Regions’ body highly critical of EU’s spending plans
By Martin Banks The European Committee of the Regions says it is highly critical of the EU’s new long term budget plans.
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ECONOMY
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EUROPE 
August 2, 2025 Big shake up on the way for EU passenger rights
By Martin Banks MEPs are pushing for radical and far-reaching changes to passenger rights throughout the EU. They have called for a common reimbursement form, no charge for selecting a child seat, free on-board personal item and small hand luggage and better protection for what are called multimodal journeys. The changes are being proposed by the EU […]
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EUROPE
August 2, 2025 Trump’s Pressure and Russia’s War Push Europe Toward Rearmament, Says Survey
By Martin Banks The European Council on Foreign Relations, or ECFR, has published the results of its latest survey. The survey tested European attitudes towards rearmament, defence, and the war in Ukraine in a world of Trump 2.0. It comes just days after US President Trump halved his deadline to Russia for a peace deal in […]
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HISTORY
August 2, 2025 2 Agust 2025: This day in history
338 BC: Macedonian army led by Philip II defeats the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea, securing Macedonian hegemony over Greece and the Aegean Sea 216 BC: Second Punic War: Battle of Cannae – Carthaginian army led by Hannibal defeats a numerically superior Roman army under the command of consuls […]
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EUROPE
August 1, 2025 France drops 40 tonnes of humanitarian aid in Gaza as crisis worsens
Jean-Noël Barrot urged for more humanitarian aid in Gaza, where 40 tonnes were recently dropped. A WHO report warns of severe famine affecting thousands of children.
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WORLD
August 1, 2025 Five things now pricier in Canada due to tariffs
The trade war between the US and Canada has escalated sharply with President Donald Trump increasing the tariff rate on Canadian imports from 25% to 35%. Most goods will avoid the increased costs entering the US market because they are currently exempted under an existing North American trade treaty. But some key products are being […]
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CYPRUS
August 1, 2025 Macron to visit Cyprus before end of year, Nicosia official says
France’s President, Emmanuel Macron, is expected to visit Cyprus before the end of the year, as mentioned during today’s meeting between President Nikos Christodoulides, and French Foreign Minister, Jean-Noël Barrot, the Director of the Press Office of the President, Victoras Papadopoulos, said in a written statement.
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GREEKS ABROAD
August 1, 2025 Nikos Papastergiadis wins prestigious Michael Crouch Award for literary debut
Nikos Papastergiadis has been awarded the 2025 Michael Crouch Award for a Debut Work at the National Biography Awards for his hybrid memoir John Berger and Me.
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POLITICS
August 1, 2025 Government under fire over controversial House vote
The ruling New Democracy party faces criticism after a controversial parliamentary vote Wednesday that blocked preliminary investigations into two former agriculture ministers implicated in a major EU subsidy fraud scandal.
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HISTORY
August 1, 2025 1 August 2026: This day in history
527: Justinian I becomes the sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire after the death of his uncle Justin I William the Conqueror and his army land at Pevensey as depicted in the Bayeux TapestryNorman Invasion of England 1086: Results of the Domesday inquiry are presented to William the Conqueror in Salisbury (the date of compilation […]
