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Tolerance: beacon for faith and life

Unique models of religious and civilian buildings in wood, ceramic and cardboard are at display in an impressive exhibition: “Tolerance: beacon for faith and life”, at the National Archaeological Museum in Sofia, the capital city of Bulgaria. [...]

BlogTV: Building social bonds through culture

Creating opportunities for the members of a community to come together: this is a mission that lies at the heart of a number of organizations in lower income neighbourhoods in France. The “Fox compagnie” is one such association.
Run by Michèle Renard, this theatre troupe has goals that are at once educational and entirely people-focused.
Come join [...]

BlogTV: A weekend study session with Proxité

On this week’s BlogTV, head out for a study-intensive weekend with the Proxité association!
Once a year, this organisation, which aims to close the gap between young people from working class neighbourhoods and the professional world, organises a weekend of review in the Yvelines region, not far from Paris.
Young people get involved with Proxité when they [...]

A night of cultural diversity in Lyon

A meeting between two artistic worlds—song and hip-hop dance—took place at the beginning of January to mark this year’s Swearing-in ceremony for the lawyers of the Lyon Bar. [...]

Prep for Prep, an organization for equal opportunities

Prep for Prep, a non-profit organization based in New York, is a new partner of BNP Paribas in the United States. It works to diversify the nation’s leadership pool by offering New York’s most promising students of multi-ethnic backgrounds access to a private school education, and to an array of leadership development and professional opportunities.
Prep [...]

In Support of Promising Bulgarian Students

In Bulgaria, The St. Cyril and St. Methodius International Foundation exists “To build upon an intellectual capacity, securing access to the best academic centres on an international level for young and capable Bulgarians, who are needed to meet the challenges of transition, as well as for the integration of Bulgaria into Europe and the world.”

True [...]

Poiesis, in celebration of the arts

For the first time, BNL was involved in launching Poiesis, an arts festival of poetry, music, visual art and cinema and took place earlier this month in Fabriano, Italy. Bearing the theme “Madre Terra” or “Mother Earth”, the event brought together a huge number of artists hailing from as many disciplines and styles as geographic [...]

Paris of Love

Love will hold pride of place in the Reception Hall of the Hôtel de Ville de la Mairie de Paris (Paris City Hall) from May 6 to July 31 (Update: the exhibit will be displayed until the 14th of August, 2010), with the exhibition entitled “Paris d’amour” (Paris of Love) by Gérard Uféras.
Over the course [...]

The balance between family and work

Cardif Japan recently acquired the next-generation mark “Kurumin”, given to certified companies by the Health and Labour Minister. This certification is based on the Act for Measures to Support the Development of the Next Generation. The goal is to promote a society where an individual can work with motivation and a sense of fulfillment and [...]