By Peng Chi-Μing, Minister of Environment of Taiwan Aligning with the world to confront climate risks while energizing broad participation to achieve sustainable development Climate change is rapidly reshaping the global economic structure and risk landscape. Taiwan is not immune to this growing challenge. In the summer of 2025, southern and eastern Taiwan were struck […]
Costantza Sbokou-Constantakopoulou, architect, co-owner and Chairwoman of hotel company Phāea, and Chair of Endeavor Greece, has been appointed Goodwill Ambassador for the Protection and Promotion of Culture, UNESCO announced on Tuesday.
539 BC: King Cyrus “the Great” of Persia marches into Babylon, freeing Jewish captives and allowing them to return home 1268: Conradin, the last legitimate male heir of the German Hohenstaufen dynasty of kings and Holy Roman Emperors, is executed with Frederick I, Margrave of Baden, by Charles I of Sicily 1665: Battle of Mbwila […]
By Martin Banks Eating establishments that aim to raise the standard of British-Asian cuisine will soon be honoured in one of the UK’s premier award events.
Mushroom season is almost upon us, but what does that have to do with Cyprus’ events’ agenda? It signals the return of the Cyprus Mushroom Festival, which, after a year’s absence, makes its comeback, renewed and at a new location! On the first weekend of November (1st and 2nd), Erimi village in the Limassol district […]
Fraud in credit transfers dropped by 55% in terms of numbers and 51% in terms of value, according to data contained in the Bank of Greece’s (BoG) Financial Stability Review released last week.
1492: Christopher Columbus sights Cuba and claims it for Spain under the name “Juana” 1538: The first university in the Americas, the Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino, is established in Santo Domingo 1746: The Peruvian cities of Lima and Callao are demolished by an earthquake, killing 18,000 1831: Michael Faraday demonstrates his dynamo invention, an […]
Countries would reject being asked to “enforce” peace in Gaza if deployed under the Trump ceasefire plan, King Abdullah of Jordan has told the BBC. “What is the mandate of security forces inside of Gaza? And we hope that it is peacekeeping, because if it’s peace enforcing, nobody will want to touch that,” said King […]
MEPs from four political groups asked von der Leyen to force Hungarian Commissioner Várhelyi to resign, following allegations of spying by Hungary’s foreign intelligence service.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ proposal for five-nation talks on Eastern Mediterranean issues, with the ultimate goal of reaching an agreement on the delimitation of maritime zones and ending conflicting bilateral arrangements, has not yet been accepted by any of the intended parties (Cyprus, Egypt, Libya, Turkey). But neither has it been rejected yet.
