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Eurovision joins the Ukraine hype

Flying Dutchman - May 17, 2022

One of my childhood memories from Spain is the annual Eurovision Song Contest (Concours Eurovision de la Chanson in French), usually hold in spring by...

Culture

Dreamland Europe?

Flying Dutchman - March 29, 2022

The extremely positive image that Taiwanese have of Europe surprises me again and again. It might nowadays even be better than the one they...

European history

Hungary commemorates the expulsion of its former German compatriots

Flying Dutchman - January 22, 2021

On January 19th, 2021, the 75th anniversary of the day when the expulsion of ethnic Germans from Soviet-occupied Hungary began, there was a little...

Asian history

80 years ago, the Tripartite Pact was signed in Berlin

Flying Dutchman - September 27, 2020

The Tripartite Pact, also known as the Berlin Pact, was an agreement between signed on September 27th, 1940 between Germany, Italy and Japan by...

Asian history

The ephemeral Treaty of Sèvres

Flying Dutchman - August 10, 2020

After more than fifteen months of preparations, on August 10th, 1920 the short-lived Treaty of Sèvres was signed in the Paris suburb of Sèvres...

European history

Hungary, a place for Germans to fraternize before reunification

Flying Dutchman - June 5, 2020

I haven’t been able to return to Hungary since 1987, but I keep in mind some occurrences that just won’t happen again.

British history

Trianon: Hungary’s dismemberment after WWI

Flying Dutchman - June 4, 2020

The Treaty of Trianon, which Budapest was forced to sign 100 years ago, marked the end of historical Hungary.

British history

Germany 1945: surrender or liberation?

Flying Dutchman - May 8, 2020

There’s hardly any controversy about Germany’s unconditional surrender in May 1945 anymore, but that’s mostly due to a very selective view of history.

European history

The death of Mussolini and the end of fascism in Europe

Flying Dutchman - April 28, 2020

Benito Mussolini, a former Socialist and the father of Fascism, founded an ideology which is often misinterpreted by his political opponents.

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