As the dust settled after Parliament’s rejection of the confidence motion against the government on Thursday night, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has linked the upcoming European elections to Greece’s political stability upon which country’s forward course hinges.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has warned of the “real” threat of conflict in Europe, saying that for the first time since the end of World War II the continent has entered a “pre-war era”.
240 BC: 1st recorded perihelion passage of Halley’s Comet 1856: The Russian Empire, the Ottoman Empire, Great Britain, France and the Kingdom of Sardinia sign the Treaty of Paris ending the Crimean War 1867: The United States buys Alaska from Russia for $7,200,000 (109 million in 2018 dollars), roughly 2 cents an acre 1870: 15th […]
Poet’s Poetry Group and the Cypriot Artists Platform celebrated World Poetry Day on March 21.
The Olympic Flame lighting ceremony ahead of the Paris Olympic Games will take place at the ancient site of Olympia on April 16 in a public event that will be televised live around the world, according to the program announced on Thursday.
During a three-day official visit to Brazil, French President Emmanuel Macron floated the idea of a new EU-Mercosur deal that could go beyond just trade, while critics and supporters await the finer details.
845: Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collects a huge ransom in exchange for leaving 1549: The city of Salvador da Bahia, the first capital of Brazil, is founded 1901: Edmund Barton is elected Prime Minister in Australia’s first parliamentary election 1912: Captain Robert Falcon Scott, storm-bound in a tent […]
By Vassilios Nicolaos Vitsilogiannis Konstantinos Beta managed to bring a mystical in-the-dark concert at the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation on Tuesday, March 26th. This concert supported the Social Cooperative Enterprise (AMKE) ‘With Different Eyes,’ an organization aiming to eliminate the underrepresentation of people with disabilities in public discourse. The ‘Spoudaia Events’ (English Translation: Great Events) aspire […]
In Ancient Rome, female fighters were known as “Gladiatrix” and were basically the equivalent of Roman male gladiators. However, instead of fighting other men, they fought other Gladiatrix or even wild animals. These battles took place during special events in arenas and festivals.
Interview with Stefanos Stefanou, General Secretary of AKEL: ‘Ankara is the Decisive Centre in the Cyprus Issue’ AKEL General Secretary Stefanos Stefanou emphasized that there is no doubt that Ankara is the decisive centre for the solution of the Cyprus problem, stating, “Turkey, which unlawfully holds a significant part of the territory of the Republic […]
