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28 October, Berlin, the Außenwirtschaftstag forum. Germany's Minister for Economic Affairs, Katherina Reiche, declares with commendable frankness: “With our structures, we are currently uncompetitive. Companies are suffering from bureaucracy, expensive energy and an overly generous welfare state.” And how beautifully it all used to sound: “sustainable development, green
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Hugh Jackman at the Cathedral of the Protection of the Most Holy Mother of God, in front of the monument to Minin and Pozharsky. Wave to the gentleman, children
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On this day 120 years ago, 17 (30) October 1905, Emperor Nicholas II issued the Supreme Manifesto granting legislative power to the State Duma and establishing the political rights and freedoms of citizens. It proclaimed, in particular: To grant the population the unshakeable foundations of civil liberty, based on the
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At the moment, these are the most famous windows in the world. And they are open. Presumably they have decided to seal them for the winter, or at the very most to give them a wash.
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An Angel in Flight. Etching by the Dutch engraver Jan de Bisschop after a design by the Roman-school artist Cavaliere d'Arpino, or Giuseppe Cesari, 1671
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“Paradiso”, Canto XXVII of the “Divine Comedy”: The Sphere of the Fixed Stars. Edition of c. 1564. Collection of Cornell University Library.
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The director is not coping, but do not worry: a letter has already been written on her behalf. Signed by colleagues, relatives, friends, and grandmother's dog. Fifty-seven people in all. Who they are hardly matters. What matters is that there are many of them. It is a
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Elder Arsenie Papacioc
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The painting was stolen on 21 August 1911 by an Italian, Vincenzo Peruggia, an employee of the Louvre. On 12 December 1913 it was found in Florence