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The Black Death was the second great natural disaster to strike Europe during the Late Middle Ages (the first one being the Great Famine of 1315–1317) and is estimated to have killed 30% to 60% of the European population, as well as approximately 33% of the population of the Middle East.
1930s Aviakit label. Initially used as a Telegram address ("Aviakit Wesdo") in 1929, in 1930 the company introduced Aviakit (short for "aviation kit") as the brand name for its aviation clothing, which it had already been selling from the first quarter of the century and acting as contractors to numerous governments around the world including the Netherlands, India, Belgium, South Africa and ...
Debate has occurred throughout Europe over proposals to legalise same-sex marriage as well as same-sex civil unions.Currently 33 of the 50 countries and the 8 dependent territories in Europe recognise some type of same-sex union, among them most members of the European Union (24/27).
Pale colours: Standard time observed all year Dark colours: Summer time observed Europe spans seven primary time zones (from UTC−01:00 to UTC+05:00), excluding summer time offsets (five of them can be seen on the map, with one further-western zone containing the Azores, and one further-eastern zone spanning the Ural regions of Russia and European part of Kazakhstan).
The Gypsy Joker Motorcycle Club (GJMC) is a "one-percenter" motorcycle club that was originally formed in San Bernardino, California on April Fool's Day, 1956. [1] Though founded in the United States, the MC expanded successfully overseas and gained significant notoriety in Australia, the United States, and Norway. [5] [6] [7]
A group of former Soviet Eastern European countries cooperating with the EU: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine. European Political Community; An intergovernmental forum for political and strategic discussions about the future of Europe, with participants from 47 European countries. OECD Europe countries
Constitution supports the abolition of slavery, but does not ban it. [63] 1818 United Kingdom Portugal: Bilateral treaty abolishing the slave trade. [103] France: Slave trade banned. United Kingdom Netherlands: Bilateral treaty taking additional measures to enforce the 1814 ban on slave trading. [103] 1819: Livonia: Serfdom abolished. Upper Canada
On 20 March, the European Commission asked the Italian government to verify some unreported batches of vaccine at an AstraZeneca filling plant near Rome. [83] EU sources told journalists that they thought the plant was filling vaccine vials for export for the UK, against an Italian export ban.