Three newly appointed Commissioners, Commissioner for the Citizen, Panayiotis Palates, Commissioner for the Development of Mountain Communities Charalambos Christofinas and Commissioner for the Environment, Antonia Theodosiou assumed on Wednesday their duties, following the government reshuffle announced last Monday.
Tensions broke out between police and university students protesting in main Syntagma square in Athens on Thursday.
EU lawmakers agreed on Thursday (11 January) on their position for the first EU-wide Disability Card that aims to guarantee a minimum standard of support for persons with disabilities across Europe.
1599: Jacob van Neck’s fleet leaves Bantam, Java in modern day Indonesia with 1 million pounds of pepper and cloves and a further half a ship full of nutmeg, mace and cinnamon 1838: First public demonstration of telegraph messages sent using dots and dashes at Speedwell Ironworks in Morristown, New Jersey by Samuel Morse and […]
Minister of Foreign Affairs Jaushieh Joseph Wu called on the global community to be aware of and prevent China’s attempts to intervene in democratic countries’ elections. Wu made the remarks Jan. 9 in Taipei City during a pre-election media briefing for international journalists before the upcoming presidential and legislative elections Jan. 13. The minister warned […]
The PDO status of halloumi, the protection of Akamas peninsula, waste management and animal welfare are among her immediate priorities, the new Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment, Maria Panayiotou, said during a handover ceremony, which took place on Wednesday at the Ministry, in Nicosia. In a Cabinet reshuffle, announced on Monday, President of […]
Developments in relations between Greece and Turkey, between Greece and the United States, and between the United States and Turkey show how interdependent they all are. Greece’s purchase of F-35 aircraft, the upgrading and purchase of F-16s by Turkey, the relaxing of tensions between the two neighbors, and Turkey’s ratification of Sweden’s NATO accession have […]
Some of Germany’s most influential business and green lobbying groups have joined forces to urge Berlin to quickly adopt a carbon management strategy in order to kickstart the country’s industrial transformation.
49 BC: Julius Caesar defies the Roman Senate and crosses the Rubicon, uttering “alea iacta est” (the die is cast), signaling the start of civil war and his appointment as Roman dictator for life 1430: Catholic Order of the Golden Fleece is founded in Bruges in celebration of the prosperous and wealthy domains of Philip […]
According to a curator at the Ashmolean museum in Oxford, England, former museum keeper and renowned archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans, lobbied authorities of Crete to allow him to export artefacts he found while excavating the Minoan Palace of Knossos back to Britain.
