• HISTORY
    8 January 2026: This day in history

    1656: Oldest surviving commercial newspaper, “Weeckelycke Courante van Europa”, now known as “Haarlems Dagblad”, and still in print, begins publication in Haarlem, Netherlands 1790: First US President George Washington delivers the first State of the Union address 1835: US national debt reaches $0 for the first and only time in history 1912: Chiefs, representatives of […]

  • OPINION
    How Oil Trumps Democracy: The case of Venezuela

    By Konstantinos Anagnostakis, Analyst KEDISA Since the start of his first term, President Trump consistently criticized Nicolás Maduro’s regime in Venezuela for its authoritarianism and narcotics trafficking. At a multilateral UN meeting in New York on September 25, 2019, he declared that ‘’the Western Hemisphere will not be written by socialists and tyrants, but by […]

  • HISTORY
    7 January 2025: This day in history

    1610: Galileo Galilei discovers the first three moons of Jupiter: Io, Europa and Ganymede 1714: Typewriter patented by Englishman Henry Mill (built years later) 1941: New Fourth Army Incident: Chinese Kuomintang forces under orders from Chiang Kai-shek fire on the surrounded Communist New Fourth Army at Maolin, Anhui Province, killing or capturing about 7,000 troops […]

  • EUROPE
    Macron hosts Ukraine and allies to try to cement security guarantees

    French President Emmanuel Macron is hosting Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelensky and other key allies of the country as efforts intensify to agree security guarantees for Kyiv in the event of a ceasefire with Russia. Heads of state and top officials from more than 30 countries – part of the so-called Coalition of the Willing – […]

  • GREEKS ABROAD
    Semaphore Greek Festival celebrates 45 years this month

    One of Australia’s most iconic cultural celebrations is back – bigger, brighter, and more nostalgic than ever. The Semaphore Greek Festival will celebrate an extraordinary 45 years on the picturesque Semaphore Foreshore on January 17 & 18, 2026, marking nearly half a century of culture, food, music, and community connection. And once again – entry […]

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