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THE RUSSIA’S TRIUMPHAL RETURN INTO PACE HAS FAILED!? The price of return

2020-02-13

THE RUSSIA’S TRIUMPHAL RETURN INTO PACE HAS FAILED!? The price of return The Russian delegation has returned to the PACE, riding a white horse, and to some extent it may be considered the case by Russia itself. But, this may be, in fact, a failure. The Kremlin has seriously deteriorated its financial stance as Moscow had to pay debts on membership dues to the budget of the Council of Europe in the total amount of about 100 million euros,…

Edward Bransfield (1785-1852): Forgotten Irish Antarctic Explorer

2020-02-04

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Edward Bransfield (1785-1852): Forgotten Irish Antarctic Explorer He was born in the small village of Ballinacurra, near Midleton, Co. Cork. At a young age while on a fishing boat with his father he was press-ganged into the British navy, in need of reinforcements, by the frigate Dryad in 1803. He was brought to the Plymouth naval base from which he served for eleven years on various warships, not seeing Cork again until 1814. His remarkable aptitude as a seaman…