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The objectives of the Visegrád Group are to strengthen the stability of the Central European region, to jointly represent the economic, diplomatic and political interests of the member states and to coordinate their measures. The Visegrád Declaration, signed on 15 February 1991, asserted the solidarity between the countries and then, in 2000, the International Visegrád Fund based in Bratislava was established in order to foster cooperation between the countries in the fields of culture, scie...

2021 is the commemorative year of the foundation of the Premonstratensian Order. This Catholic canonical order was founded in 1121 in Premontré near Laon in France by Saint Norbert, who in the last years of his life was archbishop of Magdeburg. The cannons regular, who follow the rule of Saint Augustine, are also called the “White Cannons” because of the colour of their habits. Premonstratensians built their monasteries in cities or near busy places and their contemplative way of life was ...

Phila Mirror -The Indian Philately Journal

Veteran Tractors The stamps depicts pictures of  1. American Cletrac crawler tractor and 2. Fordson iron wheel tractor, model F 1924. Issue Date:02.02.2021 Designer:Sofia Valtersson/Strax Illustrator:David Lundberg Printer:Cartor Security Printing Process:Offset Colours:4 Colours Size:40 x 30 mm Franking Labels : Songbirds These franking labels depicting four musically gifted small birds: European robin, common chaf nch, willow warbler and Eurasian blackcap.  Issue Date:02.02.2021 Designer:Ju...

Lacemaking Of all the various forms of handicrafts, lacemaking is perhaps the one that has focused its creativity most emphatically on a wide variety of modern, technological, functional and design possibilities. Lacemaking is in fact a traditional handicraft with a rich heritage that has allowed it to continue developing up to the present day. Yet in order to find new, creative solutions on the foundations of this heritage, adequate knowledge and skills are required that are not only technica...

Phila Mirror -The Indian Philately Journal

Phila Mirror -The Indian Philately Journal

Phila Mirror -The Indian Philately Journal

Phila Mirror -The Indian Philately Journal

The Meksika Building The Meksika building was built on Ahacljeva Cesta (today’s Njegoševa Cesta) in Ljubljana in 1927, on an empty site on the edge of the city centre. It was designed by the architect Vladimir Šubic and was one of the first residential developments in the city for municipal employees. Šubic modelled the building on the social housing being built in “Red” Vienna in the same period. Like the Viennese municipal housing complexes of the Hof (court) type, Meksika was a larg...