Black Friday offer to offset the winter blues
By Martin Banks January can feel like a long, grey stretch after the festive rush; the sparkle fades and spirits dip.
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UK NEWS
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CYPRUS 
November 14, 2025 Cyprus helps students get computers and tablets
Cyprus’ Ministry of Education, Sports and Youth will provide grants to help students purchase tablets and laptops, in a program that has been inducted into the Recovery and Resilience Plan. The initiative falls under a wider push for the digital transformation of schools and for enhancing pupils’ digital and STEM skills.
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HISTORY
November 14, 2025 14 November 2025: This day in history
1680: Gottfried Kirch discovers the Great Comet of 1680 (Kirch’s Comet/Newton’s Comet) 1856: American Gail Borden is issued a patent for technology related to his invention of condensed milk 1896: Power plant at Niagara Falls begins operation 1920: Russia’s Bolshevik army occupies Sevastopol, ending anti-communist attempts to regain control of the Russian government 1994: First […]
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WORLD
November 13, 2025 What we know about new Epstein emails that mention Trump
US lawmakers have released more than 20,000 pages of documents from the estate of the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, including some that mention President Donald Trump. Early on Wednesday, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee published three email exchanges, including correspondence between Epstein, who died in 2019 in prison, and his […]
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EUROPE
November 13, 2025 Germany inches close to agreement on contentious military service but questions remain
In ten years, Germany wants to increase the number of service members in the Bundeswehr; the question of how to do this is another, with the SPD and CDU/CSU divided about the details.
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GREECE
November 13, 2025 Athens University defies rules on student expulsions
The University of Athens Senate has authorized a supplemental exam session through November 25 for students facing expulsion under maximum study duration limits, a decision Education Ministry officials say violates legal guidelines.
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HISTORY
November 13, 2025 13 November 2025: This day in history
1789: In a letter to Jean-Baptiste Le Roy, Benjamin Franklin writes “in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes” 1933: First modern sit-down strike by Hormel meatpackers in Austin, Minnesota 1956: US Supreme Court rules racial segregation on buses in Alabama unconstitutional 1980: US spacecraft Voyager 1 sends back […]
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UK NEWS
November 12, 2025 UK’s top 50 Asian eateries named
By Martin Banks The identities of the UK’s top 50 Asian restaurants has been announced.
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GREEKS ABROAD
November 12, 2025 Literary excellence honoured as ‘O Logos’ magazine marks 38th issue in Melbourne
The Hellenic Writers’ Association of Australia (SELSA) proudly presented the 38th issue of its literary magazine “O Logos”, at an event held in Melbourne dedicated to acclaimed author Dionysia Mousoura.
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ECONOMY
November 12, 2025 Greece, Cyprus pledge closer energy cooperation, update interconnector plan
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides agreed on Wednesday to update the financial and technical parameters of the Great Sea Interconnector, a major electricity cable project linking Cyprus to the European grid, following talks in Athens.
