BRUSSELS, Belgium --- Border controls along the old Iron Curtain from the Baltic Sea to the Adriatic ceased to exist today as most of the European Union's former communist new members joined the bloc's passport-free travel...
...preserves For those who love fresh figs, the season is sweet but frustratingly short. The solution during the off-season? Adriatic Fig Spread, a thick, intensely figgy preserve made from figs from the Dalmatian region of Croatia. The hand-picked fruit...
...country in the US Navy in special operations on a PT boat. His duty of service was in North Africa, the Mediterranean, the Adriatic Sea and Japan. After his service in special operations, he continued his duty on the USS Chicago, which was part of the...
...Sangiovese. It's a wonderful marriage.The hillside vineyards in the west central part of Italy known as Marche on the Adriatic coast average more than 35 years old, so the grapes produce a strong expression of the varietals. Rosso Piceno is the largest...
...pre-eminent name in wine production in the area of Collio known as Friuli-Venezia Giulia, which is between the Alps and Adriatic Sea. The estate produces Ribolla Gialla, Friuliano, Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Grigio, Pinot Bianco, Chardonnay, Merlot...
...fire that disabled one engine and set fire to another. He nursed the B-24 back to a British airfield on an island in the Adriatic Sea, earning the Distinguished Flying Cross. On his final mission, his plane was hit several times, but he managed to get...
...necessary. (Other lines that are offering itineraries in the Adriatic this spring and summer, including Celebrity, Costa and Cunard...editor K.C. Summers, on assignment last week just across the Adriatic, in one of Europe's most popular destinations among American...
...the Orthodox Church, delivering a message of healing on the first trip of his papacy. Benedict flew by helicopter to the Adriatic port of Bari, home to the relics of St. Nicholas of Myra, a fourth-century saint popular among both Roman Catholics and...
...oldest of the few remaining natural saltworks in Europe. The saltworks in Ston, a coastal town just north of Croatia's Adriatic pearl, Dubrovnik, are said to date back to Roman times. But the first written mention was in 1272 in the Statutes of the...
...location," Mark Schubert, head coach of the U.S. national team, told The Associated Press from Riccione on Italy's Adriatic coast. "He's been asked for a few autographs by fans and they've been polite, but it hasn't been huge crowds, Schubert...
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