A major Roman road ran through the Miljacka river valley connecting the rich coastal cities of Dalmatia and the Adriatic coast with Pannonia to the North. Glavni rimski putevi su prolazili kroz dolinu rijeke Miljacke, povezujući se sa bogatim obalnim gradovima Dalmacije i Jadranskom oba...
Saudi Arabia, home to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina, is under a complete lockdown, with residents only permitted to leave their homes to purchase food and medicine. In Jerusalem, Israeli police said they broke up an “illegal demonstration” and arrested two people outside the Al-Aqsa...
Temperatures have exceeded 40C in places and the hot weather looks likely to continue into next week. Dozens of forest fires are burning throughout the Balkans, with Albania asking the European Union for help. More on Lucifer Lucifer heatwave: Everything you need to know to stay protected 'Lu...
Eisenhower gave a speech notably titled “The Chance for Peace,” in which he made clear that the United States and its friends had chosen one road while Soviet leaders had chosen another path in the postwar world. But he always looked for ways to encourage the Kremlin to move in...
The Janissaries consisted of Christian young male slaves brought from the Balkan countries (Present-day Serbia, Albania, Macedonia, Slovenia, etc). They grew up in the Islamic faith and became either the Sultan’s administrator or the Sultan’s personal bodyguard and members of the army. These ...