Today, curling is played all over Europe and has spread to Japan, Australia, New Zealand, China, and Korea.

Today, the goth music scene thrives in Western Europe, with large annual festivals in Germany such as Wave-Gotik-Treffen in Leipzig and M ' era Luna in Hildesheim.

Today, professional leagues have been introduced in most countries of Europe.

Today new expressions of Christian monasticism, many of which ecumenical, are developing in places such as the Bose Monastic Community in Italy, the Monastic Fraternities of Jerusalem throughout Europe, and the Taizé Community in France, and the mainly Evangelical Protestant New Monasticism.

Today, there are active Pagan groups in the United States, the United Kingdom, Continental Europe and other parts of the world.

Today, most post-communist countries in Europe are generally seen to have mixed economies, although it is often argued that some ( such as Romania, Slovakia and Estonia, with their flat tax rates ) are actually more capitalist than Western Europe.

Today there are thousands of devoted players across Europe, Asia and the Americas.

Today, governments in more advanced economies in ( i. e. Europe and North America ) tend to rely more on direct taxes, while developing economies ( i. e. India and several African countries ) rely more on indirect taxes.

Today Thessaloniki has become one of the most important trade and business hubs in Southeastern Europe, with its port, the Port of Thessaloniki being one of the largest in the Aegean and fascilitating trade throughout the Balkan hinterland.

Today they are open to the public and form a complex of halls and buildings housing art exhibits, including a Museum of Asian Art, unique across Southern Europe in its scope and in the richness of its Chinese and Asian exhibits.

In 1954 Gerald Gardner published a book, Witchcraft Today, in which he claimed to reveal the existence of a witch-cult that dated back to pre-Christian Europe.

* The Dark Side of Europe: The Extreme Right Today by Geoff Harris, ( Edinburgh University Press ; New edition, 1994, ISBN 0-7486-0466-9 )

Today, the wide tyres are still the standard in sport & racing cars in Europe.

Today, the greatest threat to the freedom and independence of the nations of Europe comes not from Le Pen and that 17 % of French men and women who voted for him.

Today, Greenland, Antarctica, and the northern portions of Europe, Asia, and North America are situated such that a minor change in solar energy will tip the balance between year-round snow / ice preservation and complete summer melting.

In the years following Dumont ’ s challenge for the presidency, and prior to the formal confirmation of les Verts as political party, environmentalists contested elections under such banners as Ecology 78, Ecology Europe and Ecology Today.

* The Dark Side of Europe: The Extreme Right Today by Geoff Harris, ( Edinburgh University Press ; New edition, 1994, ISBN 0-7486-0466-9 )

Today, in the United States and Southern Europe ( e. g., Italy and France ) the candle is approximately 2 inches in diameter and 36 to 48 inches tall ; in Northern Europe the candle tends to be shorter in height ( 19 to 24 inches ) and wider in diameter ( 3 to 5 inches ).

Today, Telenor Group is mostly an international wireless carrier with operations in Scandinavia, Eastern Europe and Asia, working predominantly under the Telenor brand.

Today, it is widely cultivated throughout the Mediterranean region of southern Europe, the Middle East, northern Africa and tropical Africa, Indian subcontinent and the drier parts of southeast Asia.

Today, the practice is common in the United States and much less common in Europe.

Today Beemster cheese is sold in Europe, as well as USA, Canada, Japan and China.

Germany became the main theatre of war and the scene of the final conflict between France and the Habsburgs for predominance in Europe.

The production attracted enthusiastic and unprecedented world-wide attention for the theatre and placed it " on the cultural map for Western Europe ".

This time the theatre was not only in Europe but also in North America.

In 1756, the Seven Years War broke out between the great powers of Europe, and India became a theatre of action, where it was called the Third Carnatic War.

In Europe the special contribution to the theatre of the abstract, the surreal, the irrational and the subconscious have been part of the stage tradition for centuries.

* Medieval theatre – theatre of Europe between the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century A. D. and the beginning of the Renaissance in approximately the 15th century A. D.

Medieval theatre covers all drama produced in Europe over that thousand year period and refers to a variety of genres, including liturgical drama, mystery plays, morality plays, farces and masques.

* Neoclassical theatre – theatrical movement that drew inspiration from the " classical " art and culture of Ancient Greece or Ancient Rome that was dominant in Europe from the mid-18th to the 19th centuries.

* Nineteenth-century theatre – wide range of movements in the theatrical culture of Europe and the United States in the 19th century.

* Postmodern theatre – originated in Europe in the middle of the twentieth century out of the postmodern philosophy as a reaction against modernist theatre.

Troubled by Britain's failure to increase defences at Singapore, Menzies was cautious in committing troops to Europe, nevertheless in 1940 – 41, Australian forces played prominent roles in the fighting in the Mediterranean theatre.

* May 16 – Twenty-two years after the start of construction, Teatro Massimo opens in Palermo, the largest opera theatre in Italy and the third largest in Europe.

Zeffirelli has also been a major director of opera productions since the 1950s in Italy, Europe, and the U. S. He began his career in the theatre as assistant to Luchino Visconti.

Certainly, variety theatre existed before 1860 in Europe and elsewhere.

In Russia and much of Eastern Europe repertory theatre is based on the idea that each company maintains a number of productions which are performed on a rotating basis.

From the later years of the republic and by means of the Roman Empire ( 27 BCE-476 CE ), theatre spread west across Europe, around the Mediterranean and even reached England.

The classical Greek and Roman tragedy was largely forgotten in Western Europe from the Middle Ages to the beginning of 16th century, and theatre in this period was dominated by mystery plays, morality plays, farces and miracle plays.

Tampere also has old theatre traditions, with such established institutions as Tampereen Työväen Teatteri, Tampereen Teatteri and Pyynikin Kesäteatteri, which is an open-air theatre with the oldest revolving auditorium in Europe.

Its tram system was completed in 1892, while its theater was opened in 1899 ; until World War II, Gleiwitz ' theatre featured actors from through Europe and was one of the most famous theatres of entire Germany.

The town is renowned for its Roman architecture and its Roman theatre is described as the most impressive still existing in Europe.

The palace included its own ' theatre, ballroom, galleries, bull ring, gardens, and artificial lakes ', and became the centre for artists and dramatists from across Europe.