Special year ahead for famous Brussels festival
By Martin Banks In 2026, Belgium’s famous Queen Elisabeth Competition will celebrate a truly special edition.
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EUROPE
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OPINION 
January 7, 2026 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 […]
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EUROPE
January 7, 2026 Cyprus assumes EU presidency with Ukraine’s Zelenskyy attending
Cyprus assumed the European Union’s rotating presidency on Wednesday, starting its term with a meeting attended by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa.
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HISTORY
January 7, 2026 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 […]
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EUROPE
January 6, 2026 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 – […]
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GREEKS ABROAD
January 6, 2026 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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GREECE
January 6, 2026 Greeks celebrate Epiphany across the country
Greeks on Tuesday celebrated Epiphany, or Theophania, as it is called in Greek, with blessing of the waters ceremonies across the country.
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HISTORY
January 6, 2026 6 January 2026: This day in history
1649: The English Rump Parliament votes to put Charles I on trial for treason and other high crimes 1838: Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail demonstrate their telegraph machine in New Jersey 1912 Geophysicist and meteorologist Alfred Wegener presents his controversial theory of continental drift in a lecture to the Geological Association at the Senckenberg Museum […]
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WORLD
January 5, 2026 Danish PM tells Trump to stop ‘threats’ against Greenland
Denmark’s prime minister has told Donald Trump to “stop the threats” about taking over Greenland. Mette Frederiksen said “it makes absolutely no sense to talk about the need for the United States to take over Greenland”, adding: “The US has no right to annex any of the three nations in the Danish kingdom.” Her remarks […]
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EUROPE
January 5, 2026 EU calls for respect of international law as Trump remains vague on Venezuelan transition plan
EU’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas called for ‘calm and restraint by all actors’ as the Trump administration remained vague on its transition plan for Venezuela after the ousting on Maduro. All member states, except for Hungary, supported the statement released by Kallas on Sunday night.
