Rastislav Kolesar
Slovakia
EUROPE
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The city of Kosice commemorates being awarded the first European town Coat of Arms by Emperor Louis the Great on 7 May 1369. The celebration takes place in the streets of Kosice annually from 30 April until 8 May.
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These days, the city of Košice commemorates being awarded the first European town coat of arms by Emperor Louis the Great on 7 May 1369. The celebration is taking place in the streets of Košice from 30 April until 8 May.
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Milan Sládek, the world renowned mime, performed a pantomime in St. Elisabeth's Cathedral in Košice, Slovakia on the theme of Jesus‘ Way of the Cross. The performance was organised by Košice – European Capital of Culture 2013.
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Juraj Jakubisko, a famous Slovak film director, screenwriter and cameraman is less known as a painter. The exhibition in Vojtech Löffler’s Museum showcases his paintings which depict scenes from his own films.
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A busy opening weekend of The Project Košice - European Capital of Culture 2013 - Košice saw numerous events across the city, the first Slovak city to be awarded this prestige title.
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Once a bustling fishing community and Uzbekistan's only port city with tens of thousands of residents, Mo‘ynoq is now a shadow of its former self, dozens of kilometers from the rapidly receding shoreline of the Aral Sea.
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Mandaeans, the last gnostics which have survived from the antique times perform baptism, their essential religious practice.
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Around 200 tailors work in cosy workshops in the Qaysari Bazaar, located in the heart of the city of Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan. They sew traditional Kurdish clothes for men which have remained largely unchanged for hundreds of years.