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Pure and magical: Olivia Newton John - Silent night

25th November is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and it was in 1999 that the United Nations General Assembly designated it as such. Why this day? It's the anniversary of the murder of the three Mirabal sisters in 1960 - political activists in the Domincan Republic fighting against dictatorship. They were known as the Butterflies...


Here is a Bulgarian song I love that treats this important and disturbing issue:
Karizma - Could I run away from you?

Hi there! Well, I actually learned it two days ago but it seems that the 26 September is quite an interesting day. It's the European Day of Languages so I just couldn't miss this event on my blog. Here you are then: the name of the European Union written in all the 23 official languages here below. Yes, there are 23 official languages and 27 seven members for those interested. There are also three candidate countries and you'll find the translation into these languages below as well! Have fun! And learn!:D:D;D

Европейски съюз (Evropeyski sayuz; Bulgarian)
Evropská unie (Czech)
Den Europæiske Union (Danish)
Europese Unie (Dutch)
European Union (English)
Euroopa Liit (Estonian)
Euroopan unioni (Finnish)
Union européenne (French)
Europäische Union (German)
Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση (Eurōpaïkí Énōsī; Greek)
Európai Unió (Hungarian)
An tAontas Eorpach (Irish)
Unione Europea (Italian)
Eiropas Savienība (Latvian)
Europos Sąjunga (Lithuanian)
Unjoni Ewropea (Maltese)
Unia Europejska (Polish)
União Europeia (Portuguese)
Uniunea Europeană (Romanian)
Európska únia (Slovak)
Evropska unija (also Evropska zveza) (Slovene)
Unión Europea (Spanish)
Europeiska unionen (Swedish)

The 3 candidate countries:

Europska unija (Croatian)
Европска Унија (Evropska Unija; Macedonian)
Avrupa Birliği (Turkish)

Added by request (thank you for your comment Bill Chapman):

Eŭropa Unio (Esperanto)

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_European_Union

22 September 1908 - 22 september 2008. Even though the country became free in 1878, it was officially declared independant back in 1908.

Eh, oui, c'est mon anniversaire aujoud'hui... Donc, je ne pouvais pas ne pas écrire aujourd'hui. Il y une raison ben précise pour laquelle les upgrades de ce blog se font aussi rares récemment: Je n'ai pas Internet chez moi (mon nouveau chez moi:)! Incroyable, inadmissible, impossible... mais un fait. J'espère (croisez les doigts avec moi pleaaaaz) que j'aurais de nouveau Internet dans pas longtemps. Alors, sur ça, je vous laisse. Je vais mettre une chanson assez logique pour aujourd'hui. Elle s'appelle "Bon anniversaire" en bulgare.:)

Мая Нешкова - Честит рожден ден!

Викът на слънцето...
Той не е силен, пронизителен, отекващ. Той е горещ и постоянен, той е твърде вечен. Слънчевите вопли са болезнени, когато във въздуха звънят бляскави плахости. Когато има само една-единствена непоносима и тежка пелерина нечетност...

Whitney Houston - I wanna dance with somebody