Culture: Italy, country to read at Madrid Book Fair
Italy will be guest of honour at the 71th Book Fair in Madrid, one of the most important in Spain, scheduled to be held from May 25 to June 10 with a busy programme of activities. The event is organised in collaboration with the Italian embassy in Spain and the Italian Cultural Institute in Madrid
Turkey: we want to pray in Hagia Sophia, Muslim activists say
The basilica was used as a mosque until 1935, when the founder of the modern secular Republic of Turkey, Mustafa Kemal 'Ataturk', transformed it into a museum. A group of Turkish Muslim activists today asked the government of conservative Islamic Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan to make it a place for Islamic prayer again
