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Vichy France (French: Régime de Vichy; 10 July 1940 – 9 August 1944), officially the French State (État français), was the French rump state headed by...

The Good Friday Agreement (GFA) or Belfast Agreement (Irish: Comhaontú Aoine an Chéasta or Comhaontú Bhéal Feirste; Ulster Scots: Guid Friday Greeance...

Messina (/mɛˈsiːnə/ mess-EE-nə, US also /mɪˈ-/ miss-, Italian: [mesˈsiːna] ; Sicilian: Missina [mɪsˈsiːna]) is a harbour city and the capital of the Italian...

Alsace–Lorraine (German: Elsaß–Lothringen), officially the Imperial Territory of Alsace–Lorraine (German: Reichsland Elsaß–Lothringen), was a former territory...

Zaporizhzhia (Ukrainian: Запоріжжя, IPA: [zɐpoˈriʒʲːɐ] ; Russian: Запорожье, romanized: Zaporozhye, IPA: [zəpɐˈroʐje] ), formerly known as Oleksandrivsk...

The Norwegian campaign (8 April  – 10 June 1940) involved the attempt by Allied forces to defend northern Norway coupled with the resistance of the Norwegian...

Autonomous okrugs (Russian: автономный округ, avtonomnyy okrug; more correctly referred to as "autonomous districts" or "autonomous areas") are a type...

Szombathely (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈsombɒthɛj]; German: Steinamanger, German pronunciation: [ʃtaɪ̯naˈmaŋɐ] ; also see names) is the 10th largest city...

The Catacombs of Rome (Italian: Catacombe di Roma) are ancient catacombs, underground burial places in and around Rome, of which there are at least forty...

This is a list of people from Cornwall, a county of England in the United Kingdom. Those included are either native Cornish people or others who have been...

The Kingdom of Etruria (/ɪˈtrʊəriə/ ih-TROOR-ee-ə; Italian: Regno di Etruria) was an Italian kingdom between 1801 and 1807 that made up a large part of...

The ceremonial county of Lincolnshire (composed of the shire county of Lincolnshire, plus the unitary authorities of North Lincolnshire and North-East...

The Dekemvriana (Greek: Δεκεμβριανά, "December events") refers to a series of clashes fought during World War II in Athens from 3 December 1944 to 11 January...

An alliance is a relationship among people, groups, or states that have joined together for mutual benefit or to achieve some common purpose, whether or...

Club Med SAS, commonly known as Club Med and previously known as Club Méditerranée SA, is a French travel and tourism operator headquartered in Paris,...

Laestadianism (Swedish: Læstadianism, Finnish: Lestadiolaisuus), also known as Laestadian Lutheranism and Apostolic Lutheranism, is a pietistic Lutheran...

Ottmar Schreiner (21 February 1946 – 6 April 2013) was a German lawyer and left-wing politician. He was known as one of the leading leftists in his party...

Liverwurst, leberwurst, or liver sausage is a kind of sausage made from liver. It is eaten throughout Europe, as well as North and South America, notably...

Wenceslaus I (Czech: Václav [ˈvaːtslaf] ; c. 907 – 28 September 935), Wenceslas I or Václav the Good was the Prince (kníže) of Bohemia from 921 until his...

Lake Bled (Slovene: Blejsko jezero; German: Bleder See, Veldeser See) is a lake in the Julian Alps of the Upper Carniolan region of northwestern Slovenia...