On 30th May, we decide our country’s course. We decide whether we will restore dignity, hope and a perspective to our people or whether we will continue on the downhill path that the government policies have dragged us. On 30th May, we decide whether to strengthen the political force that can keep the hope alive […]
European Union leaders on Tuesday (25 May) shelved an attempt to direct how the bloc will set new national targets for emissions cuts, weeks before Brussels is due to propose a huge package of tougher climate change policies.
1896: Dow Jones index begins with an average of 12 industrial stocks (closing is 40.94) 1908: At Masjed Soleyman (مسجد سليمان) in southwest Persia, the first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East is made, rights acquired by the United Kingdom 1927: Henry Ford and the Ford Motor Company produce the last (and 15th million) Model T Ford / Tin […]
WESTERN STATESMEN have been competing with each other to express their horror and fury at what was tantamount to an act of piracy perpetrated by Belarus’s president, Alexander Lukashenko, on May 23rd. Antony Blinken, America’s secretary of state, said America “strongly condemns” the “shocking act”, in which Mr Lukashenko forced a Ryanair passenger plane to […]
Recent tensions felt in Northern Ireland are not a result of the protocol introduced after the UK left the European Union but rather Brexit itself, Ursula von der Leyen said.
MOSCOW — Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias will be visiting the “heartlands” of the Pontic Greek community in Russia on the sidelines of his meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Sochi. After concluding his talks at the Sochi resort, Dendias will visit the cities of Anapa and Gelendzhik on southern Russia’s Black Sea coast, […]
Cyprus places Malta in green category, US and Romania in orange, Thailand in red as of May 27
European Union member states have agreed to reach climate neutrality by 2050 and increase their level of ambition for 2030. This means Europe needs to amend all its climate policies, including its Emissions Trading Scheme, the EU’s climate chief, Frans Timmermans, told EURACTIV in an exclusive interview.
1720: The Ship “Le Grand St Antoine” reaches Marseille, bringing Europe’s last major plague outbreak. Kills around 100,000 1810: In the May Revolution, citizens of Buenos Aires expel the Spanish Viceroy Cisneros during Semana de Mayo 1914: British House of Commons passes the Irish Home Rule Bill 1961: JFK announces US goal of putting a man on the Moon […]
The pound to euro exchange rate continues to trade around the 1.16 mark, with experts suggesting there will be little in the way of movement over the next 24 hours. The steady position comes as Britons enter the second week of being legally allowed to jet off abroad under the Government’s “traffic light” system.
