Greek diaspora requests postal vote for national elections
Greek diaspora representatives have requested the expansion of postal voting rights for national elections, while speaking in a parliamentary committee.
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HISTORY 
January 17, 2024 17 January 2024: This day in history
1773: Captain James Cook becomes the first to cross Antarctic Circle (66° 33′ S) 1873: Modoc warriors defeats the United States Army in the First Battle of the Stronghold, a part of the Modoc War 1912: Captain Robert Scott’s expedition arrives at the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen 1920: First day of prohibition […]
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AUTO MOTO
January 17, 2024 Record year for top European car museum
By Martin Banks One of Belgium’s top visitor attractions is celebrating good news to welcome in a new year.
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POLITICS
January 17, 2024 Iratxe García: “We expect the Belgian Presidency to deliver, including on the Green Deal”
By Martin Banks The leader of the Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament, Iratxe García Pérez, has welcomed the new Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU.
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EUROPE
January 17, 2024 European Council on Foreign Relations reveal Europe’s 5 greatest fears
By Martin Banks There are five defined ‘crisis tribes’ across Europe’s voting population, and concerns about climate change and immigration will be key mobilising issues for citizens in the run-up to the European Parliament elections and other major ballots in Europe in 2024, according to a new polling-backed study published today by the European Council […]
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GREECE
January 16, 2024 New chiefs appointed to police and fire service
The Government Council for National Security (KYSEA) on Tuesday decided to appoint new police and fire chiefs, in a bid to address mounting public concerns about law and order.
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EUROPE
January 16, 2024 European Parliament heads for tight vote on plant gene editing
With the European Parliament’s Environment Committee (ENVI) set to vote on new genomic techniques (NGTs) on 24 January, the dossier is becoming increasingly divisive, with the right-wing groups aligning to push it through – and the left remaining split.
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HISTORY
January 16, 2024 16 January 2024: This day in history
27 BC: The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate 1412: The Medici family is appointed official banker of the Papacy 1547: Ivan the Terrible, aged 17, crowns himself the 1st tsar of Moscow 1605: The first edition of “El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha” (Book One […]
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UK NEWS
January 16, 2024 A cross-party campaign pushing for electoral reform in the UK has taken a key step forward.
By Martin Banks The move has been greeted by those who are campaigning in Britain for the creation of overseas parliamentary constituencies.
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CYPRUS
January 15, 2024 Beer deliveries in Cyprus in 2023 rise by 1.5%, driven be exports
Total beer sales in Cyprus rise by 1.5% in 2023, driven mainly by exports which in 2023 rose by almost 9%.
