Posts Tagged ‘Central Europe’
Croatia
Croatia
Officially the Republic of Croatia (Croatian: Republika Hrvatska), is a country at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe. It shares a coastline along the Adriatic Sea, and borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro to the southeast, and shares a maritime border with Italy to the west and southwest. Read the rest of this entry »
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Former President of Kalmykia Kirsan Ilyumzhinov met with the President of Chess Federation of Croatia Josip Leko
Today, January 22, 2013, Former President of Kalmykia, President of FIDE Kirsan Ilyumzhinov met with the President of Chess Federation of Croatia Josip Leko. Read the rest of this entry »
Geshe Wangyal
Ngawang Wangyal [ De ]
(Wylie: Ngag-dbang Dbang-rgyal) (c. 1901-1983), popularly known as “Geshe Wangyal,” was a Buddhist priest and scholar of Kalmyk origin who was born in the Astrakhan province in southeast Russia sometime in 1901. Read the rest of this entry »
FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov visits Croatia
On June, 25 FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov arrived in Zagreb, where he had a working meeting with representatives of the Chess Federation of Croatia, reports ‘Susan Polgar Chess Daily News’.
General Secretary Ervin Sindik, a member Read the rest of this entry »
