Culture can bolster sustainable economic development at both national and local levels. Today, there is a need to recognize and strengthen cultural and creative sectors as key drivers of the economy.The protection of the social and economic rights of artists and cultural professionals is essential to ensuring fair compensation. Facilitating the mobility of...
UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay has designated 58 Creative Cities, which now join the Organization's dedicated Network. With these designations, the Network now includes 408 cities in more than 100 countries, recognized for their commitment to creative industries and cultural life.Quito, Ecuador; Creative City of ArchitectureShutterstock30 Octob...
Tourists watch a performance at a scenic area in Hepu County of Beihai City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Oct. 20. 2025. (Xinhua/Zhou Jiayi)BEIJING, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- China will develop a broader range of high-grade tourism products and improve the quality of tourism services to boost the country's tourism sector, according to ...
Members deepen discussions on key sustainability topics and potential MC14 outcomesWTO members participating in the Trade and Environmental Sustainability Structured Discussions (TESSD) met on 29-30 October to advance work on finalizing outcomes for four sustainability topics for the 14th Ministerial Conference (MC14). Technical discussions focused on enha...
New phase will ensure technical readiness for first issuanceIf legislation in place in the course of 2026, a pilot exercise could start in 2027 and the Eurosystem should be ready for a potential first issuance of the digital euro during 2029Preparation phase begun in November 2023 has successfully concludedThe Governing Council of the European Central Bank...
Jump to the transcript of the questions and answersGood afternoon, the Vice-President and I welcome you to our press conference. I would like to thank Governor Panetta for his kind hospitality and express our special gratitude to his staff for the excellent organisation of today’s meeting of the Governing Council.The Governing Council today decided to kee...
The Governing Council today decided to keep the three key ECB interest rates unchanged. Inflation remains close to the 2% medium-term target and the Governing Council’s assessment of the inflation outlook is broadly unchanged. The economy has continued to grow despite the challenging global environment. The robust labour market, solid private sector balan...
As we look toward COP30 in Belém, where nature and biodiversity will be key agenda items, AIIB is working with partners to build on concepts outlined in our Nature as Infrastructure report and create solutions that can help unlock new flows of capital toward conservation, restoration, and sustainable management. The goal is to create practi...
ForewordThis Agricultural Policy Monitoring and Evaluation 2025 report provides up-to-date monitoring and evaluation of agricultural policies across 54 countries from across the world, including the 38 OECD countries and the five non-OECD EU Member States, and eleven emerging and developing economies: Argentina, Brazil, People’s Republ...
The Annual Conference of Financial Street Forum 2025 is held in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 27, 2025. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)BEIJING, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- Financial business leaders attending a major forum in Beijing have shared their insights on facilitating the global expansion of Chinese companies, and on how the overseas presence of these companies fos...
