Istria (/ ˈ ɪ s t r i ə / ISS-tree-ə; Croatian and Slovene: Istra; Istriot: Eîstria; Istro-Romanian, Italian and Venetian: Istria; formerly Histria in Latin and Ἵστρια in Ancient Greek) is the largest peninsula within the Adriatic Sea.The peninsula is located at the head of the Adriatic between the Gulf of Trieste and the Kvarner Gulf.It is shared by three countries: Croatia ...

Koper (Slovene pronunciation: [ˈkoːpəɾ] (); Italian: Capodistria, Croatian: Kopar) is the fifth largest city in Slovenia.Located in the Istrian region in the southwestern part of the country, approximately five kilometres (3.1 miles) south of the border with Italy and 20 kilometres (12 miles) from Trieste, Koper is the largest coastal city in the country.

This is a list of currently active separatist movements in Europe.Separatism often refers to full political secession, though separatist movements may seek nothing more than greater autonomy or to be recognised as a national minority.. What is and is not considered an autonomist or secessionist movement is sometimes contentious. Entries on this list must meet three criteria:

The Croats (/ ˈ k r oʊ. æ t s /; Croatian: Hrvati [xr̩ʋǎːti]) are a South Slavic ethnic group who share a common Croatian ancestry, culture, history and language.They are also a recognized minority in a number of neighboring countries, namely Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia.. Due to political, social and economic ...

Over 130 violin concertos (Istria on the Internet - Prominent Istrians - Giuseppe Tartini) Alexander Tchaikovsky. Violin Concerto (1987) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 (1878) Georg Philipp Telemann. Violin Concerto in A Major "Die Relinge" TWV 51:A4; Violin Concerto in B ♭ major ("Concerto grosso, per il Sigr ...

Geography. It is the westernmost town of Croatia, and it includes Bašanija, the westernmost point of Croatia.. Population. Umag has a population of 7,281, with a total municipal population of 13,467 (2011 census). Like many other towns in Istria, Umag has a multi-ethnic population. Croats, because of the exodus of many Italians after the Second World War, are nowadays an …

The 2015 European migrant crisis, also known internationally as the Syrian refugee crisis, was a period of significantly increased movement of refugees and migrants into Europe in 2015, when 1.3 million people came to the continent to request asylum, the most in a single year since World War II. Those requesting asylum in Europe in 2015 were mostly Syrians, but also included …

Formal theory. Formally, a string is a finite, ordered sequence of characters such as letters, digits or spaces. The empty string is the special case where the sequence has length zero, so there are no symbols in the string.

Deportivo Alavés, S.A.D. (Spanish pronunciation: [depoɾˈtiβo alaˈβes]; Sporting Alavés), usually abbreviated to Alavés, is a Spanish football club based in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country.Founded on 1 July 1920 as Sport Friends Club, it has played in the highest football category of The Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional, La Liga, …

The oldest trace in Sardinia of the anthropomorphic prehistoric primate called Oreopithecus bambolii is dated to 8.5 million years ago. In 1996 a hominid finger bone, dated up to 250.000 BC, was found in a cave in the Logudoro region.. Modern humans appeared in the island during the Upper Paleolithic, a phalanx dated to 18000 BC had been found in the Corbeddu cave, near …