The launch event for the Greek Left Alliance, ELAS, in Athens on Tuesday night elicited surprise around the party’s name more than its policy agenda, as party leader Alexis Tsipras prepares tours to outline future governing plans.
585 BC: Solar eclipse, as predicted by Greek philosopher Thales, occurs while Lydians are at war with the Medes and leads to a truce. It is one of the cardinal dates from which other dates are calculated. 1431: Joan of Arc is accused of relapsing into heresy by donning male clothing again, providing justification for […]
Dozens of people have been killed in an intensive wave of Israeli strikes across southern and eastern Lebanon, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to step up military action against Hezbollah. At least 31 people were killed in the latest attacks, including several children, Lebanon’s health ministry said. The Israeli military said it hit […]
Cyprus will launch its new public early warning system, CY-Alert, on June 2, Interior Minister Konstantinos Ioannou said on Tuesday, noting that the system strengthens the state’s emergency preparedness and upgrades civil protection.
Former prime minister Alexis Tsipras formally launched a new political party, the Greek Left Alliance, or ELAS, on Tuesday, presenting it as a vehicle for a “new Greece,” while sharply attacking both the conservative government and the country’s traditional center-left establishment.
1679: Habeas Corpus Act passes in England, strengthening a person’s right to challenge unlawful arrest and imprisonment 1703: Saint Petersburg (Leningrad) is founded by Russian Tsar Peter the Great 1873: Heinrich Schliemann discovers “Priam’s Treasure” a cache of gold and other objects in Hisarlik (Troy) in Anatolia 1905: Japanese fleet destroys the Russian East Sea […]
By Martin Banks Six EU funded films have received awards at the 79th edition of the Cannes film festival which closed on Saturday 23 May.
Iran says the US has committed a “gross violation” of the ceasefire with new air strikes it launched on the country. The US Central Command (Centcom) said Iranian missile sites and boats attempting to place mines had been targeted with what it called “self-defence strikes” in southern Iran on Monday. Iran’s foreign ministry said it […]
Additional levies, which can reach up to three times the current levels, would be imposed on property owners by the Local Government Code, put up for consultation until June 4, in an Interior Ministry bill.
1896: Dow Jones Industrial Average begins with an average of 12 industrial stocks, the daily closing value is 40.9 1908: At Masjed Soleyman (مسجد سليمان) in southwest Persia, the first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East is made, rights acquired by the United Kingdom 1927: Henry Ford and the Ford Motor Company produce […]
