Campaigners want abortion higher up EU election agenda
By Martin Banks Leading European NGOs met in Berlin on Wednesday (22 May) calling to “put reproductive rights on the ballot paper” in the forthcoming European Parliament elections.
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EUROPE
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GREEKS ABROAD 
May 22, 2024 Flagship study calls for EU to back the “investment surge”
By Martin Banks Europe’s distribution grids need to be urgently modernised to enable massive electrification of transport, heating and industry, integrate renewables and withstand more frequent extreme weather and cyber threats.
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POLITICS
May 22, 2024 By Giles Merritt, founder of Friends of Europe
Unless the opinion polls have got it very wrong, next month’s European elections will trigger a massively disruptive ‘Blame Game’ within the EU. Hurried realignments of longstanding political alliances and frantic searches for scapegoats threaten to change the face of the European Union in the eyes of the world as well as at home.
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ECONOMY
May 22, 2024 Trademark of Macedonia as means of economic diplomacy
The diplomatic reaction to the recent provocative relapses of Greece’s northern neighbors “must be accompanied by a trade counteroffensive, spearheaded by the authenticity and quality of products and services of our Macedonia,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told the regular general meeting of the Greek Exporters Association (SEVE) in Thessaloniki on Monday.
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HISTORY
May 22, 2024 22 May 2024: This day in history
334 BC: The Macedonian army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus 1570: First atlas ‘Theatrum Orbis Terrarum’ (Theatre of the World), published by Abraham Ortelius in Antwerp with 70 maps 1843: First wagon train departs Independence, Missouri for Oregon with 700-1,000 migrants 1939: Germany’s Adolf Hitler […]
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HEALTH
May 21, 2024 New app launched for people with vision problems
By Martin Banks Belgium (Brussels Morning Newspaper), A new app to help charities and voluntary organisations protect staff and volunteers working in the community has been developed thanks to a partnership between a leading sight loss charity and PwC.
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ECONOMY
May 21, 2024 Posidonia 2024: Pioneer cloud ERP solutions by Fleetwork
Fleetwork, a pioneer in cloud Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) in Greece, announced on Tuesday it will present its innovative solutions for fleet management to the global shipping community at the international shipping exhibition Posidonia 2024, to take place in June 3-7 2024 at the Athens Metropolitan Expo.
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CYPRUS
May 21, 2024 Forest Protection Week in Cyprus
Meeting of AKEL’s Parliamentary Representative with the Board of the General Control Centre of the Forestry Department 17 May 2024, AKEL C.C. Press Office, Nicosia On the occasion of Forest Protection Week, a delegation of AKEL headed by the Party’s Parliamentary Representative Giorgos Loukaides visited the General Control Centre of the Forestry Department in Athalassa […]
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EUROPE
May 21, 2024 Germany increases contested gas surcharge
A controversial gas transit surcharge levied by Germany will be increased again from July, the German operator announced on Tuesday (21 May), adding to tensions with Austria and Brussels.
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HISTORY
May 21, 2024 21 May 2024: This day in history
1792: Mount Unzen on Japan’s Shimabara Peninsula, erupts creating a tsunami, killing about 15,000; Japan’s deadliest volcanic eruption 1832: First US Democratic National Convention, is held in Baltimore 1871: French Army attacks Paris beginning the Semaine Sanglante (Bloody Week), a weeklong battle that kills 10,000-15,000 and ends the Paris Commune 1927: Aviator Charles Lindbergh, in […]
