962: Under future Emperor Nikephoros II Phokas, Byzantine troops storm the city of Aleppo and recover the tattered tunic of John the Baptist during the Byzantine-Arab Wars 1688: King James II, the last Roman Catholic British monarch flees to France from William of Orange 1783: US General George Washington resigns his military commission as Commander-in-Chief […]
President Lai Ching-te said Taiwan looks forward to continuing to work with the U.S. and other democracies to advance global prosperity. Lai made the remarks while receiving a delegation from the Washington, D.C.-based think tank Brookings Institution Dec. 19 at the Presidential Office in Taipei City. The president praised Brookings for its pivotal research that […]
Ursula von der Leyen expressed the EU’s commitment to the process of resolving the Cyprus issue and its desire for the Union to play an active role in this direction.
By George Tserdanis The official launch of the book on the life and poetry of the late Demetris ‘Mimis’ Dervos took place on Wednesday, December 18 at the AHEPA NSW hall in Rockdale, Sydney.
Retail stores are operating on an extended schedule for the holiday season and will be open on Sunday from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., while chain stores and malls will stay open until 8:00 p.m.
A spontaneous memorial created by grieving families and local residents at a church overlooking Magdeburg’s Christmas market evolved during Saturday (21 December) into something more politically charged.
1790: Supposedly impenetrable Turkish fortress of Izmail stormed and captured by Suvorov and his Russian armies during the Russo-Turkish War (1787–92) 1885: Samurai Itō Hirobumi, becomes the first Prime Minister of Japan 1989: After 23 years of dictatorial rule, Romania ousts communist dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu 1990: Labor activist Lech Wałęsa sworn in as Poland’s first […]
By Martin Banks EU chief Antonio Costa says now is the time to “strengthen Ukraine for all scenarios.”
The Ambassador of the Republic of Cyprus to the People’s Republic of China, Frances-Galatia Lanitou Williams, presented recently her credentials to Chinese President Xi Jinping at a joint official ceremony for the presentation of Ambassadors’ credentials.
On Saturday, December 7, the Pallaconian Brotherhood of Melbourne held its 3rd Youth Arts & Culture Night.
