Both these resounding names refer to a national defence system. They are, respectively, German and French. The principal difference between the two is that the former was erected…
History of Lithuania and Latvia
Lithuania is a Baltic country, lying between Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east, and Poland to the south. In the 14th century it was one of…
History of Romania
Capital: Bucharest. Population: Nearly 23 million. President: Traian Basescu (since 2004) Currency: The Leu. Languages: Romanian (official) Hungarian, Romany. International Organizations: The European Union (since January, 2007), United…
History of Estonia
Capital City: Tallin. Prime Minister: Andrus Ansip. Euro: officially adopted January, 2011. Population: Nearly two million. Currency: the Kroon. Languages: Estonian and Russian. International Organizations: EU (since 2004),…
Vladimir Ilyich LENIN (1870 – 1924)
While the present Spanish government is Stalinist in concept, and Leninist in its leaders’ outlook, it might be as well to examine the biography of Lenin, whose actual…
Holy Roman Empire
Someone once said that the odd thing about the Holy Roman Empire is that it was not holy, Roman or an empire. This mostly Germanic and North Italian…
The 2012 London Olympics (what the IOC didn’t want you to know)
Our faithful internauts might want to know that without any help from Mr. Julian Assange, the British weekly The Spectator has just published what they call ‘an international…
History of the Bible
The Bible is the sacred book of Christianity. There are many Christian churches, but all accept the two sections of it: the Hebrew scriptures, which we know as…
The Fabian Society
In modern literature and journalism the reader will often find a mention of the Fabians. It is as well to know exactly to what this name refers. The…
The Jameson Raid
One hundred and five years ago something happened in South Africa which has now largely been forgotten. The incident probably arose because of the remorseless and unnecessary need…