The morning of 12 July 1886 brought the sad news to the surprised citizens of small Bavarian village Berg.
From the waters of lake Starnberg was taken the body of the man recognised as king Ludwig II of Bavaria.
It was hard to believe into the accident, as just three days before the king was forced to abdicate after being verdicted 'insane' by the medics in the presence of the Royal Court.
Was he really 'Mad', or everything was just a plot by unwilling kings opponents, we cannot say today. Bu... Read Full Story
In August 1933 Roman Polański was born to a Polish Jews family in Paris.Three years later the family moved back to Kraków, where in 1939 witnessed the outbreak of World War II.When the Kraków Ghetto has been createn in 1941, they moved to the house of his grandmother in Podgórze district.It was the narrow house of Rękawka street with some windows outgoing to the side of Rynek Podgórski and Read Full Story
For centuries the death penalty and loss of the properties were waiting for everyone, who tried to get out of the Murano island without the strict permission. People who were trying to escape, were chased until caught.
All the precautions were necessary to keep the most guarded secret of Middle Ages:
the art of making Glass. Read Full Story
Agnieszka Radwanska (born 6 March 1989 in Krakow, full name Agnieszka Roma Radwanska) became pro in 2005 and reached already several quarter finals of different Gran Slams.
Lost in fourth round of 2009 Roland Garros, and Wimbledon Agnieszka accumulated already $2,128,543 USD and is the first WTA Tour Polish tennis player who surpassed one million of American dollars in Career Prizes.
At present 14 player in WTA ranking, recently stopped by Venus on its way to Wimbledon Cup prepares herself t... Read Full Story
A new initiative, ‘Dubai 2020′, has been launched to engage Emirati society in shaping their nation’s future in a bid to host the World Expo and the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2020.
A work group made up of representatives from the government and private sectors will explore the potential of Dubai to host the two major events in 2020.
The recently created group of government representatives and entities from private sectors
is aimed to explore the possibilities of host... Read Full Story
At the workshop organized by the Energy Ministry several days ago executive director of electricity affairs Ali Bin Abdullah Al Owais
announced the plans to build the solar power plant in Dubai adopting green building legislation, incorporated in Dubai since the beginning of 2008.
Dubai’s new power plant will follow the first carbon-free city in the world – Masdar City, and wind energy projects in Fujairah emirate as a response to growing electricity demand
and needs to diversif... Read Full Story
At the workshop organized by the Energy Ministry several days ago executive director of electricity affairs Ali Bin Abdullah Al Owais
announced the plans to build the solar power plant in Dubai adopting green building legislation, incorporated in Dubai since the beginning of 2008.
Dubai’s new power plant will follow the first carbon-free city in the world – Masdar City, and wind energy projects in Fujairah emirate as a response to growing electricity demand
and needs to diversif... Read Full Story
Several kilometers from the border with Austria at Brennero pass lies the capital of Alta Val d’Isarco Vipiteno.
It had its moments of prosperity in Medieval times, when in the valleys near Vipiteno(Sterzing) there were working mines of bronze and silver ore. Read Full Story
The view from Rittner Horn is one of the most popular and easy to recognise in the whole Alps.
Ortles-Cevedale range with glaciers on one side, Dolomite legendary peaks on the other, and somewhere in between Stubaier an Zillertaler Alps.
The modern ski resort is in the constant growth, every year offering more for the tourists.
There is the new gondola which for the whole year goes from Pemmern ( 1530 m ) to Schwarzseespitze (2 070 m) from where starts the plateau under
the mountain Rittner... Read Full Story
