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The world of extreme sports is mourning the death of Felix Baumgartner, the Austrian athlete who became the first person to break the sound barrier during a freefall jump in 2012. He died in a paragliding crash along Italy's eastern coast, at the age of 56.

Videos from France’s Fireman’s Balls have become a viral sensation but, as an almost 100 year old tradition, is it really worth the hype?

At the crossroads traditional music, electronic beats and a language that is still only spoken in villages, Swada x Niczos is bringing Slavic folk traditions into the present day.

Now out in French cinemas, 'Reflection In A Dead Diamond' is a bold, sensual, trippy and gory merging of James Bond and 'Death In Venice'. Euronews Culture sat down with French husband-and-wife filmmakers Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani to talk about one of the wildest films you'll see all year.