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The Economist Officially the language that once united Yugoslavia has, like the country, ceased to exist. From the archive
105 months ago
The Economist Officially the language that once united Yugoslavia has, like the country, ceased to exist
Is Serbo-Croatian a language?
economist.com
It now has four names: Bosnian, Serbian, Croatian and Montenegrin
107 months ago
The Economist Officially the language that once united Yugoslavia has, like the country, ceased to exist
Is Serbo-Croatian a language?
economist.com
It now has four names: Bosnian, Serbian, Croatian and Montenegrin
107 months ago
Yahoo News The winner of this year’s prestigious World Press Photo Award is titled "Hope for a New Life.”
Haunting image of baby at barbed wire fence wins World Press Photo
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A haunting black-and-white image of a refugee passing a baby under a barbed wire fence won the prestigious World Press Photo Award on Thursday, highlighting Europe's worst migrant crisis since World War II. Snapped by Australian freelance photographe Read more ... r Warren Richardson, the picture titled "Hope for a New Life" captures the drama of one crossing on the Serbo-Hungarian border, as more than a million people made their way to Europe's shores in 2015 -- nearly half of them fleeing Syria's brutal civil war. Agence France-Presse scooped up four awards including first prize for Syrian-based Sameer Al-Doumy in the Spot News stories category, for his images taken just after air strikes ravaged the city of Douma near Damascus.
121 months ago
Clifford Naval Marivic Naval
126 months ago
The First World War Diaries of Stapleton Tench Eac 19/9/16
Wretched weather this morning, everywhere deep in mud.
Received a letter from my father and also my sister Doris.
Spent evening in Pont-Noyelle in company with a couple of soldiers.
Little war news came through the office today.
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Other war news from today in 1916:
Western Front
Bad weather hinders both British and French operations.
Eastern Front
Desperate fighting on Narajowka river, Halicz region. Germans claim success here and on Stokhod (Pripet); many prisoners.
Heavy fighting in defile of Merisor (Transylvania) west of Petrozseny. Battle lasts two days. Romanians successful.
Romanians in Dobruja, holding the Rasova-Tuzla position, defending the railway Bucharest-Constanza, heavily engaged.
In Galicia, heavy fighting for three days past.
Southern Front
The Serbo-Russian-French Army advances, making great turning movement in their march on Monastir.
Naval and Overseas Operations
Belgians (under General Tombeaur) occupy Tabora.
Allied blockade of the Greek Macedonian Coast, from River Struma to River Mesto.
Political, etc.
M. Briand speaks against the dissident socialist faction of the Chambe.
North of the Somme, we took some enemy trenches 200 meters south of Attic. We captured 50 prisoners, including two officers.
South of the Somme, the fight continued relentlessly in Deniécourt. Our infantry took the village and pushed to the vicinity of Ablaincourt.
Simultaneous operations enabled us to remove a trench west of Horgny, chase the enemy from three small woods and occupy several trenches southwest of Deniécourt. The number of prisoners taken on 17 and 18 exceeds 1600, including 25 officers.
Activity of both artilleries in Champagne, west of the road Souain in Somme-Py.
We took a trench on the southern slopes of the Mort Homme (left bank of the Meuse).
Total prisoners captured by the British on the Somme reached nearly 5000.
Serb troops repulsed the Bulgarian onslaught east of Cerna. The Bulgarians suffered heavy losses here. Further west, the Serbs removed the first line on the Bulgarian Kaimackalan. Northwest of Lake Ostrovo, they continued to attack Brod.
The Franco-Russian troops have taken Florina in an assault, despite the desperate resistance of the enemy.
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Mort-Homme is a commune in the Meuse department in Lorraine in north-eastern France.
Since the end of the Battle of Verdun in 1916, it has been unoccupied (official population: 0) along with Bezonvaux, Beaumont-en-Verdunois, Haumont-près-Samogneux, Louvemont-Côte-du-Poivre, and Fleury-devant-Douaumont.
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Pictures: 1: Hill 304, from a western slope of the Mort Homme C1916.2: Cumières-le-Mort-Homme memorial - Please select image for more information
126 months ago
The First World War Diaries of Stapleton Tench Eac 10/8/16
Raining and very dull this morning.
Received a packet containing a letter and a couple of packets of cigarettes from Mr. Kendrick.
The King visited the chateau here at midday today, created quite a stir for a time, there were numerous Fren Read more ... ch officers present who were gathered around the front entrance.
Sent letters to Mr. Kendrick and Miss Hedge.
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Other War news from today in 1916:
Western Front
British advance north-west of Pozieres.
Eastern Front
Russians take Stanislau and 8,500 prisoners.
Russians cross the Sereth and repulse repeated enemy counter-attacks.
Russians cross the Zlota-Lipa and advance on Halicz.
Southern Front
Allied offensive begins in Macedonia.
French bombard Doiran (Serbo-Greek frontier), and occupy Hill 227, south of Doiran.
Political, etc.
Mr. McKenna, in the House of Commons, spoke on the British financial position.
British protest re: shooting of Captain Fryatt published.
We have made some gains north of the Somme where we seized a small wood and a trench off the enemy north of Hem wood. We have now conquered in this region, a line of trenches on a front of 5 km since the 7th August.
The enemy were dispersed by our fire in Champagne.
Violent fighting on the right bank of the Meuse in the sector of Fleury Thiaumont. The enemy had set foot in a few trenches and in the work of Thiaumont. Our attacks against enabled us to take the trenches and go in the book.
Similarly, we removed the German trenches in the sector Chapter-le-Chenois, taking 200 prisoners.
A Taube bombed Nancy: 5 injured .
The Russians advancing on Sereth and brought to 8500 the number of prisoners taken.
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n the south of the Dniester, they progress on a wide front, taking the city of Thonacz, they captured Germans in 2000 and several heavy guns.
The Italians, who took the offensive in the Carso near Monfalcone, won a brilliant success. They captured the Gorizia bridgehead in the same area, taking 8,000 prisoners, including 200 officers, 11 guns have fallen into their hands.
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On the 10th August 1916, King George V visited the chateau at Querrieu to present decorations to French Generals Fayolle and Balfourier.
He was accompanied by his son the future King Edward VIII.
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Pictures: 1: King George at Querrieu chateau 1oth August 1916, 2: Another picture of the visit. 3: Image 1 with added colour - Please select image for more information.
128 months ago
Danica Anderson Kolo (Serbo-Croatian for round dance and/or to be in a circle) Trauma format begins when humanity ends. Storied examples of oral memory traditions, epigenetics, bioculinary.
To tell our story we explore how Bosnian Muslim women war survivors and A Read more ... nderson, an American/Serbian woman raised in a family of violence, continually return to the kolo experience to heal their brutal intergenerational emotional wounds of trauma. Same occurred with Afghan women and African women Dr. Danica Anderson worked with. As she worked with these women, two important aspects were made evident to Danica.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Efa1npiBRnU&feature=youtu.be
130 months ago