Zürich, Skating at Dolder
by Martin Gygax
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The landscape Adlisberg in Zurich, near the Zurich Zoo and the Dolder Grand Hotel gives you the feeli...
The Masoala hall in the Zurich Zoo accomodates animals and plants of the rain forest in Madagascar. T...
The ETH, the swiss federal technical university is renowned worldwide for the high level of education...
In 1833 the collection of the Natural History Society Zurich founded in 1746 was integrated in the Un...
In 1833 the collection of the Natural History Society Zurich founded in 1746 was integrated in the Un...
In front of the Kunsthaus in Zurich you can see the famous sculpture of Auguste Rodin "La perte de l'...
Die Polyterrasse bietet einen schönen Ueberblick über die Stadt Zürich mit dem See und dem Uetliberg....
Der Seilergraben ist eine Strasse in Zürich. 1780 wurde der innere und untere Teil des spätmittelalte...
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.
Text by Steve Smith.
