Nia DaCosta’s ‘Hedda’, out on Prime Video, is a modern and audacious retelling of Henrik Ibsen’s 1891 play, about a disillusioned woman’s quest for social and financial advancement.
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Euronews Culture's Film of the Week: 'Hedda’ – A dazzling tale of a quest for freedom and power
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Greece still buries nearly 80% of its waste despite billions spent and bins everywhere
Billions of euros have been spent on recycling infrastructure in Greece. Dozens of information and awareness-raising campaigns have been carried out.
The streets of Greek cities are full of bins collecting all kinds of materials: plastic and aluminium packaging, paper, food scraps, footwear…
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Read it and weep: Spine-tingling books to read on Halloween
You may know already how the story ends but you love the feeling of fear and trepidation as you turn page after page… Reading a story that’s able to scare you again and again is an absolute treat and a skill reserved for a very selected number of writers.
The following choices are only a…
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Centrist D66 wins Dutch election, national press agency announces – POLITICO
The centrist liberal D66 party has won the Dutch election, according to the national press agency ANP.
Rob Jetten’s D66 and Geert Wilders’ far-right Party for Freedom (PVV) emerged as the equal largest in Wednesday’s election with 26 parliament seats each, but with…
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Santa Claus will be here before a new Dutch government, caretaker PM warns
Don’t expect a new Dutch government in time for the festive season, caretaker Prime Minister Dick Schoof said Friday.
“I think I’ll still be prime minister by Christmas,” Schoof noted on his way into a Cabinet meeting. He said it will be “quite complicated” to form a new coalition,…
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Universal Music Group and AI music firm Udio settle lawsuit and announce new music platform
By Sarah Miansoni with APPublished on
A new step has been taken in the tumultuous relationship between artificial intelligence and the…
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Ukraine: Russian attacks on energy could trigger major ‘crisis within crisis’
The heavy humanitarian and psychological toll of these strikes is compounded by the expectation that this year’s winter will be much colder than last year’s – with the level of destruction of power facilities outpacing the ability to recover.
“We are very worried about people living in…
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60 years after tourist stole it from a cathedral, he sent it back
“It’s not something you expect,” says Franz Zehetner, who opened a parcel addressed to Vienna’s St Stephen’s Cathedral to discover a skull inside.
The cathedral archivist admits to being taken aback by the package, but alongside the skull was a letter of explanation.
A man in northern Germany said…
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EU countries split over polluting credits for European industry in Green Deal pusback
European Union countries are divided over the volume of polluting credits their industries could use on their path to hitting the 2040 climate neutrality target, split between those who want more flexibility and those pushing to maintain higher climate ambitions intact.
The discussion held by…
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The dark side of Zelenskyy’s rule – POLITICO
But for former Deputy Prime Minister Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze, the case “doesn’t look good from any angle — either domestically or when it comes to international partners.” The timing, she said, is unhelpful for Ukraine, as it coincides with Kyiv’s ongoing appeal for more European…
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