Baltic Sea Alcohol Smuggling: The Rise of Illegal Trade in the Interwar Period

Baltic Sea Alcohol Smuggling: The Rise of Illegal Trade in the Interwar Period

The eyes of even the most hardened border guards widened when in the fall of 1925 a German ship that had been raised from the ground was pulled into Liepāja’s port. More than 104,000 liters of contraband alcohol were found in its cargo. Almost 11,000 black tin cans. A few days earlier, a similar but … Read more

Ztracený became the most successful composer, he also won the OSA award in the song of the year category

Ztracený became the most successful composer, he also won the OSA award in the song of the year category

The leading creator of Czech contemporary music and pianist Marek Kopelent received the Gold Award of the Authors’ Protection Association (OSA) for lifetime contribution in memoriam on Thursday. Just like last year, Marek Ztracený became the most successful composer of popular music and the most successful lyricist. This year he added a win in the … Read more

“FIFA Threatens to Withhold Women’s World Cup Broadcasting Rights in Europe”

“FIFA Threatens to Withhold Women’s World Cup Broadcasting Rights in Europe”

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has threatened European soccer powers that their citizens will not be able to see matches at this year’s Women’s World Cup unless they improve their bids for broadcasting rights. The tournament in Australia and New Zealand starts on July 20, and Britain, Spain, Italy, Germany and France still do not have … Read more

Nahr Ibrahim Municipality Employees Assault Young Men in their Store for not Closing after 9 PM

Nahr Ibrahim Municipality Employees Assault Young Men in their Store for not Closing after 9 PM

Al-Marsad Newspaper: A video clip documented the assault of the employees of the Nahr Ibrahim municipality in Lebanon on young people inside a store, claiming that they did not close after 9 pm. And during the video, the young men were severely beaten and stabbed with knives by members of the municipality inside their father’s … Read more

Actress Helen Mirren: Golda Meir would have been “completely disgusted” by the current situation in Israel

Actress Helen Mirren: Golda Meir would have been “completely disgusted” by the current situation in Israel

British actress Helen Mirren said in an interview with Agence France-Presse on the sidelines of the Berlin Film Festival that former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, who died 45 years ago, would have felt “complete disgust” at the current policies in the Jewish state. The Oscar-winning actress for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in … Read more

Parliaments announce the government’s approval to extend the work of facilitating Egyptians abroad

Parliaments announce the government’s approval to extend the work of facilitating Egyptians abroad

Written by Amin Saleh Monday, February 20, 2023 03:10 PM Chancellor Aladdin Fouad announced Minister of Parliamentary AffairsThat the matter was presented to the Council of Ministers regarding the discussions that took place within the Plan and Budget Committee about amending the law granting facilities to Egyptians abroad, the Council of Ministers agreed that the … Read more

The law does not protect the intelligent! • Observatory Newspaper

The law does not protect the intelligent!  • Observatory Newspaper

Al-Marsad Newspaper: The writer, Mishaal Al-Sudairi, narrated a funny story that happened to his friend, from a company that sells a solar-powered correspondence device for drying clothes. Clothes dryer Al-Sudairi said in his article, which was titled “The Rope and the Donkey” in the “Al-Sharq Al-Awsat” newspaper, that a man in America had advertised in … Read more