• EUROPE
    Macron open to new EU-Mercosur deal

    During a three-day official visit to Brazil, French President Emmanuel Macron floated the idea of a new EU-Mercosur deal that could go beyond just trade, while critics and supporters await the finer details.

  • HISTORY
    29 March 2024: This day in history

    845: Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collects a huge ransom in exchange for leaving 1549: The city of Salvador da Bahia, the first capital of Brazil, is founded 1901: Edmund Barton is elected Prime Minister in Australia’s first parliamentary election 1912: Captain Robert Falcon Scott, storm-bound in a tent […]

  • CULTURE
    Konstantinos Beta Concert

    By Vassilios Nicolaos Vitsilogiannis Konstantinos Beta managed to bring a mystical in-the-dark concert at the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation on Tuesday, March 26th. This concert supported the Social Cooperative Enterprise (AMKE) ‘With Different Eyes,’ an organization aiming to eliminate the underrepresentation of people with disabilities in public discourse. The ‘Spoudaia Events’ (English Translation: Great Events) aspire […]

  • HISTORY
    The Female Gladiators of Ancient Rome

    In Ancient Rome, female fighters were known as “Gladiatrix” and were basically the equivalent of Roman male gladiators. However, instead of fighting other men, they fought other Gladiatrix or even wild animals. These battles took place during special events in arenas and festivals.

  • CYPRUS
    ‘Ankara is the Decisive Centre in the Cyprus Issue’

    Interview with Stefanos Stefanou, General Secretary of AKEL: ‘Ankara is the Decisive Centre in the Cyprus Issue’ AKEL General Secretary Stefanos Stefanou emphasized that there is no doubt that Ankara is the decisive centre for the solution of the Cyprus problem, stating, “Turkey, which unlawfully holds a significant part of the territory of the Republic […]

  • HISTORY
    28 March 2024: This day in history

    364: Roman Emperor Valentinian I appoints his brother Flavius Valens co-emperor 1854: Great Britain and France declare war on Russia, expanding the Crimean War 1910: First seaplane takes off from water under its own power, piloted by Henri Fabre from the Étang de Berre lagoon at Martigues, France 1939: Spanish Civil War ends, Madrid falls […]