Tag: village
At the end of June, the soils of a village probed to find the remains of German soldiers
After the sensational revelations of a former sniper from Corrèze, now 98 years old, we know that around forty German soldiers were executed on June 12, 1944, while they were…
Apartments in Tuscany: let’s buy a village!
Owning a house together is not easy. But a whole holiday village? In Tuscany, four friends want to realize a joint project. Now Borgo Batone is ready for guests. source…
Impending rockfall: A Swiss mountain village has to be evacuated
report Status: 05/12/2023 08:57 a.m The “Brienzer Slide” has been rumbling in Switzerland for a long time. But now everything has to happen quickly – the village of Brienz has…
Village in Swabia: where the integration of refugees succeeds
Status: 05/11/2023 02:35 a.m In the village of Dietenbronn in Upper Swabia, 120 refugees are housed – with only 35 inhabitants. Contrary to initial concerns, things are going better than…
Retail is coming back to the village
The trend to move to the so-called commuter belt is clear. That stimulates retail there. Picture: dpa More and more Germans are moving to the suburbs of the big cities.…
Poundbury, a “model” village born from the imagination of the Prince of Wales
Having spent his entire adult life waiting to ascend the throne, Charles III had to keep busy. Among his obsessions, architecture figures prominently. In the early 1990s, he decided to…
After the Netflix series: fans flock to the Swiss village – locals take action
“Crash Landing on You” After the Netflix series: fans flock to the Swiss village – locals take action As in the Netflix series “Crash Landing on You”: Asian tourists take…
In Italy, a small village forbids tourists to stop walking
To combat overtourism and make traffic flow more smoothly in the streets of Portofino, near Genoa, visitors are now prohibited from stopping to walk in busy places. Every year, Portofino,…
Ukrainian strikes on Russian village kill two, Russian authorities say
Cover image: Residents of Donesk in eastern Ukraine recover their belongings from the rubble after a bombardment on April 29, 2023. ALEXANDER ERMOCHENKO / REUTERS Several Ukrainian missiles struck on…
The Universal National Service village heckled by protesters
He packed up earlier than expected. In Nantes, the promotional village of the Universal National Service (SNU) did not resist the dozens of demonstrators who came to welcome it. Installed…