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Asturias Award goes to Austrian screenwriter Haneke Austrian film director and screenwriter, Michael Haneke, has been awarded Spain’s prestigious Prince of Asturias Arts Award. Last year his film Amour won… 09/05/2013
Lithuania’s President Grybauskaite gets Aachen’s Charlemagne Prize President of Lithuania Dr Dalia Grybauskaite has been awarded the Charlemagne Prize The award is named after Charlemagne, the first century Frankish ruler… 09/05/2013
Filmaker Haneke wins Spain’s prestigious Asturias arts award The Austrian film director and screenwriter, Michael Haneke, has won Spain’s prestigious Prince of Asturias Arts Award. Presenting the prize, the president… 09/05/2013
Satire and laughs at World Press Cartoon The World Press Cartoon 2013 carries the scars of the financial crisis – not in quality but in the themes chosen. Sponsorship was also hit by the crisis… 19/04/2013
Who won ‘Best Kiss’ and ‘Best Fight’ at MTV Movie Awards? The stars were out in LA for the 22nd annual MTV Movie Awards. From ‘Best Shirtless Performance’ to ‘Best WTF Moment’, the irreverent show did not disappoint… 15/04/2013
Rewarding the richness in Greek cinema Athens played host to the Hellenic Film Academy’s fourth annual Greek cinema awards this week. Gathering cinematographers, actors, producers and fans together… 04/04/2013
Led Zeppelin honoured at Germany’s ECHO awards Berlin became a Mecca for musicians for one night as the annual Echo Awards were handed out to the great and the glamorous. Among them American singer Lana… 22/03/2013
‘Twilight’ savaged by ‘Razzie’ awards ahead of Oscars Popular vampire saga “Twilight” swept the board at the Golden Raspberries, which “award” bad movies and performances, on February 23. The final “Twilight”… 24/02/2013
Strong Foreign Language field at this year’s Oscars The Best Foreign Language Oscar can propel the winner into the big international league, and is highly desired. Michael Hanecke’s “Amour” is another… 22/02/2013
Stars line red carpet for Oscars Sunday night is Oscars night. We selected a special list of the nominees for best actress and best actor of the 85th Annual Academy Award. Jessica Chastain… 20/02/2013
Life and death Romanian film ‘Child’s Pose’ wins top Berlin prize The Berlin Film Festival closed with a grand gala. Nineteen films were in competition this year, and the Golden Bear for Lifetime Achievement went to the… 18/02/2013
Double Golden Globes for Affleck The stars were out in force for this year’s Golden Globes, which in Hollywood are second in importance only to the Oscars. The night’s big winner was Iran… 14/01/2013
‘Twilight’ bids to be year’s top turkey ‘The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part II’ has topped this year’s worst-in-cinema dishonours, the ‘Razzies’, with 11 nominations, including worst acting… 10/01/2013
Music tips for the top for 2013 Three sisters from Los Angeles producing fun and infectious folk-pop could be one of the next big things this year. The Fleetwood Mac-inspired trio Haim… 10/01/2013
The EBBA ceremony live tonight. Music to your earsToday, Wednesday 9 january, from 18:00 until 19:30 the anniversary EBBA show will be broadcast live on YouTube. You can find the show at the EBBA website. Or… 09/01/2013
Wise words in India teach thousands in the slums Thousands of children gather in the slums of India to learn to read and write. The teachers are volunteers, many of whom only a few years before were… 21/12/2012
European cinema in rude health The Maltese capital Valletta welcomed the great and the good from the European film industry for the 25th jubilee edition of the European Film… 03/12/2012
Music in EuropeDespite the absence of borders, music has a hard time travelling in Europe. That’s the result of a study by Emmanuel Legrand for the European Music Office in… 03/12/2012
euronews Business Awards The public has voted: James Street and Neil Waller got the Euronews Business Award in the category Going International. Six years ago the two unusual young… 30/11/2012
Novel Traveller’s Guide gets Business Award London is where they work, but Marbella is where this journey started for two unusual young men. Who are they? And what is My Destination? Not to mention… 28/11/2012
