Greece joins EU defense program
Greece joined 18 other European Union member-states in submitting national plans Sunday for the SAFE (Security Action for Europe) program, which offers low-interest loans to strengthen European defense capabilities.
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HISTORY 
December 2, 2025 2 December 2025: This day in history
1804: General Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned Emperor of the French at the Notre Dame de Paris in a ceremony officiated by Pope Pius VII 1823: US President James Monroe declares the “Monroe Doctrine” opposing European colonialism in the Americas, arguing any European political intervention in the New World would be a hostile act against the […]
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WORLD
December 1, 2025 Pope Leo finds his voice on first foreign trip
Pope Leo XIV has arrived in the Lebanese capital Beirut a week after Israeli air strikes hit the Lebanese capital. For a man known for being measured and careful in what he does, it seems quite the statement to land in a country so affected by conflict in what is his first foreign trip. The […]
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EUROPE
December 1, 2025 Germany readies massive defence plan to counter potential Russian threat
Until recently, the so-called Operation Plan Germany was classified. It is now clear that in the event of an armed conflict, Germany would serve as a key hub for NATO defence, in an approach reminiscent of the Cold War era.
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GREECE
December 1, 2025 Tensions rise as farmers clash with police near Larissa
Tensions flared Sunday in the village of Platykampos near Larissa, in central Greece, hours before farmers were due to assemble a major protest blockade in nearby Nikaia.
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HISTORY
December 1, 2025 1 December 2025: This day in history
1913: Ford Motor Company institutes the world’s first moving assembly line for the Model T Ford 1934: Leningrad mayor Sergei Kirov is assassinated, Joseph Stalin uses it as an excuse to begin his Great Purge of 1934-38 1955: Rosa Parks is arrested for refusing to move to the back of a bus and give her […]
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WORLD
November 30, 2025 Pope Leo visits Istanbul’s Blue Mosque
Pope Leo XIV has visited Istanbul’s Sultan Ahmed Mosque – widely known as the Blue Mosque – in his first visit to a Muslim place of worship since he took up the papacy in May. The Pontiff was seen bowing as he entered the building, but it is reported he did not pray at the […]
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CYPRUS
November 30, 2025 Cyprus-UK cooperate on tourism industry security and crisis management
The launch of an e-learning platform, aimed at training those involved in the Cypriot tourism industry in recognizing and reporting potential terrorist threats, as well as in crisis management, was announced on Wednesday by the British High Commission in Limassol. The joint initiative between the United Kingdom and Cyprus is the first of its kind […]
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GREECE
November 30, 2025 Greece joins space nations with launch of five microsatellites
Five Greek satellites have launched from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, marking a milestone in Greece’s National Microsatellite Program.
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HISTORY
November 30, 2025 30 November 2025: This day in history
1016: King of Denmark, Cnut the Great [Canute], claims the English throne after the death of Edmund Ironside The German Beer Purity Law (Reinheitsgebot)German Beer Purity Law 1487: The first German Beer Purity Law (Reinheitsgebot) is promulgated in Munich by Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria, stating that beer should be brewed from only three ingredients: […]
