. The prize was conferred on him “for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art”. In Russia, the author&

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Dmitry Mendeleev urges Russian capitalists to develop the country's oil industry

Gentlemen, Moscow and every other Russian capitalists! Will you let the French, Germans, Swedes, English and Americans exploit this Russian wealth too and make a handsome profit from it, or will you think of taking it yourselves, when it is pointed out to you once more as a great lucrative

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Paris court finds Romanian who set fire to Notre-Dame-des-Champs church insane

A Romanian national who set fire to the church of Notre-Dame-des-Champs in Paris last July, as Le Parisien reports, has been declared insane by the Paris Criminal Court. He was already known for similar acts in 2021. He set fire to a statue of Christ, which was

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Memorial to the Victims of the First World War in Paris's 15th Arrondissement Adorned with Dustbins and a Compact Rubbish Dump

The memorial to the victims of the First World War in Paris's 15th arrondissement has been adorned with dustbins and a compact rubbish dump. This is what they fought for

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The Vatican has issued a very strange coin to promote vaccination

Museums · Observations · Society

The Pushkin Museum is closing its branches in Kaliningrad and Vladikavkaz

After 26 Years, the Urals Branch of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts in Yekaterinburg Has Closed. The management of the Pushkin Museum had earlier announced the closure of the Baltic Branch in Kaliningrad and the North Caucasus Branch in Vladikavkaz. The decision is connected with a revision of

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A memorial to the victims of abuse within the Church in the Cathedral of the French Diocese of Meaux

Not the most distinguished work of art, but a worthy message

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During his recent state visit to Britain, Donald Trump intended to present King Charles with a gift symbolising American-British military cooperation

The Trump administration approached the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum in Abilene, Kansas, on the matter. Among other things, the institution's collection holds a sword presented to Eisenhower in 1947 by Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands. The library, however, declined to hand over this or any other original

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WJRO report says up to 100,000 works from Jewish families may be held in US museums

Up to 100,000 Works of Art Confiscated by the Nazis May Be in US Museums. A great many works of art seized and stolen by the Nazis between 1933 and 1945 have still not been returned to their rightful owners and their heirs. According to a new report by

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Sarah Mullally appointed first woman Archbishop of Canterbury

The Church of England Headed by a Woman for the First Time in Its History. A historic event took place in Great Britain today: for the first time in the 1,400-year history of the Anglican Church, a woman has been appointed Archbishop of Canterbury: Sarah Mullally. Her candidacy

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