Business Award for model-breaking Language Learning “I launched a marketing campaign, especially through social networks. We are present on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn, which is the right way to go viral,”… 28/11/2012
Customer key to Business Award for CentreCourt.de “I would say, if you have a vision, an idea stick to that. If you have an idea, you have to believe in it and even if the situation is not that good you have… 28/11/2012
Doha education summit ‘collaborates for change’ Improving education goes hand in hand with innovative new ideas. That was the challenge for delegates attending the Qatar Foundation’s World Innovation… 15/11/2012
WISE summit announces six new winners For the past three years, the WISE summit in Doha grants awards to six innovative educational projects from all over the world. Amongst this year’s winners… 15/11/2012
Madhav Chavan wins WISE Prize The winner of one of the biggest awards in international education, Madhav Chavan has helped provide lessons for millions of impoverished children in India… 15/11/2012
Optimism is the winner Madhav Chavan has won the 2012 Wise Prize for education. The Indian social activist collected a medal and a cheque for half a million dollars. He is the… 14/11/2012
Bieber and Swift sweep the MTV Europe awards Supermodel Heidi Klum got into a circus mood for this year’s MTV Europe music awards at Frankfurt’s 100-year-old Festhalle. Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift… 12/11/2012
Alt-J pick up 2012 Mercury prize The Mercury Album of the Year nominees for 2012 covered a diverse range of styles and genres, highlighting what has been an exciting period for UK music. Out… 02/11/2012
Casillas and Xavi win Asturias award Spain Internationals Iker Casillas and Xavi Hernández were jointly awarded the prestigious Prince of Asturias award for Sport on Friday at an elegant ceremony… 26/10/2012
Affleck’s Argo wins Hollywood ensemble gong There are still four months to go before the Oscars but Hollywood is gearing up for the prize-giving season with the aptly named Hollywood Film Awards Gala. 24/10/2012
Pedrosa wins Japanese MotoGP Spain’s Dani Pedrosa won the Japanese MotoGP race on Sunday at the Motegi racetrack. The 27-year-old beat compatriot Jorge Lorenzo whose second place finish… 14/10/2012
Ronaldo and Messi shine Argentina’s Lionel Messi and Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo matched each other blow for blow as Barcelona were held to a 2-2 draw by Real Madrid at the Camp Nou… 08/10/2012
Pussy Riot nominated for Sakharov Prize Jailed Russian punk band Pussy Riot has been nominated for the European Parliament’s prestigious Sakharov prize. Last month, the three group members were… 25/09/2012
How effective is your commercial? With consumers strapped for cash in these recessionary times companies are always looking for bigger bang for their bucks which is where the Effies come in… 20/09/2012
Haneke’s Amour premieres in Germany Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke’s Palme d’Or award-winning movie Amour has premiered in Berlin and will go on general release across Europe this… 13/09/2012
One Direction steal show at MTV Video Music Awards British boy band One Direction were the big winners at the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards, taking home three prizes; best pop video, best new artist and most… 07/09/2012
Argentine couple tango to victory Luna Park in Buenos Aires sizzled this week as an Argentine couple: Cristian Sosa and Maria Noel Sciuto twirled their way into first place at this year’s… 30/08/2012
Jolie becomes Sarajevo citizen The Sarajevo Film Festival included 210 films from 57 countries, and attracted 100,000 film fans. The festival has been running since 1995 and is one of the… 10/07/2012
Bright minds win big prizes at the Inventor Awards The great and the good from the world of technological innovation board a boat in Copenhagen for the European Inventor Award, presented by the European Patent… 19/06/2012
Hunger Games and Twilight dominate MTV Movie Awards Teenagers everywhere were glued to this year’s MTV Movie Awards, hoping to catch a glimpse of their favourite celebs. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn –… 04/06/2012
