Sea baths Because of their excellent climate, Druzhba (the oldest sea resort) and Varna are very popular as sea resorts. Albena, Bulgaria’s newest seaside resort, is named after a village beauty and is situated on the edge of the forest. This...
General information about Switzerland The official name is the Swiss Confederation (Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft, Confederation Suisse, Confederazione Svizzera, Swiss Confederation). Located in Central Europe. The area is 41.29 thousand km2, the population is 7.3 million people. (2002). The official languages are German,...
Crete – Gouves Gouves is a resort place with beautiful sandy beaches and olive groves and vineyards. Located 18 km east of the capital of the island of Crete. Gouves village consists of two parts: lower – Kato and upper –...
At the foot of the majestic Mont Blanc, surrounded by coniferous forests and emerald meadows, there is a charming resort town of Courmayeur with old streets, cozy shops, gourmet restaurants and lively bars. Courmayeur, known since the 17th century for its...
The Slavic masses who, pushed and dragged by the Avars, poured in at the end of the century. VI and at the beginning of the VII in the Balkans, they did not yet have precise ethnic features or political physiognomy. Slowly,...
With the advent of the Bolshevik government in Russia, the Estonian Communists, who were represented by 12-15 thousand men among the Russian revolutionary troops, and who joined them in the country, hindered the further activity of the National Council, demanding the...
Switzerland is par excellence a state of mountains, hills, plateaus, without plains. About 60% of the territory is included in the Alpine region, which occupies the central-eastern and southern parts. A NO. the ranges of the Jura rise. Between these and...
The process of fiscal consolidation, which culminated in the second half of the nineties with the achievement of the conditions necessary for Italy’s participation in the European Economic and Monetary Union, underwent during the first decade of the 21st century. a...
During the seventies in Greece there was a rapid economic growth that was fueled by a sustained development of internal demand. However, following the second oil shock and the slowdown in growth in the rest of the world, the situation has...
The cinema makes its appearance in Greece in 1897, but it is from 1909 that some theaters open and there is a regular production of fiction. The two production houses Asty Film and Athina Film are particularly active. In 1912 C....
The year of reunification and those immediately following were also decisive as regards the defensive sector of Germany: if on the one hand the annexation of the GDR led to the dissolution of its people’s army and the incorporation of about...
The fight waged by ETA against the ” Spanish occupation forces ” did not end with the advent of democracy. In October 1977 the last terrorist was released from prison and took the road of exile: by the end of 1979...
The change of political leadership, but not of the institutional and social system, characterized the history of the Spain in the Eighties. The process of homologation to the political, economic, cultural and social models prevalent in Western Europe, which had already...
The cultural center of Norway is Bergen, which is one of the most beautiful cities in all of Scandinavia. Visitors have the best panoramic view of the urban center of the fjordland when they take the city cable car up to...
Peneda-Geres the only national park in Portugal The Peneda-Gerês National Park in Portugal is located in Norte, the northernmost region of Portugal, right on the Spanish border. From Porto, the nature reserve can be reached in two hours by car. It...
Vilnius Cathedral A monument of old times Cathedral, Lithuania is a neoclassical archiepiscopal cathedral located on Cathedral Square of Vilnius Old Town with many different sights. The 18th century cathedral is a monument designed by the Lithuanian architect Laurynas Gucevicius. It...
Parties The party system was widely fanned out until 2001; After the new law on political parties was passed, the number of registered parties fell sharply. The politically most influential parties are “United Russia” (ER, in 2002 emerged from the parties...
The third largest state of Baden-Württemberg is located in the southwest of Germany. Stuttgart in the Middle Neckar conurbation is the state capital. The Upper Rhine Plain with its eastern boundary, the southern Odenwald and the Black Forest, the Swabian-Franconian Layered...
Dresden lies in a protected basin location on both sides of the Elbe. The city is the capital and cultural center of the new federal state of Saxony. Dresden has to share its position as an economic center with Leipzig. The...
A geyser is a thermal spring spring that regularly hurls its water out. This phenomenon was named after the Great Geyser in Iceland. The geyser is a special type of thermal bath (hot spring), which is one of the volcanic aftermaths...
