• EUROPE
    Thousands protest in Hungary demanding end to state media propaganda

    Thousands of Hungarians gathered outside the headquarters of the country’s state television on Saturday, protesting against what they described as the government’s “propaganda machine” and calling for an independent public service media. The protestors, from the opposition TISZA party, say that the state broadcaster MTVA is running biased propaganda, featuring only politicians from Prime Minister […]

  • HISTORY
    6 October 2024: This day in history

    1917: Battle of Passchendaele: Canadian troops capture the village of Passchendaele in the Third Battle of Ypres, after 250,000 casualties on both sides 1948: Earthquake in Ashgabat kills 100,000 in the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic 1948: Paleoanthropologist Mary Leakey finds the first partial fossil skull of Proconsul africanus, an ancestor of apes and humans on […]

  • WORLD
    Taiwan collaborates with US to advance circular electronic products

    The Ministry of Environment’s Resource Circulation Administration staged an International E-Waste Management Network annual exchange event Oct. 2-4 in Taipei City, to enhance efficient use of natural resources. The three-day gathering brought together over 70 participants from Argentina, Brazil, Columbia, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand, Tuvalu, Vietnam, the Philippines, and the U.S., to share experiences and techniques […]

  • HISTORY
    5 October 2024: This day in history

    1274: Around 1,000 soldiers of the Mongol army land on the Japanese island of Tsushima in the first attack of Kublai 1789: Women of Paris march to Versailles in the March on Versailles to confront Louis XVI about his refusal to promulgate the decrees on the abolition of feudalism, demand bread, and have the king […]

  • CYPRUS
    Whats on at the Cypriot Wine Festìval in London

    Whats on at the Cypriot Wine Festìval 2024 CyWineFest is back and we are pleased to announce this year’s entertain-ment programme! Join us in celebrating the return of the biggest event in our com-munity’s calendar – Saturday 5th & Sunday 6th October 2024 at The Decorium, 22 Western Road, London N22 6UH.

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