Ryszard Siwiec: first self-immolation against communist oppression
By Beata Bruggeman-SękowskaOn September 8, 1968, Ryszard Siwiec committed suicide by public self-immolation in protest against the ...
Russian Army Go Home
Lithuania supports Ukraine, photo © Honorary Consul of Lithuania in the Netherlands, Aloys Bruggeman RE RABeata Bruggeman-Sekowska
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Elektrėnai Soviet purpose built town in Lithuania
By Beata Bruggeman-SekowskaBorn and spending my childhood and teenage years in occupied by totalitarian communist system Poland I h...
Statehood day of Lithuania
On July 6 Lithuanians celebrate their Statehood Day or Coronation Day. It is an annual public holiday to commemorate the coronation in...
Lithuanian Hill of Crosses among most holy places on earth
Lithuanian Hill of Crosses has been listed as one of the most sacred places in the World by Patheos.com.Hill of Crosses situated ab...
Constitution day of Armenia
By Beata Bruggeman-SekowskaOn July 5 Armenia celebrates its constitution day. It is a public holiday.This holiday commemorates ...
Former Dutch MP Jan Hoekema nominated Armenia’ s Honorary Consul
Former Dutch MP, former Ambassador for International Cultural Cooperation and former Mayor of the Dutch city of Wassenaar Jan Hoekema...
Barbara Verbeek nominated Croatian Wine Ambassador 2023
Nomination committee with the Croatian Wine Ambassador 2023: (left to right) wine importer Diederik Swart, Ambassador of the Republic o...
Honorary Consul of Lithuania visits Lithuanian Druskininkai spa resort
On April 30 Honorary Consul of Lithuania in the Netherlands, Mr Aloys Bruggeman RE RA together with his wife, international journalist ...
FATHER MAX, “THE LAST OF THE FRANCISCANES”
Photo: Max van der Schoot with studentsMax van der Schoot (1925 – 1999) was the face of the Franciscan Fathers in Heerlen (the ...