US President Donald Trump has said he is immediately ending all trade negotiations with Canada. In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote that the country had run an advert featuring former US President Ronald Reagan speaking negatively about tariffs. “Based on their egregious behavior, ALL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADA ARE HEREBY TERMINATED,” Trump wrote […]
“The ongoing illegal Russian invasion of Ukraine, as well as the challenge of achieving sustainable peace in the Middle East and Gaza, among other conflicts, are a serious reminder that peace and security cannot be taken for granted. In this spirit, the contribution of the United Nations to peacebuilding in many crises, including the Cyprus […]
International markets are the force behind the growth of Athens International Airport traffic, as they keep bring more passengers at a steady pace. Europe and North America almost monopolize the international network, showing the importance of mature markets for Greek tourism.
1260: Qutuz, Mamluk Sultan of Egypt (1259-60), is assassinated by Baibars, a fellow Mamluk leader, who seizes power for himself 1648: Treaty of Westphalia ends the Thirty Years’ War in the Holy Roman Empire; Switzerland’s independence is recognized 1929: On “Black Thursday,” the Dow Jones Industrial Average drops 12.8%, marking the start of the stock […]
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced “tremendous” new sanctions against two of Russia’s largest oil companies, in a bid to pressure Moscow into ending the war on Ukraine. The sanctions, announced via Trump’s Truth Social platform, target Rosneft and Lukoil – two major oil corporations that help fund the Kremlin’s “war machine”, according to […]
At the Law Institute of Victoria’s annual awards ceremony in October 2025, Elena Pappas, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Law and Advocacy Centre for Women (LACW), was recognised with the prestigious Stephen Myall Award.
The declared strategic interest of the US to make Greece a gateway for the transport of American LNG from the Revithousa and Alexandroupoli terminals via the Vertical Gas Corridor to Eastern Europe will be confirmed by the contacts that US Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum will have in Athens on November […]
42 BC: Roman Republican civil wars: Second Battle of Philippi – Brutus’s army is decisively defeated by Mark Antony and Octavian. Brutus commits suicide. 1911: First aerial reconnaissance mission is flown by an Italian pilot over Turkish lines during the Italo-Turkish War 1942: During WWII, Britain launches major offensive at El Alamein, Egypt 1977: Paleontologist […]
By Martin Banks An extra two billion people could be fed every year and land around the size of Mexico would be freed up to grow food for people if we ended the feeding of grain to factory farmed animals, according to a new report by Compassion in World Farming.
By Martin Banks The EU and Volodymyr Zelensky have joined forces in a fresh attempt to being peace to war-torn Ukraine.
