24 October 2023 | Author/Destination: Caribbean / Karibik | Rubric: General
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Vieques, officially Isla de Vieques, is an
island and
municipality of
Puerto Rico , in the northeastern
Caribbean , part of an island grouping sometimes known as the
Spanish Virgin Islands . Vieques is part of the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and retains strong influences from 400 years of
Spanish presence in the island.
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24 October 2023 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General
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Évreux is a
commune in and the capital of the
department of
Eure , in the French
region of
Normandy . The city is on the
Iton river.
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23 October 2023 | Author/Destination: Caribbean / Karibik | Rubric: General , Bon voyage , Theme Weeks , UNESCO World Heritage
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Puerto Rico (
Spanish for
rich port ), is a
Caribbean island and
unincorporated territory of the
United States with official
Commonwealth status. It is located in the northeast
Caribbean Sea , approximately 1,000 miles (1,600 km) southeast of
Miami ,
Florida , between the
Dominican Republic and the
U.S. Virgin Islands , and includes the eponymous main island and several smaller islands, such as
Mona ,
Culebra , and
Vieques . It has roughly 3.2 million residents, and its
capital and
most populous city is
San Juan .
Spanish and
English are the
official languages of the executive branch of government, though Spanish predominates.
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23 October 2023 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General , French Riviera , Hotels
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The Hotel Barrière Le Majestic Cannes is a historic luxury hotel on the
Croisette in
Cannes , built in 1926. It belongs to the
Lucien Barrière group . It is a traditional hotel for film stars attending the
Cannes Festival .
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22 October 2023 | Author/Destination: Australia / Australien | Rubric: General
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Brisbane is the
capital and most populous
city of
Queensland and the
third-most populous city in
Australia and
Oceania , with a population of approximately 2.6 million. Brisbane lies at the centre of
South East Queensland , which includes several other regional centres and cities. The
central business district is situated within a peninsula of the
Brisbane River about 15 km (9 mi) from its mouth at
Moreton Bay . Brisbane is located in the hilly
floodplain of the Brisbane River Valley between Moreton Bay and the
Taylor and
D’Aguilar mountain ranges . It sprawls across several
local government areas , most centrally the
City of Brisbane . The
demonym of Brisbane is
Brisbanite .
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21 October 2023 | Author/Destination: Knut Wingsch | Rubric: General , Editorial , EU blog post series , European Union
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The liberal democratic basic order (
German : freiheitliche demokratische Grundordnung (FDGO)) is a fundamental term in
German constitutional law . It determines the unalienable, invariable core structure of the German commonwealth. As such, it is the core substance of the
German constitution . Building upon more general definitions of
liberal democracy , the term has a specific legal meaning in
Germany and is part of the
German (originally
West German ) system of a
Streitbare Demokratie (“fortified democracy”) that bans attempts to dismantle the liberal democratic basic order by what German authorities refer to as “enemies of the Constitution” or “extremists”.
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20 October 2023 | Author/Destination: European Free Trade Association | Rubric: General
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Erlenbach is a
municipality in the district of
Meilen in the
canton of
Zürich in
Switzerland . It is located on the north bank of the
lake of Zürich , opposite
Thalwil . The village is located on the Erlen stream (
Erlen Bach ) and along the Zürich-
Rapperswil road. It includes the village and the outlying sections of Wyden, Winkel, Isler, Bindschädler and Lerchenberg.
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19 October 2023 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General , Environment
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Caprarola is a town and
comune in the
province of Viterbo , in the
Lazio region of
central Italy . The village is situated in a range of
volcanic hills known as the
Cimini Mounts.
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18 October 2023 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General , Architecture , Bon appétit , Shopping
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Kuopio Market Hall is an
Art Nouveau -style
market hall on
Kuopio Market Square in the
Multimäki district in
Kuopio ,
Finland . The market hall has a sales point for 30 companies. It is open all year round six days a week.
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