The European Commission wants to make vehicles easier to recycle, proposing new design rules to make it simpler to recover valuable materials, and pushing for greater use of recycled content in the production of new cars.
1789: Bastille Day – the French Revolution begins with the storming of the Bastille Prison in Paris (now celebrated as France’s national day) 1798: US Sedition Act prohibits “false, scandalous & malicious” writing against government 1850: 1st public demonstration of ice made by refrigeration by Florida physician John Gorrie 1933: All non-Nazi parties are banned in Germany 1941: 6,000 Lithuanian Jews […]
Interview: Vassilios Nicolaos Vitsilogiannis (IG: @vassiliosvitsilogiannis) In the world of culinary delights, one name stands tall as the unrivaled authority on Greek cookery: Vefa Alexiadou. With her profound passion and unmatched expertise, she has enchanted countless palates and brought the vibrant flavors of Greece to every corner of the globe. Through her celebrated books, adorned […]
The International Coordinating Committee for Justice for Cyprus (PSEKA) released a statement on Wednesday calling upon Chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations to block the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey.
The Hellenic Society for Environment and Culture (ELLET) and three environmental organizations are calling for a review of the Erasinos River management project in the Mesogeia region of Attica.
The European Parliament voted on Wednesday (12 July) to strengthen the EU’s draft Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR), but left out online sales from the scope of the regulation, to the disappointment of consumer groups and green advocates.
1772: Captain James Cook begins his second voyage to the South Seas aboard HMS Resolution to search for Terra Australis (Southern continent) 1832: Source of Mississippi River discovered by American geographer Henry Schoolcraft 1835: Swedish-American inventor John Ericsson files for a patent for his screw propeller design 1870: King Wilhelm I of Prussia sends the “Emser Depeche (Ems Telegram)” to Otto von Bismarck who publishes an edited version […]
A group of scientists has made a fascinating discovery regarding an unusually huge heat-emitting blob located on the far side of the moon. This enigmatic hotspot appears to have originated from a massive hidden deposit of granite, a type of rock that is rarely found in such large amounts beyond our planet.
A sickly ginger kitten named Bebe is pulled out of a cat carrier at a veterinary clinic in the Cypriot capital, Nicosia.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday met on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Vilnius. There was no immediate report on the content of the discussions, which extended for approximately one hour.
