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Splendid Byzantine churches head Thessaloniki’s holy sites

August 4, 2022558 Views

Under fluttering strings of Greek and Byzantine flags, three men raised a party tent on the terrace of the 5th century Osios David church one recent Saturday, hoping it would shelter festivalgoers from the heat that already shrouded the view of Mount Olympus across the gulf. That’s Thessaloniki in a snapshot — a seaside trove of early Christian art and architecture, with echoes of the sacred all around the city, from the mythical mountain home of the ancient Greek gods to the contemporary Orthodox Christian monasticism of Mount Athos. The White Tower, built in the late 15th century as part of the city's defensive walls, stands as the iconic monument of Thessaloniki, Greece, on Saturday, June 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Giovanna Dell'Orto) Pervasive if more hidden traces of Islam and Juda...

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जर्मनी में इस साल भारतीय सैलानियों की संख्या 214 फीसदी बढ़ी

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August 4, 2022308 Views

जर्मन टूरिज्म ने भारत में पर्यटन को बढ़ावा देने के लिए किया 5 लाख यूरो का निवेश कोरोना महामारी के बाद पर्यटन उद्योग तेजी से वापसी कर रहा है। तकरीबन दो साल तक कहीं न जाने पाने के अफसोस से परेशान सैलानियों में साफ तौर पर रिवेंज ट्रैवल का ट्रेंड दिखलाई दे रहा है। इसी के बूते जर्मनी जाने वाले हिंदुस्तानी सैलानियों की संख्या में इस साल पिछले साल की तुलना में 214 फीसदी इजाफा हुआ है। बृहस्पतिवार को दिल्ली में अपनी सालाना कॉन्फ्रेंस में भारत स्थित जर्मन नेशनल टूरिस्ट ऑफिस ने समूची दुनिया और साथ-साथ भारतीय बाजार के परिप्रेक्ष्य में ट्रैवल ट्रेंड को लेकर अपना विश्लेषण जारी किया। इससे साफ जाहिर हो रहा है कि एक तो यूरोप जाने वाले भारतीय पर्यटकों में जर्मनी को लेकर रुचि बढ़ रही है, दूसरा खुद जर्मनी भी भारतीय बाजार को आने वाले समय में अहम व्यवसाय देने वाला मान रहा है। इस साल की वृद्धि इस वजह ...

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Volcano erupts near Iceland’s capital in seismic hot spot

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August 3, 2022362 Views

A volcano has erupted on a mountain near Iceland's capital Reykjavik, where an eruption also took place last year, the Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) said on Wednesday. Images and video published by local news outlet RUV showed lava and smoke spewing from a fissure in the ground. A "code red" was declared on Wednesday to prohibit airplanes from flying over the immediate site although helicopters would be sent in to survey the situation, the IMO said. Lava oozes from a fissure near Fagradalsfjall volcano, Reykjavik, Iceland in this screen grab obtained from a video taken on August 3, 2022. Ernir Snaer via REUTERS The Icelandic Meteorological Office urged people not to go near the Fagradalsfjall volcano, which is located some 32 kilometers (20 miles) southwest of the capi...

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Notre-Dame on track to re-open in 2024

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July 29, 2022995 Views

Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris is on track to reopen to worshippers and the public in 2024, Culture Minister Rima Abdul Malak said on Thursday, more than three years after its roof was destroyed in a massive blaze. She said the clean-up phase of the restoration project had ended, allowing rebuilding work to get underway at the end of the summer. A view shows Notre Dame Cathedral, as workers remove damaged scaffolding elements from the remains of the burnt roof, in Paris, France, July 14, 2020. Picture taken from the Institut du Monde Arabe. REUTERS/Charles Platiau Notre-Dame has been closed for restoration since the fire in 2019 gutted its roof and sent its spire crashing down, to the horror of onlookers and people watching in France and around the world on television and social m...

