“As you set out for Ithaca, hope your road is a long one…” Because Ithaca was never merely a place. It has always been a destination of the soul. A symbol of return, endurance and search. The place where Odysseus sought not only his homeland, but the deeper meaning of his journey. And perhaps for […]
Top leaders of the main Palestinian political faction, Fatah, are electing its highest decision-making body, at its first major conference in a decade. The 90-year-old Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas – who rules by decree – was re-elected as head of Fatah on Wednesday. Leading figures are promising unity and a political refresh. But ordinary Palestinians […]
Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will be in Cyprus on Sunday, with the aim of upgrading bilateral relations with tangible outcomes, Government Spokesperson Konstantinos Letymbiotis, said on Friday.
The Eurovision Song Contest’s final takes place in Vienna on Saturday, with the organizers hoping the annual show of glitz and Europop will be a success despite five countries’ withdrawal over Israel taking part.
1689: Japanese poet Matsuo Bashō leaves Edo on his epic 150-day journey to Honshu Island in Japan, which he writes about in the literary masterpiece “Oku no Hosomichi” (The Narrow Road to the Deep North) 1862: Belgian-French engineer Étienne Lenoir builds the first automobile with an internal-combustion engine 1868: US Senate fails to impeach President […]
Questions have been asked about stadium security after Thursday’s (14 May) Belgian Croky Cup Final at King Baudouin Stadium.
Donald Trump has cautioned Taiwan against formally declaring independence from China. “I’m not looking to have somebody go independent,” the US president told Fox News on Friday, at the end of his two-day summit with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing. Trump earlier said he had “made no commitment either way” about the self-governing […]
The Ministry of Social Cohesion and Family Affairs organized an event in central Athens on Thursday to promote its new Early Childhood Intervention (ECI) program, which provides a family-centered support network for children aged 0 to 6 with disabilities or developmental delays.
1252: Pope Innocent IV issues the papal bull Ad Extirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the torture of heretics in the Medieval Inquisition 1618: German astronomer Johannes Kepler discovers the third of his three planetary laws, the “harmonic law” 1841: First emigrant wagon train to reach California leaves Independence, Missouri, on a 1,730-mile journey over […]
Higher ticket prices for air travellers in Europe are “inevitable” because of the high cost of jet fuel, according to the head of the International Air Transport Association. Although some airlines have cut their European fares recently because of a lack of demand, Willie Walsh said there was no way airlines could absorb the extra […]
