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European Cultural Heritage Days allow millions of people across the continent to celebrate their cultural heritage every September. This year Ukrainians will not able to enjoy the celebrations, as Russia's aggression has killed or displaced innocent people and declared war on their culture. Since this cultural cleansing began in Crimea in 2014, the Russian army has damaged or destroyed hundreds of cultural, artistic, scientific, educational and religious institutions, sites and works. Artists, and ...

Russia's invasion of Ukraine aims to deny the sovereign country its right to a distinct identity. Indiscriminate shelling is seriously damaging Ukraine's cultural heritage. International law sets rules to limit civilian deaths and destruction of cultural heritage, both are war crimes that the international community will need to address.

Digital technologies have revolutionised every aspect of our lives, and culture is no exception. They have impacted on the value chains of all the cultural and creative industries not only as regards the creative process and its execution but also as regards the making of a work or product of art and its promotion, distribution, marketing and sale. Cultural heritage can be digitised and, in the case of analogue film, it needs to be digitised to be made accessible. Some production processes are solely ...

In the EU as elsewhere in the world, the performing arts were among the first sectors to be hit by measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus, and are now among the last to reopen. As the confinement measures are relaxed, the focus now is on supporting the performing arts and finding a way to re-engage with live audiences.

Le concept de diversité culturelle est au cœur du projet européen. Ces dernières années ont été marquées par un regain d’intérêt envers la capacité du secteur culturel à promouvoir la cohésion sociale, l’unité et la tolérance, ainsi que par la reconnaissance sans cesse renouvelée de son précieux rôle économique. Les institutions de l’Union européenne s’engagent résolument à garantir l’intégration de la culture à l’ensemble des domaines stratégiques, en se concentrant tout particulièrement sur la ...

L’année 2018 est consacrée au patrimoine culturel de l’Union européenne. Le présent document se concentre sur l’évolution de la notion même de patrimoine culturel, sur son rôle et sur sa place dans la société, ainsi que sur la manière dont il est perçu et interprété dans le cadre des prérogatives de l’Union à cet égard. L’année européenne du patrimoine culturel 2018 est le résultat de cette évolution; elle permet aux citoyens de l’Union d’acquérir une vaste compréhension de tous les aspects de leur ...

On 13 December 2017, just a few days after the United Nations' Human Rights Day, the European Parliament (EP) adopted in plenary its annual resolution on human rights and democracy. Addressing the numerous pressures exerted on human rights in 2016, the resolution calls upon the European Union to place human rights at the centre of EU relations with all third countries and to lead by example. The resolution hails the step forward made for the empowerment of women, but also warns of two new challenges ...

In the EU, gender equality in education and several other policy areas is protected by law. In practice, however, full gender equality has still not been achieved. Beyond the EU, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has found that millions of girls are still being denied an education. Therefore, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) is calling for all countries to repeal discriminatory laws that create barriers ...

Ce rapport présente une analyse comparative approfondie de treize cas d’étude portant sur des langues minoritaires afin de mieux comprendre la situation de ces langues dans les systèmes éducatifs en Europe. Y sont décrites les bonnes pratiques et les difficultés rencontrées dans le cadre de l’enseignement de ces langues, et une attention toute particulière a été apportée à l’enseignement professionnel et aux perspectives de carrière. Enfin, ce rapport formule des recommandations sur les moyens grâce ...

Cultural heritage is vulnerable. Composed of historic buildings, monuments and artefacts of artistic, historic, religious, scientific or technological importance, it contributes to national identities, but can be destroyed in military conflict. The value and rarity of many cultural artefacts exposes them to human greed: they are vulnerable – especially during times of conflict – to being illegally removed from archaeological sites, stolen from museums, trafficked and sold to private collections. ...