Interesting Word - Ukraine
The word "Ukraine" can be translated into English as "close to the edge". (It can be formed from Russian or Polish with u which can mean "close" or "at" and krai which means "edge" or "border". )
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Interesting Place - Spain
Spain will reimpose border checks for a European Central Bank (ECB) meeting in Barcelona in May. (The only grounds for restoring border controls under the Schengen Treaty (the EU's passport-free travel treaty) is a threat to public order. Now why on earth would they think that a meeting of bankers would be a threat to public order?)
Interesting Place # 113 - Italy
Italy borders 6 countries. (Can you name them? Read below for the answer:- Austria, France, Slovenia, Switzerland, San Marino, and the Vatican City.)
Interesting Fact # 902 - The Grenze
The inner German border (Innerdeutsche Grenze, Deutsch-Deutsche Grenze, or Zonengrenze) ran the entire 1,381-kilometer (858 miles) length of the border between East Germany (the German Democratic Republic, or GDR) and West Germany (the Federal Republic of Germany, or FRG). (The border was a series of 3–4-metre (12–15 ft) high metal fences, walls, armed guards, guard dogs, barbed wire, electric alarms, trenches, watchtowers, automatic guns and minefields. The Berlin Wall, which separated East and West Berlin, was the most famous part of the system but it formed less than a tenth of the whole. Nowadays, most of the system is a green haven for wildlife.)