Twenty years after it fell, Volker Pawlowski still has fond memories of the Berlin Wall. That's because he continues to make make money from it, by selling chunks to tourists more »
Thanks to a daring combination of Croat Martina Majerle's disco vocals and classical strings of Slovenia's Quatrissimo, the band is hoping to hit a new note with judges. more »
Most of his "patients" are over 1,000 years old and cannot speak. Sixty-year-old Chinese Du Weisheng can only communicate with them by reading their symptoms. more »
The bizarre festival in Tokyo is the response of the electronics sector of the city trying to drum up some business as the economic down turn keeps shoppers away. more »
On 29 April 2009, at 4 p.m., the opening of a new sculpture Conjuror created by one of the most prominent contemporary artists Magdalena Abakanowicz will take place in Europos Parkas. more »
Twenty films will compete for the coveted Palme d'Or at this year's Cannes film festival. more »
A Polish music duo plays their classical tunes on a fragile instrument. A set of fine wine glasses make up the harp on which Anna and Arkadiusz Szafraniec from the city of Gdansk run their fingertips. more »
In Europe people have grown used to exhibitions like this where the human body is preserved and laid open in all its complexity. Many are fascinated but now human rights group have become enraged. more »
Indian police in Mumbai are probing accusations that the father of "Slumdog Millionaire" star Rubina Ali tried to sell her. more »
Thousands of people competed in an online competition to join the YouTube Symphony orchestra, but only 96 will get to perform at New York's Carnegie Hall. more »