CultureNetherlands
Netherlands pulls out of Eurovision 2027 a month after announcing return
Dutch public broadcaster NPO reversed course because it could not find a broadcaster to send an entry, amid division over Israel's participation.
Europe
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CultureItaly
Pompeii reveals a cabinet sealed since AD 79: tweezers, coins and amulets
The Archaeological Park has shown what a piece of furniture in house IX 11, 7 held, from a necklace of at least 24 amulets to 38 bronze coins.
Analysis and opinion
SocietyAnalysisEurope
Why Gen Z is protesting across Europe, and why the protests look alike
On 31 October youth demonstrations coincided in Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands, with a minority's violence part of the story but not the whole of it.