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M as in Moritz Bastion

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M as in Moritz Bastion The Moritz Bastion was built between 1551 and 1554 and was named after Moritz, Elector of Saxony. It is the only preserved medieval city fortification in Leipzig. During the Seven-Years-War (1756 – 1763) the buildings lost its military function. It served as storage for trade goods and as workplace for …

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F as in Fockeberg

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F as in Fockeberg The Fockeberg is a Schuttberg in the south of Leipzig, a pile of rubble left over after World War II. It is about 45 m high and offers a nice view over the near Auenwald and Leipzig´s city centre. The place was named after the merchant August Adolf Focke – he …

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C as in Clara-Zetkin-Park

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C as in Clara-Zetkin-Park The Clara-Zatkin-Park is located on the edge of the Music district southwest of the city centre in Leipzig. It links the southern and northern part of the Auenwald. In 1955 the areas Scheibenholzpark, König-Albert-Park, Palmengarten and Johannapark were combined to form the Clara-Zetkin-Park. Ground-breaking ceremony took place in January 1955 and …

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Week in Review – North and South Korea Meeting, May Marches and the Pope Mobil

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Meeting between South and North Korea The leaders of North and South Korea met for the first time since the 1950s. Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in met for a handshake and a long conversation to talk about the future of their countries. The meeting was mostly held outside and for people to see, not like …

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The Bookkeeper of Auschwitz

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Oskar Groening filed a plea for clemency – he was convicted for his role as an accessory in the murders of 300.000 people in the Auschwitz death camp. In 2015 he was sentenced to four years in prison but so far he has not yet started his sentence due to his poor health. In December …

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Week in Review – Nuclear Authority Debate and Storm over Europe

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Nuclear Authority Debate Once again Donald Trump made headlines with one of his tweets. The attack was directed at Kim Jong-Un and threatened the North Korean leader with a nuclear war. Trump stated that he has nuclear button on his desk as well and that his was bigger and more powerful. With this tweet he …

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Week in Review (17th – 24th February)

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This Week in the News (17th-24th February) CURRENT AFFAIRS The Munich Security Conference ©REUTERS The 53rd edition of the annual Munich Security Conference took place between 17th and 19th February at the Bayerischer Hof hotel in the Bavarian capital. As the largest independent platform in the field, the international conference brought together over 500 high-ranking …

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Week in Review (24th February – 3rd March)

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This Week in the News (24th February – 3rd March) CURRENT AFFAIRSThe British government suffers defeat in the House of Lords After the bill which is meant to start the legal procedures of the UK‘s exit from the EU passed the House of Commons unamended, the second chamber of the British Parliament, the House of …

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The 2017 Nordic World Ski Championships

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A Summary of the 2017 Nordic World Ski Championships Once in every two years, the best athletes gather at the Nordic World Ski Championships, an event which is second only to the Olympic Games in terms of its importance in the career of a sportsperson. This year, the Championships were hosted between 22nd February and …

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Week in Review

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This Week in the News (4th-10th February) CURRENT AFFAIRS Brexit bill passes House of Commons ©BBC After the Supreme Court of the UK had decided that the Government could not trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty without consulting the Parliament, a bill demanding to ”Confer power on the Prime Minister to notify, under Article …

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