Green and Digital Transitions Demand EU Focus on Skills and Lifelong Learning
By Martin Banks Skills, education and lifelong learning will be vital in navigating the EU’s green and digital transitions.
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GREEKS ABROAD
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August 7, 2025 Oakleigh Grammar becomes Round Square Global member school
Oakleigh Grammar has announced its official recognition as a Global Member of the Round Square organisation – a worldwide network of innovative schools that share a passion for experiential learning and character education.
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GEOPOLITICS
August 7, 2025 Athens upset by West Bank seizure reports
Greek authorities have expressed deep concern over reports of expanded land encroachments by Israeli settlers on property belonging to the Greek Orthodox Church in the West Bank, particularly around the historic Monastery of Saint Gerasimos of the Jordan near Jericho.
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HISTORY
August 7, 2025 7 August 2025: This day in history
1461: Ming Dynasty Chinese military general Cao Qin stages a coup against the Tianshun Emperor 1714: Battle of Gangut: Russian Navy wins its first major victory during the Great Northern War against Sweden 1782: Commander of the Continental Army, George Washington, creates two Honorary Badges of Distinction and a Badge of Military Merit (now the […]
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EUROPE
August 6, 2025 New move to tackle child abuse at EU level
The EU has taken a fresh step in the ongoing fight against child abuse at Europe level.
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CYPRUS
August 6, 2025 Unresolved property issues haunt stalled Cyprus peace process
Decades-old property disputes stemming from Cyprus’s unresolved division are stirring tensions on the island, threatening to derail fragile progress in United Nations-led reconciliation attempts.
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ECONOMY
August 6, 2025 US investors interested in Bulgaria gas storage site
Two American financiers, with support from a former campaign manager of US President Donald Trump, have approached Bulgarian authorities to discuss a possible investment in a state-owned underground storage filled mostly with Russian natural gas, according to five people familiar with the matter.
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HISTORY
August 6, 2025 6 August 2025: This day in history
1661: Treaty of The Hague is signed, whereby the Dutch Republic sells New Holland (Brazil) to Portugal for 63 tons of gold 1890: Murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person executed by electric chair at Auburn Prison in New York 1945: Atomic bomb is dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima by the US B-29 […]
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WORLD
August 5, 2025 Urgent reconstruction planning needed for Ukraine – report
By Martin Banks A worrying new study says that many Ukrainians, including Roma, have chosen to stay in their often damaged homes as a way of
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CULTURE
August 5, 2025 August moon at the Acropolis Museum
The Acropolis Museum will celebrate this year’s August Full Moon on Saturday 9 August 2025 with extended continuous opening hours from 9 a.m. until 12 midnight (last admission to the ticket counters and to the Museum Shops will be at 11:30 p.m). For visitor entrance to the Museum exhibition galleries the general admission fee will […]
