October is traditionally International Breast Cancer Awareness Month. In 2025, that campaign takes on a striking philatelic touch. In collaboration with Pink Ribbon vzw, bpost is releasing a special issue: a stamp in fluorescent pink ink, with the iconic pink ribbon at the center. "This stamp...
Leiden University was founded in 1575 and is the oldest university in the Netherlands. The university has seven faculties (six in Leiden and one in The Hague), with 33.701 students enrolled in 2025. The university boasts a wealth of Nobel Prize winners, namely...
The 111th edition of the Tour de France (June 29 to July 21, 2024) starts in Italy. Never before has the peloton of Tour de France riders ridden a course in Italy. A first in the land of the Giro d'Italia. But...
World Cancer Day is held annually on February 4 and was established by the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO). It is an international awareness day on which people around the world reflect on the disease of cancer. This day is officially marked...
What are the predictions for 2022? Have you looked into your crystal ball? Or have you asked an old French pharmacist for his predictions? And did these predictions come true in 2021? Will these meanings influence your life in 2022? Curious...
We now take email and the internet for granted, just like water from the tap. But didn't you work with 8, 5¼, and 3½-inch floppy disks or floppy disks on standalone PCs in the early days of the PC era? Who was...
The National Garden Bird Count is over. 90.264 participants took part over three days. A total of 1.581.156 birds were counted. It is not a scientific study, but it provides an indication of which birds flew that weekend...
Elvis Presley is considered one of the most significant cultural icons of the twentieth century. He has many nicknames: The King of Rock and Roll, The King, Elvis the Pelvis, or the Memphis Flash. In 2017, the Elvis revival is back in full force...
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