On January 1, 1999, the countries of the European Union entered into a monetary union. Euro bills and coins replaced francs, guilders and Deutsch marks, among others. 11 countries lost […]
Monthly Archives: February 1999
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In Arusha, Tanzania, a low-profile tribunal is working on the aftermath of a terrible war. Yet the Rwanda tribunal has been criticised for inefficiency and lack of facilities. The few […]
Bangladesh lies on a delta created by three of the world’s greatest rivers. To them, it is life in the form of food and transport. It is also death as […]
To many people around the world, few things capture better the spirit of Scotland than whiskey. But its place in Scottish culture can easily pale in comparison to its economic […]
In 1999, Radio Netherlands broadcast a series of 12 programmes telling the story of the 20th century through famous books. In each programme, a guest speaker gives us the historical […]