Promote Ukraine: Demo Calls for Belgium to “Take a Leading Role” in Providing Air Defence Systems to Ukraine
By Martin Banks* Scores of people who took part in a demonstration in Brussels called for Ukraine’s air defence to be strengthened.
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May 14, 2024 Stern message sent to Skopje
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has warned newly sworn-in North Macedonia President Gordana Siljanovska that further violations of the name agreement signed between the two countries would threaten Skopje’s European Union membership ambitions.
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HISTORY
May 14, 2024 14 May 2024: This day in history
1787: Delegates gather in Philadelphia to draw up the Constitution of the United States 1796: English country doctor Edward Jenner administers his revolutionary cowpox-based vaccine for smallpox, in Berkeley, Gloucestershire 1804: Meriwether Lewis and William Clark’s expedition sets out from St. Louis for the Pacific Coast, commissioned by Thomas Jefferson 1853: Land surveyor, newspaper publisher […]
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WORLD
May 13, 2024 Ukraine “remains committed to defending itself” – NGO
By Martin Banks The “Promote Ukraine” NGO is calling on “all supporters of democracy and peace” to join two “pivotal” demonstrations in Brussels this May.
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EUROPE
May 13, 2024 The European elections of 2024
By Edward McMillan-Scott I was first elected in 1984 as a pro-EU Conservative for a Yorkshire UK constituency. Since then, I fought no less than six more Euro- elections, mostly as a member of the Christian Democrat/Conservative European Peoples Party group.
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WORLD
May 13, 2024 Atlantic Council: The United States should look to Turkey as a regional balancing actor against Iran
By Doga Unlu The United States is under pressure to leave the Middle East for good. US forces are increasingly attacked in Iraq and Syria as anti-US criticism grows. However, US troops are a long way from returning home, especially amid the tit-for-tat between Iran and Israel, the lack of a ceasefire in the war in Gaza, […]
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WORLD
May 13, 2024 Xi Jinping Back to a Very Different Europe
Chinese President Xi Jinping talks with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (not pictured) at the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing, China, April 26, 2024. Mark Schiefelbein/Pool via REUTERS
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HISTORY
May 13, 2024 13 May 2024: This day in history
1787 First Fleet headed by Arthur Phillip sets sails with 11 ships of convicts for Botany Bay, Australia [1] 1830 Republic of Ecuador is founded, with Juan Jose Flores as president 1940 Winston Churchill says “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat” in his first speech as Prime Minister to British […]
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WORLD
May 12, 2024 Taiwan films shortlisted for Seattle International Film Festival
The movies “A Journey in Spring” and “Is This Now the Time I Should Let You Go?” by Taiwan directors were respectively selected for the new directors and the shorts competitions at the 50th Seattle International Film Festival, according to the Ministry of Culture May 8. Jointly directed by Peng Tzu-hui and Wang Ping-wen, the […]
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CYPRUS
May 12, 2024 Education Minister travels to Brussels and London
The Minister of Education, Sports and Youth, Athena Michaelidou, will travel to Brussels on Sunday, while on Tuesday she will visit London, according to a press release issued by the Ministry of Education.
