EU steps up crackdown on human trafficking
By Martin Banks The Commission has outlined how it will step up its fight to combat human trafficking.
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EUROPE
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CYPRUS 
January 27, 2025 Cyprus FM says new Syria leadership should be legitimised based on what it does, not what it promises
Syria’s new leadership should be legitimised “by what it does and not by what it may promise”, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos told the Cyprus News Agency upon his arrival to the Foreign Affairs Council of the EU (FAC) that is being held in Brussels on Monday.
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GREEKS ABROAD
January 27, 2025 Dynamic preparation for VCE by the Greek Community of Melbourne schools
The two-day summer seminar for VCE preparation in Greek, organised by the Greek Community of Melbourne Schools on January 22 and 23 at the Greek Centre, was a resounding success.
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SPORTS
January 27, 2025 Soccer legend Mimis Domazos, ‘The General’, bid farewell
Greek soccer legend Mimis Domazos, the attacking midfielder who captained Panathinaikos in the 1971 European Cup final, was bid farewell at a funeral service held Monday at the capital’s Metropolitan Cathedral, followed by his burial at Athens’ First Cemetery.
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EUROPE
January 27, 2025 EU agrees to gradually ease Syria sanctions
EU foreign ministers on Monday agreed in principle to begin gradually easing sanctions on Syria to support economic recovery after the ouster of Bashar al-Assad. EU member states had begun reassessing their sanctions regime as Syria’s new leadership, the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), lobbied to have them lifted to improve the war-torn country’s economic situation. […]
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HISTORY
January 27, 2025 27 January 2025: This day in history
1820: Russian Antarctic expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev discover the continent of Antarctica 1825: US President James Monroe urges Congress to approve creation of Indian Territory, west of the Mississippi River, for the relocation of Eastern Indian tribes to ‘promote their welfare and happiness” [ 1924: Vladimir Lenin is placed […]
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WORLD
January 26, 2025 Deadline for Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon expires, but troops will stay
The deadline for the Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon expired early on Sunday, but troops will remain in some areas as Israel says a ceasefire deal with Hezbollah has not been fully implemented. The 60-day agreement, which was brokered by the US and France and put an end to 14 months of conflict, stipulated the […]
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CYPRUS
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GREEKS ABROAD
January 26, 2025 Why Mihali Georgeou is on his way to becoming a household name
By Stamatina Notaras While we live in a time when performers are curated and authenticity is rare, Mihali Georgeou constantly reminds us that some things can’t be taught.
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ECONOMY
January 26, 2025 BoG: Greek economy set to peak in 2025
Growth in the Greek economy is expected to peak in 2025, after which it will converge towards potential growth, the Bank of Greece (BoG) said in its Note on the Greek Economy, released on Friday.
