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October 2026
- Protests in France, October 2026: what happened, why, and what comes next
- Mother's Day 2026 in Russia: the date, the 1998 decree and whether there is a day off
- All-Russian School Olympiad 2026: stages, dates and what a final diploma gives
- Final essay Russia 2026: the dates, the topic bank and how the exam admission essay is marked
- Russia autumn school holidays 2026: the dates, who sets them and how regions differ
- Geomagnetic storm forecast for October 2026: the dates so far, what Kp means and what science says
- Russian EGE 2027: what changes in the drafts, what is confirmed and what is still to come
- OGE 2027 in Russia: what changes for ninth-graders and what is still a draft
- 2027 movies: release dates for Secret Wars, Shrek 5, Frozen III and more, as of October 2026
- Booker shortlist offers six routes into fiction before the November decision
- LEGO ONE PIECE arrives with a two-part retelling and a different route into the story
- Latin Grammy final voting begins with 60 categories awaiting November results
- Gone to Earth returns in 4K with the original version at the centre of restoration
- East of Eden arrives on Netflix with seven episodes and a wider family story
- Sotheby’s unveils the Blaquier-Arrieta collection, led by Van Gogh and Cézanne
- Czechia’s Frankfurt Book Fair spotlight will test what translation can sustain
- London Film Festival’s October programme reveals the work behind screen culture
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