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Corona virus / Leipzig Book Fair canceled! / boersenblatt.net / 2020-03-03

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“We are of the opinion that the Leipzig Book Fair should be canceled because we see the risk of an accelerated spread of the Corona virus from such an event,” said Jochen Mende, Managing director of the Prolit publishing house on Monday. In some Comments on boersenblatt.net and in the social networks the book fair was accused of “irresponsible tactics”. Smaller…

Advent puzzle / spy wanted / boersenblatt.net / 2019-12-21

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The spy secretly echoed not only about his rumbling rhetoric and his appearance. She considered the "Fiihrer" to be a foam bat – even though he was courting her, calling her his "Princess" and both of them were probably you. "I am one of the few people with whom he had normal conversations. By that I mean those in which both parties alternate. A conversation between…

Advent puzzle / A puppet republic on the Adriatic / boersenblatt.net / 2019-12-19

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In September, 2500 freelancers occupied the Croatian coastal town of Fiume on the Adriatic, in order to bring it under Italian rule after the end of the First World War and not into the kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. They were led by a war hero and dandy who knew how to stage himself well: Gabriele d'Annunzio. Today we want to know which Profession d'Annunzio…

Advent puzzle / what should not be missing from the Christmas tree / boersenblatt.net / 2019-12-18

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Historian Konrad Jarausch examined 80 resumes of people who were born in the Weimar Republic and tried to write the collective biography of a generation. Since Christmas is already approaching strongly, today’s Advent puzzle is devoted to the fir tree, an immovable symbol of this generation.

"The highlights of the year were religious holidays…

Advent puzzle / an independent, self-determined woman / boersenblatt.net / 2019-12-15

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Europe is more than just a continent. But what does Europe actually consist of? What are the similarities in music, painting, literature, culture? In today's Advent riddle we are looking for a song from an opera.

In music, Georges Bizet's opera "Carmen", one of the most played, is definitely part of the general cultural heritage. In 1875,…

Advent riddle / comes time, comes advice / boersenblatt.net / 2019-12-02

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© Eugene Delacroix, collage: Janis Elko

Namely, we are looking for a specific epoch in which the first European currency was introduced, first prostheses designed and a region called "the hairy". What was the name of this perid that begins in year 0? Was that

the Migration Period (e),

the Viking Age (hr),

or the Roman Empire (i)?

What time it is…