Kasselakis announces new political movement after exiting SYRIZA
A day after announcing his departure from SYRIZA, former leader Stefanos Kasselakis unveiled the creation of a new political movement on Saturday.
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November 9, 2024 Romanian PM confident Schengen land border to apply by Easter
Romania will be granted access to the Schengen land border by the end of December, Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu announced on Thursday, confident that Romanians can cross the border without checks as early as March next year.
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HISTORY
November 9, 2024 9 November 2024: This day in history
1494: Piero the Unfortunate of the de’ Medici family, ruler of Florence, loses power and flees the state 1799: Napoleon Bonaparte pulls off a coup and becomes the dictator of France under the title of First Consul 1980: Iraqi President Saddam Hussein declares a holy war against Iran 1989: East Berlin opens its borders at […]
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EUROPE
November 8, 2024 By Giles Merrit, founder of Friends of Europe
By Martin Banks When historians look back on pivotal moments that reshaped Europe, they may well choose 2015-16. Not Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, nor the way Covid laid bare our economic weaknesses, but when immigration started to tear Europe apart.
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CYPRUS
November 8, 2024 Cyprus and Greek Ministries of Rural Development decide to update cooperation
A Memorandum of Cooperation between the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment of Cyprus and the Ministry of Rural Development and Food of Greece was agreed to be updated on Friday by the two relevant Ministers, Maria Panayiotou and Costas Tsiaras, who in a meeting held today discussed, among other things, the challenges the […]
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GREEKS ABROAD
November 8, 2024 Madeleine Zoumpoulis recognised among Canterbury Bankstown’s inspirational youth
Madeleine Zoumpoulis has been recognised with the City of Canterbury Bankstown Youth Award for her achievements in sport.
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GEOPOLITICS
November 8, 2024 PM: Normality in Greek-Turkish ties the goal
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis declared that “normality must be the goal in relations between neighbors” when asked by reporters on Friday about Greek-Turkish relations and his meeting with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in Budapest a day earlier.
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EUROPE
November 8, 2024 German Vice-Chancellor Habeck announces uphill bid for chancellery
Robert Habeck, Germany’s vice-chancellor and economy minister, officially announced his bid to challenge Olaf Scholz for the chancellorship in upcoming snap elections on Friday (8 November), despite his Green Party polling at dismal levels.
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HISTORY
November 8, 2024 8 November 2024: This day in history
392: Roman Emperor Theodosius declares Christianity the state religion 1519: First meeting of Aztec Emperor Moctezuma II and Spanish Conquistador Hernán Cortés in Tenochtitlan, Mexico 1701: William Penn presents the Charter of Privileges, guaranteeing religious freedom for the colony of Pennsylvania 1734: Vincent La Chapelle, master cook to various nobility and royalty, forms a Freemasons […]
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WORLD
November 7, 2024 Vice Premier Cheng presides over delivery and naming of patrol ships
Vice Premier Cheng Li-chun presided over ceremonies receiving the Coast Guard Administration’s new vessel Lienchiang and naming the patrol ship Hualien Nov. 6 in northern Taiwan’s Keelung City. Speaking at the ceremonies, Cheng said the positive developments represent another giant step forward in the government’s domestic shipbuilding project, which aims to build 141 patrol ships […]
