News about Culture
More than 800 teams from all over the country registered for the question and answer contest about the European Union “EuroQuiz Moldova 2026”. Each team consists of 6 students and has a coordinating teacher.
The desire for a “perfectly correct” diet – orthorexia (the word is derived from ortho and rexia, which can literally be translated from Greek as “the right appetite”) – is increasingly becoming a subject of discussion among specialists, although this condition is still not officially recognized as a separate disease. The term was proposed by physician Steven Bratman back in 1997, when he drew attention to a paradox: the desire to eat healthy can turn into an obsession and start to harm a person.
The city authorities opened Friendship Alley in the capital’s Cathedral Square on the weekend ahead of the Easter holidays.
Hundreds of films have been made in Moldova in recent years. However, the key mechanism for financing the industry has not yet been launched. The Cinematography Fund formally exists, but does not actually work. The government intends to close this gap and approve the Regulation on the management and distribution of financial resources of the Cinematography Fund.
The UK has recorded one of the earliest onset of spring on record, with plants blooming, birds starting to nest and insects appearing weeks earlier than usual.
The local authorities of Valencia (Spain) intend to impose on vacation homes and apartments a limit of 2% of the total housing stock of the urban neighborhood, reports Logos Press.
Gennaro Gattuso announced his resignation as head coach of Italy’s national soccer team, a day before he was resigned by Gabriele Gravina, president of the soccer federation, Logos Press reported.
The modern world creates a sense of constant communication, but in reality people are less and less likely to communicate out loud. Psychologists have come to this conclusion after analyzing data from recent years: the volume of daily oral speech is gradually decreasing.
The anonymous art collective Secret Handshake (TSH) has once again attracted public attention by installing a provocative installation in the heart of Washington, D.C., near the Lincoln Memorial. This time the object of discussion was a nearly three-meter-long golden toilet bowl with a plaque reading “A Throne Worthy of a King,” which many perceived as a satire on Donald Trump.
Norwegian treasure hunter Kjetil Serheim has discovered a unique gold artifact believed to have been made long before the Vikings, according to Logos Press.
A study by American scientists has confirmed the popular theory about the cyclical nature of fashion: trends do tend to return approximately every two decades. A team of specialists analyzed tens of thousands of images of women’s clothing, covering the period from the late XIX century to the present day, and found consistent patterns in the change of style.
Starting from April 1, 2026, the National Bank of Moldova (NBM) issues in numismatic circulation the commemorative coin “Ion Pelivan – 150 years since his birth”, which completes the series “Personalities”.
The story with the so-called “golden Trump smartphone” is gradually turning into a dubious project with unclear prospects. The Trump Mobile website recently changed the description of the device: now instead of emphasizing American production, the wording “American design” is used. Experts believe that this is an attempt to soften the audience’s expectations against the backdrop of problems with moving assembly to the United States, a task that was initially presented as a key advantage of the device.
The National Archives Agency of Moldova, within the framework of a signed cooperation agreement, handed over to Arcanum, the leading Central European operator in the field of digitization of printed press, another large batch of historical newspapers for digitization.
A daring robbery has taken place in Italy, targeting works by world-famous artists. Unknown persons stole paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paul Cézanne and Henri Matisse from a museum near Parma. The total value of the stolen works is estimated at about 9 million euros.
Vincent van Gogh is an artist whose name today is associated with the genius and emotional power of art, but in his lifetime he remained almost invisible. Born on March 30, 1853, he came to painting rather late – only at the age of 27, after a series of failures in his career and personal life. Attempts to become an art dealer and preacher ended in failure, but it was this crisis that became the starting point for his work.
The Evimall shopping center was officially put into operation in Balti. This is one of the largest private investment projects and the first shopping and entertainment center of this scale in the north of Moldova.
Andreas Treichl, former head of the Erste Group and chairman of the supervisory board of ERSTE Stiftung, was guest editor of the Austrian edition of Die Presse as part of the anniversary celebration of the Sunday edition of Presse am Sonntag.
Kiev customs officers have prevented 39 archaeological items of cultural value from being illegally sent outside Ukraine in international mail. Residents of Kharkiv, Prykarpattia and Vinnytsia regions tried to send them to the USA, France and Italy.
Parliament has taken note of the statement of MP Nicolae Botgros, elected on the list of the PAS party, on resigning from the parliamentary mandate. The relevant draft resolution was supported by 59 MPs.
