Danube River


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Noun1.Danube River - the 2nd longest European river (after the Volga)Danube River - the 2nd longest European river (after the Volga); flows from southwestern Germany to the Black Sea; "Vienna, Budapest, and Belgrade are on the banks of the Danube"
Bulgaria, Republic of Bulgaria - a republic in the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe
Czechoslovakia - a former republic in central Europe; divided into Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993
Deutschland, FRG, Germany, Federal Republic of Germany - a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990
Romania, Roumania, Rumania - a republic in southeastern Europe with a short coastline on the Black Sea
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Jugoslavija, Serbia and Montenegro, Union of Serbia and Montenegro, Yugoslavia - a mountainous republic in southeastern Europe bordering on the Adriatic Sea; formed from two of the six republics that made up Yugoslavia until 1992; Serbia and Montenegro were known as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia until 2003 when they adopted the name of the Union of Serbia and Montenegro
Austria, Oesterreich, Republic of Austria - a mountainous republic in central Europe; under the Habsburgs (1278-1918) Austria maintained control of the Holy Roman Empire and was a leader in European politics until the 19th century
Hungary, Magyarorszag, Republic of Hungary - a republic in central Europe
Ukraine, Ukrayina - a republic in southeastern Europe; formerly a European soviet; the center of the original Russian state which came into existence in the ninth century
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Danube Day- CC via PixabaySergii_ILyushi VIENNA - 28 June 2019: The International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River said that 81 million people in all 14 Danube countries are invited to "Get active for a safer Danube" as part of the celebrations for the 14th annual Danube Day, said a statement by the United Nations.
The Danube River at Vidin climbed 47 centimeters for the last day and reached a level of 756 centimeters.
Summary: Budapest [Hungary], Jun 4 (ANI): At least eight bodies have been retrieved from the Danube River after a tourist boat carrying 35 people, including 33 South Korean nationals and two Hungarian crew members, capsized last week, the South Korean foreign ministry confirmed on Tuesday.
Budapest, June 3 (BNA): Hungarian and South Korean authorities decided to send divers into the Danube River early Monday to see if they can start searching for the missing victims in last week's deadly boat sinking, officials said.
Seven South Korean tourists have died and another 21 people are missing after a boat sank on the Danube river in Hungary's capital, Budapest, BBC reprots.
Budapest : Seven South Korean tourists have died and over 20 are missing after a boat sank in the Danube river in Budapest.
A total of 33 Koreans and two Hungarian crew members were on the sightseeing boat amid heavy rain, when their ship collided with a larger cruise boat and sank in the Danube River in downtown Budapest late Wednesday, the ministry said.
The gun, which is believed to have killed Molnar, was reportedly found in the Little Danube River on April 16.
Szamveber, a Hungarian archivist and military historian, recounts the military history of Hungary during World War II, particularly clashes of German-Hungarian and Soviet armor north of the Danube River, in the southern territory of the historical Upper Hungary: the battle between the Ipoly and Garam Rivers during the second half of the summer of 1944; the tank battle of Komarom in January 1945, part of the Battle for Budapest; the combat during the German Operation S'dwind in February 1945; and the Soviet attack launched in the direction of Bratislava in March 1945.
BAGHDAD / National Iraqi News Agency / nina / An Iraqi child and a young man were killed by drowning, while three children and a man were still missing after a boat carrying 10 immigrants capsized in the Danube River in Bulgaria.
Envelope curve developed for Indus and Jhelum River basins is obtained by using the recent data as well, can be used for the estimation of peak flood discharge that has occurred in the specific region within these catchments and compared with the curve for Danube River basin.