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New Adriatic coast bridge links divided regions of Croatia

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July 28, 2022524 Views

Croatia on Tuesday opened a long-awaited bridge connecting two parts of the country’s Adriatic Sea coastline while bypassing a small sliver of Bosnia’s territory. Top officials and guests gathered in the evening for a formal opening ceremony that included a flyover by military jets, speeches, performances and fireworks. Fireworks illuminate skies over the newly built Peljesac Bridge in Komarna, southern Croatia, Tuesday, July 26, 2022. (AP Photo) Earlier Tuesday, many Croats braved summer heat to be among the first to cross the Peljesac bridge on foot as it opened for pedestrians ahead of the official inauguration. Co-funded by the European Union and built by a Chinese company, the elegant, cable-stayed bridge with six pylons is a rare venture of its kind amid concerns in Euro...

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Glaciers vanishing at record rate in Alps following heatwaves

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July 26, 2022618 Views

From the way 45-year-old Swiss glaciologist Andreas Linsbauer bounds over icy crevasses, you would never guess he was carrying 10 kg of steel equipment needed to chart the decline of Switzerland's glaciers. Normally, he heads down this path on the massive Morteratsch Glacier in late September, the end of the summer melt season in the Alps. But exceptionally high ice loss this year has brought him to this 15-square-kilometer (5.8-square-mile) amphitheatre of ice two months early for emergency maintenance work. The measuring poles he uses to track changes in the depth of the pack are at risk of dislodging entirely as the ice melts away and he needs to drill new holes. Glaciologist Andreas Linsbauer and assistant Andrea Millhaeusler stand on a border moraine of the Pers Glacier near...

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Wildfire burns coastal homes in Greek island Lesbos, beach resort evacuated

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July 23, 2022263 Views

A wildfire that started in mountainous forests on the Greek island of Lesbos near Turkey on Saturday burned properties at the beach resort of Vatera as more aircraft joined firefighting efforts. Authorities earlier ordered the evacuation of the Aegean sea resort as the wildfire approached dangerously close, fanned by strong winds. A firefighting plane makes a water drop as wildfire burns near the village of Vatera, on the island of Lesbos, Greece July 23, 2022. REUTERS/Elias Marcou Thick billowing smoke could be seen in the area. One fleeing resident told state TV ERT that her home was on fire. "We are battling to save homes," Taxiarchis Verros, mayor of western Lesbos, told the broadcaster. Vatera, an 8 km (five miles) long sandy beach in the southern part of Lesbos, is a ...

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Thousands join Budapest Pride march in sweltering heat

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July 23, 2022384 Views

In sweltering temperatures, thousands of Hungarians took part in the annual Budapest Pride march on Saturday, vowing to keep up their fight against government policies on LGBTQ rights that have drawn EU condemnation. The European Commission sued Hungary earlier this month over a law passed last year to limit teaching about homosexuality and transgender issues in schools, the latest anti-LGBTQ measure to be passed by the government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban. A person attends the Budapest Pride march in Budapest, Hungary, July 23, 2022. REUTERS/Marton Monus The law has been billed by his administration as a way to protect children, but human rights groups said it discriminated against LGBTQ people and it was labelled a "disgrace" by European Commission President Ursula von der...

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Up in the Bavarian Alps, rugged trails with German cheer

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July 21, 2022478 Views

At 23 minutes before midnight, at 1,703 meters (5,600 feet) above sea level, the lashing rain and furious winds outside the darkened bunkroom prompted two questions to turn over in my head: Will the roof of this hut be ripped off in the dead of night? Will I be able to continue my ridge trek to my next destination on the German-Austrian border the next day? Several sleepless hours later, the answers emerged: 1) No, these aren’t just simple mountain huts and 2) yes, this is typical Alpine weather for southern Bavaria. And so at dawn, I trekked out, up through the undercast clouds. At 1,703-meters, at the border between Germany and Austria, Carl von Stahl Haus, bottom left, shown in this June 27, 2022 photo, is one of the more popular huts in the Berchtesgaden National Park, with b...