Riccardo Valsecchi
Germany
EUROPE
Riccardo Valsecchi is an Italian journalist and photographer who has been living in Berlin since 2007.He has published reports from Belarus, Moldova, Latvia, Ukraine, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Palestine and Israel on many international newspapers and magazines, including Die Tageszeitung, Espresso, CNN, Reuters, Condé Nast, Rassegna, Altreconomia, New Internationalist, Literature and Languages, World Press and Liberazione.
He has also published a travel novel, “Io viaggio verso Est” (Ed.Il Filo 2011).
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Protests in Berlin take place against Martin Kobler, head of UNAM for Iraq, who was strongly criticized for the seven dead and 50 wounded at Camp Hurriya in Baghdad on February 9, 2013 during a rocket and mortar attack.
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The Berlin-Tegel Russian Orthodox Cemetery is the only Russian Orthodox burial ground in Berlin. Among the notables buried here are Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov, architect Mikhail Ossipovich Eisenstein and Alexander Rimski-Korsakov (Nephew) .
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The concert-performance of Mad Kate and The Tide at the historic Berlin club SO36.
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The Chiusa di Rio Pusteria is located at the west end of the Val Pusteria, between the villages of Rio Pusteria and Vandoies. Exactly in this place, the borderline between the countship Goerz and Tyrol ran in 1271.
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Refugees from all over German protest in Berlin, asking for the recognition of their status of asylum seekers.
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Hundreds of protesters have forced construction crews to stop work on removing a small section from one of the few remaining stretches of the Berlin Wall to make way for a luxury flats project.
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Panorama Berlin is the new marketplace in Europe for leading brands and accessories collections. Held twice a year during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin, It is located next to the Brandenburg Airport.
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The 2013 Berlin Fashion Week for the Fall-Winter collection got underway with the Bread & Butter fashion trade show for urban-wear opening at the Tempelhof Airport. More than 200 international brands are expected to participate in the event.
