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Tuesday, 28 April 2026
37 facts about Slovakia
37 facts about Slovakia
A land of castles and palaces
Slovakia is a small landlocked country that was established in its present form after the division of Czechoslovakia in 1993. It is one of the countri ...

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Croatia
In 1102, Croatia was annexed by Hungary.
Later Croatia was ruled by the Habsburgs, and some lands fell to the Ottoman Turks.
Uganda
The predominant vegetation in Uganda is the savannah.
In the south, it is a moist, tall grassy savannah with lots of trees. The further north, especially ...
North Korea
The capital of North Korea is Pyongyang.
The city's history is very old, dating back to 1222 BC. According to legend, the city was built on t ...
Albania
During the Middle Ages, the Principality of Arbanon (Arbër) and the Sicilian union known as the Medieval Kingdom of Albania were established.
Some areas became part of the Venetian Empire and later Serbia. Between the 14th and 15th centuries, ...
Czech Republic
At the end of the 18th century, with the spread of Romanticism, the Czech National Revival movement emerged.
After 1848, leading representatives of the Czech National Revival increased their political efforts ...
Switzerland
Switzerland was the last Western republic to grant women the right to vote.
Some cantons approved this in 1959, while at the federal level, it was not achieved until 1971 (one canton resisted until 1990).The first woman president was Ruth Dreifuss in 1999.
Albania
Albania, officially the Republic of Albania, is a country located in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans (Balkan Peninsula).
It borders Montenegro and Kosovo to the north, Macedonia to the east, and Greece to the south. In th ...
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic borders four countries.
It borders Poland to the north, Germany to the west and north-west, Austria to the south, and Slovakia to the east.
Uganda
Uganda is a country across the equator.
It belongs to seven African countries located on the equator: Saint Islands. Thomas and Principe, Eq ...
Ireland
George Bernard Shaw, the Irish playwright and novelist, won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1925.
He also won an Academy Award in 1938 for "Best Adapted Screenplay" for the film "Pygmalion", making ...