Tag: century
one woman for every two men in half a century
It is not a small thing who starts the Mercè with the proclamation that precedes the start of the main festival of Barcelona. Always a transcendent issue in the prelude…
Sea ice has never been so low in Antarctica in almost half a century: “South Pole no longer insensitive to climate change” | Science & Planet
Never before has so little sea ice been measured at the South Pole at this time of year since satellite measurements began. Currently, the extent of sea ice is only…
The long prison sentences at the end of the ‘trial of the century’ also do not heal all Belgian wounds
The Belgian ‘trial of the century’ has finally been completed after nine months. More than seven years after the terrorist attacks on Zaventem airport and the Brussels Maalbeek metro station,…
Drink, drugs and prostitution: Emmer neighborhood has suffered from nuisance from rental properties for a quarter of a century
When will more than twenty years of dull misery come to an end? A group of residents in the Emmer district of Emmerhout would like an answer to that question.…
Men’s final at the US Open: Novak Djokovic – the player of the century before the coronation
As of: September 10, 2023 11:11 a.m Novak Djokovic is once again in one Grand Slam-Final. The 36-year-old is simply unstoppable. Only the prospect of setting records seems to cause…
Everything about century singer Otis Redding was great
We first saw Otis in 1964. He was the driver for Johnny Jenkins and the Pinetoppers from Macon, Georgia. They had a minor hit with “Love Twist,” an instrumental, and…
Monastery from the 14th century is an eye-catcher on Open Monument Day in Harelbeke
Monastery from the 14th century is an eye-catcher on Open Monument Day in Harelbeke Sister Martine is 91 and spent four years in the Augustinian monastery in the 1950s. She…
Half a century of legal nudist beach in Callantsoog
It’s a party for the nudist: the first legal nudist beach in the country has been around for fifty years. The arrival of the beach was not without a struggle,…
Rolde was popular with artists a century ago: ‘Terribly beautiful village’
What Barbizon was to France, Drenthe might have been to the Netherlands. Artists flocked there en masse and were inspired by the beauty of nature. Rolde in particular was also…
Half a century of the robbery that inspired the controversial ‘Stockholm Syndrome’
“Everyone down, let the party begin!“: with these words, Jan Erik Olssona 32-year-old criminal expert in opening safe deposit boxes and explosives broke into machine gun in hand and under…