1123: First Council of the Lateran (9th ecumenical council) opens in Rome, agreements of the Concordat of Worms ratified 1314: Jacques de Molay, the 23rd and the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, is burned at the stake by King Philip IV of France 1325: According to legend, Tenochtitlan is founded on this date on an island in […]
In a rare phone conversation with his Ukrainian counterpart, China’s foreign minister says Beijing is concerned about the year-old conflict with Russia spinning out of control and urged talks on a political solution with Moscow.
By Mary Sinanidis There are 172 Greek churches in Australia (including Father Lefteri’s church in Dromana), up from 163 in 2021. In the world there are more than 1,300 parishes outside Greece and Cyprus. We know this because of the work of Costa Dantos, a 24-year-old urban planner from New South Wales, who had a […]
A total of 30 arrivals and departures to and from the airports of Larnaca and Paphos will be affected due to the 24-hour strike that begins at midnight in Greece.
While several EU countries and many in the agricultural sector are critical of the planned EU-Mercosur agreement, the German government has proven a champion of the trade deal in hopes of achieving sustainability through cooperation.
432: Saint Patrick, aged about 16 is captured by Irish pirates from his home in Great Britain and taken as a slave to Ireland (traditional date) 1521: Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reaches the Philippines 1861: Italy is unified into a single kingdom under Victor Emmanuel II following the campaigns led by Giuseppe Garibaldi 1905: Albert Einstein finishes his scientific paper detailing his Quantum Theory of […]
After the decline experienced due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the total number of nights spent in EU tourist accommodation reached 2.73 billion in 2022, which marks a 5% difference compared with the number of nights spent in 2019 (2.88 billion nights), according to data released by Eurostat, the statistical service of the EU. Compared with 2021 […]
French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne resorted to a special legal procedure to adopt an unpopular pension reform bill without a vote in the National Assembly on Thursday (16 March), but opened itself up to a potential fall in the face of growing dissent among lawmakers.
597 BC: Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king 1527: Battle of Khanua: Mughal Emperor Babur defeats Rajput forces led by Rana Sanga consolidating Mughal power 1660: English Long Parliament disbands 1792: King gustav iii of Sweden is shot by Count Jacob Johan Anckarström at a masked ball at the Opera; he dies on March 29 1867: First publication of an article […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic and Republican U.S. senators introduced a resolution on Wednesday that could force President Joe Biden’s administration to prepare a report on Saudi Arabia’s human rights record and possibly lead to a reassessment of U.S. security assistance for the kingdom.
