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Welcome to the world of Europe's far-right
Edit Al Jazeera 07 Jun 2016
The past weeks have demonstrated how many European voters are moving towards the far-right of the political spectrum and that the continent is in the middle of a nationalistic wave ... The Austrian Freedom Party, on a similar line, "supports the interests of all German native speakers from the territories of the former Habsburg monarchy" and the "right of self-determination" of the German-speaking Italian bordering region of South Tyrol....
Fear of Islamism in Vienna
Edit Toronto Sun 01 Jun 2016
It was on 9/11, but not in 2001 and not in New York. Rather, it was September 11, 1683, when Europe stopped the invading Islamic armies at the Gates of Vienna, marking the end of the Islamic conquest of Europe. That is, until now ... Behind the city gates was the army of the Holy Roman Empire, led by the Habsburg Monarchy and aided by Catholic legions from Poland and Lithuania ... The Tragic Illusion of an Islamic State ... ....
A piece of Bratislava in Florence
Edit Topix 04 May 2016
One of the oldest depictions of Bratislava, under its historical name Possonia, is located in the very centre of the Italian town of Florence. It is situated in the courtyard of Palazoo Vecchio, now the city hall, which on the occasion of the 450th anniversary of the fresco commissioned its restoration as the first out of 14 frescoes depicting towns of the Habsburg monarchy ... ....
Eat and play in Atlanta like a Habsburg
Edit Atlanta Journal 15 Jan 2016
Last autumn, treasures from the Habsburg Monarchy arrived in Atlanta, featuring more than 90 pieces of art and artifacts from the more than 300 years of European rule. If seeing the treasures of "Habsburg Splendor" got you in the mood for all things German and Austrian, Atlanta has a few ways to get your fix ... Before the automobile, the Habsburgs would ride around their kingdom on horseback....
New MOOC of the University of Barcelona about the history of the Mediterranean as a ...
Edit Public Technologies 03 Dec 2015
(Source. Universitat de Barcelona) 03/12/2015. Acadèmic. 'The Mediterranean has always been a complex and hard to understand character that goes further than regular measures' ... The course is divided into eight modules that describe geopolitical history, wars, conflicts, power fights -with special attention to the conflict between the imperial project of the Habsburg Monarchy and the Ottoman Empire- and oceanic expansion ... distributed by....
European Studies Program lecture to present new perspective on Habsburg Empire (University of Delaware)
Edit Public Technologies 30 Nov 2015
30, 2015--Franz Leander Fillafer of the European University Institute in Florence, Italy, will present a new perspective on the Habsburg monarchy in a lecture at 4 p.m ... While the Habsburg monarchy is usually portrayed as a ramshackle and gridlocked regime, Fillafer will examine the history of scholarship, science and society in the first half of the ......
Carl E Schorske obituary
Edit The Guardian 30 Sep 2015
... Arnold Schoenberg, Gustav Klimt and, in a more sinister way, the antisemitic politicians Karl Lueger and Georg Ritter von Schönerer (a huge influence on another of the city’s inhabitants, the young Adolf Hitler), reacted to the decay of political liberalism and the growing crisis of the Habsburg monarchy in different but connected ways....
Educator Paul Blank to visit for pre-High Holy Days talk: 'The Jewish Oath' (Alfred University) ...
Edit Public Technologies 15 Sep 2015
(Source. Alfred University). Jewish educator Paul Blank will visit Alfred University (AU) Tuesday, Sept. 22, prior to the Jewish High Holy Days, to present "The Jewish Oath During the Habsburg Monarchy. a Personal Encounter" at 12.20 p.m. in the Kenyon/Allen Room of Powell Campus Center. Following the presentation, Blank will lead a discussion on "How Do I Mentally Prepare Myself for Yom Kippur?" ... Tuesday, Sept. 22 ... 23....
Stroll through History / Dr.-Karl-Renner-Ring in Vienna / Politician honored for fooling Stalin
Edit The Japan News 27 Jul 2015
By Yutaka Ishiguro / Yomiuri Shimbun CorrespondentThe five-kilometer-long road that encircles the historic center of Vienna is called the “Ring Road.” Every section of a few hundred meters of the road is given a different name after nearby buildings and history ... Slide 1 of 4. PrevNext ... The Yomiuri Shimbun ... Renner was the first prime minister of the Austrian Republic — from 1918 to 1920 — after the collapse of the Habsburg Monarchy ... + - ... ....
Vienna giddies up as famous Spanish Riding School turns 450
Edit Yahoo Daily News 26 Jun 2015
As masters of the Lipizzaners, the world's most distinguished horse breed, the Spanish Riding School in Vienna celebrates its 450th anniversary with gala performances and a glittering summer ball this weekend ... The Lipizzan lineage dates back to the 16th century, when it was developed exclusively by Habsburg monarchy ... nla/fg. ....
sameness and difference at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 Vienna
Edit Topix 02 Jun 2015
Part advertising slogan, part imperial nostalgia about the multicultural past of the Habsburg Monarchy, part recognition of Austria's willingness to accept a higher percentage of refugees amid its population than any other European nation, the claim that "Vienna is different" became a source of self-identity and tolerance during a quarter-century ......
FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour this week at women’s FIVB Prague Open (FIVB - Fédération Internationale de Volleyball)
Edit noodls 18 May 2015
(Source. FIVB - Fédération Internationale de Volleyball). FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour this week at women's FIVB Prague Open. After winning their country's first gold medal last year on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour, Czech Republic's Market Slukova, left, and Kristyna Kolocova return to defend their title this week at the FIVB Prague Open ... It was an important city to the Habsburg Monarchy and its Austro-Hungarian Empire....
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