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Panoramic photo by Aleksandr Reznik , Taken 07:36, 01/08/2009 |
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20090801 Klaipeda baltic tall ship race |
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Klaipėda is arranging the greatest world Tall Ships’ Races for the first time. The first historic regatta of tall ships was arranged more than 50 years ago. 20 ships took part in that regatta, and today the greatest in the world race of historic ships collects more than 100 sailing vessels and marine yachts. The main purpose of the regatta is to bring up young people of different nations, religions and social origin through sailing, to provide them with new experiences of the team work in the sea.
Klaipėda is arranging the greatest world Tall Ships? Races for the first time. The first historic reg...
This is a picture from Klaipeda's Skydiving Club. It is one of the biggest skydiver's community in th...
This is a "Birute" hill. It is about 150 meters from the sea. It used to be one of the Paganistic pla...
This is a garden of roses. It is a part of Palanga park around the Amber Museum. It was started by no...
This is a museum of amber that has one of the biggest collection of amber in the world. It used to be...
This is one of the oldest and largest wooden bridges in the region. Thousands of people come to visit...
This is Kuliai St. Stanislovas church. It was build in 1750. It was built in classicist style, but be...
Europe is generally agreed to be the birthplace of western culture, including such legendary innovations as the democratic nation-state, football and tomato sauce.
The word Europe comes from the Greek goddess Europa, who was kidnapped by Zeus and plunked down on the island of Crete. Europa gradually changed from referring to mainland Greece until it extended finally to include Norway and Russia.
Don't be confused that Europe is called a continent without looking like an island, the way the other continents do. It's okay. The Ural mountains have steadily been there to divide Europe from Asia for the last 250 million years. Russia technically inhabits "Eurasia".
Europe is presently uniting into one political and economic zone with a common currency called the Euro. The European Union originated in 1993 and is now composed of 27 member states. Its headquarters is in Brussels, Belgium.
Do not confuse the EU with the Council of Europe, which has 47 member states and dates to 1949. These two bodies share the same flag, national anthem, and mission of integrating Europe. The headquarters of the Council are located in Strasbourg, France, and it is most famous for its European Court of Human Rights.
In spite of these two bodies, there is still no single Constitution or set of laws applying to all the countries of Europe. Debate rages over the role of the EU in regards to national sovereignty. As of January 2009, the Lisbon Treaty is the closest thing to a European Constitution, yet it has not been approved by all the EU states.
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