Chinese architect receives Pritzker Prize Chinese architect Wang Shu has recently been awarded with the international Pritzker Architecture Prize, the first person from China to win the honour. The… 29/05/2012
Cannes 2012: a roundup Austrian director Michael Haneke won this year’s Palme d’Or at The Cannes Film Festival with “Amour”, which tells the tale of an elderly couple, facing the… 28/05/2012
Kabul images win photography award Young photographer Asef Ali Mohammad received his Sony World Photography Award at a ceremony in London for a series of images he captured of youngsters in… 10/05/2012
Marc jacobs supports future designers He’s the creative director of Louis Vuitton and also runs his own label, so how does Marc Jacobs find the time in his busy schedule to support the work of the… 09/05/2012
World Press Cartoon The World Press Cartoon competition prizes have been awarded in Sintra, in Portugal. The subjects tackled included the Fukushima disaster. This year for the… 07/05/2012
Scarlett Johansson gets star treatment Scarlett Johansson has been honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She got her first break as a teenager when she starred opposite Robert Redford… 03/05/2012
Cannes film festival line-up unveiled The line up for the 65th Cannes Film Festival has been revealed, and according to the artistic director, American cinema is back in force. Organisers have… 20/04/2012
Adam Sandler sets new Razzie record Adam Sandler and his movie ‘Jack and Jill’ swept the annual Razzies, winning a record-breaking 10 awards for the worst film and performances of 2011. 02/04/2012
Oscars: ‘Hollywood loves to see stories about its craft’ As ‘The Artist’ triumphed at the Oscars, euronews reporter Andrea Bolitho spoke to ABC news correspondent Diana Alvear about the glitz, glamour and the… 27/02/2012
The Artist proves a ‘tour de force’ at the Oscars Hollywood’s cream of the crop descended on Los Angeles for the 84th Academy Awards. As some of the worlds most beautiful leading men and women worked the red… 27/02/2012
Adele triumphs at Brit AwardsSinger Adele holds her award for best British album of the year at the BRIT Music Awards in London. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez 22/02/2012
Simpsons creator Matt Groening gets Hollywood star – nocomment Creator of “The Simpsons” Matt Groening got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles on Tuesday (February 14). Interestingly, he received his star… 16/02/2012
The Surrogate: It’s about sex Sex is at the centre of award winning film ‘The Surrogate’, which tells the real life story of a polio stricken journalist, who hires a professional sex… 07/02/2012
Oscar pointers in SAG Awards? The Screen Actors Guild awards recognise top performances in film and television. This year Jean Dujardin won the best actor award for his role in ‘The… 30/01/2012
Focus on Foreign Language Film Oscar nominations Iran’s A Separation is up against Israeli movie Footnote in the shortlist for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, along with Poland’s In Darkness, Canada’s… 27/01/2012
The Artist is the Critics’ Choice Silent film The Artist was the big winner at the Critics’ Choice awards, picking up four awards including Best Picture and Best Director for Michel… 13/01/2012
Toure named African footballer of the year Ivory Coast and Manchester City star, Yaya Toure, has been named the 2011 African player of the year, following the vote by the head coaches of the national… 23/12/2011
Arab Spring activists receive Sakharov Prize – nocomment EU Parliament President Jerzy Buzek awarded the institution’s annual Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to five ‘Arab Spring’ activists for their… 15/12/2011
The European Book Prize The European Book Prize was founded in 2007 by the Esprit d’Europe association as a way of promoting European values, and contributing to Europeans’… 08/12/2011
Nobel laureate says euro zone ‘on edge of meltdown’ As the Nobel Awards are about to be handed out in Stockholm, Sweden euronew’s Isabelle Kumar caught up with Economics Prize winner Professor Christopher Sims… 07/12/2011
