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Das Titelbild schuf Klaus Dill im Jahr 1965.

#bessy #comic #1960s

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Brassaï - A Morris column in the fog, Avenue de l'Observatoire (1934) [1452x2000]

Although they are located on the same island, Ireland and Northern Ireland are not one country. Unfortunately!

Republic of Ireland

Capital: Dublin

Independent and sovereign state.

Member of the European Union.

Currency: Euro (€).

Comprises 26 counties.

Area: 70,273 km².

Population: Approximately 5.4 million.

Northern Ireland

Capital: Belfast

Part of the United Kingdom.

Not an independent country.

Although they are located on the same island, Ireland and Northern Ireland are not one country.

Republic of Ireland

Capital: Dublin

Independent and sovereign state.

Member of the European Union.

Currency: Euro (€).

Comprises 26 counties. Area: 70,273 km².

Population: Approximately 5.4 million.

Northern Ireland

Capital: Belfast

Part of the United Kingdom.

Not an independent country.

Currency: Pound Sterling (£).

Comprises 6 counties.

Area: 13,562 km²

Population: Approximately 1.9 million

In 1921, the island was divided following the Irish War of Independence. Six counties in the north chose to remain part of the United Kingdom, while the rest of the island became an independent state that later developed into the Republic of Ireland.

there are no hard borders between the two sides today, and people can move freely between them under normal circumstances.

The population shares a common history, culture, and strong family ties, but their systems of government, laws, and currency differ.

Northern Ireland experienced a long conflict known as "The Troubles," which largely ended after the Good Friday Agreement in 1998.

Did you know that the island of Ireland comprises both an independent state and a region that is part of the United Kingdom?

Comprises 6 counties.

Area: 13,562 km²

Population: Approximately 1.9 million

In 1921, the island was divided following the Irish War of Independence. Six counties in the north chose to remain part of the United Kingdom, while the rest of the island became an independent state that later developed into the Republic of Ireland.

There are no hard borders between the two sides today, and people can move freely between them under normal circumstances.

The population shares a common history, culture, and strong family ties, but their systems of government, laws, and currency differ.

Northern Ireland experienced a long conflict known as "The Troubles," which largely ended after the Good Friday Agreement in 1998.

#wisdom #ireland

Flagen

#wisdom

On this day the historic Live Aid concert took place on July 13, 1985. The dual-venue benefit event was held simultaneously at Wembley Stadium in London, England, and John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia, USA. It was organized to raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia.

The event was organised by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise further funds for relief of the 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia, a movement that started with the release of the successful charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in December 1984. Billed as the "global jukebox", Live Aid was held simultaneously at Wembley Stadium in London and John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia

On the same day, concerts inspired by the initiative were held in other countries, such as the Soviet Union, Canada, Japan, Yugoslavia, Austria, Australia, and West Germany. It was one of the largest satellite link-ups and television broadcasts of all time. An estimated audience of 1.9 billion people in 150 nations watched the live broadcast, nearly 40 percent of the world population.

The impact of Live Aid on famine relief has been debated for years. One aid relief worker stated that following the publicity generated by the concert, "humanitarian concern is now at the centre of foreign policy" for Western governments. Geldof has said: "We took an issue that was nowhere on the political agenda and, through the lingua franca of the planet – which is not English but rock 'n' roll – we were able to address the intellectual absurdity and the moral repulsion of people dying of want in a world of surplus." In another interview he stated that Live Aid "created something permanent and self-sustaining" but also asked why Africa was getting poorer.

The organisers of Live Aid tried to run aid efforts directly, channelling millions of pounds to NGOs in Ethiopia. It has been alleged that much of this went to the Ethiopian government of Mengistu Haile Mariam – a regime the UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher opposed – and it is also alleged some funds were spent on guns. Although the BBC World Service programme Assignment reported in March 2010 that the funds had been diverted, the BBC Editorial Complaints Unit later found "that there was no evidence to support such statements".[9] Brian Barder, British Ambassador to Ethiopia from 1982 to 1986, wrote on his website: "The programme itself, and in particular the BBC's advance publicity for it, gave the impression that these allegations concerned not only the aid operation in TPLF [rebel]-controlled areas but also the much larger international relief aid operation in the rest of Ethiopia, including in particular money for famine relief raised by Bob Geldof's Band Aid and Live Aid. This impression is entirely false. Nothing of the sort occurred."

#year: 1985 #wisdom #live aid