Germany calls for more subsidies, less red tape in EU Clean Industrial Deal
Germany’s stance on the EU’s upcoming Clean Industrial Deal calls for looser state aid rules and deregulation, according to a document seen by Euractiv.
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HISTORY 
February 14, 2025 14 February 2025: This day in history
1014: Pope Benedict VIII crowns Henry II Holy Roman Emperor 1076: Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV for the first time 1797: Battle of Cape St. Vincent: British fleet under Admiral Sir John Jervis defeats larger Spanish fleet under Admiral Don José de Córdoba y Ramos near Cape St. Vincent, Portugal. Captain […]
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EUROPE
February 13, 2025 MEPs give guarded welcome to EU commission work agenda
By Martin Banks The European Commission has presented its Work Programme for 2025 to MEPs meeting in Strasbourg.
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CYPRUS
February 13, 2025 A Cyprus settlement is a priority for Athens, Greek FM tells senior UN official
The resolution of the Cyprus problem is a priority of Greek foreign policy and Athens insists on a solution based on a bi-zonal bicommunal federation, in the framework of the relevant UN Security Council Resolutions, Greek Foreign Minister reiterated on Wednesday during a meeting in Athens with UN Assistant Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, Rosemary […]
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GREEKS ABROAD
February 13, 2025 Oakleigh Grammar Alumni Arthur Demetriou celebrates landmark achievement
Oakleigh Grammar Alumnus Arthur Demetriou, who graduated the school in 2023, recently celebrated the astonishing feat of becoming the first person with cerebral palsy to be accepted into Medicine at the University of Newcastle in New South Wales.
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GREEKS ABROAD
February 13, 2025 President-elect Tasoulas pledges harmony and unity
House Speaker Nikitas Kaklamanis (2nd from left), announces the results of the fourth vote for the election of president of the republic, to Konstantinos Tasoulas (l). In his first statement after his election as Greece’s ninth president since 1974 on Wednesday, former house speaker Tasoulas said he will work toward the ‘harmonious functioning of institutions […]
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EUROPE
February 13, 2025 Borissov confirms the sale of two Bulgarian nuclear reactors to Ukraine
Boyko Borissov, leader of GERB, the largest party in Bulgaria’s ruling coalition, confirmed on Wednesday that the country will sell two Russian-made nuclear reactors to Ukraine.
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HISTORY
February 13, 2025 13 February 2025: This day in history
1258: Baghdad, then a city of 1 million, falls to the Mongols as the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed, tens of thousands slaughtered, ending the Islamic Golden Age 1601: Fleet of five British East India Company vessels departs on their 1st voyage from London, led by Sir James John Lancaster commanding the “Red Dragon”; journey takes […]
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EUROPE
February 12, 2025 Greens announce new leadership
By Martin Banks Vula Tsetsi and Ciarán Cuffe have been elected as co-chairs of the European Green Party (EGP), receiving near unanimous support from the Green parties across Europe.
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WORLD
February 12, 2025 “Russia has crossed all red lines” – MEPs told
By Martin Banks The Chair of the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada, Ruslan Stefanchuk, has addressed a formal sitting of the European Parliament in Strasbourg.
