Overtourism as a Phenomenon Or What It Means to Live in a Glass Case
As mass tourism reshapes the Mediterranean, locals push back against rising rents, erasure of community, and cities turned into theme parks. This piece explores overtourism’s impact and calls for a new balance between visiting and belonging.
Euroinfluencers of the Past [PODCAST]
How did kings, artists and revolutionaries change the world?
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The true cost of Paris 2024: billions over budget
The cost of organizing the Games in Paris has exceeded the original estimates by billions of euros. The French Court of Auditors reveals who spent public money and what it was spent on.
Seneca at the Gym: Stoicism and Toxic Masculinity
Today’s Stoicism isn’t in the Agora, it’s at the gym. Repackaged through TikTok reels and “alpha” podcasts, the ancient philosophy has been stripped of ethics and turned into a lifestyle brand of emotional repression and individual supremacy. Discipline replaces compassion, silence replaces civic duty. This isn’t about inner virtue, it’s about selling strength. But Seneca wasn’t training for dominance. He was training for justice.
Past the Digital Veil: Rediscovering the Power of Culture
What do European citizens think about culture? What is its role, its importance today? These questions are answered by the Special Eurobarometer 562 survey.
Culture Under Pressure: What Young Europeans Expect from the EU
New Eurobarometer data shows culture isn't a luxury – it’s the glue that holds Europe together.
Liberty Lost? Statue Becomes Pawn in US-France Political Feud
A French politician just told the U.S. to give back the Statue of Liberty - and sparked an international war of words over what the iconic symbol really stands for.
“Creating is my lifeline” – Arts student defies stereotypes
The widespread belief that a career in the arts offers thin financial stability is challenged by AnaMaria Chițu, student in the Master program of the National University of Arts in Bucharest.
