A Russian strike has hit a second major bridge in Kyiv, Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko has said, as Moscow ramps up attacks on critical infrastructure in Ukraine’s capital. The attack on Saturday morning injured two people, and damaged the road surface and overhead trolleybus wires on the Pivnichnyi (Northern) Bridge, Klitschko said, causing traffic jams. It […]
Greece and Bulgaria on Saturday exchanged historic religious artifacts and anthropological remains under an agreement that returns 48 sacred objects to Greece more than a century after they were removed during World War I.
By Martin Banks Europe has no shortage of projects and pilot initiatives showing how tourism can become more sustainable and climate-resilient.
By Martin Banks The European Greens has welcomed what they call the “new momentum” for Britain to rejoin the EU.
2333 BC: According to Korean tradition, the state of Gojoseon, in present-day Korea, is founded by Dangun Wanggeom during the reign of the legendary Chinese ruler Yao 52 BC: Vercingetorix, leader of the Gauls, surrenders to the Romans under Julius Caesar, ending the siege and Battle of Alesia 1283: Dafydd ap Gruffydd, Prince of Gwynedd, […]
By Martin Banks New direct flights from Brussels to Azerbaijan will help “turbo boost” awareness of the former Soviet republic.
It is a piece of wisdom that all French leaders take care to heed: young people on the street equals trouble. Since the student protests of May 1968 – memorably described by President De Gaulle as chienlit (bed defecation, in other words chaos) – every government has run scared of angry French youth. Why? Because […]
Cyprus is expected to serve as a launchpad for the British Royal Air Force as the UK prepares to provide assistance to Saudi Arabia in its ongoing conflict with Yemen’s Houthi movement, according to reports published on Tuesday.
Greece’s annual inflation rate is expected to rise to 5.1% in September from 3.7% in August, according to a flash estimate released by Eurostat on Friday, as inflation across the eurozone also accelerated sharply.
1187: Sultan of Egypt Saladin captures Jerusalem from the Crusaders 1492: King Henry VII of England invades France 1789: George Washington transmits the proposed constitutional amendments, known as the United States Bill of Rights, to the states for ratification 1928: “Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God,” known as Opus Dei, is […]
