Defense Minister Nikos Dendias visited Alexandroupoli and the Kipoi border post along the Greek-Turkish frontier on Christmas Day, accompanied by top military officials. He attended the Christmas holly mass and later visited the Kipoi bridge surveillance outpost, where he exchanged greetings with personnel.
As 2024 draws to a close, Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s government expects 2025 to be eventful as it assumes the six-month presidency of the Council of the EU and presidential elections that will likely see Tusk’s camp take full power in the country.
1492: First Spanish settlement in the New World, La Navidad, is founded by Christopher Columbus (modern Môle-Saint-Nicolas in Haiti) 1792: Trial of French King Louis XVI, court hears the kings defense brought by Raymond Desèze 1825: Decembrist uprising in Russia against Tsar Nicholas I begins [O.S. 14 December] 1944: Battle of Bastogne: US General George […]
As part of President Lai Ching-te’s policy goal of building a healthier Taiwan, a drive to reduce the country’s cancer deaths by one-third by 2030 will be implemented, the Executive Yuan said Dec. 24. During a cross-ministerial cancer prevention meeting at the EY, Premier Cho Jung-Tai said this will be achieved through a three-pronged approach: […]
Cyprus’ Government warned on Tuesday against any attempts to undermine its sovereign rights in the Eastern Mediterranean, amid reports of a potential maritime agreement between Turkey and Syria. As Government Spokesperson Konstantinos Letymbiotis told CNA, such actions would violate international law and prompt Cyprus to respond with all available measures.
The future of Stockroute Park and its iconic Discobolus sculpture has sparked widespread concern among Sydney’s Greek Australian community, as the NSW Government’s Draft Masterplan 2050 threatens their demolition.
Turkey’s net monthly minimum wage will be 22,104 Turkish lira ($630.36) in 2025, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday, marking a 30% increase from 2024.
Amid an unusually calm political landscape by Italian standards, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is entering 2025 with high ambitions, including increasing her profile by liaising between the EU and US President Donald Trump and escalating a battle against Europe’s Green Deal.
1: The first Christmas according to calendar-maker and Eastern Roman monk Dionysius Exiguus 800: Pope Leo III crowns Charles the Great (Charlemagne), Roman Emperor 1066: William the Conqueror is crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey, completing the Norman conquest of England 1741: Astronomer Anders Celsius introduces Centigrade temperature scale 1868: Despite bitter opposition, US […]
President Lai Ching-te expressed hope that through Taiwan’s literature the country’s stories would be brought to the world and bring further international recognition. Lai made the remark Dec. 19 in the Presidential Office in Taipei City during a reception for Yang Shuang-zi and Lin King, respectively author and translator of “Taiwan Travelogue,” which took the […]
