EU telecoms standards institute elects new general director for next five years
The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) elected Jan Ellsberger as its new director general in its election general assembly on Tuesday (16 April).
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HISTORY 
April 16, 2024 16 April 2024: This day in history
1457 BC: Battle of Megiddo: Egyptian forces of Thutmose III defeat a large Canaanite coalition under King of Kadesh. First battle recorded with a reliable account. 1705: Queen Anne of England knights scientist Isaac Newton at Trinity College, Cambridge 1746: Jacobite Rising 1745: Battle of Culloden, the last battle on British soil: Royalist troops under […]
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UK NEWS
April 16, 2024 Top award for blind football fan
By Martin Banks A blind football fan has been voted “supporter of the season” in a top awards ceremony in the UK.
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WORLD
April 15, 2024 MOFA thanks Lithuania, Thailand for post-quake donations
The donations of 50,000 euros (US$53,000) and NT$1 million (US$30,966) by Lithuania and Thailand, respectively, for reconstruction in eastern Taiwan following a magnitude 7.2 earthquake earlier this month are deeply appreciated by the government and people, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said April 13. According to the MOFA, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis and Seimas Speaker […]
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CYPRUS
April 15, 2024 The Cyprus Government’s decision to suspend the examination of asylum applications
Statement by AKEL C.C. member Marina Savva On the Government’s decision to suspend the examination of asylum applications 15 April 2024, AKEL C.C. Press Office, Nicosia The Government Spokesperson today tried to explain the announcement by the President of the Republic to suspend the examination of asylum applications of people originating from Syria. Mr. Letymbiotis […]
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POLITICS
April 15, 2024 Fredi Beleri named ruling ND candidate in European elections
The ruling Conservatives has announced Fredi Beleri, an ethnic Greek mayor-elect in Albania recently sentenced to two years in prison for vote-buying, as a candidate for the upcoming European elections.
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EUROPE
April 15, 2024 German transport minister stirs climate debate with threat of driving bans
A debate on abandoning sector-specific climate targets is heating up in Germany after Transport Minister Volker Wissing from the liberal FDP party warned that he might have to impose car bans on weekends unless the country’s climate law is reformed.
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HISTORY
April 15, 2024 15 April 2024: This day in history
1755: Samuel Johnson’s “A Dictionary of the English Language” is published in London 1861: Federal army of 75,000 volunteers is mobilized by President Abraham Lincoln at the start of the American Civil War 1874: First ‘Impressionist’ exhibition opens in Paris, features Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Pierre Auguste Renoir, Camille Pissarro and Berthe Morisot 1877: World’s […]
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WORLD
April 14, 2024 MOFA thanks South Korea for US$500,000 post-quake recovery donation
A donation of US$500,000 from South Korea for reconstruction in eastern Taiwan following a magnitude 7.2 earthquake earlier this month is deeply appreciated by the government and people, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs April 11. The MOFA expressed gratitude to the South Korean government and Lee Eun-ho, Korean Mission in Taipei representative, for […]
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CYPRUS
April 14, 2024 Cyprus travel warning for UK tourists after 70,000 take bold step
UK expats moving to Cyprus have been warned over making a big mistake. An expat in Cyprus has moved to warn Brits who are looking to head abroad over why people “regret” moving there, saying “it’s very slow and energy draining”.
