The next European Commission should include a dedicated defence portfolio, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Saturday (17 February) – and interest in the idea seems to be growing among European stakeholders.
1519: Hernán Cortés leaves Cuba for the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico with 11 ships and 500 men 1678: John Bunyan’s “Pilgrim’s Progress” is published in London, by Nathaniel Ponder 1885: Mark Twain publishes the “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” in the US 1917: First major strike of the Russian “February Revolution” starts at the giant Putilov factory […]
While the history of the alphabet of a particular language may not be of interest to many, it was quite significant to the Greeks. Lots of ancient Greek records contain stories about how they got their alphabet. It was the subject of myth and legend. What exactly did these legends claim about the origin of the alphabet, […]
This week Italgas officially presented the new identity of the group’s Greek companies, which are now called Enaon (parent company) and Enaon Eda (subsidiary company).
With its long-awaited defence industry programme, the European Commission looks to use the bloc’s budget to restructure its defence industrial base, showing determination to ramp up sustainable production across the continent and become more independent from other suppliers such as the US.
1568: Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian II agrees to pay tribute to the Ottoman Empire in exchange for peace 1865: Columbia in South Carolina burns down during the American Civil War 1876: Sardines first canned by Julius Wolff in Eastport, Maine 1972: British Parliament votes to join the European Common Market 2017: Discovery of a new […]
By Martin Banks Anyone interested in Asian culture may be aware that we’ve just celebrated the start of the Vietnamese New Year.
15 February 2024, AKEL C.C. Press Office, Nicosia At the “Kambouris sand” beach an environmental crime has been committed that bears all the characteristics of corruption and entanglement/interwoven interests. The previous government, but also the departments and authorities involved, all bear grave responsibilities for this crime. The revision of the relevant Special Ecological Assessment Report […]
Greek LGBT+ couples were preparing to tie the knot on Friday, one day after a historic parliamentary vote made same-sex civil marriage legal, the culmination of decades of campaigning for equal rights.
In her own country, the European Commission president’s green push has made her more popular with political opponents than her own conservative CDU. The tricky relationship reinforces pressure for her to campaign against her own record as she is expected to announce her second-term bid on Monday (19 February).
