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BULGARIA, ThThe march ends on 2nd of June Optimus KA&KA wwith reconstruction of the last fight anand nation-wide worship in the HRISTO BOTEV VrVratsa Mountain – the summit Hristo Botev is Bulgarian poet and VoVola, where the hero was killed. revolutionary. He was born on 6th EvEvery year at 12 noon on 2nd of of January 1848 and died on June JuJune, syrens notify two minutes the first near Vratsa. He was wworship of the heroism of Botev famous with his group of soldiers anand those who died for the coming from on the frefreedom of . During this Austrian ship “Radetski” and timtime all people in Bulgaria stop travelling from (on the dodoing whatever they do. ) to Vratsa. He fought ThThe famous verse from Botev that against the Ottoman Rule in the evevery Bulgarian knows: country and all his life was dedicated to the idea of liberation “T“The moon comes out and day of Bulgaria. He was a notorious grogrows dim, on heaven’s vault the writer known with his poems, stastars now throng, the forest rustles, feuilletons and political ququiet stirs the wind, the mountains ………………………………………………………….. journalism. sinsing song of fighters.” th Each year from May 27 to June GERMANMANY, Postdam st 1 is organized a tour, which Hochh Vier travels the way of Botev and his soldiers. People from all over KONRADRAD ADENAUER

Bulgaria and even abroad take Whenn it comes to the history and

place in it. the recenecent developments of the

Bulgaria Germanyany Italy Portugal Romania Switzwitzerland Turkey

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European Union it seems HEHELMUT KOHL indispensible to mention some It was Helmut Kohl, German events as well as some chchancellor from 1982-1998, who personalities of the German wwas an enthusiastic supporter of history. One of the founding ththe reunification of Germany. He fathers of the European Union is ovoversaw the end of the Cold War

the first German chancellor anand is widely regarded as the main

Konrad Adenauer. In times of the ararchitect of the German ………………………………………………………….. early Cold War and the division of rereunification. Together with foreign

Germany into two occupation mminister Hans Dietrich Genscher he ITALY, San Cataldo zones Adenauer sought to satisfy fofostered the cooperation over the Associazioiazione Genitori II Circolo the need for security of former hohostile treatment of West and

opponents by economic Communist governments. CRADLEE OF CULTURE interdependence. Within six years The German reunification entailed Italy historistory is the richest and oldest (1949-1955) Adenauer succeeded mmany significant aspects on in the world.w Closely related to to link Germany's future with the EuEuropean level: more German seats Westernrn cculture and the history of western alliance by implementing in the European Community and Europe,e, butbu also to the civilization of far-reaching foreign policy goals: ththe NATO; the door to enlargement the Meditediterranean basin, has lived membership of the Council of to the former eastern bloc now was the majorajor events of the Ancient Europe (1951), the common opopen and Germany now was world and to all modern European establishment of the European lolocated centrally within Europe. States. MMagna Greece - Roman Coal and Steel Community (1952) ThThis initially was viewed critically Empire - The Papacy. and accession to NATO (1955). esespecially by France which feared

The reconciliation with France GeGermany’s growth of political and formed the cornerstone of ececonomical power. However it was Adenauer's foreign policy. cleclear that the European integration Together with French President shshould be forwarded. With a wave Charles de Gaulle, he reached a of new enlargements on the way THE MARIARITIME REPUBLICS – THE ST ST historic turning point: 1963 the ththe Maastricht Treaty was signed in RENAISSANSSANCE – 1 BANK – 1 former arch-enemies Germany FeFebruary 1992, which established UNIVERSITRSITY

and France signed a treaty of ththe European Union. Together with As wellll it wwould be wrong to talk of friendship, which became a ththe French François Mitterrand the histoistorical figures important

milestone on the road to European HeHelmut Kohl is considered the becausese the alchemy of Italian unification. The German ararchitect of the Maastricht Treaty. historyy is a mix of geographic reunification though was rather location,n, land,l art, religion, cultural neglected by Adenauer due to his movementents and humanistic, models goal to reach a claim of sole that wereere born in Italy have been representation of western exporteded to all over Europe and Germany. have condonditioned European develop.

