By Martin Banks The Brewers of Europe’s General Assembly has elected as its new President, Christian Weber, CEO of the Karlsberg brewery and current President also of the German Brewers’ Association, the Deutscher Brauer-Bund.
1689: Japanese poet Matsuo Bashō leaves Edo on his epic 150-day journey to Honshu Island in Japan, which he writes about in the literary masterpiece “Oku no Hosomichi” (The Narrow Road to the Deep North) 1862: Belgian-French engineer Étienne Lenoir builds the first automobile with an internal-combustion engine 1868: US Senate fails to impeach President […]
By Konstantinos Anagnostakis, Analyst KEDISA In November 2024, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán extended an invitation to his Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu, to visit Hungary. On April 3rd, the meeting was held, with Netanyahu arriving in Budapest despite an active arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC). Shortly after the visit, Hungary announced its intention […]
The Belgian wine sector is joining forces to launch BelBul: the first official quality label for sparkling wines produced on Belgian soil.
The EU Court ruled against the Commission for failing to justify its refusal to release texts between von der Leyen and Pfizer’s CEO. Critics say the Commission’s actions undermine public trust and accountability, calling for greater transparency in decision-making.
1252: Pope Innocent IV issues the papal bull Ad Extirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the torture of heretics in the Medieval Inquisition 1618: German astronomer Johannes Kepler discovers the third of his three planetary laws, the “harmonic law” 1841: First emigrant wagon train to reach California leaves Independence, Missouri, on a 1,730-mile journey over […]
The protection of the European cultural identity in connection with the closeness of the EU to European citizens are key components for Europe that looks into the future, House Speaker Annita Demetriou said Monday, in her intervention at the conclusion of the work of the Conference of Speakers of the Parliaments of the Member States […]
Turkish police detained 97 students on Tuesday in Istanbul’s Bogazici University over a protest against an Islamic preacher’s conference on the campus, the city’s governor said.
A group of 21 students who started an almost 2,000 kilometre ultramarathon from Novi Sad in Serbia on Friday have arrived at their final destination – Brussels.
1787: Delegates gather in Philadelphia to draw up the Constitution of the United States 1796: English country doctor Edward Jenner administers his revolutionary cowpox-based vaccine for smallpox in Berkeley, Gloucestershire 1804: Meriwether Lewis and William Clark’s expedition sets out from St. Louis for the Pacific Coast, commissioned by Thomas Jefferson 1853: Land surveyor, newspaper publisher […]
