34 years ago, on August 23, 1989, about two million people from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania joined hands. They formed a human chain stretching through the three Baltic countries.
It was a peaceful protest .
The above image belongs to Sonja Eftimovska.
My daughter has gone to Northern Ireland on holiday. She's has just sent me two pictures, which she has taken in the neighborhood of the Catholic community in Belfast.
Every year, on August 15th, Christian people commemorate the death of the blessed virgin Mary. Ortodox Christian celebrate the Assumption of Mary on August 28. The Assumption is important to many Christians, Catholics, Orthodox, Lutherans and Anglicans.
I noticed some blogging friends, such as Dark Miryam and Veronica Lee , have enjoyed my pictures of Italy, which I posted in my previous post. Maybe, some of them have already visited my country.
The castle in the picture above was partly destroyed during World War II.
As above mentioned, today is public holiday here in Italy. Fireworks will be set on the night. I hope the weather will not be cloudy.
Happy feast of the Assumption!
I don't want to bore you with political comments about what is happening in Niger and other African countires. But I would like to mention just a few words spoken by Eritrea's president, Isaias Afwerki. He recently said that neocolonialism is a continuation of classical slavery. Neocolonialist powers will control the world for coming fifty years without anyone challenging them. Now we are at the crossroad, as a better world await people of the two continents of Africa and Asia, the largest and wealthiest landmass.
The following pictures have nothing to do with African people who are tired that colonialists are always around.
On this sunny Sunday the first week of August goes to an end ☀️
