NEWS FROM EUROPE

  ROMANIA One of EU-27 member states           Briefly about the country: ·        Size:                     238.397 sq.km ·        Population:         19,1 mio inhabitants   ·        Expats abroad:                4 mio ·        EU-expats in country :          56.750 from other EU-27 countries ·        Language:            Romanian – a Roman language, close to Italian         ·        National   hymn:        ...

  Today is a very positive day - politically. At least so far :-) A total of 4 very important elections have ended in defeat for the very nationalist and right-wing forces in Europe and beyond. The positive and pro-European forces have won!   Romania: The newly elected President Nicosor Dan received 54% of the votes. He was until now the mayor of Bucharest.   Poland: Rafal Trzaskowski has won the 1st round of the election for the presidency. The last round is on June 1st. He is until now the mayor of Warsaw and belongs to Donald Tusk's party.   Canada: The liberal Mark Carney is the new Prime Minister.   Australia: The social democrat Anthony Albanese was elected Prime Minister.   At the same time, the EU and the UK have today concluded an important agreement on defense and security, on trade, and fisheries and on the exchange of youth. More is surely on the way.   So - yes, yes - Trump continues to rumble. But in ...

  Belgium: May 10th is the same as April 9th ​​in Denmark It was today – May 10th – that Nazi Germany attacked Belgium, the Netherlands and France. A total of 750,000 German troops launched an unannounced frontal attack on the three countries. This attack was systematically prepared by the German side. On August 23rd, 1939, Germany entered into an agreement with the Soviet Union on the division of Poland, and that the Soviets had a free hand to occupy the Baltic countries. On September 1st, Germany attacked Poland – and a few days later, England and France declared war on Germany in response. Poland was divided with the Soviet occupation of the eastern part of Poland in mid-September. Several hundred thousand British and French troops were stationed in Belgium and in northeastern France. After that, not much more happened in the war until Germany occupied Denmark and Norway on April 9, 1940 (German claim: to prevent a British occupation of these countries). Now Germany fe...

  GERMANY One of EU-27 member states         Briefly about the country: ·        Size:                     357.022 sq.km ·        Population:         83,02 millions   ·        Expats abroad:               At least 5 millions ·        EU-expats In country :        3,4 millions from other EU-27 countries ·        Language:          German       ·        National hymn:                 DEUTSCHLANDLIED     ...