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HISTORY 
May 21, 2025 21 May 2025: This day in history
1792: Mount Unzen on Japan’s Shimabara Peninsula erupts, creating a tsunami and killing about 15,000 people in the country’s deadliest volcanic eruption 1832: First US Democratic National Convention is held in Baltimore 1871: French Army attacks Paris, starting the Semaine Sanglante (Bloody Week), a weeklong battle that kills 10,000-15,000 and ends the Paris Commune 1927: […]
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UK NEWS
May 20, 2025 Former Minister welcomes possible revival of youth mobility between the UK and EU
By Martin Banks UK PM Sir Keir Starmer, speaking ahead of a summit in London between the two sides on Monday, gave a strong signal that a youth mobility scheme could form part of a new deal with the EU.
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GREECE
May 20, 2025 Experts calm but alert over Evia quakes
A series of moderate earthquakes ranging from magnitude 4.1 to 4.5 struck northern Evia from late Saturday through early Monday, prompting authorities to declare the municipality of Limni-Mantoudi-Agia Anna in a state of emergency.
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CULTURE
May 20, 2025 Austria’s JJ wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2025
Austria’s JJ has won the 69th Eurovision Song Contest in Basel with the song Wasted Love, securing Austria’s first Eurovision Song Contest win since 2014.
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HISTORY
May 20, 2025 20 May 2025: This day in history
1498: Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama arrives in Calicut, India, becoming the first European to reach India by sea 1609: William Shakespeare’s Sonnets are first published in London, perhaps illicitly, by publisher Thomas Thorpe 1862: US President Abraham Lincoln signs into law the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for the settlement of the American […]
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EUROPE
May 19, 2025 Belgian SME commended on its 30th anniversary
By Martin Banks The Mayor of Waterloo in Belgium has praised a local SME for helping to boost the local economy.
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CYPRUS
May 19, 2025 Cyprus President sends strong message about prostate cancer prevention at Blue Route walk
Prevention is the most important factor in fighting cancer, was the main message sent on Sunday by the President of the Republic of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulides, who emphasised that prostate cancer has a 90% cure rate.
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ECONOMY
May 19, 2025 US has its eye on Greek ports
When then-President-elect Donald Trump nominated Kimberly Guilfoyle as the new US ambassador to Greece in December 2024, his action was described, rather flippantly, as a sop for her recent breakup with Donald Trump Jr.
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HISTORY
May 19, 2025 19 May 2025: This day in history
1536: Anne Boleyn, second wife of English King Henry VIII, is beheaded at the Tower of London on charges of adultery, incest and treason 1643: Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Connecticut, and New Haven form the United Colonies of New England 1649: England is declared a Commonwealth by an act of the Rump Parliament, making England a […]
