1865: Congress passes, by vote of 121-24, the 13th Amendment of the US Constitution, abolishing slavery in the United States – except as punishment for a crime [1] [2] 1865: General Robert E. Lee named Commander-in-Chief of Confederate Armies during US Civil War 1943: German Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus surrenders to Soviet troops at Stalingrad […]
By Martin Banks Centre right MEPs say that Europe must protect itself against the security “risks posed by Chinese investment in European infrastructure.”
An orange warning for rain and locally heavy thunderstorms was issued on Monday by the Cyprus Department of Meteorology. The orange warning, in effect from 22:00 on Monday night (local time), January 29 until 22:00 on Wednesday night, January 31, warns for rain and locally heavy thunderstorms expected to affect mainly the northern half and […]
Key EU lawmakers have asked the European Commission to present a package to boost the climate-friendly transformation of Europe’s industrial sector while expressing concerns about social stability once climate measures start to bite.
1661: Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England is ritually executed after having been dead for two years 1815: Burned US Library of Congress re-established with Thomas Jefferson’s 6,500 volumes 1902: Britain and Japan sign a treaty after months of negotiating which commits each country to supporting an independent China and Korea, although […]
By Martin Banks European People’s Party leader Manfred Weber has given his group’s “full backing” to Ukraine.
King Charles has left hospital after treatment for an enlarged prostate.
The Cypriot Community Centre and Parikiaki Newspaper are organising a Free Book Bazàar on the occasion of the Greek Letters Day.
Greece is in talks with the US to co-produce US-designed Constellation-class frigates, Defense Minister Nikos Dendias said on Monday. “We are discussing with the US the joint design and co-production of the new generation of Constellation frigates,” Dendias said after a meeting with his Cypriot counterpart, Vasilis Palmas in Athens. He added that on January […]
Forthcoming cuts to psychiatric care at Sweden’s largest hospital could lead to more deaths, 29 doctors from the hospital have warned, in the latest example of the country’s deepening health crisis.
