1367: An alliance of King Peter of Castile, Edward the Black Prince and John of Gaunt of England, Aquitaine, Majorca and Navarra defeats Count Henry of Castile in the Battle of Navarrete, fought near Nájera in La Rioja, Castile 1645: English Long Parliament passes the Self-Denying Ordinance, limiting regional armies, significant step toward New Model […]
By Martin Banks The Schengen rules will apply in both Member States including on issuing Schengen visas and controls at the internal air and sea borders will be lifted.
A meeting between UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, and Turkish Cypriot leader, Ersin Tatar, scheduled for April 5, is deemed to be important, the President of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulides, said on Monday. Noting his recent meeting with the UN Secretary-General in Brussels, where the chief of the international organization conveyed certain proposals, which the President accepted, Christodoulides expressed […]
Shortly before Monday’s visit by Migration and Asylum Minister Dimitris Kairidis to Gavdos, south of Crete, 74 people were found on a boat that was at risk 10 nautical miles southeast of the island and rescued by the coast guard. They were transferred to the port town of Palaiochora, Hania on Crete (photo).
The Greek Ministry of Health has reacted to reports of possible irregularities in an HPV screening project by saying it was merely following the advice of scientists and the example of other European Union countries while avoiding answering other vital questions.
1513: Explorer Juan Ponce de León claims Florida for Spain as the first known European to reach Florida 1792: The Coinage Act is passed establishing the United States Mint and authorizing the $10 Eagle, $5 half-Eagle & 2.50 quarter-Eagle gold coins & silver dollar, ½ dollar, quarter, dime & half-dime 1801: Napoleonic Wars: The British […]
Greek communities from across Australia gathered alongside politicians at the Australian Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday, March 27 as its halls turned blue and white to mark Greek Independence Day. The inaugural cocktail party event was hosted by the Parliamentary Friends of Greek Australians and Greece in the Great Hall and was attended by […]
A meeting between UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, and Turkish Cypriot leader, Ersin Tatar, scheduled for April 5, is deemed to be important, the President of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulides, said on Monday. Noting his recent meeting with the UN Secretary-General in Brussels, where the chief of the international organization conveyed certain proposals, which the President accepted, Christodoulides expressed […]
Officials on the Greek island of Rhodes opened a new vacation visa terminal for Turkish visitors Monday as part of a diplomatic effort to ease long-standing tensions between the two countries.
The latest poll conducted by Ipsos shows a new balance of power between the centre-right parties in Italy’s coalition government as centre-right Forza Italia (EPP) has managed to overtake far-right Lega (ID) in the third position.
