Two million euros in three months: that’s the cost so far for Vienna’s Albertina Museum, home to landmark Impressionist works by Monet and Renoir, as the financial crisis pulled some of its most generous sponsors

Even a “living goddess” is sometimes faced with tough decisions

Despite the success of Berlin’s burgeoning film industry, many forums for alternative culture are facing eviction from quirky historical properties which property developers want to transform into luxury flats, hotels and boutiques

It did not take long for the world financial crisis to affect the world’s oldest profession in Germany. In one of the few countries where prostitution is legal, and unusually transparent, the industry has responded with an economic rescue plan of its own: modern marketing tools, rebates and gimmicks to boost falling demand

Falling chunks of mortar from Rome’s Colosseum has rekindled the debate about the state of the Italian capital’s archaeological treasures

Along a sun-splashed cobblestone street in central Singapore, coatless bankers with loosened ties quaff imported beers in a neighbourhood of gaily painted shophouses called Duxton Hill

The tropical fever of Musicians of the reggaeton group Eddy K is sweeping communist-ruled Cuba, captivating its youth and enraging a cultural establishment alarmed by the vulgarity of some of its lyrics

Scientists working to make a synthetic life form have reported a major step forward, saying they had created an artificial genome and used it to bring a hollowed-out bacterium back to life

When the difference between winning and losing can be a fraction of a second or the unexpected bounce of a ball, encouraging positive thoughts and banishing the fear of failure is a consistent theme in the lives of successful athletes

Costa Rica has ordered the country’s largest stem cell clinic to stop offering treatment, saying there is no proof that it is effective, the country’s health minister has declared

As younger buyers and working women are set to replace ageing customers as the main luxury consumers, the web and its social networking sites represent strong prospects for growth

One of the best ways to get inside the head of British private equity boss Guy Hands is to study what gift he gives for Christmas. For years, Hands has sent friends and business associates a book he has recently read along with a letter discussing the work