Beijing offers to lift sanctions on MEPs, hoping to revive EU-China investment deal
Beijing’s offer to lift sanctions on MEPs comes amid growing speculation of an impending EU-China reset in reaction to Donald Trump’s tariffs.
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EUROPE
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HISTORY 
April 25, 2025 25 April 2025: This day in history
1660: English Convention Parliament meets and votes to restore Charles II 1792: Guillotine first used in France, executes highwayman Nicolas Pelletier 1846: Thornton Affair: Open conflict begins over the disputed border of Texas, triggering the Mexican–American War 1915: First landings at Gaba Tepe and Cape Helles on the Gallipoli Peninsula by ANZAC forces during World […]
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EUROPE
April 24, 2025 Medics returning from Gaza go on hunger strike
By Martin Banks A delegation of doctors, surgeons, paramedics and activists reported the horrors they experienced working in Gaza to the European Parliament today.
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CYPRUS
April 24, 2025 President Christodoulides to attend Pope Francis’ funeral
President of the Republic, Nikos Christodoulides, will attend the funeral of Pope Francis, CNA has learned.
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GREEKS ABROAD
April 24, 2025 Oakleigh Grammar commemorates ANZAC Day at special assembly
Oakleigh Grammar has honoured ANZAC Day with a moving whole school assembly to commence Term Two of 2025.
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ECONOMY
April 24, 2025 Help for consistent taxpayers
Deputy Prime Minister Kostis Hatzidakis on Wednesday confirmed the government’s intention to proceed to the next step – after the measures announced on Tuesday – in the context of the Thessaloniki International Fair, focusing on “tax cuts for the middle incomes and consistent taxpayers.”
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EUROPE
April 24, 2025 Spain to meet NATO 2% defence target by 2025
The Spanish Prime Minister confirmed an additional €10.4 billion investment in defence and security to bring the country’s spending from 1.28% of GDP in 2024 to the 2% NATO target agreed in 2014.
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HISTORY
April 24, 2025 24 April 2025: This day in history
1184: BC The Greeks enter Troy using the Trojan Horse (traditional date) 1877: Russo-Turkish War: Russia declares war on the Ottoman Empire 1898: Spanish–A merican War: Spain declares war after rejecting US ultimatum to withdraw from Cuba 1916: Easter Rising of Irish republicans against British occupation begins in Dublin 1967: American General William Westmoreland says […]
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ECONOMY
April 23, 2025 Cohesion and agriculture among key pillars of next EU budget
By Martin Banks MEPs say the next long-term EU budget must be better aligned with the Union’s new priorities of competitiveness and defence.
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EUROPE
April 23, 2025 Spring art comes to Brussels
By Martin Banks Imagined landscapes and dreamlike maps, heart warming painting, detours into design and architecture… it’s hard to know where to look this spring.
