Mitsotakis Triumphs in Greece Elections
Greece’s PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis achieved a remarkable victory in Sunday’s Parliamentary elections as his New Democracy (ND) party won by more than 20 percentage points against the main opposition SYRIZA.
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CYPRUS 
May 22, 2023 Turkey reserves areas for illegal exercises near Famagusta
For the first time this year, Turkey is reserving areas for illegal exercise very close to the coast of Turkish-occupied Famagusta, CNA has learnt.
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SPORTS
May 22, 2023 Paris 2024 hoping for Olympic flame on Eiffel Tower
Paris 2024 organizers have been planning to install the Olympic flame on the Eiffel Tower, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Monday.
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GREEKS ABROAD
May 22, 2023 Sweden’s third attempt to reconcile EU Council on platform workers rules
The Swedish presidency of the EU Council is making its third – and probably last – attempt to square the circle on the rules for gig economy workers with some light-touch changes.
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HISTORY
May 22, 2023 22 May 2023: This day in history
334 BC The Macedonian army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus 1570: 1st atlas ‘Theatrum Orbis Terrarum’ (Theatre of the World), published by Abraham Ortelius in Antwerp with 70 maps 1843: 1st wagon train with 700 – 1000 migrants, departs Independence, Missouri for Oregon 1939: Germany’s Adolf Hitler and Italy’s Benito Mussolini sign the “Pact of Steel” […]
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POLITICS
May 21, 2023 Greek Politicians Vote in the General Elections
Greek party leaders voted in the elections on Sunday sending divergent messages on the state of the nation and its future.
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CYPRUS
May 21, 2023 Protest outside the Cyprus Presidential Palace on housing policy
A symbolic protest outside the Presidential Palace was held today by AKEL Nicosia – Kyrenia District organisation and EDON Nicosia – Kyrenia, as part of AKEL’s Pancyprian campaign on the issue of housing policy under the slogan “HOUSING FOR ALL”. The protest follows the dozens of activities that AKEL and EDON have organised since the […]
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WORLD
May 21, 2023 Indiana Jones in search of the Antikythera Mechanism
In the fifth installment of this beloved swashbuckling series of films, Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) races against time to retrieve a legendary dial, the Antikythera Mechanism, created by ancient Greek scientist Archimedes in the 3rd century BC that can change the course of history.
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EUROPE
May 21, 2023 MEP: EU must encourage ‘responsible’ use of new genetic techniques
The EU must work towards regulation that enables the responsible use of new genomic techniques (NGTs) to innovate the farming sector while remaining centred around the precautionary principle, according to centre-right MEP Norbert Lins.
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HISTORY
May 21, 2023 21 May 2023: This day in history
1792: Mount Unzen on Japan’s Shimabara Peninsula, erupts creating a tsunami, killing about 15,000; Japan’s deadliest volcanic eruption 1832: 1st US Democratic National Convention held in Baltimore 1871: -July 28] French regular troops attack Commune of Paris; 17,000 die 1927: Aviator Charles Lindbergh, in the Spirit of St Louis, lands in Paris after the first solo air crossing of Atlantic […]
