5 April 2026 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General , Bon appétit
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Babka or Bobka, also known as Baba, is the name of a sweet yeast cake originating from
Central /
Eastern Europe .
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28 January 2026 | Author/Destination: Editorial / Redaktion | Category: Portrait
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Theodor Meron,
CMG (born 28 April 1930) is an American lawyer and judge. He served as a judge of the
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY),
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), and the
International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism). He served as President of the ICTY four times (2002-2005 and 2011–2015) and inaugural President of the Mechanism for three terms (2012–2019).
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10 September 2025 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General , European Union
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The Suwa?ki Gap, also known as the Suwa?ki corridor, is a sparsely populated area around
the border between
Lithuania and
Poland , and centres on the shortest path between
Belarus and the
Russian exclave of
Kaliningrad Oblast on the Polish side of the border. Named after the Polish town of
Suwa?ki , this
choke point has become of great strategic and military importance since Poland and the
Baltic states joined the
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
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19 August 2025 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General
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The Gda?sk Shipyard (
Polish : Stocznia Gda?ska, formerly Lenin Shipyard) is a large Polish
shipyard , located in the city of
Gda?sk , northern
Poland . The yard gained international fame when Polish trade union
Solidarity (
Solidarno?? ) was founded there in September 1980. It is situated on the western side of
Martwa Wis?a and on
Ostrów Island .
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29 July 2025 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General , Bon appétit , Shopping
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The
Main Market Square (
Polish : Rynek G?ówny) of the
Old Town of
Kraków ,
Lesser Poland , is the principal urban space located at the center of the city. It dates back to the 13th century, and at 3.79 ha (9.4 acres) is sometimes called the
largest medieval town square in
Europe , but
Charles Square in
Prague is two times larger.
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4 June 2025 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General
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The White Stork Synagogue (
Polish : Synagoga Pod Bia?ym Bocianem) is a
Conservative Jewish congregation and
synagogue , located in
Wroc?aw , in the
Lower Silesian Voivodeship of
Poland . Designed by
Carl Ferdinand Langhans in the
Neoclassical style and completed in 1829, the synagogue is located in the city’s center, which was the northern edge of the former Jewish district.
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24 April 2025 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General
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The March of the Living is an annual educational program which brings students from around the world to Poland, where they explore the remnants of the
Holocaust . On Holocaust Memorial Day observed in the Jewish calendar (
Yom HaShoah ), thousands of participants march silently from
Auschwitz to
Birkenau .
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1 January 2025 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General , Tall ships , Yacht of the Month
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The
Fryderyk Chopin is a Polish brig-rigged sailing-ship. The ship was designed by
Polish naval architect Zygmunt Chore? , named in honour of the early to mid 19th century Polish composer
Fryderyk Chopin , and launched in 1992 in the Dora Shipyard,
Gdynia , Poland. She was chartered for a year by
West Island College (“Class Afloat”) in
Nova Scotia to expand their Tall Ship educational program. After that, she was operated by the
European School of Law and Administration , a private university in Poland. The homeport is
Szczecin .
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18 October 2024 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Category: General , Museums, Exhibitions , UNESCO World Heritage
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The Wieliczka Salt Mine (
Polish : Kopalnia soli Wieliczka) is a
salt mine in the town of
Wieliczka , near
Kraków in southern
Poland .
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