Culture and leisure

Russian Minister of culture Vladimir Medinsky held a meeting with Serbian Russian students at the faculty of Philology of the University in Belgrade.

The most striking astronomical phenomenon of autumn –  meteor shower Draconids – in the night of Tuesday will be to the naked eye to observe in all regions of Russia, said the experts in astronomy.

Excursions in the British Salisbury after the incident with the Skripal are gaining popularity among day trips around the country from Russian tourists coming to London. 

The sculptural composition depicting the angry President of the United States Donald Trump, who dangerously hangs over the imperturbable five-year-old girl, appeared in the English village of great Missenden. 

From February 8 to March 4, 2018 in Vilnius there will be an exhibition "The HIPSTER. Porcelain of Galina Dulkina".

Chinese authorities have interest in a broad promotion of Russia movies and they will give all-round support for the process, Zhang Hongsen, the deputy chief of the State Administration of Press Publication, Radio, Film, and Television [SAPPRFT] said.

IDGC of Centre - Bryanskenergo summed up the results of the contest "Cartoons for electricity", organized in the framework of measures to prevent children’s electric injuries.

Artists from Chile and Peru won the second IDB contest on bureaucracy and red tape.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Bruker Corporation are pleased to announce a 10-year partnership

Finland’s 100 years of independence is celebrated this week with blue-and-white light shows across Finland and in almost 30 countries around the world.

The series will begin on 29 November, ahead of UAE National Day, reinforcing the power of sport and the pride of these athletes to represent the UAE’s remarkable progress as a young nation and the region’s growing presence on the world stage of sports.

Employees of IDGC of Centre - Tambovenergo division took part in a meeting of fans of the spiritual cinema club dedicated to the 170th anniversary of the famous Russian scientist Alexander Lodygin, the inventor of the world’s first electric incandescent lamp.

The work of Casey Reas, UCLA design and media arts professor, is on display at the Beall Center for Art and Technology at UC Irvine.

Fahrelnissa Zeid was a pioneering artist best known for her large-scale colorful canvases—some over five meters wide—which reveal her unique vision and distinctive abstract style.