The carnival association De Kezelzekskes in the Belgian Rotem celebrates the party this year without the traditional prince. The newly chosen old prince was picked up by the police because he was a...
The Japanese emperor Akihito celebrated his 85th birthday on Sunday with more than 75,000 interested people. It is the Emperor's last birthday before he retires next year.
Woodstock is next year in the top 3 tourist regions recommended by Lonely Planet. The legendary hippie festival then celebrates its 50th anniversary.
A performance of a mariachi band in Mexico City has turned into a bloodbath. Five traditionally decked musicians turned out to be murderers. During the performance they put down their instruments and grabbed firearms, with which they shot around. At least five people were killed, eight others were injured. Among the wounded would be a foreigner.
In Pakistan thousands of supporters of the strict Islamic party TLP celebrated exuberantly after it became known that Geert Wilders had withdrawn his plan for a cartoon contest about the Prophet Muhammad. The Pakistani Minister of Information, Fawad Chaudry, spoke of a 'great victory': 'Long live the Prophet!'
Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Pyongyang next month at the invitation of North Korean leader Kim Jung-un to celebrate the seventieth anniversary of North Korea's founding. That reports the Singaporean newspaper The Straits Times.
Like every year, a school in the Swiss town of Strengelbach celebrates the end of the school year with a picnic. The school management had asked parents in advance to bring their own food, but in order to avoid products with pork such as cervelat sausages as much as possible, so that all children could enjoy themselves undisturbed.
Amal Clooney is coming to the Netherlands this fall. The international human rights lawyer and wife of George Clooney will be present at the international conference One Young World in The Hague on 18 October. There she talks with former secretary general of the United Nations Kofi Annan.
The Benelux, the partnership between the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg that celebrates its 60th anniversary this year, still has plenty of plans for the future. The Heads of State, Prime Ministers and Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the three countries meet in Brussels Tuesday to look back and look ahead. Despite the somewhat old-fashioned image, the Netherlands sees the Benelux as 'more relevant than ever'.
Israel says it has foiled a Palestinian attack, aimed at the celebration of Independence Day that starts Thursday after sunset. At a checkpoint in the West Bank, border guards discovered explosives, hidden in the roof of a truck.
After the girl rock group Pussy Riot, who spent some time in a prison camp in Moscow in 2012 after their punk prayer with colored balaclavas, Russia is under the spell of Homo Riot.
His name is not so popular. Because when it is pronounced it is usually when a situation does not go as hoped. Edward E. Murphy was the creator of perhaps the world's best-known law: Murphy's Law. The American aerospace engineer would have become 100 years today.
British Queen Elizabeth celebrates her husband Prince Philip (96) during her annual Christmas speech, of which parts have already been released on Christmas Eve. About the man, with whom she celebrated the 70th wedding anniversary this year, she says that he is 'an indispensable support' and that he has 'a unique sense of humor'.
A Russian, a Japanese and an American are on their way to the international space station ISS. The three went on the Sunday from the base Baikonur in Kazakhstan by Soyuz rocket.
Pope Francis dedicated a mass for more than 100,000 people on Friday in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. During the service he dedicated sixteen priests. Of the more than 160 million inhabitants of the country, the majority is Muslim; Catholics make up only 0.24 percent of the population.
A debate in the Zimbabwean parliament about the deposition of President Robert Mugabe has been postponed because the latter has resigned. That is what speaker Jacob Mudenda says.
Spain celebrates the National Holiday Day on Thursday during a deep crisis of separatism in Catalonia. King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia take part in ceremonies on a square in northern Madrid from 11.00, together with the entire government team.
The demonstrations against Russian President Vladimir Putin and for fair elections Saturday in Moscow and about eighty other Russian cities have occurred without major incidents.
In about eighty-eight cities in Russia, Saturday, supporters of opposition leader Aleksej Navalni are expecting to protest against President Vladimir Putin and for fair elections. Putin celebrates his 65th birthday on Saturday.
It has not been done with the hurricanes yet. Mexico will soon meet Max and Norma, who are active on the Pacific Ocean and move towards the Mexican West Coast.
A dream for many can become reality soon. Disneyland Paris is looking for Disney princesses from October. Take your glitter dress out of the closet and respond quickly to the!
Iraqi armed forces celebrated the liberation of Mosul, the last Islamic state militia in the country, Saturday with a military parade in Baghdad. Soldiers, tanks and other heavy vehicles pulled in the eyes of, among others, Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi through the streets of the capital. In addition to army units, the police and shiite militias also contributed to the weapon scene.
With American President Donald Trump as a guest, France celebrated his national holiday on Friday. Trump followed Friday's side of the French head of state Emmanuel Macron the traditional military parade on the Champs Elysées. Immediately after the start, fighter planes flew across the boulevard of Paris.
The mobile game Pokémon Go celebrates Thursday is its one-year existence. Over a year, users of the raging popular game caught more than 125 billion Pokémons, making the makers known on Thursday.
While the world watches for what could possibly lead to a third world war, North Korea celebrates a party. The country reported on a triumphant tone this week with an impressive triumphant show, Pyongyang has reported that the country has launched an intercontinental ballistic missile that can hit any place in the world. Pyongyang did that in a festive additional news broadcast on state television, preceded by patriotic songs and images of different types of missiles.
Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet French leader Emmanuel Macron before the end of the month as part of an unscheduled visit to Paris. That reported Russian media on Monday.
Two men or two women crossing hand in hand at green or hand in hand with red. At the same time a green or red heart lights up between their heads. The traffic lights on the small ring road in the center of Brussels are signposted by the Belgian Pride in the Belgian capital on 20 May.
In many countries Saturday Day Earth Day is celebrated. Earth Day's intention is to point people around the world to the influence of consumption behavior on the state of the earth.
North Korea celebrates Saturday under great tension with the US that the founder of the Stalinist dynasty, Kim Il-sung, was born on April 15, 1912. The current dictator in Pyongyang, Kim Jong-un, is a grandson of the founder, who came to power in 1949 and died in 1994.
The debate over how to proceed with the future of the EU leading to tensions between Member States and the European Commission.
