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1,100 rooms, $1.75 billion and 700,000 tons of steel: A building in Bucharest

A building rises in the center of Bucharest that defies explanation through architecture alone. The Palace of Parliament is the heaviest building in the world according to Guinness World Records, and a vast section of the old city was demolished for its construction. The project was initiated by Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu in 1984. The […]

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1,000 Bombs Discovered in Thessaloniki Port

Around 1,000 bombs and other pieces of World War II ordnance have been discovered on the seabed of the port of Thessaloniki. The items were detected during a magnetic survey near Pier 6, where a major port expansion project is currently underway. The news was announced on October 6, and Greek media have continued to […]

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