1666: Firebreaks finally bring the Great Fire of London under control, leaving 13,200 houses destroyed and eight dead 1774: Twelve of the thirteen American colonies adopt a trade embargo against Great Britain at the First Continental Congress in Carpenters’ Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1781: A French fleet of 24 ships under Comte de Grasse defeats British […]
President Donald Trump has asked the US Supreme Court to overturn a lower court decision that found many of his sweeping tariffs were illegal. In a petition filed late on Wednesday, the administration asked the justices to quickly intervene to rule that the president has the power to impose such import taxes on foreign nations. […]
The European Commission is giving in to French demands by strengthening oversight of the most sensitive agricultural markets, in the hope of defusing resistance from farmers.
Hundreds of Greek schools at all levels stand to benefit from the expansion of the “Marietta Giannakou” program for funding the improvement of primary and secondary education institutions that the country’s four systemic banks announced on Monday, constituting Greece’s greatest corporate social responsibility (CSR) action ever.
476: Romulus Augustulus, the last Western Roman Emperor, abdicates after forces led by Odoacer invade Rome, traditionally ending the Western Roman Empire 1609: Navigator Henry Hudson is the first European to discover the island of Manhattan [or September 11] 1781: Los Angeles is founded by 44 Spanish-speaking mestizos in the Bahía de las Fumas (Bay […]
By Martin Banks The European Commission has announced that it has pushed forward the proposed EU-Mercosur agreement to the Council.
Larnaka district, namely the town of Aradippou is set to welcome a technical school for green jobs, a project that will boost the vocational training of young people in cutting-edge sectors of sustainable development, an announcement by Directorate of General Growth of the Ministry of Finance says.
The Kasta Tomb in Amphipolis, northern Greece, is expected to open to the public at the end of 2027 or early 2028 at the latest in, Culture Minister Lina Mendoni said Wednesday.
301 San Marino, one of the smallest nations in the world and the world’s oldest republic still in existence, is founded by Saint Marinus 1650 Oliver Cromwell’s English New Model Army defeats a Scottish force in a surprise attack at the Battle of Dunbar 1783 The Treaty of Paris is signed in Paris, ending the […]
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have kicked off bilateral talks in Beijing, on the eve of a massive military parade in the Chinese capital. Putin hailed relations between the countries, saying they were at an “unprecedented level”. “Dear friend, both I and the entire Russian delegation are pleased to meet […]
