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“Pasaulietė”: Deimantė Rudžinskaitė and the Jehovah’s Witnesses. 3. Weaponizing a Book
by Rosita Šorytė Article 2 of 3. Read article 1 and article 2. Deimantė Rudžinskaitė promoting her book. From Facebook. Deimantė Rudžinskaitė’s book “Pausalietė” is more interesting as a personal memoir than as a book about religion. While we can...

Kazakhstan Showcases 350 Works at Frankfurt Book Fair
ASTANA – Kazakhstan presented more than 350 books at one of the world’s largest and most prestigious publishing events, the 77th Frankfurt Book Fair (Frankfurter Buchmesse), on Oct. 15. The book fair included a presentation of the monograph...

Photographer Rodney Smith’s Otherworldliness Is Evident in Two Exhibitions and New Book
Ten years after the death of the photographer Rodney Smith, his work is the focus of two exhibitions, and Rizzoli will release a book about his extensive career next month. “Rodney Smith: Photography between real and surreal” is on view at Palazzo...

Pope Leo’s writings as Augustinian prior to be featured in new book
The Order of St. Augustine and the Vatican Publishing House announced the publication of a new book by Pope Leo XIV, Robert Francis Prevost O.S.A., titled “Free Under Grace: Writings and Meditations 2001-2013.” The book will be presented at the...
Check the selected projects and programme of Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event
CHECK THE PROGRAMME OF INDUSTRY@TALLINN &; BALTIC EVENT The Industry@Tallinn &; Baltic Event 2025 programme, running from 14–21 November, is now live! This year’s edition features a rich selection of seminars, masterclasses, case studies, and...

The best Christmas markets in Europe
Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, copious amounts of mulled wine and some of the best hot chocolate you've ever had. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas across Europe, with hundreds of festive markets glittering brilliantly as soon as...

Why Investors are Bullish on EU’s Most Valuable Firm Despite Mixed Earnings
CEO offers more visibility into 2026 growth. Dutch semiconductor company ASML (NASDAQ:ASML) recently became the most valuable firm in the EU. This week, ASML’s market cap surged even higher to around $396 billion as its stock price jumped about 8%...

They called me Dr Antifa. Now I’m in exile, teaching from Spain
A professor who fled his New Jersey campus for Spain after being branded “Dr Antifa” by Charlie Kirk’s conservative group has told The Times he plans to spend at least six months in exile after receiving death threats. Mark Bray, a Rutgers...

Unlocking the potential of SAF with book and claim in air freight
In this exclusive webcast, leaders discuss the urgency for reducing air freight emissions for freight forwarders and shippers, and reasons why companies should use SAF. They also explain how companies can best make use of the book and claim model...

10 Years of Inaction: Gui Minhai’s Ordeal and Europe’s Inability to Fight China’s Repression
Exactly ten years ago, Gui Minhai, a Swedish publisher and founder of a Hong Kong publishing house, was kidnapped in Thailand. On October 17, 2015, Chinese state agents took him away from his vacation home. It was supposed to be a short trip....

The Austrian left-winger taking on Europe’s orthodoxies
Faika El-Nagashi has bravely challenged her own political tribe on sex and gender Seven years ago, when she was still a Green MP in Vienna, Faika El-Nagashi first sensed something was badly amiss in the movement she had helped build. At the...

‘The Appetite Is Fantastic’ – Momentum Rolls Into Rip-Roaring Book 3 Sale At Tattersalls
TATTERSALLS, NEWMARKET – Almost 200 million gns changed hands between Book 1 and 2 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale but there was no sign of the money drying up at Park Paddocks as Book 3 got off to a rip-roaring start with turnover...

The Next Crisis: What We Think about the Future – book review
This book is not an attempt to forecast the future. Its subject is current anxieties and their consequences. By analysing the results of opinion surveys covering much of the world’s population and official statistics, Professor Dorling provides...

Book Nook
New York Times bestselling author of It Happened One Summer, Tessa Bailey, recently announced a planned third book in the Bellinger Sisters series to be set in Westport. The project is currently untitled, but Bailey wrote, “Expect a third...

Ambassador highlights growing Italy-Kuwait ties ahead of Design Festival
KUWAIT: Ambassador of Italy to Kuwait, Lorenzo Morini reaffirmed the strong and growing ties between Italy and Kuwait, noting that both countries are preparing for high-level visits and meetings in the coming months. During a press briefing to...
News Analysis: AI's rise in publishing fuels debate over efficiency and copyright
FRANKFURT, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping the publishing industry - from editing and translation to design - and its growing influence at the ongoing 77th Frankfurt Book Fair is fueling debate over efficiency,...

France Télévisions, Superprod Animation team on comic book adaptation
FRNCK was created by artist Brice Cossu and writer Olivier Bocquet MIPCOM: French public broadcaster France Télévisions is teaming with local animation outfit Superprod on a series based on hit comic book FRNCK. FRNCK is based on the comic book...

Revealed: Emma Watson's handsome mystery man she enjoyed 'romantic' Italy holiday with is $5million tech tycoon who dated singer Camila Cabello
The mystery man pictured on an Italian sunshine holiday with Harry Potter star Emma Watson is a tech tycoon worth $5million who has previously dated singer Camila Cabello, the Daily Mail can reveal. Emma, 35, was pictured looking happy and...

What to bring with you if you're moving to Italy from the US
We look at the essential items to stock up on before moving to Italy, and ask which things can just as easily be bought once you've arrived. As an American with on-again, off-again residency in Italy since 2019, I often hear from people...

European airline CEOs urge EU leaders to reform policies and protect competitiveness
The heads of Europe’s major airlines have issued an urgent call to EU leaders for regulatory reform, warning that without immediate action, the region’s aviation competitiveness and connectivity are at risk. The CEOs said that more than a year...