New farm subsidy regulations in force would prevent a repeat of the fraud scandal that’s battering the conservative government, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Sunday.
1242: Battle on the Ice: Russian Prince of Novgorod Alexander Nevsky defeats the Teutonic Knights on the frozen Lake Peipus between Estonia and Russia 1722: Dutch navigator Jacob Roggeveen is the first European to discover Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui, in the southeastern Pacific Ocean 1818: Battle of Maipú: Chile’s independence movement, led […]
Pope Leo XIV marked his first Good Friday by becoming the first pontiff in decades to personally carry the wooden cross for all 14 stations at the Colosseum.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Moscow of choosing “Easter escalation” over an Easter ceasefire after Russia carried out another deadly large-scale drone and missile attack on Ukraine. Six civilians were killed and 40 others injured as Russia launched hundreds of drones and missiles across the country. Major daytime attacks, which were once rare, have […]
Inflation in Cyprus rose by 1.2% in March compared with the same month in 2025, picking up pace after slower increases earlier in the year. The rise has been tied to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, which has affected overall price levels.
1581: Francis Drake is knighted by Queen Elizabeth I aboard his galleon Golden Hind at Deptford, England 1655: Battle of Porto Farina: English fleet defeats Barbary corsairs in Tunis 1789: First US Congress begins regular sessions during George Washington’s presidency at Federal Hall, NYC (ends 1791) 1949: The North Atlantic Treaty is signed in Washington, […]
The United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) condemns the incident which took place in the civil-use area of the UN buffer zone on Markou Drakou street in Nicosia, during which a group of individuals purportedly threw rocks and fireworks towards the north allegedly at civilians present in a park and nearby cafes.
By Martin Banks EU Member States have endorsed the Commission’s proposal to mobilise €21.5 million from the agricultural reserve to support farmers in Bulgaria, Estonia and Hungary.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. – A towering orange-and-white NASA rocket blasted off from Florida on Wednesday evening, lifting four astronauts toward space and transporting spectators’ imaginations to a future in which Americans may again set foot on the moon.
1367: Battle of Navarrete: Alliance of King Peter of Castile, Edward the Black Prince and John of Gaunt of England, Aquitaine, Majorca and Navarre defeats Count Henry of Castile near Nájera in La Rioja, Castile 1645: English Long Parliament passes the Self-Denying Ordinance, limiting regional armies, a significant step toward the New Model Army 1860: […]
