this is one of the most densely populated places on the planet, but for all its nonstop consumption, seoul is also a place of considerable tradition and history. joseon-dynasty palaces, displayed like medals in
Kaunas is Lithuania’s second largest city (population 325 000) resting at the confluence of country’s two largest rivers, Neris and Nemunas. For centuries it has been smaller than Vilnius, but only a bit, therefore Vilnius vs. Kaunas rivalry is felt everywhere from basketball matches...
The European bison (Bison bonasus) is found in Eastern Europe, including Belarus, Bulgaria, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia and Ukraine. Declared endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature in 1996, conservation efforts have saved wild populations of...
Under the Soviet rule, all the imposing Old Town churches were torn down. Many of these elaborate buildings have been replaced by new plain structures, whereas in place of the largest among them,Saint John‘s, there is now an empty lawn. The historical perimeter of Saint John‘s is marked...
Armenia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia and Ukraine have specific constitutional bans on same-sex marriage. Malta’s new Prime Minister, Joseph Muscat, has committed his government to passing same-sex marriage this summer. In ...
For the structure of the banking system, we specify the following variables: (i) bank concentration, which is measured by the market share of the five largest banks in the country, (ii) a number of banks per hundred thousand inhabitants in a particular country as a proxy for the density ...
This small town north-west of Oslo is nestled in a valley, with floodlit mountain ranges on either side. Thanks to the Bergen railway, which connects Oslo and Bergen, Geilo became Norway’s first skiing resort, and it remains one of the country’s largest. Geilo has the magical combination...
There was no need for any police given the entirely peaceful nature of the civil action by thousands of people exercising their protected speech, as allowed by the First Amendment to theU.S. Constitution. The day was a fitting one too. ...
Sigulda, Latvia is a town granted the status as one of the most beautiful in the country. Found in the Vidzeme Region, less than an hour from the capital of Riga, Sigulda rests on Gauja National Park’s valley edge; an elevated outer-city hideaway hugged by dense forests famed for th...