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Jeux sans frontières (pronounced [ʒø sɑ̃ fʁɔ̃tjɛʁ]; "Games Without Borders" in French) is an international television competition organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) for thirty seasons, from 1965 to 1999, between members of the union who participated representing their countries. Broadcasters sent mixed teams that ...
Risk is a strategy board game of diplomacy, conflict and conquest [ 1 ] for two to six players. The standard version is played on a board depicting a political map of the world, divided into 42 territories, which are grouped into six continents. Turns rotate among players who control armies of playing pieces with which they attempt to capture ...
The Schengen Agreement was signed on 14 June 1985 by five of the ten EC member states [ 10 ] in the town of Schengen, Luxembourg. The Schengen Area was established separately from the European Communities, when consensus could not be reached among all EC member states on the abolition of border controls.
Gabriel opted not to publicly reveal that the backing vocals on "Games Without Frontiers" were from Kate Bush until the single was successful. [10] The song's title refers to Jeux sans frontières, a long-running TV show broadcast in several European countries. Teams representing a town or city in one of the participating countries would ...
An example of a readable book [b]. Each of the nine countries covered by the library, as well as Reporters without Borders, has an individual wing, containing a number of articles, [1] available in English and the original language the article was written in. [2] The texts within the library are contained in in-game book items, which can be opened and placed on stands to be read by multiple ...
Grand strategy. Mode (s) Single-player, multiplayer. Europa Universalis IV is a 2013 grand strategy video game in the Europa Universalis series, developed by Paradox Development Studio and published by Paradox Interactive as a sequel to Europa Universalis III (2007). [1] The game was released on 13 August 2013 for Windows, OS X, and Linux.
In classical Greek mythology, Europa(Ancient Greek: Εὐρώπη, Eurṓpē) was a Phoenicianprincess. One view is that her name derives from the Ancient Greekelements εὐρύς(eurús) 'wide, broad', and ὤψ(ōps, gen.ὠπός, ōpós) 'eye, face, countenance', hence their composite Eurṓpēwould mean 'wide-gazing' or 'broad of aspect'.
It is Europe's fourth-smallest country, with an area of just over 160 square kilometres (62 square miles) and a population of 40,023. [ 16 ] It is the world's smallest country to border two countries, [ 17 ] and is one of the few countries with no debt. [ 18 ] Liechtenstein is divided into 11 municipalities.