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Workers paint over the fresco 'Miracle on the Vistula' in Soly, Belarus, in February, 2023. It was painted over, causing Lukasz Jasina, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland to say 'We condemn the destruction of Polish cultural heritage in Belarus by Lukashenko's regime.' (Witek Korybut-Daszkiewicz/Newsflash)

Fury As Belarus Paints Over 100-Year-Old Church Fresco Of Polish Rout Of Red Army

Post author:Joseph Golder
Post published:March 7, 2023

Poland has accused Belarus of cultural vandalism after a century-old fresco showing a historic Polish military rout of the Soviet Red Army was painted over. The painting - 'Miracle on…

Image shows the cash which was found in a 38-year-old man's luggage, undated photo. Cops seized EUR 18,500 (GBP 16,000) and about 100 Reich banknotes from him on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022. (Polizeipraesidium Schwaben Sued, West/Newsflash)

Man With Historic German Empire Banknotes Seized For Money Laundering

Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
Post published:December 28, 2022

A driver with nearly EUR 19,000 in cash stashed in his car, as well as antique German currency, has been seized for money laundering by police in Germany. The suspect…

Image shows rare steppe-bee Camptopoeum frontale in an undated photo. The Natural History Museum of Vienna in Austria reported on a rare wild bee species site Breitenlee on Monday, Sep. 5, 2022. (Sylvia Wanzenbock/Newsflash)

Derelict Rail Station Has Become Home To Hundreds of Wild Bee Species

Post author:Thomas Hochwarter
Post published:September 15, 2022

A derelict World War I era railway station in Vienna is to be studied by biologists to unlock the secrets of wild bee communities, it has emerged. More than 450…

Hermine Orian, aged 103, from the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol in Italy who is fighting for an Austrian citizenship, as according to her statements "she wants to die an Austrian." (Andreas Hofer, Bund fur Tirol (AHBT)/Newsflash)

Woman Aged 103 Who Defied Mussolini After He Annexed Her Home Wants To Die Austrian

Post author:Thomas Hochwarter
Post published:May 19, 2022

A brave woman who refused to accept that she had to speak Italian when Austria lost South Tyrol to the fascists after the First World War has said she wants…

One of the serum bottles which are considered to be 112 years old, found in the walls of the Namazgah Bastion in Canakkale, Turkey where Gallipoli campaign took place. (Newsflash)

Vials With Mysterious Serum Found At Gallipoli Battle Site

Post author:Feza Uzay
Post published:March 9, 2022

Two mysterious 112-year-old glass vials have been found during restoration work in the area where the Gallipoli campaign took place. The military campaign took place during World War I on…

The German light cruiser SMS Mainz sinking at the battle of Heligoland Bight in the North Sea between ships of the United Kingdom and Germany on August 28 1914.

German War Ship Sunk 100 Years Ago By British Navy Could Be Leaking Dangerous Chemicals

Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
Post published:April 20, 2021

These are the rounds of explosive ammunition that were onboard a German Imperial Navy ship when it was sunk by the British Navy in the North Sea during World War…

White Lives Matter

Ultras Put White Lives Matter Banner On WWI Monument

Post author:Sergiu Nazaru
Post published:July 8, 2020

This startling image shows how a group Steaua Bucuresti ultras placed a huge banner reading ‘White Lives Matter’ across a World War I in Romania. The banner was erected at…

Sister Andre - whose real name is Lucile Randon - is the oldest woman in France and possibly the oldest in Europe

Europes Oldest Woman Celebrates Her 116th Birthday

Post author:Joseph Golder
Post published:February 16, 2020

A nun believed to be Europe's oldest woman who has just celebrated her 116th birthday says prayer makes her happiest, although her fondest memory was the moment that her two…