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MIGRANTS: A PROBLEM TO SOLVE EaEaten during the evening of ………………………………………………………….. TOGETHER! ChChristmas Eve and consists of The centrality of Italy on the world cocodfish with green vegetables and ROMANIAANIA, Craiova stage is still very important as a boboiled potatoes. This is normally Edulife founding state of the EU, NATO and fofollowed by shellfish, wild meats or as a military and economic power. otother expensive foods. HENRI COAOANDA Its strategic position is a bridge, as He was Secretary of the State of the Henri CoaCoanda is among the most in the past, between East and West. KiKingdom of Portugal and the importanttant personalities in the

Today is scene of uninterrupted AlAlgarves (the equivalent to a aviationn hihistory. He was a Romanian flows of migrants, that Europe has totoday's Prime Minister) in the inventor,or, a pioneer in aerodynamics difficulty to understand. gogovernment of Joseph I of Portugal and thee builderb of world’s first jet The Mediterranean so close to Sicily frofrom 1750 to 1777. Undoubtedly plane. coasts is a huge tomb of the ththe most prominent minister in the The Coandoanda-1910 Aircraft was the thousands of nationalities without a gogovernment, he is considered today first airpairplane equipped with a name. Sicily is lonely in front of a hehead of government. Pombal is reactivee ppropulsion system in the pain without borders, lonely to nonotable for his swift and competent world, imagined,im designed, built, defend the borders of UE. leleadership in the aftermath of the tested and piloted by the Romanian 171755 Lisbon earthquake. He engineerer and inventor, Henri imimplemented sweeping economic Coanda,a, aat the age of only 24. In popolicies in Portugal to regulate 1930, he discovered the Coanda

cocommercial activity and standardize effect, thathat is the tendency of a ququality throughout the country. stream of fluid to stay attached to a PoPombal was instrumental in convexx surface,sur rather than follow a wweakening the grip of the straightt linline in its original direction. InInquisition. The term Pombaline is All thesese discoveries have changed usused to describe not only his the facece of the aviation industry tetenure, but also the architectural worldwideide and as a tribute brought ststyle, which formed after the great to thisis brilliantb man, the largest eaearthquake. internationational airport in Romania is

called afteraft him - Henri Coanda Internationational Airport.

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PORTUGAL, Lisbon ANEVE

POMBAL Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal, 1st Count of Oeiras; 13 May 1699 – 8 May 1782) was an 18th-century Portuguese statesman.

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…………………………………………………….. THANHANK YOU FOR READING! SWITZERLAND, Lugano Associazione seed www.aw.asuitcaseforeurope.com THE RED CROSS In 1863, the Swiss Jean Henry Dunant with other 4 persons

founded the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), in Geneva. The idea was born after the lack of first aid after the battle of Solferino, in 1859. The ICRC was awarded the Nobel Today the International Red Cross Peace Prize on three occasions (in and Red Crescent Movement is the 1917, 1944 and 1963). biggest international humanitarian movement, with approximately 97

million volunteers, members and At the beginning, the aim of the staff worldwide. organization was to rescue the solders injured in national and

international conflicts, but later it …………………………………………………….. decided to take on additional humanitarian tasks, linked to TURKEY, Mersin preserve national health care Altineller Spor Kulübü system. CORPORAL SEYIT The International Federation of Red Seyit Ali Çabuk (1889-1939), usually Cross and Red Crescent Societies called Corporal Seyit (Turkish: Seyit (IFRC, then known as League of Red Onbaşı) was a First World War Cross Societies) was founded in 1919 gunner in the Ottoman Army. He is and today it coordinates activities famous for having carried three between 189 member Nations, shells to an artillery piece during

leading and organizing, in the Allied attempt to force the

cooperation with National Societies, Dardanelles on 18 March 1915. relief assistance missions responding to large-scale emergencies.

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