Erasmus + students and teachers visit Bierun. Meeting with the mayor.

(By the Spanish team visiting Bierun)

Last Monday 20th February, a group of students and teachers coming from schools in Kungsbacka (Sweden), Yalova (turkey), Beius (Romania), Palermo (Italy) and Ferrol (Spain) were hosted by the Polish school Gimnazjum nr2 mi. sw. Walentego w Bieruniu in Bierun. 

EUROPEAN WEDDINGS CURIOSITIES: Weddings in a few European countries. Customs and traditions.

Through the e-book we're presenting, we'd like to invite you, reader, to find out about some of the most relevant or amazing details which make the wedding celebrations in each of the participating countries in this project so unique and, yet, so close to each other.
 

Sanremo Music Festival: what do you need to know

by Sara Cippo and Clara Mancino

Every year, in Italy in the month of February a music festival takes place in Sanremo, Liguria. It’s broadcasted on our national tv station.

During the 2^nd week of February (from the 7^th to the 11^th) the 67^th edition of “Sanremo Music Festival” took place. The festival was born in 1940 when, after the end of Fascism, Italian economy was in tatters. So the government, in collaboration with Rai broadcaster (Our national tv channel), decided to raise up Italian economy and the soul of Italian people, through an annual song festival. Thanks to this was born the Festival of Italian Songs.

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The Rigopiano Hotel disaster

by Vito Riina and Uzaima Peerbocus

On 18th January 2017 in the region Abruzzo in Italy, in a place already damaged by  a great number of earthquakes, after seventy two hours of heavy snowfall, a mass of snow came away from the Mountain Siella carrying with it rocks and trees, covering and destroying completely the Rigopiano Hotel with almost forty people inside.

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Grammy Awards 2017, Adele breaks one of the prizes and gives an half to Beyoncé

by Veronica Garofalo

On February 12, 2017 the 59th Annual Grammy Awards was held, the highest award for artists and singers of the music world, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The evening was conducted for the first time by James Corden. The nominations were announced on December 6, 2016. 

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GUCCI WANTS ACROPOLIS FOR HIS FASHION SHOW

by Giusy Sparacio and Carmen Stassi

The Central Archaeological Council (KAS) of Greece rejected Gucci’s request to host and film a fashion show at the archaeological site of the Acropolis this summer.

The Italian fashion producer has asked to perform a fashion show in front of the Parthenon, the best known monument of the Acropolis in June 2017. Beyond the authorization to hold the event, Gucci has also prepared a petitioned to obtain the license to film the fashion show.

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The last Beatles’rooftop concert

by Firdaous Erradi

It happened on January 30, 1969: the last concert of the Beatles.
We don’t know if the four musicians were aware of the fact that this would have been their last concert;  There were about a few dozen people who were present at this extraordinary event thanks to their lunch break; they left their workplaces to get on the roof, perhaps unaware of being the last to be present at an event that would have become history.

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Grammys 2017:Adele broke her trophy

by Elena Mancino

Adele swept the top honors at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards, but the night was shared with Beyoncé.

Adele went home with five total awards, including album of the year for 25.

Beyoncé won two, including best music video for "Formation" and best urban contemporary album for "Lemonade."

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Matteo Renzi's resignation

by Stefania De Lorenzo

Nearly three years after he became Italy’s youngest ever prime minister, Matteo Renzi officially stepped down on Wednesday, three days after his stinging defeat in a referendum, formally ending Italy’s 63rd government in 70 years.  This vote was a referendum on whether or not Italy should amend its 1948 constitution.

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Save the Earth

by Diletta Salamone

"We've got so little time to undo this crime or we'll lose our Paradise ... ". These words are part of Paradise Stratovarius song, the text of which reflects anxiety about the destruction of nature and suggests that all unite to find a solution.
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WOMEN'S RIGHT TO VOTE.

By Sandra Cepeiro García, 3^rd year ESO A. Coordinators: Emilia Saavedra Seijo and Alfonso Prieto Pita.

Women's right to vote should have been accepted much earlier. The first time that women could vote without any restriction was in New Zealand in 1893, because of Kate Sheppard´s struggle.

 

Two oldies in the great final “Down Under”

By Karl-Johan Mattsson

The two best tennis players of all time met each other in a great battle in the Australian Open final. Who would have thought that? 

37 dead after plane crash

By Jacob Tilander

A Turkish cargo plane crashed in a residential area near the capital of Kirgizstan on 16 January. At least 37 people were left dead after the crash, according to CNN, most of them families who lived in the area that was struck. 

Six shootings in Malmö since New Years

By Alexander Isberg

A heavy start of the New Year, the city of Malmö has suffered from a series of shootings and three people have already lost their lives. The police have put out extra staff around the vulnerable areas Fosie and Rosengård.

Swedish teenage-boy shot to his death

By Karin Nyqvist

Last week, Ahmed Obaid, a Swedish 16-year old boy got shot to death at the bus stop. 

The couple can't be in the same room

By Michelle Khallafi

Have you ever head of Mast Cell Activation Syndrome? 29-year-old Johanna Watkins suffers from this condition and she is allergic to next to everything. She does not live like people as you and me. She lives in a room all by herself.