“Trnje may be regarded as the heart of Zagreb. Geographically speaking it is right in the centre of the city, bordered by the Sava river in the south, the east-west railway line in the north and major roads in the west and east. There are a number of important institutions in the district: the town hall, headquarters of the municipal works, Croatian radio, the stock exchange, the Croatian University Library and other important business institutions.” >full text (c) wieninternational.at, 2012
“A Swedish diplomat saved the lives of many Hungarian Jews in the Holocaust, but his fate since he was abducted by the Soviets in 1945 is unknown.”
A call to remember & research on the occasion of his 100th birthday.
>full text (c) HAARETZ, 2012 >video on Wallenberg (c) YouTube, 2011
A statue of Raoul Wallenberg in Tel Aviv: photo by Tomer Appelbaum
Upper photo: Wallenberg portrait in the Austrian Embassy, Budapest (c) EPA
“The UNESCO World Heritage village of Hallstatt in Austria has been around for a couple of 1000 years. But, its much newer Chinese look-a-like, built near the prosperous town ofHuizhou, has just opened for business. China Minmetals Corporation spent roughly $960 million creating a replica of Hallstatt—hoping to attract homegrown tourists and investment. Brand new homes built in the vintage European style lay empty, awaiting wealthy Chinese to snatch them up. While the first Chinese visitors took in the spectacle, the inhabitants of the Austrian original had mixed feelings.” Video (c) NTDTV, 4 June 2012
delirium clemens 