‘Melancholia’ triumphs at European Film Awards Lars von Trier’s apocalyptic feature ‘Melancholia’ has been named European Film 2011 at a glittering ceremony in Berlin. But the Danish director was nowhere… 04/12/2011
European Film Awards: And the winner is… The European Film Awards are back in Berlin this year, for the 24th edition of the prize-giving ceremony. European directors, producers, actors, actresses… 02/12/2011
Sakharov Prize honours Arab activists This year’s Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought has gone to five activists from North Africa and the Middle East for their role in the Arab Spring… 24/11/2011
French film scoops Lux cinema prizeThe French film ‘Snows of Kilimanjaro’ has won this year’s Lux prize. Voted for by MEPs, movie maker Robert Guediguan was in Strasbourg to pick up the … 16/11/2011
London Film Festival prizes The London Film Festival attracted a galaxy of stars, and a good selection of films this year. We Need to Talk about Kevin won the Best Film award. The… 27/10/2011
Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards The Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards were created in 2006. Each year since, six female entrepreneurs, each representing a major world region, are selected… 21/10/2011
Riccardo Muti wins again Italian conductor Riccardo Muti has been awarded the Birgit Nilsson Prize at a ceremony in Stockholm. He received the prize from the Swedish King Carl Gustav… 14/10/2011
US economists win Nobel prize The winners of this year’s Nobel Prize for Economics have been announced in Stockholm with the award going to US economists Thomas Sargent and Christopher… 10/10/2011
Nobel winners Tawakul Karman & Leymah Gbowee – nocomment Tawakul Karman is congratulated for her Nobel Peace Prize by other women in Yemen. Meanwhile Leymah Gbowee, the leader of the Women For Peace movement… 09/10/2011
Jessie J steals show at MOBO awards Young British singer-songwriter Jessie J stole the show at the MOBO Awards, held in Glasgow, with four prizes, including Best UK Act and Best Album for Who… 07/10/2011
German animators shine at Cartoon d’Or awards German directors Johannes Weiland and Uwe Heidschötter won the top award, presented in the Polish city of Sopot at a gathering of the European Cartoon Forum… 20/09/2011
New Guinness record holders – nocomment New entrants in the 2012 Guinness World Records book. The weird and wonderful talents of new Guinness world record holders displayed in London. 17/09/2011
Iceland award proves advertising can beat the recession In a glittering ceremony in the Albert Hall in Brussels Europe’s advertisers showed how spending in a recession can be a smart business move. The top award… 15/09/2011
2011 Miss Universe: Miss Brazil celebrates her place in the finalPriscila Machado, Miss Brazil, exults as she is called to be one of the five finalists of the 2011 Miss Universe contest in Sao Paulo. At this time, her… 13/09/2011
Sokurov’s Faust takes Golden Lion at Venice Russian director Alexander Sokurov’s film Faust – loosely based on Goethe’s classic German tale – has won the Golden Lion for Best Picture at the Venice Film… 12/09/2011
PJ Harvey wins second Mercury prize British musician PJ Harvey’s album ‘Let England Shake’ saw off fierce competition for the Mercury Prize. Harvey is the first artist to win the award twice. To… 08/09/2011
Pacino presents most personal project in Venice The Venice Film Festival is known to attract some of the biggest stars and Al Pacino is one of Hollywood’s most celebrated. The legendary actor was awarded… 05/09/2011
Zoom on Poland at Karlovy Vary Festival Seven Polish films are among the movies showing at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, central and eastern Europe’s most important such event. 06/07/2011
Human Rights award goes to Russian group The Russian organisation, The Committee against Torture, has won the 2011 Human Rights Prize. It was awarded by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council… 23/06/2011
Fresh film talent rewarded in Los Angeles It was a concentrate of fresh, new talent that gathered for the Student Academy Awards in Los Angeles. Established in 1972, the awards aim to support and… 14/06/2011
