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Weinigen herinneren zich meer dat er in Nederland ook #bruinkool is gewonnen: van 1918-1968 was hiervoor o.a. de groeve #Carisborg nabij #Heerlerheide in bedrijf. Bruinkool is een goedkope energiebron die in Duitsland nog volop wordt benut. www.gluckauf.nl/bruinkool-gr...

Spanish Deputy PM Yolanda Diaz Pérez intends to emulate Queen Isabella of Castile (a.k.a. the Catholic): this time Expulsion of #Jews from #Isreal in stead from #Spain as is 1492. #AlhambraDecree youtu.be/8G3-goMY3rI?...

Palestine will be free from the river to the sea, Spain's Deputy Prime Minister Yolanda Diaz saysyoutu.be Check out our website: http://www.aa.com.tr/enTwitter: https://twitter.com/anadoluagencyFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/anadoluagencyenglishInstagram: htt...

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! @scienceguide.bsky.social dreigt te moeten stoppen, maar de lezers kunnen het platform nog redden! Steun onafhankelijk journalisme - erg teleurstellend dat de universiteiten (met ruime communicatiebudgets) dat niet willen doen! www.scienceguide.nl/2024/01/scie...

ScienceGuide moet stoppen - ScienceGuidewww.scienceguide.nl ScienceGuide stopt per 17 februari, tenzij het platform dan 2.500 abonnees heeft. Lees hier wat u kunt doen.

Vrijdag 9 februari 18.00u op Sociëteit 'de Witte': de Haagse viering van de 449e Dies van Universiteit Leiden. Spreker: mr drs W.J.M. Aerdts, docent-onderzoeker bij het Institute Security and Global Affairs, Senator voor D66 en schrijver van boek 'Diensten met geheimen' (2023). 8februari.nl

Haagse viering van de Leidse Dies Natalis | 8februari.nl8februari.nl Jaarlijkse Haagse vieringen van de Dies Natalis der Universiteit Leiden voor alumni woonachtig en/of werkzaam in de regio Haaglanden

McMahon Line, eastern frontier between India and China, negotiated at the Shimla Conference (1914), named for the British negotiator, Sir Henry McMahon. India reognizes the McMahon Line to be the 'Actual Line of Control' between India and China, while China does not recognize the McMahon Line.

Johann Strauss II, Opus 211, Champagner Polka youtu.be/WhXPJCZVug4?...

Johann Strauss Op.211 Champagner-Polka / Champagne-Polkayoutu.be Op.211 Champagner-Polka / Champagne-PolkaGewidmet Baron Karl Ludwig von Bruck (1798 - 1860) Österreichischer Finanzminister.Dedicated to Baron Carl Ludwig vo...

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23❄️Here is one of our best Stage Talks from this year by Dr. Jason Stanley, the Jacob Urowsky Professor of Philosophy at Yale University, on his book "How fascism works". In the episode, he unpacks what he calls the 10 Tactics of Fascist Politics. rss.com/podcasts/bel...

Stage Talks with Bellingcat - "How Fascism Works" with Dr. Jason Stanley | RSS.comrss.com Dr. Jason Stanley came by the Discord server to talk to us about his book, "How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them". During the talk, Dr. Stanley provided an overview of the main ideas in his ...

Fra Angelico. Nativity (1440-1441), fresco on the wall of Cell 5 of the Convento di San Marco, Florence, Italy, 194x164 cm. The saint behind Mary is probably Catherine of Alexandria, the saint in black Peter Martyr. www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/fang...

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James Baldwin wrote the best reason for studying the humanities that I know of. I use it in my classes and it applies as readily to taking English lit as it does to studying History.

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The reality is that Vladimir Putin has effectively succeeded in deterring President Joe Biden from helping Ukraine to win this war. www.chathamhouse.org/2023/11/russ...

Russia’s plan B is working. The West must not give up on Ukraine nowwww.chathamhouse.org Russia is playing for time, hoping that support for Ukraine will weaken.

How Westminster Works . . . and Why It Doesn'twww.weidenfeldandnicolson.co.uk THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER British politics is broken. Anyone sitting down to watch the news will get the sense that something has gone terrib...

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The reality is that Vladimir Putin has effectively succeeded in deterring President Joe Biden from helping Ukraine to win this war. www.chathamhouse.org/2023/11/russ...

Russia’s plan B is working. The West must not give up on Ukraine nowwww.chathamhouse.org Russia is playing for time, hoping that support for Ukraine will weaken.

The Kingdom of Sikkim was founded in the 17th century. It became a princely state of the British Indian Empire in 1890. Following Indian independence, Sikkim continued its protectorate status with India However in 1975 India annexed Sikkim and made it it's 22nd state. E finita la commedia...

Åland is a demilitarized, autonomous and politically neutral region of Finland. Demilitarized (1856) after the Crimean War and neutral (1921) since the secession from Russia (1917). However since the end of the Winter War (1940) Russia maintains some rights... www.euronews.com/2023/04/24/a...

Arming an archipelago: Is time running out for Europe's oldest DMZ?www.euronews.com Finland's incoming government faces calls from within its own ranks to remilitarise the Åland Islands in case of future Russian aggression.

Thursday november 30th Annual Leiden #Cleveringa Meeting 'New medicines, new methods - where are the boundaries of pharmaceutical research?’ Registration: cleveringabijeenkomst.nl #pharma #bioscience

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The German constitutional court has just issued a ruling with potentially huge consequences for German fiscal policy and climate spending, which could have EU-wide ramifications. www.bundesverfassungsgericht.de/SharedDocs/P... 1/2

Bundesverfassungsgericht - Press - Second Supplementary Budget Act 2021 is voidwww.bundesverfassungsgericht.de In a judgment pronounced today, the Second Senate of the Federal Constitutional Court held that the Second Supplementary Budget Act 2021 (Zweites Nachtragshaushaltsgesetz 2021) is incompatible with Ar...

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The James Webb telescope forever changed our view of the universe and our past. Here’s a guide to what it shows.

A Beginner’s Guide to Looking at the Universewww.nytimes.com A stunning advancement in a long history of stargazing, the James Webb telescope reveals light where once we saw only darkness. Our view of the universe will never be the same.

Thursday November 30th: Leiden #Cleveringa Meeting 'New medicines, new methods: where are the boundaries of pharmaceutical research?’ Registration: cleveringabijeenkomst.nl

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Prof. David Criekemans of Antwerpen University suggests to wake up the #UN Trustee Council from hibernation and trevive the International Trusteeship Systeem by making the #Gaza Strip an UN Trust Territory. www.un.org/dppa/decolon...

A possible solution is to return to the status quo ante (cf. Rhodesia/Zimbabwe): reinstate the Mandate and restart with the execution of General Assembly Resolution 181. To succeed the Security Council has to send a Peace Enforcement Force (Chapter VII) avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century...

The British in Israel/Palestine: committments made both to Arabs & Jews in WW1, the division of the Middle East by Sykes (and Picot), the poor execution of the League of Nations Mandate and finally the swift withdrawal in 1948. Quite a mess... youtu.be/3-qMO4hk0aQ?...

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