Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire a common enemy. Previously, national identity allowed Habsburg forces to conquer revolutionary governments by playing them off one another. New democratic initiatives in Italy in the spring of 1848 led to a renewed conflict with Austrian forces in the provinces of Lombardy and Venetia. At the very first anniversary of the first barricades in Vienna, German and Czech democrats in Bohemia agreed to put mutual hostilities aside and work together on revolutionary planning. Hungarians faced the greatest challenge of overcoming the divisions of the previous year, as the fighting there had been the most bitter. Despite this, the Hungarian government
European Car of the Year European Car of the Year The European Car of the Year award is an international award established in 1964, by a collective of automobile magazines from different countries in Europe. The current organisers of the award are "Auto" (Italy), "Autocar" (United Kingdom), "Autopista" (Spain), "Autovisie" (Netherlands), "L'Automobile Magazine" (France), "Stern" (Germany) and "Vi Bilägare" (Sweden). The voting jury consists of motoring journalists from publications throughout Europe. Representation from each country is based on the size of the country's car market, and car manufacturing industry. There are no categories or class winners — the stated objective is to find a "single,