The challenges facing waste collection
By Martin Banks EU auditors say that many EU countries struggle to meet the targets for reusing and recycling municipal waste.
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November 27, 2025 EU renews call for ‘safe, full, and unhindered access for humanitarian organizations’ in Sudan
By Martin Banks MEPs have held an urgent debate with the EU Commission on the escalation of the war and the humanitarian catastrophe in Sudan.
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HISTORY
November 27, 2025 27 November 2025: This day in history
1095: Pope Urban II preaches to the West to wrest control of the Holy Land from the Seljuk Turks at the Council of Clermont, triggering the First Crusade 1295: English King Edward I calls what later becomes known as “The Model Parliament,” extending the authority of its representatives 1493: Christopher Columbus returns to La Navidad […]
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EUROPE
November 26, 2025 New EU humanitarian aid announced for Africa, including Sudan
By Martin Banks The European Commission has announced that it will provide €35m in humanitarian aid to war-torn Sudan.
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TOURISM
November 26, 2025 Foreign tourists to pay extra fee to visit US national parks
Foreign tourists visiting popular US national parks like the Grand Canyon and Yosemite will need to pay an extra fee, the Trump administration said on Tuesday. The Department of the Interior, which runs the country’s national parks, said each international visitor will need to pay $100 (£76) on top of existing fees to access 11 […]
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ECONOMY
November 26, 2025 Greeks’ targets for this Black Friday
A new survey by Klarna, on a sample of 1,000 consumers aged 18-77, reveals a significantly heightened shopping appetite among Greek consumers for 2025’s Black Friday.
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HISTORY
November 26, 2025 26 November 2025: This day in history
43 BC: Second Triumvirate alliance of Roman leaders formed by Octavian (later Caesar Augustus), Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, and Mark Antony 1778: British explorer Captain James Cook is the first European to visit Maui in the Sandwich Islands (now Hawaii) 1789: First national Thanksgiving in the US 1791: First US cabinet meeting, held at George Washington’s […]
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EUROPE
November 25, 2025 EU says “solid basis” is in sight for finding peace in Ukraine
By Martin Banks EU leaders say they have made “good progress” to find “a just and lasting peace” in Ukraine.
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CYPRUS
November 25, 2025 Cyprus-Greece highlight importance of implementing EU Migration & Asylum Pact
Cyprus and Greece stressed the importance of fully implementing the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum and the new Returns Regulation, during a visit to Nicosia on Monday by Greece’s Minister of Migration and Asylum, Athanasios Plevris, following an invitation by Cyprus’ Deputy Minister of Migration and International Protection, Nicholas Ioannides. After a tour along […]
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POLITICS
November 25, 2025 Tsipras’ ‘Ithaca’: The ministers, the referendum and the left
Political memoirs generate passions and Alexis Tsipras knew this well when he wrote “Ithaki” (“Ithaca”). With Monday’s book release, the former prime minister distanced himself from several of his former ministers and SYRIZA cadres who, throughout the tumultuous 2015 negotiations with Greece’s international creditors and EU leaders, were constantly pushing him for a more confrontational […]
