Washington blocks Azeri gas supply route
Washington has moved to secure exclusive access to natural gas destined for Ukraine through Greece, with US concerns focused on competing Azeri gas entering Greece via the TAP pipeline.
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ECONOMY
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HISTORY 
November 19, 2025 19 November 2025: This day in history
1530: Final decree of the Diet of Augsburg, “The Recess,” is signed by Charles V and the Catholic princes, reaffirming Catholic rites and principles after the departure of the Protestant princes 1620: The Mayflower reaches Cape Cod and explores the coast 1805: Lewis and Clark Expedition, led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, reaches the […]
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WORLD
November 18, 2025 Trump’s plan for Gaza backed by UN Security Council
The UN Security Council has voted in favour of a US-drafted resolution that endorses US President Donald Trump’s 20-point plan for Gaza. Included in the plan is the establishment of an International Stabilisation Force (ISF), to which, the US says, multiple unnamed countries have offered to contribute. The resolution was backed by 13 countries – including […]
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EUROPE
November 18, 2025 Fico drops joining Patriots, could create new Parliament group with ‘friends of peace’
The Slovak PM won’t join any other political groups for the moment, according to a close ally. Instead, he is considering forming a new alliance with like-minded left-leaning parties that share anti-war rhetoric.
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GEOPOLITICS
November 18, 2025 Athens and Kyiv seal naval drone deal
Greece and Ukraine have agreed to co-produce unmanned surface vessels, or USVs, at Greek shipyards in a move officials describe as a major outcome of Sunday’s meeting between Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
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HISTORY
November 18, 2025 18 November 2025: This day in history
1477: “The Dictes & Sayengis of the Philosophers,” the first dated printed book in England, is printed by William Caxton at his press in Westminster 1626: St. Peter’s Basilica is consecrated in Rome, replacing an earlier basilica on the same site and becoming the world’s largest Christian church 1916: British General Douglas Haig finally calls […]
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WORLD
November 17, 2025 Trump calls on House Republicans to vote to release Epstein files
Donald Trump has urged lawmakers in his own party to vote to release files relating to the late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. The US president wrote on Sunday night that House Republicans should do so “because we have nothing to hide”. The reversal of his position follows a slow drip feed of documents concerning the disgraced […]
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GREEKS ABROAD
November 17, 2025 Greek Macedonian heritage shines at the 44th Dimitria Festival in Adelaide
The 44th annual Dimitria Festival once again brought the vibrancy of Greek Macedonian culture to the heart of Adelaide, drawing many over two days of music, dance, food, and community celebration.
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GREECE
November 17, 2025 Athens honors 1973 Polytechnic uprising as security measures heighten
The gates of the Athens Polytechnic University remain open Sunday, with dozens of citizens paying tribute to the students who died during the 1973 uprising against the military junta. Visitors of all ages are leaving flowers at the memorial honoring the victims of the uprising.
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HISTORY
November 17, 2025 17 November 2025: This day in history
1558: Elizabeth I, aged 25, ascends the English throne upon the death of her half-sister, Queen Mary I 1831: Ecuador and Venezuela separate from Gran Colombia 1855: David Livingstone becomes the first European to see Victoria Falls in what is now Zambia and Zimbabwe 1869: Suez Canal in Egypt opens, linking the Mediterranean and Red […]
