Population The population (8,336,000 in 1998, according to a UN estimate), a slight decrease in the last decade of the 20th century, due to the constantly low birth rate (8.1 ‰ in 1995) and a[…]
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Category: Europe
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Norway History – Christianity
Contemporary to this revolt was the arrival, from a Viking expedition, of a descendant of Harald Haarfagre, Olav Tryggvason, who soon conquered power over all of Norway with the exception of the Oplandene. Olav, who[…]
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Spain Pubic Finance
Budgets and public debt. – The main revenue of the Spanish budget derives from direct and indirect taxation and from monopolies. Expenditure includes those for public debt service, public works, national defense, education and pensions.[…]
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Poland Urban Planning
After the war, the activity of M. Nowicki (1910-1950), the best known among the Polish architects established in the world, author of the reconstruction plan of the Center of Warsaw, but above all of the[…]
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Sweden Literature – The Literature of the Reformation
Only with the Reformation did a new period begin in Sweden, even in literature. Throughout the fifteenth century, humanism had had very little impact in Sweden. Even in the early decades of the sixteenth century,[…]
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Hungary Medieval Arts – Northern Hungary
Northern Hungary In the Middle Ages there was no term for the northern area of the Hungary as a whole and only in the Late Middle Ages did the denomination of Hungary superior (Hungarian Felsömagyarország[…]
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Portugal in the 1990’s
The bloodless ‘carnation revolution’ of 1974, putting an end to a dictatorship that lasted forty years, which had kept the country in a condition of backwardness and international isolation, launched a complex and conflicting process[…]
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Lithuania Literature
During the period of independence (1918-40) and Soviet domination (1940-41, 1944-90), the works in poetry and prose of V. Mykolaitis-Putinas (1893-1967) resonated, in particular the novel Altoriụ šešėly (“In the shadow of the altars”, 1933)[…]
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Belgium Geography, Population and Economy
Since 1993 it has been a federal state, in which the autonomous regions of Flanders, Wallonia and Brussels and the three linguistic communities of French, Dutch and German are recognized. The German community is administratively[…]
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Austria Meadows and Pastures
Almost 30% of the Austrian territory is occupied by artificial meadows and alpine pastures; but we must distinguish the cultivated meadows (ha. 924,300; 12.3%) interspersed with the fields on the lower slopes of the valleys[…]
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Bulgaria Language
The Bulgarian language is spoken in a region that can be circumscribed by the following borders: to the north from the Danube from the mouth of the Timok to Silistra and from here to Tulcea[…]
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Cyprus Medieval and Modern Arts
The most ancient monuments of Byzantine art, which dominated Cyprus unchallenged until the century. XII-XIII, are two beautiful mosaics of the century. V-VI, similar to the contemporary ones of Ravenna and Rome: one in the[…]
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Russia Under Mongol Rule (1238 – 1480)
The politically fragmented Kiev Empire was no longer able to cope with the onslaught of the Mongols / Tatars advancing from the east. After the defeat of the Polovzians and Russians on the Kalka (1223),[…]
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Russian Early History
Russian history, beginning with the rise of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, was only given the name “Rossija” in 1547 after Ivan IV (1530–1584) ascended the throne and developed into a major European power under[…]
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Russia February Revolution and October Revolution
February Revolution February Revolution, the first phase of the Russian Revolution in March (according to the February Julian calendar then valid in Russia) 1917, which ushered in the overthrow of tsarism. It was triggered by[…]
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Slovenia History
In ancient times the present territory of Slovenia was encompassed by the Urnfield Culture, later in the Iron Age the Hallstatt Culture developed in the region. In the second century BC, historical sources record the[…]
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United Kingdom Environment
According to ezinereligion.com, the flora and fauna of the United Kingdom have particular characteristics as they are the result of an anthropic intervention on the territory that has occurred since ancient times. In fact, most[…]
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Malta Culture
(Republic of Malta; Repubblika ta ‘Malta). Southern European state (315.6 km²). Capital: Valletta. Administrative division: regions (6). Population: 410,290 (2008 estimate). Language: English and Maltese (official). Religion: Catholics 95%, non-religious / atheists 2%, Muslims 0.7%,[…]
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Cyprus Brief History
According to aristmarketing, the goddess of love Aphrodite was born on the island of Cyprus and later a culture developed that paid homage to her. Cyprus was not the most beautiful place she could choose,[…]
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York St John University Study Abroad (11)
Since I’ve lived in a big city for pretty much my entire life, I wanted to experience the advantages of a small city like York – and I still don’t regret it to this day.[…]
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York St John University Study Abroad (10)
I spent my semester abroad at York St. John University. I lived and studied in York from the end of January to the end of May. The contact and application went through MicroEDU and was[…]
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York St John University Study Abroad (9)
Off to the semester abroad The main goal of my semester abroad was to improve my English skills. It was therefore clear from the start that it should become a country in which English is[…]
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United Kingdom During World War I and II
HISTORY: THE FIRST WORLD WAR In the second half of the century. XIX, liberalism and liberalism were replaced by conservatism, protectionism and imperialism. Major exponents were B. Disraeli, Lord Salisbury, J. Chamberlain and CJ Rhodes.[…]
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York St John University Study Abroad (8)
York itself is a beautiful little town in the north of England and definitely worth a visit. There are a lot of shops, pubs and bars in the city center and many historical buildings, squares[…]
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York St John University Study Abroad (7)
Education I am studying English / American Studies and Religious Studies in the two-subject Bachelor’s degree and have benefited a lot from the fact that you can freely choose your modules at York St John[…]
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York St John University Study Abroad (6)
Anyone who decides to study at York St. John University will have a lifelong positive memory of the time spent there. And I am a student who wants to share this memory with you. In[…]
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York St John University Study Abroad (5)
Preparation I have heard from several friends that they are doing or have completed a semester abroad through MicroEDU. Since I had been thinking about studying abroad for a while for a long time, I[…]
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York St John University Study Abroad (4)
In the 2013/14 winter semester I started my year abroad at York St John University, in the beautiful city of York, and spent two semesters there. Organization I heard about MicroEDU from a friend and[…]
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York St John University Study Abroad (3)
Application process Since I English and Education on teaching study, it was clear from the outset that my course a semester in English speaking countries heard. However, it was up to you whether you study[…]
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Italy Economy
Business Although Italy has the fourth largest economy in the European Union in terms of gross domestic product (GDP), it is only in the lower midfield with a gross national income (GNI) per capita of[…]
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