(MIAMI, FL.) September 2012 – The Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau (GMCVB) proudly announces the Fourth Annual Miami Attractions Month, set to take place from 01-31 October 2012, in which a record-breaking 19 top attractions in Grea…
Mövenpick Hotel Ankara opens in thriving heart of capital’s new business district. Third hotel in Turkey for the upscale hospitality company of Swiss heritage. 11 September 2012: Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts is delighted to anno…
The death of Gore Vidal has been announced at the age of 86. Gore Vidal was an influential and controversial American author, playwright, essayist, screenwriter, and political activist. His third novel, The City and the Pillar (1948), outraged mainst…
Up to a quarter of the world's population is on holiday today as celebrations for Chinese New Year are underway. The year of the Rabbit has given way to the year of the Dragon with babies born in this year thought to be magnanimous, stately, vigorous…
The Ministry of Communications and Works, Department of Antiquities announces the completion of the second excavation season of the Mazotos shipwreck (2/5/2011 – 25/6/2011). The fieldwork was conducted by the Archaeological Research Unit of Uni…
International artists and writers are urging the Mexican President, Felipe Calderon, to cancel permission for mining on sacred Huichol Indian ground recognised as one of UNESCO's World Network of Sacred Sites. The permission was granted in 2009 to Fi…
The British Library and online publisher Brightsolid have announced their partnership in a multi million pound project to give internet access within 2 years to as many as 4 million pages of historical news from 200 newspaper titles from the UK and I…
Barcelona's last ever bullfight yesterday drew to an end Catalonia's love affair with the corrida. Contrasting a sell out crowd inside and amid animal rights protestors outside, the sport most associated with Spain bade a dramatic farewell to the Cat…
The Cyprus Statistics Office published figures on the basis of the results of the Passenger Survey, showing revenue from tourism reached €274,4 million in July 2011 compared to €231,1 million in the corresponding month of the previous year,…
The Ministry of Communications and Works, Department of Antiquities, announces the launching of the project entitled “Eumathios Philokales: Promotion of Selected Middle Byzantine Monuments of Crete and Cyprus, using innovative methods”. …