The Byelorussian SSR was one of only two Soviet republics to be separate members of the United Nations. Both republics and the Soviet Union joined the UN when the organization was founded in 1945.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization,also called the North Atlantic Alliance,is an intergovernmental military alliance of 31 member states –29 European and two North American. Established in the aftermath of World War II,the organization implemented the North Atlantic Treaty,signed in Washington,D.C.,on 4 April 1949. NATO is a collective security system:its independent member states agree to defend each other against attacks by third parties. During the Cold War,NATO operated as a check on the threat posed by the Soviet Union. The alliance remained in place after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact and has been involved in military operations in the Balkans,the Middle East,South Asia,and Africa. The organization's motto is animus in consulendo liber.
Russian is an East Slavic language,spoken primarily in Russia. It is the native language of the Russians and belongs to the Indo-European language family. It is one of four living East Slavic languages,and is also a part of the larger Balto-Slavic languages. It was the de facto and de jure official language of the former Soviet Union. Russian has remained an official language in independent Russia,Belarus,Kazakhstan,Kyrgyzstan,and Tajikistan,and is still commonly used as a lingua franca in Ukraine,Moldova,the Caucasus,Central Asia,and to a lesser extent in the Baltic states and Israel. It is also one of the six official languages of United Nations.
2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar,the 2006th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations,the 6th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century,and the 7th year of the 2000s decade.
The Mikoyan MiG-29 is a twin-engine fighter aircraft designed in the Soviet Union. Developed by the Mikoyan design bureau as an air superiority fighter during the 1970s,the MiG-29,along with the larger Sukhoi Su-27,was developed to counter new U.S. fighters such as the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle and the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon. The MiG-29 entered service with the Soviet Air Forces in 1983.
Euronews is a European television news network,headquartered in Brussels,Belgium. The network began broadcasting on 1 January 1993 and covers world news from a European perspective.
SkyTeam is one of the world's three major airline alliances. Founded in June 2000,SkyTeam was the last of the three alliances to be formed,the first two being Star Alliance and Oneworld,respectively. Its annual passenger count is 630 million (2019),the second largest of the three major alliances. As of January 2019,SkyTeam consists of 19 carriers from five continents and operates with the slogan "Caring more about you". It also operates a cargo alliance named SkyTeam Cargo,which partners ten carriers,all of them SkyTeam members. Its centralised management team,SkyTeam Central,is based at the World Trade Center Schiphol Airport on the grounds of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in Haarlemmermeer,Netherlands.
LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton,commonly known as LVMH,is a French multinational holding and conglomerate specializing in luxury goods,headquartered in Paris. The company was formed in 1987 through the merger of fashion house Louis Vuitton with Moët Hennessy,which was established following the 1971 merger between the champagne producer Moët &Chandon and the cognac producer Hennessy. In April 2023,LVMH became the first European company to surpass a valuation of $500 billion.
A sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties.
The Mistral class is a class of five amphibious assault ships built by France. Also known as helicopter carriers,and referred to as "projection and command ships",a Mistral-class ship is capable of transporting and deploying 16 NH90 or Tiger helicopters,four landing craft,up to 70 vehicles including 13 Leclerc tanks,or a 40-strong Leclerc tank battalion,and 450 soldiers. The ships are equipped with a 69-bed hospital,and are capable of serving as part of a NATO Response Force,or with United Nations or European Union peace-keeping forces.
World War I or the First World War was a global conflict fought between two coalitions:the Allies and the Central Powers. Battles took place throughout Europe,the Middle East,Africa,the Pacific,and parts of Asia. One of the deadliest wars in history,it resulted in an estimated 9 million soldiers dead and 23 million wounded,plus another 5 million civilian deaths from various causes. Millions more died as a result of genocide,and the war was a major factor in the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic.
Dailymotion is a French online video sharing platform owned by Vivendi. North American launch partners included Vice Media,Bloomberg,and Hearst Digital Media. It is among the earliest known platforms to support HD (720p) resolution video. Dailymotion is available worldwide in 183 languages and 43 localised versions featuring local home pages and local content.
The 2024 Summer Olympics,officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Paris 2024,is an upcoming international multi-sport event scheduled to take place from 26 July to 11 August 2024 in France,with Paris as the main host city and 16 other cities spread across metropolitan France,plus one subsite in Tahiti—an island within the French overseas country and overseas collectivity of French Polynesia.
The International Criminal Police Organization –INTERPOL,commonly known as Interpol,is an international organization that facilitates worldwide police cooperation and crime control. It is the world's largest international police organization. It is headquartered in Lyon,France,with seven regional bureaus worldwide,and a National Central Bureau in all 196 member states.
This article lists events from the year 2009 in France.
The 2008 Russo-Georgian War was a war between Russia,alongside the Russian-backed self-proclaimed republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia,and Georgia. The war took place in August following a diplomatic crisis between Russia and Georgia,both formerly constituent republics of the Soviet Union. The fighting took place in the strategically important South Caucasus region. It is regarded as the first European war of the 21st century.
Abkhazia and South Ossetia are disputed territories in the Caucasus. Most countries recognise them as part of Georgia,while Russia,Venezuela,Nicaragua,Nauru,and Syria regard them as independent. Russia's initial recognition of the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia occurred in the aftermath of the Russo-Georgian War in 2008. The government of Georgia considers the republics to be Russian-occupied territories.
Saint Petersburg,formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad,is the second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the River Neva,at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. The city had a population of roughly 5.6 million residents as of 2021. Saint Petersburg is the fourth-most populous city in Europe,the most populous city on the Baltic Sea,and the world's northernmost city of more than 1 million residents. As Russia's Imperial capital,and a historically strategic port,it is governed as a federal city.
Damien Le Tallec is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back.
Ibrahim Traoré is a Burkinabèmilitary officer who has been the interim leader of Burkina Faso since the 30 September 2022 coup d'état which ousted interim president Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba. At age 35,Traoréis currently the second youngest serving state leader in the world,and the youngest serving president.
