Fire reignites in Limassol district, fears as high winds are expected
Firefighting forces have been mobilized at the front of the fire in the Limassol district, following a reignition in the Apesia area.
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August 7, 2023 Air show returns at Tanagra
The highly anticipated 11th Athens Flying Week – Tanagra International Airshow is set to make a grand return to the Tanagra Air Base on September 2-3 this year. Organizers have promised that this edition will surpass all expectations, offering an even better and more impressive spectacle.
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EUROPE
August 7, 2023 French government warns German AfD is ‘peril for European stability’
The German far-right AfD, whose party congress this weekend asserted that the EU has “failed”, is “founded on hatred” and looks to “destroy what already exists”, French EU minister Laurence Boone said on Monday (7 August).
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HISTORY
August 7, 2023 7 August 2023: This day in history
1461: Ming Dynasty Chinese military general Cao Qin stages a coup against the Tianshun Emperor 1714: The Battle of Gangut: the first important victory of the Russian Navy during the Great Northern War against Sweden 1933: The Iraqi Government slaughters over 3,000 Assyrians in the village of Sumail. The day becomes known as Assyrian Martyrs Day. 1955: Tokyo Telecommunications […]
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WORLD
August 6, 2023 3.200 Year-Old Mesopotamian Perfume Recreated
A 3,200-year-old Mesopotamian fragrance has recently been recreated in Diyarbakır, Turkey based on a formula left on an ancient clay tablet by a renowned female perfume maker of the time named Tapputi.
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CYPRUS
August 6, 2023 Fire close to Argaka village in Paphos under control
A fire that broke out northeast of Argaka, a community in the Paphos district, early on Sunday afternoon has been brought under control.
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GREECE
August 6, 2023 Magic Johnson has some ancient Greek kitschy fun in Kefalonia
Wearing ancient Greek chlamys, NBA legend Magic Johnson and his wife, Cookie, partied with their friends on his boat off the coast of Kefalonia in the Ionian Sea.
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POLITICS
August 6, 2023 EU elections: Macron slams French opposition parties as ‘ambiguous’ on Europe
Both left- and ring-wing political forces have been “ambiguous” on their stances towards the EU, making them unfit to sit in the European Parliament after the 2024 EU elections, France’s Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday (2 August).
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HISTORY
August 6, 2023 6 August 2023: This day in history
1661: The Treaty of The Hague is signed whereby the Dutch Republic sells New Holland (Brazil) for 63 tonnes of gold to Portugal 1890: At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the 1st person to be executed by electric chair 1945: Atomic bomb dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima by the US B-29 Superfortress “Enola Gay” […]
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ENVIRONMENT
August 5, 2023 Mediterranean Leaders Unite to Fight Climate Crisis
Presidents of Mediterranean nations Greece, Italy, Croatia, Malta, Portugal and Slovenia have issued a joint statement calling for urgent action to address the dangers posed by the climate crisis.
