The oldest Vilnius gardens and parks

Let us briefly overview historical development of the major Vilnius historical green spaces and their complexes starting from the very oldest ones.

Today’s Presidency Park (former Bishops’ Palace ) is one of the oldest with uninterrupted history. It is associated with the first written mention of this green space in 1387. ”A ga

The Olympic games

These are antique Greece celebration and sport games for honour of god Jeusus. The Olympic games were taking on the hill called Olympia from 776 years BC. When the Olympic games started there were peace all over Greece. The Olympic games lasted five days. There were celebration processes, sacrifices and ceremonies on the first and the last days. The Olympic games progra

The Olympic Games

The Olympic Games began in Greece in 776 B.C. They symbolize the idea of peace in the world and brotherhood among nations. Nowadays the Olympic games are divided into summer, winter and even the Olympic games to disabled people.

Recently the Winter Olympic Games at Salt Lake City have taken place. People all over the world had possibility to observe them. A lot of

Introduction.

Time in which we live, – an epoch of changes. Our society carries out extremely difficult, in many respects inconsistent, but historically inevitable and irreversible reorganization. In a sociopolitical life it is transition from totalitarianism to democracy, in economy – from command system to the market, in a life of the separate person – its transformati

„THE PEOPLE TRADE“.

Special report.

Europe needs workers: immigrants want a better life. Inside the shadowy – and dangerous – world of human smuggling.

Indide the customs office in Dover, England, a fax machine chirruped.

Out came a message from the European Pathway, a P&O Stena Line ferry that was churning across the channel from Zeebrugge,

All historians consider French Emperor Napoleon I (1769-1821) the greatest general of all time. Napoleon Bonaparte born in small Corsican town Ajaccio was also the creator of Napoleonic Code and en excellent politician.

Napoleon is known to be very small – about 1.6 metres height. He used to be quite fit and slender in his early thirties. But later, numerous feasts and royal life re

The political system of Great Britain

The UK of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has been the official title of the British state ever since 1922.

The UK is constitutional monarchy. This means that the official head of state is the monarch, but his or her powers are limited by the constitution. The British constitution is not written in any single document. Only some of these rul

The portrait of my friend

My best friend’s name is Kristina. She’s a nice girl, she’s also quite pretty. The girl is tall and slim, her hair is long and bright with red-painted wisps. Kristina’s got a square face, small nose and big blue eyes. You can see some freckles on her cheeks.

Kristina is a very nice person. She’s very friendly and generous, on t

The process of human communication

For over 60,000 years men and women have been communicating. Yet we still feel the need, perhaps more than ever, to find ways to improve these skills.

According to numerous research studies, for your entire life you have spent about 75 per sent of each day engaged in communication. Therefore, you may be wondering why you need to study communicat

Everyone needs at least one profession in his/her life. So, when you begin spending sleepless nights thinking about a job and money, when you think longingly of the plans for the future it’s no doubt that if you’re ready to choose the most suitable career.

Iin the world there are many different professions: you can work with people as a doctor, a lawyer, a receptionist, a tea

The Profession That Appeals To Me Most

Sometimes I wonder: what will I be after finishing school? A businessperson, an engineer or even a salesperson! I have not decided which profession appeals to me most but I definitely know what I do not want to be – a weather presenter.

I think that every profession has its advantages and disadvantages. Being a businessperson gives you mo

The pros and cons of watching TV

There is not doubt that television is in most of people’s houses and they often watch TV. But is watching TV very

good thing?

Watching TV has good qualities, because people buy televisions. First, in television people can see commercials

about things, which are benefit. For example people can see goods for household. Second, peo

The protection of nature

About two hundred years ago man lived in harmony with nature, because, industry was not much developed. Today, however, the contradictions between man and nature are dramatic. Every year world industry throws out into atmosphere about 1 000 million tons of dust and other substances. People of many cities suffer from smog. Forests are disappearing. The pollution o

In this pyramid level are complex carbohydrates. Carbohydrates are

derived mainly from plants, including foods such as fruits, vegetables,

pasta, rice, legumes (beans), and other grains fall in this category.

Carbohydrates are very important to the body since they are the primary

source of energy. Some body tissues, such as red blood cells and most parts

of the br

We are told of pyramids all over the world. We are told of pyramids in Australia and Greece, the United States and Spain. We are told of pyramids under the oceans and even in space. Besides the pyramids of Egypt, we certainly know of the pyramids of South Mexico down into South America.

It also seems likely that pyramids exist in China, though their investigation has been limited, and we