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Новости за 11.12.2024

Open Culture 

When Christmas Was Legally Banned for 22 Years by the Puritans in Colonial Massachusetts

Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public celebration, the holiday is a rather recent invention. Whether we credit Charles Dickens, Bing Crosby, or Frank Capra—men not opposed to marketing—we must reckon with Christmas as a product of modernity. That includes the sacred ideas about family, piety, and […]

Sofia News Agency 

Political Negotiations Begin in Romania After Annulled Presidential Elections

Romania’s pro-European parties have initiated efforts to form a unified political strategy amid a tense political landscape following the annulment of the presidential elections by the Constitutional Court. The Social Democrats (PSD), the Liberals (PNL), the Union for the Salvation of Romania (USR), and the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR) have begun discussions to create a pro-European majority in parliament and establish a joint candidate for the rescheduled presidential elections. Читать дальше...