Cairo, November 8 - A new campaign has been launched in Egypt calling on European museums to return a number of ancient artifacts stolen during the period of European colonialism, Arab News reports. The initiative comes shortly after the opening of the new Grand Egyptian Museum. The calls also follow the decision of Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof, who, after a summit with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Sunday, pledged to return to Egypt a 3,500-year-old stone he

Bardonecchia (Italy) November 8 - The organizers of the Winter Olympics, which will take place in Milan and Italian Alpine resorts in February 2026, have set sustainability and minimizing environmental impacts as one of their goals. In practice, this means, for example, that they have built only a minimum of new accommodation capacities and sports facilities. The last Winter Olympics on Italian territory in 2006 in Turin, which was a pioneer in the sustainability of organizin

Brussels, November 7 - This October was the third warmest tenth month of the year since the beginning of the records of the EU Copernicus service. Higher average temperatures were in October only in 2024 and 2023. This October, the average temperature was 1.55 degrees higher than in the pre-industrial era. For the period from November last year to October this year, the average temperature was 1.5 degrees higher compared to the pre-industrial era. The countries that joined th

České Budějovice, November 5 - The castles and chateaux in the South Bohemian Region, which are managed by the National Heritage Institute (NPÚ), were visited by 761,964 people in this year's main season. This was seven percent more than last year. The most people traditionally visited Český Krumlov. The castle and chateau in the city, which is on the UNESCO list, were visited by 223,262 tourists this year. The NPÚ reported this in a press release. The main season, which alwa

Brussels, November 5 - The European Commission today presented a plan to accelerate the construction of Europe's high-speed rail network. The plan envisages connecting major transport hubs at speeds of 200 kilometers per hour and above. This will allow passengers to get from Berlin to Copenhagen in four hours instead of the current seven, the commission said in a statement. The aim of the so-called transport package is, among other things, to shorten travel times and make rai

BAGHDAD, Nov. 5 - Iraqi officials are warning of erosion and climate change threatening thousands of years-old cities in northern Iraq, the cradle of one of the world's oldest civilizations. Harsh, dry weather is increasing soil salinity, destroying historic monuments in the ruins of cities such as Ur, the birthplace of the biblical patriarch Abraham, and Babylon, once the magnificent metropolis of several ancient empires, Reuters reported. In the city of Ur, sand dunes are a

Washington, November 5 - The next mayor of New York will be Democrat Zohran Mamdani, who defeated Democratic former New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo, who ran as an independent and was endorsed by Republican President Donald Trump. Reuters and AP reported this on the night of tonight. According to them, 34-year-old Mamdani will be the first Muslim mayor of the largest American city and, when he takes office on January 1, will also become the youngest mayor of New York in

Dusseldorf, Germany, Nov. 2 - Have you ever wondered what war smells like or what love smells like? Ever wondered what medieval Paris smelled like? A new exhibition in Germany is allowing visitors to explore the unexplored world of scents through 81 different scents spread across 37 gallery spaces, the Associated Press reports. The exhibition, titled The Secret Power of Scents, which opened to the public on Wednesday at the Kunstpalast museum in western Düsseldorf, connects s

Dubai, November 1 - For almost $1,000 a cup, a shop in the extravagant emirate of Dubai is offering the world's most expensive coffee. It is made from Panamanian beans that sell for the price of gold, AFP reported. A shop called Julith in Dubai's industrial district, which has become a coffee lover's paradise, plans to sell "around 400 cups" of the rare drink starting today, the cafe's co-founder Serkan Sagsöz told the agency. From the filtration, carried out using a method t