Alaska summit ‘a wake-up call’
By Martin Banks Denis MacShane, the former Europe Minister in the UK, says the Alaska summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin should be a “wake-up call”.
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August 18, 2025 Whirlwind day of White House talks could reshape Ukraine’s future
It is quite possible that Monday’s meeting in the White House could prove even more crucial to the future of Ukraine – and for all of Europe’s security – than last Friday’s US-Russia summit in Alaska. On the surface, that Putin-Trump reunion seemed to live down to every expectation. There were no ceasefire, no sanctions, […]
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POLITICS
August 18, 2025 PM pressed for change of electoral law
Discussions about changing Greece’s electoral law persist behind the scenes, even as Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has repeatedly denied any intention to do so, according to government sources and lawmakers.
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HISTORY
August 18, 2025 18 August 2025: This day in history
1737: First public admission to the Salon de Paris art exhibition at the Louvre in Paris 1838: United States Exploring Expedition headed by Charles Wilkes departs for the Pacific Ocean and Antarctica 1919: Anti-Cigarette League of America forms in Chicago, Illinois 1920: State Representative Harry T. Burn (24) casts the deciding vote in Tennessee’s and […]
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WORLD
August 17, 2025 Starmer to call European allies ahead of Zelensky White House visit
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer will join a video call with European allies on Sunday ahead of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to the White House next week. French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will join Sir Keir in hosting the “coalition of the willing”, after Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin failed […]
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CYPRUS
August 17, 2025 Silent protest takes place in Nicosia for journalists killed in Gaza
A silent protest took place in Nicosia on Thursday for the journalists that were killed during Israeli strikes in Gaza recently.
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ECONOMY
August 17, 2025 A mad dash for EU funds
The government is in a mad dash to ensure that all funds made available by the European Union’s Recovery and Resilience Fund are, in fact, absorbed.
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HISTORY
August 17, 2025 17 August 2025: This day in history
1590: Governor of Roanoke Island colony John White returns from England to find no trace of the colonists he left there three years earlier [or August 18, 1591] 1903: Joseph Pulitzer donates $1 million to Columbia University and begins the Pulitzer Prizes in the United States 1945: Korea is divided into North and South Korea […]
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GREEKS ABROAD
August 16, 2025 Australia and Greece mark Dormition of the Theotokos with worship and celebration
The Dormition of the Theotokos, one of the most significant feasts in the Orthodox calendar, was marked on Friday, August 15, by Orthodox Christians across Australia and Greece.
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WORLD
August 16, 2025 Trump warns of ‘very severe consequences’ for Russia if Putin does not stop war in Ukraine
Ukraine’s president and European leaders held virtual talks with US President Donald Trump on Wednesday, just days before his much-anticipated meeting with Vladimir Putin in Alaska.
