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On January 1st, Croatia, whose capital city is ______, joins the Eurozone and the Schengen Area.
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Zagreb
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Several earthquakes occur in Turkey and Syria on February 6th, with the epicenter of the first one located west of the Turkish city of ________
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Gaziantep
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On the 4th of April, Finland, whose capital city is ________, joins NATO
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Helsinki
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On May 3rd, a school shooting occurs in _______, and, after two more mass murders, large protests against the government of the country begin.
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Belgrade
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The final of the 67th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest is held in _________ on the 13th of May and is won by Loreen from Sweden, who had previously won the contest in 2012.
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Liverpool
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On the 6th of June, the ____ ________ dam is destroyed in the midst of the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Nova Kakhovka
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On June 23rd, the city of ______-__-___ is seized by the Wagner Group, led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, who have begun to march towards Moscow after a period of increasing tension with the Russian Ministry of Defence.
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Rostov-on-Don
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July 24th marked 100 years since the signing of the Treaty of ________, which was a peace treaty between the Ottomans and other countries after World War I. The treaty was necessary after the Treaty of Sèvres failed to be ratified and the Turkish National Movement reclaimed some territories.
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Lausanne
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The 2023 World Athletics Championships started on the 19th of August, hosted in ________, with the USA being the country whose athletes won the most medals.
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Budapest
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The final match of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup is played in ______ on the 20th of August, resulting in a Spanish victory against England, but controversy sparks about the Royal Spanish Football Federation President forcibily kissing one of the Spanish footballers.
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Sydney
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An earthquake occurs in Morocco on the 8th of September, southwest of _________. Many countries offer support, but only that of Spain, the United Kingdom, Qatar and the UAE is accepted officially.
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Marrakesh
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At the 18th G20 summit in ___ _____, held on the 9th of September, the African Union is announced as the 21st permanent member of the G20.
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New Delhi
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On the 10th of September, 42 new sites became UNESCO World Heritage Sites, including the Maison Carrée of _____, which is a well-preserved Roman temple.
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Nîmes
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Another of the sites that was included as a World Heritage Site was: The Cosmological Axis of __________ and its Historic Landmarks. This city is the capital of a special region of its country, still ruled by a monarch, while most of the country isn't.
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Yogyakarta
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After decades of tension and several conflicts between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh, a new Azerbaijani offfensive that starts on September 19th, retakes the area, including the largest city and former capital of the republic of Artsakh, _________.
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Stepanakert / Khankendi
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On October 7th, Hamas launches an incursion of southern Israel from ____, starting a new war in the area.
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Gaza
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Australia defeats India in the final match of the 2023 Cricket World Cup, held at Narendra Modi Stadium, _________ on November 19th.
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Ahmedabad
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On the 26th of November, the Junior Eurovision Song Contest was held in ____ and was won by host country France.
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Nice
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On the 12th of December, at the COP28 climate summit in _____, a consensus is reached for countries to transition away from fossil fuels, the first such agreement in the conference's 30-year history, but the summit had some controversies, mostly related to the countries in the part of the world it was held in.
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Dubai
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The deadliest mass shooting in the Czech Republic's history occurs at a the university in ______, with 15 killed and 25 others wounded on the 21st of December
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Prague
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