Opera National de Paris, Palais Garnier [ENA] Among the many highlights of the Paris Opera’s 2025–26 ballet season, the Paris Opera Ballet School Demonstrations at the Palais Garnier are perhaps the purest expression of what classical dance really is: a daily craft, patiently honed at the barre and in the centre, long before the glamour of opening nights. From 6 to 14 December 2025, the students of the School, under the direction of Élisabeth Platel, open the doors of their studio work to the public in a 2h30 performance (with one interval) that traces the entire arc of academic training in the French tradition.   [Full story...]

Rome [ENA] The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM), Ambassador Jan Braathu, on 27th November 2025, presented his second report to the OSCE Permanent Council, warning that a profound and accelerating paradigm shift in the information environment is undermining democratic resilience and placing journalists at growing risk across the OSCE region. “We are witnessing a transformation that strikes at the foundations of   [Full story...]