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11 hours ago · Berlin is the capital of Germany and is located in the northeastern region of the country, in the state of Brandenburg. Berlin is surrounded by the Havel river in the west, is around 55 km (34 miles) away from the Baltic Sea, 40 km (24 miles) away from the eastern German border with Poland and around 35 km (21 miles) away from the western German border with the Czech Republic.
1 day ago · The Croat–Bosniak War was a conflict between the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia, supported by Croatia, that lasted from 18 October 1992 to 23 February 1994. [4] It is often referred to as a "war within a war" because it was part of the larger Bosnian War.
11 hours ago · West German footballer Helmut Haller wearing a Juventus shirt. FIGC first introduced the star as sporting symbol worldwide in 1958, Juventus being the first club to wear it.. In sport, some national and club teams include one or more stars as part of (or beside) the team badge (often referred to as a "crest") appearing on their kits, often on the shirts, to represent important achievements for ...
11 hours ago · German author Jenny Erpenbeck and translator Michael Hofmann have won the prestigious International Booker Prize for their novel “Kairos.” The book, which tells the story of a tangled love affair during the final years of East Germany’s existence, beat out five other finalists from a pool of 149 submitted novels.
11 hours ago · In the early twentieth century, football began to become popular in Azerbaijan, which was then part of the Russian Empire. In 1912, Azerbaijani football players had their first "international match" and they won in Tbilisi , Georgia against the local "Sokol" team with 4:2.
11 hours ago · The Greece national football team ( Greek: Εθνική Ελλάδας, Ethniki Elladas) represents Greece in men's international football matches, and is controlled by the Hellenic Football Federation, the governing body for football in Greece. Starting in 2023, Greece play their home matches in Nea Filadelfeia, a suburb of Athens, at the ...
11 hours ago · Germany, for example. Since the estab-lishment of the Federal Republic in 1949, Germany has had a single-party government only once, from 1957 to 1961. All others have been in stable coa-litions, which have turned the country into Europe’s economic powerhouse over the years. Germany also uses a mixed first-past-the-post and proportional elector-
