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The program for the 5th annual Windows on Europe Film Festival has been announced, for screenings Seventeen award winning films will be screened in Canberra, Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne, and also in Auckland. … Read More »
An audience of journalists was treated to a performance, in Salzburg (2.8.09), of two recently discovered pieces by Wolfgang Mozart, as a young child. … Read More »
A story of two young aboriginal people in trouble and falling in love – Samson and Delilah — won this year’s Camera d’Or award at Cannes (24.5.09). … Read More »
Norway’s Alexander Rybak had no qualms about name-calling against the Eurovision Song Contest, as he fiddled his way to a record victory (17.5.09) in this year’s event; flanked by gymnastic dancers, and crooning to the crowd: “I’m in love with a Fairy Tale!” … Read More »
Fire at the Berlaymont building in Brussels (18.5.09) gave pause for thought for many; the massive edifice with accommodation for 2000 staff plays a key role in the day-by-day life of the European Union.
Built for the then European Economic Community by the Belgian state in the mid-1960s, the signature building houses the EC President and Commissioners – and the media centre, close enough to where the fire started, in a basement area, in the late morning.
It was contained, but damaged ventilation and lighting took some days to restore.
The Berlaymont was closed between 1991 and 2004 for major renovations after asbestos was found in its construction.
An Australian-first alliance between three of the country’s main universities will expand higher learning in a range of European and Asian languages.
With $2.27 million in Australian Government funding, the Brisbane-based University of Queensland (UQ), Griffith University and Queensland University of Technology (QUT) will pool teaching of at least nine languages. … Read More »
Australians in Sydney and Brisbane are being treated to a season of best European films this month – the travelling “Windows on Europe Film Festival 2009”. … Read More »