PM Mitsotakis, Meta discuss online safety for children
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met Friday in Athens with Meta’s Global Head of Safety, Antigone Davis, and other company officials for talks that centered on internet safety for children.
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POLITICS
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HISTORY 
July 11, 2025 11 July 2025: This day in history
1405: Chinese fleet commander Zheng He sets sail to the Spice Islands on his first major expedition, leading 208 vessels, including 62 treasure ships with 27,800 sailors 1533: Pope Clement VII excommunicates England’s King Henry VIII 1818: English poet John Keats writes “In the Cottage Where Burns is Born,” “Lines Written in the Highlands,” and […]
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CULTURE
July 10, 2025 Jazzèt – 2nd Hellenic International Jazz Festival 2025 – Jazz Beyond Frontiers: Jazz as an Act of Peace July 20–22 | Petra Theater, Petroupoli, Athens
This summer, the soul of jazz resonates in Athens with a purpose deeper than artistic expression: peace. From July 20 to 22, 2025, the iconic Petra Theater hosts the Jazzèt Festival – 2nd Hellenic International Jazz Festival, a celebration of music without borders, devoted to jazz’s unique power to connect people and cultures. Jazz Beyond Frontiers […]
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EUROPE
July 10, 2025 MEPs pass strongly worded resolution on Russia
By Martin Banks MEPs say they “strongly condemn Russia’s ongoing war crimes in Ukraine.
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GEOPOLITICS
July 10, 2025 SCALP missile production restart sparks Greek interest
French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu, during his visit to the UK, announced that production of SCALP cruise missiles will resume after a 15-year hiatus, a move that has drawn interest from Greece.
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HISTORY
July 10, 2025 10 July 2025: This day in history
1940: Battle of Britain begins as Nazi forces attack shipping convoys in the English Channel 1985: French foreign intelligence agents blow up the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior in Auckland harbor, New Zealand, to prevent it from interfering with French nuclear tests in the South Pacific. Dutch photographer Fernando Pereira is killed. 1991: Boris Yeltsin is […]
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TOURISM
July 9, 2025 Vietnam emerges as this summer’s “in” destination
By Martin Banks Vietnam has emerged as this summer’s ‘it’ destination but the timeless allure of France remains.
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CYPRUS
July 9, 2025 European Affairs Minister for Cyprus in London for working visit
Deputy Minister for European Affairs Marilena Raouna is paying London a working visit ahead of an informal expanded meeting on Cyprus in New York, as well as in the framework of preparations for the assumption of the Cypriot EU Council Presidency in the first half of 2026.
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GEOPOLITICS
July 9, 2025 Greek-French military exercise in Aegean as regional instability grows
Greece and France are holding a major joint military exercise in the Pagasetic Gulf, east mainland Greece, showcasing strong cooperation and readiness for action amid growing instability in the eastern Mediterranean.
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HISTORY
July 9, 2025 9 July 2025: This day in history
1401: Turko-Mongol ruler Tamerlane (Timur) destroys Baghdad, killing 20,000 people 1790: King Gustav III leads Swedish naval forces to victory over the Russian Baltic fleet during the Second Battle of Svensksund, destroying or capturing one-third of the Russian ships and ending the Russo-Swedish War 1868: Louisiana and South Carolina are the last states to ratify […]
