Crews arrived on the scene on main street around noon thursday. Fortunately, nobody was hurt. Firefighters managed to containe the blaze to the apartment building, but an adjacent laundrymat sustained some minor damage. Weather adlib itll be a great way to end the work week today as temperatures soar into the 40s after starting the day in the 20s well see a few lingering clouds and perhaps some patchy fog early this morning, but the rest of the day looks sunny and calm. Winds will pick up just a little bit saturday which will help boost our temperatures into the 50s and 60s with lots of sun ahead of our next frontal system set to move through saturday night. This will result in a cloudier and cooler day sunday with highs close to 50, strong wind and possibly a quick shower or two. Well end the month of february on a mild note monday with some sun and highs in the 50s before another disturbance moves through that will give the area a decent chance at seeing a rain snow mix monday night
One country that has become unapologetically outspoken about its fear of refugees is slovakia. It has been heralded as an eu Success Story after breaking away from czechoslovakia and forming an independent democracy. But a worrying Development Today is a remarkable increase in the number of paramilitary groups in slovakia. Our reporter visited its largest, called the branci. Reporter twice a month they go to war. At least, thats what it looks like at first glance. These paramilitaries say they want to protect slovakia as though the country wasnt part of a europe at peace, but instead surrounded by enemies. If a future enemy sees whats going on here in slovakia if he sees a country that is prepared to defend itself, and its Democratic Values then that enemy will think twice about attacking. Hell think again before trying to take away our rights. Reporter peter vrcek is the socalled commandant of the slovak conscripts Paramilitary Organization, Slovenski Branci. The 20yearold and his tro
R of the late 20th century seems far removed, today 21stcentury europe strains to accommodate the outcome. The fall of the berlin wall marked the end of the soviet empires iron curtain and reshaped germanys borders. A new unified berlin is emerging the capital of a reunited germany near the center of a european region whose borders expanded with the demise of the iron curtain. Narrator during the cold war that followed world war ii germany existed as two antagonistic countries, east germany and west germany. Berlin, the historic capital of the nation, located deep inside communist east germany was also divided into east and west sectors. For nearly 30 years, this division was marked by a wall built right through the city. The wall went up in 1961. Then in 1989 germany was reunified and the wall was torn down. Man the wall comes down, there is great euphoria. Finally the two cities can be connected again and made one. It is a new symbol of the unification of germany, the syol of unifica
The voluntary association of three or more countries. One example of supranationalism is the European Union an Economic Alliance designed to improve european competitiveness in the world economy. But this alliance is more than just economic. It is also europes attempt to forge a community with common values, even as individual state identity is maintained. Strasbourg is located on the border of france and germany and has endured centuries of conflict between those two nations. Today, it is one seat of the European Union a symbol of modern unity. As political boundaries become more permeable, perceptions of place change as well as deeper, more personal meanings of national identity. When state boundaries become porous, what does it mean to be french or german or european . Strasbourg serves as one of three centers for the European Union. This mediumsized city of 250,000 is not a major player in europes financial or industrial arenas. So why is it playing such an Important Role in europe