Language and Nation: Finland, Part 2. Russian rule
Beginning of the 19th century, during the “Finnish War” (1808-1809) between Sweden and Russia, Russia annexed Finland which became an autonomous “Grand Duchy” with the Russian Emperor as its ruler.
Articles by Zoltan Schreter
Europe’s debt to Islam, Part 3: the “knowledge transfer debt”
The “knowledge transfer” debt is supposed to exist because, between the 8th and 10th centuries, a large number of classical Greek writings were translated into Arabic and were “preserved” this way. Later these were translated from Arabic into Latin.
Language and Nation: Finland, Part 1. Swedish rule
Around 1000 A.D. Scandinavia saw momentous changes: the previously Viking-ruled areas organized themselves into kingdoms—Denmark, Norway and Sweden—and embraced Roman Catholic Christianity as religion.
Across the Gulf of Bothnia, Finland stayed behind in these developments …
The UN Migration Pact: discussion in Germany starts
A late discussion of this Pact started in Germany. Many people in Germany are under the impression that the German Government was trying to hide the issue from the German populace until the Pact is…
Europe’s debt to Islam, Part 2: foundations of European identity laid down
Europe pulled itself out of its “Dark Ages”, by its own effort. A number of “renaissances” during the Middle Ages were important mile stones in this development.
The UN Migration Pact: other countries consider not signing it, too
In addition to the USA, Hungary, Australia, and since 31 October also Austria, other countries are also considering not to sign the Pact. On 1 November, just one day after Austria decided rejecting the Pact,…
The UN Migration Pact: Austria rejects signing it
Austria will withdraw from the planned global migration pact of the United Nations, declared Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) and Vice-Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache (FPÖ). The decision was taken at a Council of Ministers meeting of…
What happened in Chemnitz, Part 1: the preliminaries
The events which took place in this medium size German city in late August 2018 shook the German political landscape like few other events during recent years and brought the coalition government of Chancellor Angela Merkel onto the brink of break up.
Europe’s debt to Islam, Part 1: the “debt” asserted
Many people in academia, politics and media state that Islamic civilization played a “decisive” role in establishing European cultural identity. Thus, a “debt” to Islam is supposed to exist in at least two ways.
Defining battles of European history: Tours, 732 A.D.
1286 years ago, in the month of October, somewhere between Tours and Poitiers in current-day France, a European army stopped a Muslim invasion into the heart of France.