Brussels has put forward numerous veto-proof legislative proposals to overcome repeated opposition from Hungary and Slovakia. Experts say the strategy is politically and legally risky. But has it become inevitable?
The Libyan army’s chief of staff, Mohammed Ali Ahmed Al-Haddad, died in a plane crash on Tuesday after leaving Turkey’s capital Ankara, the prime minister of Libya’s internationally recognized government said, adding that four others were on the jet as well.
1565: Compromise of the Nobles in Habsburg Netherlands closes against the Inquisition 1814: Treaty of Ghent signed, ending the War of 1812 between the United States, the United Kingdom and their allies 1851: Fire devastates US Library of Congress in Washington and destroys 35,000 volumes 1936: First radioactive isotope medicine is administered in Berkeley, California […]
Russia has intensified its strikes on the southern Ukrainian region of Odesa, causing widespread power cuts and threatening the region’s maritime infrastructure. Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Oleksiy Kuleba said Moscow was carrying out “systematic” attacks on the region. Last week, he warned that the focus of the war “may have shifted towards Odesa”. President Volodymyr […]
On Monday, December 22, the Great Hall of Saint Andrew’s Theological College in Sydney was filled with festive music as members of the Greek Orthodox Christian Society of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia paid their customary Christmas and New Year visit.
Alternate Finance Minister Nikos Papathanasis, responsible for the Recovery and Resilience Facility, submitted two requests to the European Commission on Monday for the disbursement of funds from the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), totaling €1.17 billion.
962: Under future Emperor Nikephoros II Phokas, Byzantine troops storm the city of Aleppo and recover the tattered tunic of John the Baptist during the Arab–Byzantine wars 1688: King James II, the last Roman Catholic British monarch, flees to France from William of Orange 1783: US General George Washington resigns his military commission as Commander-in-Chief […]
A pair of US lawmakers have threatened legal action against US Attorney General Pam Bondi, after her deadline to release all government files related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was met only in part. The release of the Department of Justice (DoJ) documents was highly anticipated but in the end, only a […]
Cyprus took over the baton from the Danish Presidency during the last meeting of the EU General Affairs Council (GAC) for 2025, marked by a symbolic exchange of gifts between the Deputy Minister for European Affairs, Marilena Raouna, and Denmark’s Deputy Minister for European Affairs, Maria Bjerre. Presenting a bronze artwork by artist Christos Kyriakides […]
It’s been nearly four years since the Greek government ultimately decided – after lengthy negotiations, several changes of course and considerable behind-the-scenes tensions – to purchase three French-designed and -built frigates, the FDI class, also known until then as the Belharra. This type of ship was practically unknown, as none had previously been built. Greece, […]
