CULTURE
For several thousands of years, seekers have tried to decode the deepest secrets of life, happiness, and the universe. There are many abundant sources of such precious insights available from various regions of the world. One such perennial stream of wisdom has been...
Il était une fois une maison pas comme les autres. Vraiment pas comme les autres. Car dans cette maison, tout est possible ou presque. Un lieu unique au monde, dédié aux enfants de 0 à 8 ans. C’est la Maison de la Créativité, l’ambassade du jeu libre. Plantée sur un...
Andrea Bocelli has enamored audiences around the world throughout his illustrious career. But it is not only his voice that the world’s most famous tenor is known for: he also champions philanthropic initiatives and causes that are making a concrete impact in people’s...
On 23 April, United Nations staff will come together in all duty stations to celebrate Spanish Language Day and honor the language and cultures of over 500 million speakers. “Twenty UN member states are Spanish-speaking countries” explained Mr. Cristobal Osuna, chief...
With a long career and successful past working at the Human Rights Council, what made Mr. Tistounet want to write the book at this point in time and what objectives did he have when he was writing it? He explains that: “the idea came to me during a sabbatical leave...
One of Romandy’s most culturally significant locations has to be Victoria Hall, Geneva’s iconic concert hall which has firmly cemented itself as a cultural landmark in the city. Built in the 1890s, the hall’s construction was financed by the British consul Daniel...
Excellence cannot be achieved in a stage production if the text of the play is not outstanding. The staging of Los Gondra (A Basque history), Los otros Gondra (Another Basque history) and Los últimos Gondra (A Basque remembrance) is an example of excellence, from the...
Conçue par le Ministère de la Défense espagnol et soutenue par l’ambassade d’Espagne à Berne, l’exposition présente un aperçu chronologique de l’expédition. Des textes et des images illustrent les étapes clés et présentent les protagonistes les plus marquants. Elle a...
“Like Venus, Arabic was born in a perfect state of beauty and it has preserved that beauty despite all the hazards of history and corrosive forces of time” Jaroslav Stetkevych (1994) Language, the same as history and civilization, begets, breeds and bequeaths its own...
CULTURE
Andrea Bocelli has enamored audiences around the world throughout his illustrious career. But it is not only his voice that the world’s most famous tenor is known for: he also champions philanthropic initiatives and causes that are making a concrete impact in people’s...
On 23 April, United Nations staff will come together in all duty stations to celebrate Spanish Language Day and honor the language and cultures of over 500 million speakers. “Twenty UN member states are Spanish-speaking countries” explained Mr. Cristobal Osuna, chief...
With a long career and successful past working at the Human Rights Council, what made Mr. Tistounet want to write the book at this point in time and what objectives did he have when he was writing it? He explains that: “the idea came to me during a sabbatical leave...
One of Romandy’s most culturally significant locations has to be Victoria Hall, Geneva’s iconic concert hall which has firmly cemented itself as a cultural landmark in the city. Built in the 1890s, the hall’s construction was financed by the British consul Daniel...
Excellence cannot be achieved in a stage production if the text of the play is not outstanding. The staging of Los Gondra (A Basque history), Los otros Gondra (Another Basque history) and Los últimos Gondra (A Basque remembrance) is an example of excellence, from the...
Conçue par le Ministère de la Défense espagnol et soutenue par l’ambassade d’Espagne à Berne, l’exposition présente un aperçu chronologique de l’expédition. Des textes et des images illustrent les étapes clés et présentent les protagonistes les plus marquants. Elle a...
“Like Venus, Arabic was born in a perfect state of beauty and it has preserved that beauty despite all the hazards of history and corrosive forces of time” Jaroslav Stetkevych (1994) Language, the same as history and civilization, begets, breeds and bequeaths its own...
The League of Nations, the precursor to the United Nations, was founded on 10 January 1920 in response to the atrocities of World War I. United States President Woodrow Wilson was one of the main initiators of the project, preaching for the creation of a new-standing...
Cette rentrée d’automne aura été marquée par l’aboutissement d’un projet mené conjointement entre le Centre d’Accueil de la Genève Internationale (CAGI) et le CERN. Si ce dernier reste de renommée internationale grâce notamment à son accélérateur de particules, le...
Inaugurated in November 2001, the Patek Philippe Museum in Geneva houses one of the world’s most important and prestigious horological collections. Some 2,500 watches, automata, precious objects and portrait miniatures on enamel invite the visitor on a fabulous voyage...
