The EU and Mexico signed a revamped trade agreement on Friday at a summit in Mexico City, attended by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and President of the European Council António Costa.
Greek long jumper Miltos Tentoglou, a two-time Olympic gold medalist and reigning Olympic champion, claimed victory at the prestigious Diamond League meeting in Xiamen, China, on Saturday with a leap of 8.46 meters, matching the best mark in the world this year.
1618: Second Defenestration of Prague: Two Catholic Lords Regent and their secretary are thrown out of a window and amazingly are not seriously injured by the 70-foot (21 m) fall; event triggers the Thirty Years’ War 1785: Benjamin Franklin describes his invention of bifocals in a letter to his friend George Whatley 1813: South American […]
Cuba poses a “national security threat” to the US and the likelihood of a peaceful agreement is “not high”, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said. His comments come just a day after the US charged Cuba’s former president Raúl Castro with murder over the 1996 downing of two planes resulting in the killing […]
A draft maritime spatial plan for the northern Aegean prioritizes offshore wind farms, energy infrastructure and expanded maritime transport, while offering few concrete environmental protections for coastal areas or marine ecosystems.
By Martin Banks An appeal has been launched by the Royal British Legion to recruit new members for its Brussels branch. Globally, the RBL, the UK’s largest armed forces charity, has a 180,000-strong membership and Brussels has just over 100 members. It is a well-established and friendly branch but, with an inevitably ageing membership, the […]
334 BC: 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) is published by Abraham Ortelius in Antwerp with 70 maps 1843: First wagon train departs Independence, Missouri, for Oregon with 700 to 1,000 migrants 1939: Germany’s […]
Interview by Vassilios Nicolaos Vitsilogiannis (IG: @vassiliosvitsilogiannis) Greek singer Stathis Angelopoulos has built his musical journey on passion, authenticity and a deep connection to laïko (Greek folk / popular music). From an early age, music became a natural form of expression for him, leading him to the stage where he discovered his true artistic identity. […]
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has revealed its plans to go public in the US, allowing people to trade shares in the firm on the stock market. SpaceX makes rockets, offers a satellite internet service called Starlink, and also owns Musk’s controversial artificial intelligence (AI) firm xAI. The initial public offering (IPO) on the US stock market […]
Neoléa, in collaboration with the Cretan Association of South Australia, hosted an intimate and engaging culinary workshop on Sunday, May 17, at the Cretan Hall in Alberton, the latest event in the ongoing project, The Syllogo Initiative.
