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Every 20th August, Hungary celebrates State Foundation Day, a date that commemorates the death of the country’s first Christian king,…

Between April and May of this year, Armenia came under the spotlight of the international community for a series of…

Sea power is one of the most important factors in determining the fate of powerful nations. This is truer of…

Ever since 1940, the tiny Principality of Liechtenstein celebrates its National Day every 15th of August. This year, it is…

At the beginning of the month of August 1291, the three cantons of Uri, Schwyz and Unterwalden swore eternal allegiance and…

Tarot cards are widely known for divinatory purposes, nowadays, but their original function was to play games. The first documented…

In the late 1980s, a new genre of electronic dance music came to the fore in central Europe, originating especially…

The Belgian flag as we know it today – composed of a black, yellow, and red vertical stripe – is…

In the chaotic aftermath of the 1917 Russian Revolution, Georgia, which had been part of the Russian Empire since the…