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A crowd of people are shown standing outside, many holding cell phones, with classical European buildings in the distance.

Magnitude 6.3 earthquake hits Croatia

A strong earthquake hit central Croatia on Tuesday, causing major damage to homes and other buildings in a town southeast of the capital. A girl was killed in the quake and a man and a boy were pulled out alive from a car buried in rubble and sent to a hospital.

Magnitude 6.3 earthquake hits Croatia
A child at a desk

What effect is the novel coronavirus having on children?; Palestinians mark Nakba, as Netanyahu looks to annex West Bank; Pachinko parlors defy Japan’s shutdown

What effect is the novel coronavirus having on children?; Palestinians mark Nakba, as Netanyahu looks to annex West Bank; Pachinko parlors defy Japan’s shutdown
A man stands near a wooden bee hive on a rooftop

What the US could learn from Slovenia about protecting bees

What the US could learn from Slovenia about protecting bees
First Lady Melania Trump

Many in Melania Trump’s native Slovenia wonder why their country goes unmentioned

Many in Melania Trump’s native Slovenia wonder why their country goes unmentioned
Sunset in Lima

Delightfully bad tourism slogans from around the world

Delightfully bad tourism slogans from around the world
Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, pose on the red carpet as they arrive for a gala event in New York, April 26th 2016.

Trump supporters send anti-Semitic threats to journalist who profiled Melania Trump

“They said I’d make a good lampshade,” says Julia Ioffe.

Trump supporters send anti-Semitic threats to journalist who profiled Melania Trump
Migrants warm themselves next to a fire as they wait to cross the border from Croatia into Slovenia.

Migrants in Europe spend days trapped in freezing rain

The flow of migrants and refugees into Europe is not slowing down. Thousands are sleeping at bottlenecks along various international frontiers. Cold, driving rain is creating what the UN is calling a real humanitarian crisis.

Migrants in Europe spend days trapped in freezing rain
Tamar Charney

What we learn from the money we touch

Although we don't have to contend as much with the hassles of bills and coins, another window into culture is being slammed shut.

What we learn from the money we touch

In Sochi, a pop star won first while a violinist finished last

Slovenia's Tina Maze comes from a hardscrabble mining town that has turned out a half-dozen Olympians. Tuesday Maze managed to capture her second gold at Sochi, in giant slalom. Last in the race: a virtuoso violinist competing for Thailand.

In Sochi, a pop star won first while a violinist finished last

North Korea is a great place to ski, if you don't mind the armed guards

North Korea is proud of its new ski resort. The country's leader, Kim Jon Un, toured it and approved it sometime late last year. Now foreigners are being allowed in. But don't expect the experience to be anything like the ski resorts of Colorado. That, and more, in today's Global Scan.

North Korea is a great place to ski, if you don't mind the armed guards

Bee Populations in Decline, Debate Swarms Around Pesticides

The EU is considering a two-year ban on a widely-used group of pesticides that have been linked to bee deaths in Europe and the US. The World's Gerry Hadden reports.

Bee Populations in Decline, Debate Swarms Around Pesticides

Slovenian website seeks to turn people's passwords into art

A trio of Slovenians are taking an interest in cyber-security and turning it into art. They're asking people to submit their online passwords to a database they make publicly available. Eventually, they hope to turn it into a real-world exhibit.

Slovenian website seeks to turn people's passwords into art

Slovenian Website Asks People to Share Passwords for Art

A group of designers in Slovenia is asking people to give up their passwords voluntarily for the sake of art.

Slovenian Website Asks People to Share Passwords for Art
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Web extra 1 Accordion legend Don Lipovac

In the courtyard of St.John's church � where he has taught and performed for years � Lipovac breaks down the influences and differences in the folk music of Slovenia, where his family is from, and Croatia, its neighbor to the South.

Web extra 1 Accordion legend Don Lipovac
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Tartini's Balkan home

We head to south-central Europe now for the Geo Quiz. The country we're looking for shares borders with Italy, Croatia, Hungary and Austria. It's got lots of mountains but also a sliver of waterfront property on the Adriatic Sea.

Tartini's Balkan home