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Countries like Greece, Bulgaria, Italy, Spain, Malta and Germany have been taking in these migrants. According to Eurostat Germany received the highest number of asylum applications. This is a form of protection that is extended to individuals by the government so they will be deported. So where are the migrants coming from? The conflict in Syria is a major contributor but there are other instances of violence in Afghanistan, abuses in Eritrea, and poverty…

During the year of 1989, there was a press conference discussing the new travel regulations issued by the government to show an easier way to travel from the West Berlin through the Berlin Wall. Schabowski had received a copy of the regulations and hadn’t read them carefully. One reported asked when East German citizens could begin to take advantage of these new travel rules and a response from Schabowski stated ‘from now.’ In the evening, Reuters incorrectly reported that East German citizens…

Germany’s rise to power in the beginning of the twentieth century, the crises that took place in the Balkans, and alliances between powerful nations are few of the causes of the Great War. Because of the Russians surrendered in the spring of 1918, the Central Powers thought they had the advantage over the Allied Powers because they didn’t have to fight a two front war anymore. Germany had underestimated the United States and their importance for joining the Allies later in the war. The events…

The reason this war started is because people wanted more land for their own. They wanted to make more land as their own and make more money. The Countries involved were the Unites States, Russia, Italy, Great Britain, France, Australia-hungary, Bulgaria, Germany, and the Ottoman Empire. The countries that one…

Warsaw Pact The Warsaw Pact was founded in Warsaw, Poland on March 14th, 1955. The Warsaw Pact was a Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance. This mostly revolves around “Western Germany, which is being remilitarized, and her inclusion in the North Atlantic bloc, which increases the danger of a new war and creates a threat to the national security of peace-loving states.” The passage was referring to the decision by the US and other members of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty…

injustice going on with the Berlin asylum policy. One example where the article clearly conveys the “deplorable” conditions that refugees live in is when it states, “ The upshot is that refugees end up festering away in reception centers in Hungary, Bulgaria and Italy amid conditions that organizations such as Human Rights Watch deem deplorable.” By stating this, the author wishes to appeal to the reader's sense of empathy for the refugees so that they are willing to listen. Next, the article…

The Schlieffen Plan was created by the German Chief Staff Alfred von Schlieffen in 1903. His plan was to sweep around Paris and surround them so they can capture them. The plan paused it’s actions at the First Battle of the Marne which was a small distance away from Paris. French military leaders gathered two thousand taxicabs with troops to where they would stand at the front line. The Germany against France war was now an impasse due to neither of them moving to the trenches. For shelter they…

Nadia Comaneci was an olympic gymnast in the 1970’s. She was the first women to score a perfect ten in the Olympics in 1976 when she was only 14! She was born in Onesti, Romania on November 12, 1961. She grew up in Romania in an apartment with her parents. She loved to pretend she was a gymnast with her friend, and that is where Bela Karolyi, her soon-to-be gymnastics coach. At the time, she was only six years old. Bela found her and invited her to try out at his gym. Nadia and her parents…

Before conducting an investigation of these comparisons and contrasts, it is first suitable to question why. Among the many political and public concerns faced by the urban sector, why should initiatives be taken to address animal welfare? In a more policy related approach to the question, an overpopulation of domesticated stray animals pose public health and safety concerns, thus questioning the safeguard of humans who may coexist with them. But from a cultural standpoint, one must cease to…

Tehran Conference During the Tehran Conference meeting, the United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union discussed plans on taking down Germany and Japan, and and what would happen to Europe after the war. The Tehran Conference was the first of several conferences held by the United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union or the “Big Three.” This conference had many outcomes on the war and eventually helped put an end to the war with an Ally victory. According to The Avalon Project,…