The International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) will manage projects in Tunisia under the EU-Tunisia Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), ICMPD told Euractiv in Vienna.
1138: Earthquake in Aleppo, Syria, kills an estimated 230,000 1634: Burchardi flood – “the second Grote Mandrenke” kills about 15,000 in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany 1737: Earthquake reported to have killed 300,000 and destroyed half of Calcutta in India. Now thought to have been an exaggerated account of a hurricane which claimed 3,000 of […]
NASA is on a mission to explore a Greek-named asteroid called 16 Psyche that contains a double-edged sword. Made completely of metal, it boasts enough gold to either make every person on Earth a billionaire—or to collapse the gold market and destabilize the entire global financial world.
In Cyprus, 700 cardiac arrests are recorded every year and the survival rate does not exceed 10 people per year, a rate of less than 2%, the Health Ministry says in an announcement on the occasion of World “Restart a Heart” Day, on October 16 with the aim to raise public awareness.
A convoy of Israeli armored personnel carriers drives on a road near Israel’s border with Lebanon in northern Israel. The countdown to the invasion of the Palestinian Gaza Strip by Israeli ground forces has begun, with 300,000 reservists called up and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Monday ordering a total blockade, announcing that no […]
Germany’s two most influential business associations, BDEW and BDI, have launched a last-minute push in support of the EU buildings directive, in a bid to persuade lawmakers to adopt an ambitious stance on housing renovation.
680: Al-Hussein (Al-Ḥusayn ibn) and his followers killed at Karbala by army of Yazid, the Umayyad caliph, on the way to Kufa 1780: Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000 to 30,000 in the Caribbean, hitting Barbados first. Atlantic’s deadliest recorded hurricane. 1871: The Great Chicago Fire is finally extinguished after 3 days, leaving approximately 300 […]
As the Israel-Hamas war entered its third day, officials say the death toll in Israel has passed 700, while the number of people who died in the Gaza Strip now stands at 436, Palestinian health authorities have said.
An agreement reached on Monday morning in relation to the issue of the buffer zone in the area of Pyla would ensure the status of the buffer zone and the non-presence of military and “police” forces of the occupying authorities, diplomatic sources told CNA, describing the development as “a very big” confidence building measure (CBM).
A protest gathering by several groups commenced on Monday evening outside the Embassy of Israel in Athens, following developments in the Gaza Strip and Israel.
