A new draft law presented on Friday in Budapest would allow Hungary’s National Electoral Office to revoke the mandates of members of the European Parliament if they fail to comply with financial transparency rules.
31: The first Easter, according to calendar-maker Dionysius Exiguus 1436: Florence Cathedral, Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore, consecrated by Pope Eugene IV, the largest dome in the world (then) by Filippo Brunelleschi with support from Cosimo de’ Medici (begun 1296) 1807: British Parliament abolishes the slave trade throughout the British Empire; penalty of £120 […]
South Korea’s constitutional court has dismissed the impeachment of Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, reinstating him as the country’s acting president. Han took over as acting leader last December when President Yoon Suk Yeol was suspended from duties and impeached by parliament after he attempted to declare martial law. However, Han only lasted two weeks in […]
Cyprus President, Nikos Christodoulides, and Turkish Cypriot leader, Ersin Tatar, will meet on April 2, CNA has learned.
“It is symbolic that we are celebrating today because the liberation started in Kalamata on 23rd March 1821 and continued to 25th March,” said MC Spyros Alatsas, addressing hundreds of Greek Australians who gathered at the Hellenic Museum for a grand celebration of Greek Independence Day. The event, a vibrant party, featured traditional music, dance, […]
The youngsters of the Greek national team outplayed and outscored the Scots in Glasgow on Sunday, thrashing the Hampden Park hosts 3-0 and rightfully earning Greece a spot in the top level of the UEFA Nations League.
More than one million Syrian refugees have returned home since the beginning of the year, a record number not seen since the outbreak of the Syrian war in 2011.
1603: Scottish King James VI son of Mary Queen of Scots, becomes King James I of England in succession to Elizabeth I, thus joining the English and Scottish crowns 1837: Canada gives its black citizens the right to vote 1882: German scientist Robert Koch discovers and describes the tubercle bacillus which causes tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis), and […]
Sir Keir Starmer’s plan for an international force to support a ceasefire in Ukraine has been dismissed as “a posture and a pose” by Donald Trump’s special envoy. Steve Witkoff said the idea was based on a “simplistic” notion of the UK prime minister and other European leaders thinking “we have all got to be […]
All patrols and surveillance on land and at sea are carried out within the framework of Cyprus’ legitimate rights and do not, in any way, deviate from international rules, Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas said on Thursday, responding to criticism on pushbacks, following a shipwreck off the coast of the island last Monday, claiming the lives […]
