Orient House is a building located in East Jerusalem that served as the headquarters of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in the 1980s and 1990s. Built in 1897 by Ismail Musa Al-Husseini, it has been owned by the Al-Husseini family since. Originally intended to serve as a family residence, it was at times vacated to host important guests, such as Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany in 1898 and Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia in 1936. read more…
Pannfisch, also known as Hamburger Pannfisch or Hamburger Pfann(en)fisch, is a traditional dish of Hamburg cuisine, now considered “typically North German” and widespread throughout Northern Germany. Its main components are fried or boiled pieces of fish (without the head), fried potatoes, and mustard sauce. Once considered a “poor man’s food” and a way to use up leftovers, this pan-fried dish is now sometimes prepared with more expensive fish and can also be found in upscale restaurants. read more…
Imagine it’s February 8, 2026. You wake up in the San Francisco Bay Area, and the air in Santa Clara is practically vibrating. It’s not just any Sunday—it’s Super Bowl Sunday, and this year is the big “LX,” the 60th anniversary. read more…
The European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust) is an agency of the European Union (EU) dealing with judicial co-operation in criminal matters among agencies of the member states. It is seated in The Hague, the Netherlands. Established in 2002, it was created to improve handling of serious cross-border and organised crime by stimulating investigative and prosecutorial co-ordination. read more…
Freising is a university town in Bavaria, Germany, and the capital of the FreisingLandkreis (district), with a population of about 50,000. Freising is the oldest town between Regensburg and Bolzano, and is located on the Isar river in Upper Bavaria, north of Munich and near the Munich International Airport. The city is built on and around two prominent hills: the Cathedral Hill (Domberg) with the former Bishop’s Residence and Freising Cathedral, and Weihenstephan Hill (Weihenstephaner Berg) with the former Weihenstephan Abbey, containing the oldest working brewery in the world. It was also the location of the first recorded tornado in Europe. The city is 448 metres above sea level. read more…
