The 5th Bicommunal Photography Competition Exhibition on the theme “Faces of Cyprus”, organised by AKEL and the Left Group in the European Parliament, took place on Friday evening at Chateau Status in the Chateau Status hall in UN-administered buffer zone. The Exhibition is yet another initiative AKEL and the mass organisations of the Left have […]
The Economist ranked Greece at the top of the list for the second time in a row of 35 countries with the best economic performance for 2023 on Monday.
EU leaders are expected to convene for an emergency summit on 1 February to have another go at agreeing on the bloc’s budget and financial aid to Ukraine, European Council President Charles Michel announced on Monday (18 December). The announcement comes after a regular EU summit last week failed to produce a decision on the […]
218 BC: Second Punic War: Battle of the Trebia – Hannibal’s Carthaginian army heavily defeat Roman forces on Italian soil 1271: Mongol Emperor Kublai Khan renames his empire “Yuan” (元 yuán), marking the start of the Yuan Dynasty of China 1603: First fleet of the Dutch East India Company under Admiral Steven van der Haghen […]
A Greek Evzone was featured on the cover of the American magazine Life, honoring the heroic battles of Greek soldiers against the invading Italians in 1940.
AK 14 December 2023, AKEL C.C. Press Office, Nicosia On 30 November, AKEL, in a letter from the party’s General Secretary, Stefanos Stefanou, to the President of the Republic, called for the convening of the National Council. It reiterated its request in a statement dated 7 December. The convening of the National Council is imperative […]
On Sunday morning, Seli, a northern village in the Veria municipality, hit a bone-chilling minus 4.8 degrees Celsius, according to the National Observatory of Athens on meteo.gr.
Bulgaria has met the conditions to join Europe’s passport-free Schengen area by strengthening its borders and efforts to combat illegal migration, the Netherlands said Friday (15 December), as Sofia took one step closer to joining.
1398: Tamerlane captures and sacks Delhi, defeating Sultan Nasir-u Din Mehmud’s armies by setting camels loaded with hay alight and charging them at the Sultan’s armored elephants 1531: Pope Clement VII publishes papal bull “Cum ad nihil magis”, introduces the Inquisition into Portugal at Evora, Coimbra and Lisbon 1788: Russian army of Grigory Potemkin assaults […]
One of the most important celebrations in the Christian calendar is the annual commemoration of the birth of Christ. Each country has its own unique traditions and each region of Greece has a different history along with different myths and beliefs.
