Tag: village
ESkån Viking village freed from crime
The representatives of Vittfarna’s viking village in Sösdala, Scania, are acquitted by the Hässleholm district court of grave antiquities violations at Vätteryd’s burial ground. The couple who run the village…
The sounds of the earth in the village of Likir, India
In the village of Likir, in Ladakh, in the northwest of India, songs accompany domestic activities. Each turn of the butter churn is taken up and counted as a chorus,…
Circle birthday and gossip: Esmee (23) shows all village clichés in drama series about Nieuwland
Huh, do you know who my grandmother is right away? If you’re wondering: what is that series about? Protagonist Nikki goes looking for her father and therefore goes to live…
Kasteeldorp Haarzuilens blows out 125 candles: ‘Actually not very old for a village’
“125 years is actually not that old for a village,” says Jan Rood, board member of the Kermis-Oranje Association. “The village used to be around the castle. That castle was…
Alarm of rock fall – village in Switzerland is evacuated
Swiss authorities have ordered the residents of the small alpine village of Brienz to evacuate their homes by Friday evening as two million cubic meters of rock threatens to collapse…
Near Zaporijjia, Ukrainians await the counter-offensive to regain their village
Ukraine is preparing to launch a vast counter-offensive, expected in particular in the south of the country. In the region of Zaporijjia, the Russian authorities have announced the evacuation of…
EPN visited a village that was drowned by China’s giant dam – this is how superpower money decides the fate of people in poor countries
The leaders of the countries use the term “iron friendship” for the relationship. It means that China invests billions of dollars in Cambodia, and Cambodia supports China in regional issues,…
Tourists must not stop walking in this superb village or risk receiving a fine of 275 euros
Faced with the massive influx of tourists, the Italian village of Portofino prohibits pedestrians from stopping in the busiest streets or risk receiving a fine. Receiving a fine by simply…
War in Ukraine: at least two dead after strikes on a Russian village
At least two people were killed in a Ukrainian missile attack on the Russian village of Suzemka, located about ten kilometers from the Russian-Ukrainian border, said this Sunday April 30…
War in Ukraine: Mariupol, this “Potemkin village”
“Thank you, Vladimir Vladimirovich!” In her brand new apartment, Lydia, a bubbly septuagenarian, does not hide her joy. A year ago, in the midst of the siege of Mariupol by…