French cinema wins top awards in Annecy French cinema picked up the honours at this year’s Annecy animation film festival, picking up the event’s top awards. Featuring more than 220 films, this… 13/06/2011
The mother of all invention awards The European Inventor Awards were held at the Hungarian Academy of Science in Budapest. This annual event is jointly organised by the European Commission and… 24/05/2011
Cannes draws to a close The Cannes Film Festival attracts a multitude of characters drawn by the sea, sun, glamour and clammer to the French Riviera each year. The last two films… 22/05/2011
Eurovision Song Contest winners – nocomment More than 100 million people watched Azerbaijan win the Eurovision Song Contest with the song ‘Running Scared’ sung by duo Ell-Nikki. 15/05/2011
Tribeca Film Festival rewards first-time directors New York’s Tribeca Film Festival has wrapped up its 10th edition with a couple of first-time directors taking the top awards. Lisa Aschan’s ‘She Monkeys’… 02/05/2011
Portugal racks up second Pritzker prize Painter and illustrator Paula Rego’s museum – the House of Stories – is one of Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto Moura piece’s, the winner of this year’s… 01/04/2011
Poetry takes top honour at Fribourg film festival The Fribourg International Film Festival is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. Held in the Swiss city, the event focuses on cinema from South… 28/03/2011
Eternity takes top prize at Deauville Asia The winners of the 13th edition of the Asian Film Festival take their bows in the French seaside town of Deauville. The festival’s prize for best film went to… 16/03/2011
‘Iranian Berlinale’ comes to a close As the Berlin Film Festival came to an end, its most enduring image remained an empty chair. It symbolised the absence of jury member Jafar Panahi, one of… 21/02/2011
Mumford and Sons surprise Brits’ winner Grown up boy band Take That took the gong for Best British Group at this year’s Brit Awards. Still huge more than 20 years after their first hit, the group… 16/02/2011
Country music triumphs at Grammys For the second year running a country group has stolen the show at the Grammy music industry awards in Los Angeles. Lady Antebellum picked up 5 prizes… 14/02/2011
King’s Speech steals the show The film The King’s Speech has won seven prizes at the BAFTA awards ceremony in London. Colin Firth, who plays the stammering King George VI in the film, took… 14/02/2011
King’s Speech reigns at SAG awards The King’s Speech continued its reign of the cinematic honours with the best actor trophy for Colin Firth at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. 31/01/2011
Social Network scoops four Golden Globes Actor Michael Douglas, who was one of the presenters of the Golden Globe awards, received a standing ovation when he took the stage, just over a week after he… 17/01/2011
Finale round of Lux Prize for Cinema Since 2007, the Lux Prize for Cinema awarded by the Members of the European Parliament has been casting an annual spotlight on Europe’s cultural creativity… 15/11/2010
Oscars joy for Day-Lewis, Jennifer Lawrence, Argo and ‘Amour’Argo has won the 2013 Academy Award for Best Film, while Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln) and Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook) won the prizes of Best… 25/02/2013
Oscars go to Day-Lewis, Jennifer Lawrence, Amour and TarantinoDaniel Day-Lewis has won his third Best Actor Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards prize-giving ceremony in Los Angeles. He is the first actor to win the award… 24/02/2013
Michael Haneke film ‘Amour’ sweeps major César awards in Oscars warm-upIt had already won the Palme d’Or at Cannes, a Golden Globe and several other awards internationally – now the French-language film “Amour” has taken a clean… 23/02/2013
Adele, Ben Howard and Emeli Sande pick up Brit awardsWednesday night’s Brit Awards were a chance for one of the biggest musical nations on earth to honour its homegrown talent, although one star performer… 21/02/2013
Silent ‘Snow White’ is a smash at Goya awardsThe big winner at Spain’s Goya awards all but monopolised the podium this year. The black and white silent retelling of the Snow White fable ‘Blancanieves’… 18/02/2013
