... a next to two lakes between Moscow and St Petersburg. It was built in 1980. This comes from “Kremlin Confidential: the True Putin” by Vincent Jauvert, an investigative reporter, published this month i ...More
EJ Insight2026-04-19
The Hong Kong Ballet’s latest offering was a triple-bill programme at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. Attractively titled “Glam Rock”, it included included two premieres. Opening the evenin ...More
EJ Insight2026-04-14
... member of two European royal families. She is a direct descendant of Louis XIV, the French king guillotined by revolutionaries in Paris in January, 1793. “She is a princess from the highest reaches of ...More
EJ Insight2026-04-10
... erritory. Two of the greatest achievements of the colonial government were the construction of public housing and government schools for tens of thousands of refugees who poured into the city in the 1 ...More
EJ Insight2026-04-07
... r of this two-act production is Li Xing. This long production, which lasts for nearly three hours, is divided into two acts. It is based on the story of Tang Xianzhu’s famed play “The Peony Pavilion” ...More
EJ Insight2026-04-07
... the first two months of this year – 6,013 vehicles, of which 2,311 were pure EVs and 3,682 were hybrids. Britain has several attractions for BYD. Not a member of the European Union, it does not impose ...More
EJ Insight2026-03-31
... the first two months of this year by 16 per cent. It has strategic and commercial reserves totalling about 1.3 to 1.4 billion barrels, equivalent to about four months of imports. This makes it better ...More
EJ Insight2026-03-25
... ny in the two World Wars. In August 2025, he published an open letter to French President Emmanuel Macron in the Wall Street Journal accusing him of insufficient action against rising violence against ...More
EJ Insight2026-03-20
... World War Two began on June 22, 1941 when the Nazi Wehrmacht invaded their country. In fact, it began on September 1, 1939, when the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany jointly invaded Poland. “Russia can o ...More
EJ Insight2026-03-18
... tween the two dancers. There is an exciting solo for Mariotte to show off his background in breakdancing. Videos of landscapes are projected onto a white backdrop at the back of the stage. Towards the ...More
EJ Insight2026-03-17
... will host two Irish nights on March 12 and 19. From March 17-22, Central Market and Guinness will celebrate the event with live performances, Irish dancing and traditional food. One of Ireland’s major ...More
EJ Insight2026-03-13
