EU court rules against Bulgarian biometric data collection
The EU’s top court ruled that the Bulgarian police may not collect DNA and fingerprints unnecessarily, in a judgement on Thursday.
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November 29, 2024 29 November 2024: This day in history
526: Possible date of the Antioch earthquake in the Byzantine Empire (present-day Syria) which killed 200,000 people 1745: Bonnie Prince Charlie’s Jacobite army moves into Manchester and occupies Carlisle Thomas Edison with his second phonograph, photographed in 1878Thomas Edison’s Phonograph 1877: US inventor Thomas Edison demonstrates his hand-cranked phonograph for the first time 1935: Physicist […]
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GREEKS ABROAD
November 28, 2024 New look EU commission set to start work
By Martin Banks Some MEPs have signalled their strong disapproval of the new team of EU commissioners to serve under Ursula von der Leyen.
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EUROPE
November 28, 2024 Flying the flag for Belgian artistic talent
By Martin Banks Belgium is often either sadly misrepresented or just ignored when it comes to international discourse.
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GREEKS ABROAD
November 28, 2024 Angelos Charisteas talks Euro 2004 glory and his upcoming Australian tour
By Panagiotis Dalatariof Twenty years ago, Greece and Hellenism worldwide experienced the ultimate miracle. Our country became football champions of Europe. Greece reached the pinnacle of European football.
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GREECE
November 28, 2024 Two Greek researchers to embark on Antarctic expedition
Two Greek scientists from the Technical University of Crete will participate in a research mission to Antarctica for the first time, state broadcaster ERT reports.
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EUROPE
November 28, 2024 Commission mulling 2025 white paper on electricity market reform
The European Commission’s energy department may issue a White Paper in 2025 which would lay the ground for further electricity market reforms, according to an internal document seen by Euractiv.
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HISTORY
November 28, 2024 28 November 2024: This day in history
1520: Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan begins crossing the Pacific Ocean 1814: The Times of London is first printed by automatic, steam-powered presses built by German inventors Friedrich Koenig and Andreas Friedrich Bauer, making newspapers available to a mass audience 1893: Women vote in a national election for the first time, in the New Zealand general […]
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GEOPOLITICS
November 27, 2024 Chinese parliament chief visits Athens
The President of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (parliament) of the People’s Republic of China, Zhao Leji, is making an official visit to Greece at the invitation of the President of the Hellenic Parliament, Konstantinos Tasoulas.
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WORLD
November 27, 2024 Russian AI-generated propaganda to pose more problems for Ukraine
The growing volume of AI-generated content from Russia is posing a significant challenge to Ukraine’s security.
