Happy Birthday to Panama!

Pristina, the capital of Kosovo. *Photo from Wikipedia February 17 is the day Kosovo declares independence as the Republic of Kosovo. In antiquity, Dardania covered the area, which formed part of the larger Roman province of Moesia in the 1st century AD. In the Middle Ages, the region became part of the Bulgarian Empire, the Byzantine Empire and the Serbian medieval states. It was then conquered by the Ottoman Empire an exact 70 years after the Battle of Kosovo. In 1913 the Kosovo Vilayet was incorporated into the Kingdom of Serbia, which in 1918 became part of Yugoslavia. Kosovo gained

日本語 Interview by Isao Tokuhashi & Takeshi Takahashi info@myeyestokyo.com   Jairo Rodríguez (Colombia) Assistant Language Teacher/YouTuber/Corporate English Instructor Earlier this early summer of 2025, we had the opportunity to interview Mr. Takeshi Takahashi, an English teacher whose life was transformed through an internship in Denmark. Then we received an email from him. “If you don’t mind, I would love to introduce one of my foreign friends to you. He is an assistant language teacher from Colombia whom I met last year.” Colombia is a Spanish-speaking country in South America. We have interviewed several people from Colombia before—but an English teacher

Old City of Luxembourg at night. Luxembourg, also known as Luxembourg City, is the capital city of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. *Photo from Wikipedia June 23 is Grand Duke’s Official Birthday, also known as Luxembourgish National Day. It is celebrated on 23 June, although this has never been the actual birthday of any ruler of Luxembourg. Although its recorded history can be traced back to Roman times, the history of Luxembourg proper is considered to begin in 963. Over the following five centuries, the powerful House of Luxembourg emerged, but its extinction put an end to the country’s independence.