21 May is the World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
A celebration that aims to support cultural diversity and to enhance cooperation among people coming from different cultural realities.
What happens if you don’t stop looking at your phone
https://youtu.be/PsH9wGB_Acs Our lives have radically changed since the arrival of smartphones. This video clip, realised by the Chinese student Xie Chenglin, ironically tells the problems we daily face due to our smartphones, from little accidents to a possible nuclear disaster. The feature film, entitled Life Smartphone, was awarded by the Central Academy of Fine Arts
First gay marriage of EU prime minister takes place in Luxembourg
Xavier Bettel, the Prime Minister of Luxembourg, has become the first acting European Union government leader to marry someone of the same sex. On the 15th of May he wedded the architect Gauthier Destenay in Luxembourg City, the country’s capital. Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel also attended the ceremony. “Luxembourg can set an example”,
State-sanctioned sexual violence used as a weapon in Egypt
Sexual violence is used by Egyptian security forces to repress opposition, alleges a report by the International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH). Whilst such tactics are not new to the country, arbitrary arrests and detentions have multiplied since the current military regime came to power in 2013, especially to suppress the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, the
Expo by night is worth visiting
Reduced entrance fees, several pavilions open until late, light game, awesome architectures and much more. Expo by night is definitely worth a visit.
18 May is International Museum Day
Sustainability will be the main theme this year, as combining social development and nature is one of the most important challenges of our times.
Tigers, the movie about the Nestlé baby milk scandal
Tigers is Danis Tanovic’s movie on Nestlé’s immoral practices carried out to sell artificial milk in Pakistan.
Isis terrorists, antiquity looters
Isis militants are terrorists, but, actually, they are not ignorant. As far as it seems, the systematic destruction of Niniveh and Nimrud statues and the artifacts of Ashurnasirpal’s palace in Mosul, Iraq, for propaganda purposes, was a cover to the looting of priceless artifacts offered for sale on the black market for staggering sums.
The plight of the Rohingya, the drifting invisible community
The tragedy of people fleeing their lands in order to survive, have a future, and hope for a better life doesn’t involve only the Mediterranean Sea. On the other side of the world there are the Rohingya people, which are officially recognised by the United Nations as the world’s most persecuted and segregated population. The
Rice plays a key role at Expo 2015
The rice cluster is now open. Explore six among the countries with the largest production and consumption of rice. Touch, taste and, why not, buy.