Greek participation at UNWTO meeting
Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni arrived in Barcelona on Monday, heading a Greek delegation that will take part in the 121st UN Tourism (UNWTO) Executive Council in the Spanish city on Monday and Tuesday.
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June 11, 2024 Polish ‘bad boys’ to join new EU house
Between an oil tycoon embroiled in a visa-selling scandal, an anti-Semitic firefighter and former ministers convicted of abuse of power, the conservative PiS (ECR) party, which came a close second to Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s Civic Coalition, is set to bring some controversial faces to the new EU Parliament.
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HISTORY
June 11, 2024 11 June 2024: This day in history
1184 BC Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned, according to calculations by Eratosthenes 631 Emperor Taizong of Tang of China, sends envoys to the Xueyantuo bearing gold and silk for the release of Chinese prisoners captured during transition from Sui to Tang from northern frontier; succeeds in freeing 80,000 1776 Continental Congress creates committee […]
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GREEKS ABROAD
June 10, 2024 EUROPEAN ELECTIONS 2024 Former EU commissioner and senior MEP calls for “quick decision” on EC presidency
By Martin Banks One of the EU parliament’s most senior MEPs says “Europe will survive” despite the rise of nationalist and Far Right parties in the European elections.
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EUROPE
June 10, 2024 EU announces €150 million in humanitarian aid for Afghanistan crisis
By Martin Banks The EU has agreed to pump in an extra €150 million in humanitarian aid for the crisis in Afghanistan.
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CYPRUS
June 10, 2024 Cypriots elect their new local administration
Cypriots elect their new local administration Cypriots voted for local administration in elections that were pending for over two years due to the comprehensive reform in the structure of the local administration.
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ENVIRONMENT
June 10, 2024 Experts warn of collapse of sea ecosystems
Marine experts are sounding the alarm over the gradual collapse of fundamental ecosystems in Greece’s seas.
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HISTORY
June 10, 2024 10 June 2024: This day in history
1190: Third Crusade: Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa drowns while crossing the Saleph River (modern Turkey) leading an army to Jerusalem 1786: A landslide dam on the Dadu River caused by earthquake ten days earlier collapses, killing 100,000 in the Sichuan province of China 1898: US Marines land in Cuba during the Spanish–American War […]
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OPINION
June 9, 2024 Danes in UK among EU citizens prevented from voting in EU elections
by Else Kvist, Freelance journalist and communications advisor As millions of EU citizens living in the UK vote in the European Parliament elections, it is not just Britons who will no longer be able to vote in these elections after Brexit. As a Danish citizen living in the UK, along with the vast majority of […]
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WORLD
June 9, 2024 Body of TV doctor Michael Mosley found
The body of British TV doctor Michael Mosley, missing for four days, was discovered on the Greek island of Symi, near a cave complex close to Agia Marina. The body showed no signs of injury and was found approximately 10 meters from the sea, according to Symi’s mayor, Lefteris Papakalodoukas. The body appeared to have […]
