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Old and new = no contrast Weiterlesen »
On 10 October, Carinthia will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Carinthian referendum, a historical event of great importance for all of Austria. After the first application of the “right of self-determination for peoples” in 1920, the inhabitants of the referendum zone decided by a clear majority to stay with
100 years Carinthian referendum Weiterlesen »
Exactly 100 years ago, on 10 October 1920, South Tyrol was annexed by the Kingdom of Italy. From then on, South Tyrol, which was mainly German-speaking, formed Italy’s northernmost border region and was merged with Trentino, the former Welschtirol, to form a mainly Italian-speaking administrative unit. The new order, which
South Tyrol: Torn between the political powers Weiterlesen »
No matter what you call it – Christ Child or Santa Claus – how did they manage to supply millions of children in one night? And why does Santa Claus fit through every chimney? How does the Christ Child get into every locked room? A British physicist has taken a
How the theory of relativity helps Santa Claus bring gifts. Weiterlesen »
On 20 August 1980, Reinhold Messner single-handedly reached the 8848-metre-high summit of Mount Everest, having conquered it two years earlier with the Tyrolean Peter Habeler without additional oxygen. Doctors had previously warned that a person could not survive at this altitude without additional oxygen, and even fellow climbers gave the
Messner: 40 years ago on Everest alone Weiterlesen »
For ancient China, the order of the universe was the model of order on earth and among people. The man was virtuous who thought in accordance with nature and acted accordingly. The harmony in the Chinese arts, in buildings, bridges, landscape paintings and gardens was an expression of cosmic reconnection.
When the scent of jasmine delights the senses…. Weiterlesen »
When Fred Flintstone surfed through a wave tunnel on his Stone Age surfboard for the first time, he pushed out his “Yabbbadabbadoo” with joy. That was exactly 60 years ago this year, when the series “The Flintstones” was first broadcast on television in America. Since then it has been installed
60 years of Yabbadabbadoo! Weiterlesen »
40 years have passed since Lech Walesa and his henchmen forced the communist government to legalise the Solidarność movement through the strikes and occupation of the Gdansk shipyard. In 1978 Lech Walesa, together with Andrzej Gwiazda and Aleksander Hall, organised the illegal underground association “Free Trade Unions of Pomerania”. In
The beginning of the end of the communist government in Poland Weiterlesen »
The Rocky Show pays homage to its glorious and terrifying predecessors of the 1950s film world with the opening song: “Science Fiction Double Feature” is both an ode to and a parody of the cheapest science fiction flicks, in whose tradition the film henceforth wallows with pleasure – including the
45 years “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” – the film. Weiterlesen »
Cats have inspired many composers to write works. Besides Andrew Lloyd Webber with his “Cats”, Rossini also dealt with the purring creatures, but John Philipp Sousa also dedicated a work to the wild cats. Jacques Offenbach’s operetta “The Metamorphosed Cat” (Le chatte métamorphosée en femme), which was first performed on
When cats turn into girls… Weiterlesen »
