Bentley Celebrates 20 Years of the Continental GT with a Special Anniversary Edition

Bentley Celebrates 20 Years of the Continental GT with a Special Anniversary Edition

Twenty years ago, the Bentley Continental GT revived this traditional British car manufacturer under the wings of the Volkswagen concern with a brand new engine of an unconventional W12 configuration. It became very successful and the automaker is celebrating its anniversary with a special Continental GT S. This time, however, it is not a limited … Read more

“The Evolution of Škoda’s Backbone Frame: From Josef Zubatý’s Prototype to Modern-Day Models”

“The Evolution of Škoda’s Backbone Frame: From Josef Zubatý’s Prototype to Modern-Day Models”

Škodovka has been producing ladder-frame cars with rigid axles in Mladá Boleslav since the 20s of the last century. In the following decade, however, a change was to come, from the pen of the engineer Josef Zubatý – a spinal frame. The designer Zubatý returned from an eight-year working stay abroad in 1931 and from … Read more

Fifty years since the first wireless phone call. Its inventor expects further improvement of the technology — ČT24 — Czech Television

Fifty years since the first wireless phone call.  Its inventor expects further improvement of the technology — ČT24 — Czech Television

Cooper already made the first wireless phone call in April 1973 from the street in Manhattan. “At the very beginning, 50 years ago, when I invented the mobile phone and we actually built it and made calls with it, it was clear to me that one day everyone would have one. We joked that one … Read more

Peugeot 205 celebrates 40 years. He won with customers and in motorsport

Peugeot 205 celebrates 40 years.  He won with customers and in motorsport

In the first post-war decades, Peugeots fulfilled the role of family cars or limousines, while Renault (R4) and Citroën (2CV) were experts in minivans in France. The first swallow in the lower class was the model 104, introduced in 1972. The impetus for the development of a new small car came in the late 1970s, … Read more

Russia ‘bottom’ in invasion, Mr. Navalny accuses Mr. Putin | Reuters

Russia ‘bottom’ in invasion, Mr. Navalny accuses Mr. Putin | Reuters

Russia’s imprisoned dissident leader Alexei Navalny said on February 20 that the Russian military was committing war crimes in Ukraine and that Putin was destroying the country’s future for personal ambitions. accused of being FILE PHOTO: Navalny on a screen during a hearing held in October 2022. REUTERS/Yulia Morozova (Reuters) – Russian imprisoned dissident leader … Read more

Used car market expands in Russia, new car sales drop due to economic sanctions | Reuters

Used car market expands in Russia, new car sales drop due to economic sanctions | Reuters

In Russia last year, new car sales fell by more than half as the auto industry was hit hard by Western economic sanctions over the Ukraine war, and the used car market expanded. The photo shows a former Soviet-made VAZ-2101 displayed in front of the Lada showroom in Izhevsk. Photographed in August 2022 (2023 REUTERS/Alexey … Read more

News TBV-Lemgo Lippe

News TBV-Lemgo Lippe

TBV Lemgo Lippe is celebrating a very special anniversary this year: The Lippe team has been playing in the 1st Handball Bundesliga without interruption for 40 years now. Against TuS Griesheim on May 14, 1983, the TBV completed the much-celebrated promotion from the second division to the handball upper house and since then it has … Read more

Central event to mark the anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Central event to mark the anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine

February 24, 2023 Archive image Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier in conversation with the Ambassador of Ukraine, Oleksii Makeiev (archive photo) © Sebastian Bolesch On February 24 at 10:30 a.m., Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, together with the Ambassador of Ukraine, Oleksii Makeiev, invites you to a central event on the anniversary of the Russian invasion of … Read more

Ninety-year-old Yoko Ono, revered and hated, cherishes John Lennon’s legacy

Ninety-year-old Yoko Ono, revered and hated, cherishes John Lennon’s legacy

But she is also a musician herself and, above all, a very original artist. In her works, Ono often uses the possibilities of photography, film, installation and sound recordings, she has also written two books. Human rights and politics are not indifferent to this small and energetic woman, her voice is often heard even today. … Read more