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Historic Bulgarian city of Plovdiv is European Capital of Culture 2019

The historic Bulgarian city of Plovdiv is European Capital of Culture 2019 and its Together motto highlights how different communities can be united

Switzerland

Geneva’s annual watch season-opener gets underway

Around 20,000 visitors expected to attend the luxurious event, including Hollywood celebrities such as Pierce Brosnan.

Notes From The Usa

Up-beat and down to earth: Cleveland, Ohio

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Up-beat and down to earth: Cleveland, Ohio

Notes From The Usa

Singer-songwriter Foy Vance meets Frankie Cosmos

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One of Cleveland’s great places is The Grog Shop, a music venue with "killer energy" in Foy’s words, here, he was captivated by American band Frankie Cosmos.

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Notes From The Usa

Muscle Shoals, Alabama: the small town of big musical hits

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Nestled in the corner of Alabama, Muscle Shoals was originally known for being the location of the Wilson Dam across the Tennessee River… that is until the music industry catapulted this sleepy Alabama town of just over 13,000 inhabitants into the limelight.

Notes From The Usa

Behind the scenes at music legend Rick Hall's FAME Studios

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As part of the series Notes from the USA, Northern-Irish singer-songwriter Foy Vance takes us to a small town at the heart of the state’s musical reputation - Muscle Shoals - to discover the place where it all began… FAME Studios.

Notes From The Usa

Visiting Muscle Shoals Sound Studio: a place that changed the history

In partnership with Brand USA

You may not know much about the small town of Muscle Shoals, but it is renowned as one of the epicentres of the music industry. Both local and international musicians have recorded there.

World

Abu Dhabi’s most historic structure opens to the public

Abu Dhabi’s oldest memorial to its past, Qasr Al Hosn, has permanently opened to the public following 11 years of restoration.

World

Endangered falcons race to make a comeback in the Gulf

The Abu Dhabi Falcon Hospital is the largest institute for falcon medicine worldwide.

USA

Lady Gaga apologizes for duet with R. Kelly, says she will never work with him again

"I'm sorry, both for my poor judgment when I was young, and for not speaking out sooner. I love you," Lady Gaga wrote.

France

50-year-old French author says women his age too old to love

Yann Moix, an award-winning French author made the comments in an interview with Marie Claire magazine.

USA

Kevin Spacey appears at courthouse to face sex assault charges

The Oscar-winner, facing felony indecent assault and battery, was accused by Heather Unruh of groping her then 18-year-old son in July 2016 in Nantucket.

World News

Christian Bale credits Satan for Dick Cheney inspiration in 'Vice'

During his Golden Globes acceptance speech, Christian Bale credits Satan for inspiration on how to play Dick Cheney in "Vice"

World News

Full list of Golden Globes winners

And the winner is...Here are all the winners and nominees of the 2019 Golden Globe Awards

World News

Man who accused Spacey of sexual assault may have filmed alleged groping

Police documents released in connection with an alleged groping by Kevin Spacey at a Nantucket restaurant in 2016 suggest the victim captured some of the incident on video.

France

European filmmakers at Les Arcs fear Brexit is holding them back

Production talent, known and unknown, have spent this week showcasing their new projects to industry professionals at the Les Arcs Film Festival, with the hope of securing funding, and new partnerships.

Destinations

The Deauville experience

We checked in at Hotel Barrière Le Normandy for a two-day break, a couple of hours away from Paris.

World News

Has the modern world lost the music of Christmas?

With the festive season increasingly commercialised, Euronews looks at the traditional songs of Christmas across Europe to see who's keeping traditional music alive.

Italy

The miracle of Matera: city prepares for year of culture

In partnership with Matera 2019

Euronews' Marta brambilla Pisoni reports from Matera as the city gears up for its opening ceremony as European Capital of Culture 2019.

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A European Culture Capital’s 21st Century Renaissance

Partner content presented by Matera 2019

On a crisp winter’s day, locals gather in a Southern Italian piazza, in the shadow of a 13th century convent, to raise a visionary new architectural structure. It takes a village to hoist the spired earth-toned building — though it’s made of cardboard.