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Geneva and the nearby French department of Ain co-host the world's largest laboratory, CERN.

In 1978 Krakow was added to the World Heritage List UNESCO.

The earliest published magazine was German “Erbauliche Monaths Unterredungen”.

It also has an old and rich tradition of choral singing.

In ancient times, the area of what is now Croatia area was inhabited by Illyrian tribes.

South Africa is a developing country, ranking 114th on the Human Development Index.

In the Balkan mountain range there is the largest waterfall in Bulgaria and the largest in the entire Balkans - Raysko Praskalo (124.5 m).

The Vatican has its foot military formation that acts as a bodyguard for the Pope - the Swiss Guard.

Škoda Transportation (a Czech engineering company) is the fourth largest tram manufacturer in the world - almost 1/3 of all trams in the world come from Czech factories.

Portugal is a significant center of pilgrimage tourism.