1009: Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem is destroyed by the Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, who hacks the church’s foundations down to the bedrock 1685: French King Louis XIV revokes the Edict of Nantes, canceling the rights of French Protestants 1867: US takes formal possession of Alaska from Russia, after paying $7.2 million […]
By Martin Banks Some MEPs have called for an absolute end of energy dependency of Russia.
By Martin Banks The final line up for the EU’s most prestige human rights award has been decided.
16 October 2025 On the 8th anniversary of the appalling murder on 16 October 2017 of the Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, the Association of European journalist and other press freedom and journalists’ groups have sent a joint message to the government of Malta calling on it to set up a national action plan on media […]
1854: French and British forces bombard Sevastopol for the first time during the Crimean War 1907: Guglielmo Marconi’s company begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service between Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada and Clifden, Ireland 1943: Burma Railway, built by Allied POWs and Asian laborers, is completed for use by the Japanese army 1973: OPEC […]
By Martin Banks The southern Portuguese city of Baixo Alentejo has been recognised as the European Wine City for 2026.
The 30th Greek Film Festival, presented by the Greek Community of Melbourne (GCM), officially opened on Tuesday, October 14, at the historic Astor Theatre, marking a milestone celebration of three decades of Greek cinema in Australia.
The International Monetary Fund insists on undercutting the government’s growth forecasts, setting the bar at 2% for both this year and 2026, compared to the preliminary budget projections of 2.2% this year and 2.4% in 2026. In the medium term, it lowers the targets even lower to 1.6% in 2030.
1813: Battle of Leipzig, the largest battle in Europe prior to World War I, sees Napoleon’s forces defeated by Prussia, Austria, and Russia 1900: Great Britain and Germany sign the Anglo-German Treaty, agreeing to maintain the territorial integrity of China and support the “Open Door” policy called for by the US Secretary of State 1934: […]
