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On 1st January 2026, Cyprus took over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, despite being split in two.

Probably inspired by the Mona Lisa, the great renaissance artist Raphael painted this portrait of a young woman, but why is she holding a mythical beast in her hands?

With all the religious wars, the 17th century was a tense time in Europe. And in art one theme caught everyone’s imagination: the Virgin Mary.

Christian philosophy is based on two abstract and complex concepts, but art can simplify them: Paradise, where everything was good and is lost, and Hell, which is so scary that no one wants to go there. And in between there is…us!

The painter Artemisia Gentileschi was rediscovered in the 1970s by pioneers of gender studies in art. A simple question arose: why are so few great masters women?

Did you know that the word digital comes from the Latin "digitalis" which means "the size of a finger"? We use it to talk about the digital world, because in the old days we used to count with our fingers! But what has this got to do with Leonardo da Vinci’s St John the Baptist?

In 2010, the Louvre Museum launched an appeal for donations to raise 1 million euros to buy a work by Cranach, which had previously been locked away in a private collection. The poor thing... Fortunately, many people responded to the appeal, so everything went well for her. Lucky her!

Does Jacques Louis David’s painting of the Spartans contain a hint of homoeroticism?

Martyr usually meet grisly ends and Saint Agatha is no exception: According to legend her breasts were cut off with pliers as a torture.

Goya died old, deaf and somewhat forgotten, but he was a pioneering artist of his time and a precursor to the artistic revolution of the 19t century.

From The Birth of Venus to sensual shampoo ads, it seems as if everyone has always been excited by the image of a wet woman... How weird is that?

In Europe’s driest country, water consumption is rising while water levels are decreasing. What can be done?

Panagiotis Souroukli was born in Georgia and sold for adoption in Cyprus as a newborn baby.

When a titan of film music meets veteran director Steven Spielberg , the result is epic. And with the music for dinosaur blockbuster Jurassic Park, it is also surprisingly joyful!

John Williams’ soundtrack for Spielberg's classic adventure movie has resonated with audiences for decades.

At the helm of the Orchestre de Paris, the leading figure in film music conducts a selection of his Hollywood compositions.

Two internationally renowned conductors lead works by Boulez, Beethoven, Poulenc, Mussorgsky and Ravel.

The Dnieper is one of Europe’s longest rivers and has been at the centre of the Ukraine war since the Russian invasion.

The economic crisis in Venezuela has forced local people to turn to other activities to survive such as fishing on the heavily polluted Lake Maracaibo.

An official candidate for EU membership, Serbia has not applied sanctions against Moscow and has a good relationship with Beijing.