With its long-awaited defence industry programme, the European Commission looks to use the bloc’s budget to restructure its defence industrial base, showing determination to ramp up sustainable production across the continent and become more independent from other suppliers such as the US.
1568: Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian II agrees to pay tribute to the Ottoman Empire in exchange for peace 1865: Columbia in South Carolina burns down during the American Civil War 1876: Sardines first canned by Julius Wolff in Eastport, Maine 1972: British Parliament votes to join the European Common Market 2017: Discovery of a new […]
By Martin Banks Anyone interested in Asian culture may be aware that we’ve just celebrated the start of the Vietnamese New Year.
The Member of the European Parliament and member of the New Democracy political party, Stelios Kypouropoulos, in collaboration with the Greek Lyceum of Brussels and the Greek Community of Brussels, will organize an exhibition titled “Greek Cultural & Gastronomic Week” at the European Parliament in the PAUL-HENRI SPAAK / Floor 1 YEHUDI MENUHIN Area from […]
The Center for International Strategic Analyzes (KEDISA) is co-organizing with the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania in Greece online event (webinar) on the topic: “The challenge of effective enforcement of Western sanctions against Russia” on Wednesday 21 February 2024 and Greek time (EET) 18.00-20.00.
15 February 2024, AKEL C.C. Press Office, Nicosia At the “Kambouris sand” beach an environmental crime has been committed that bears all the characteristics of corruption and entanglement/interwoven interests. The previous government, but also the departments and authorities involved, all bear grave responsibilities for this crime. The revision of the relevant Special Ecological Assessment Report […]
Greek LGBT+ couples were preparing to tie the knot on Friday, one day after a historic parliamentary vote made same-sex civil marriage legal, the culmination of decades of campaigning for equal rights.
In her own country, the European Commission president’s green push has made her more popular with political opponents than her own conservative CDU. The tricky relationship reinforces pressure for her to campaign against her own record as she is expected to announce her second-term bid on Monday (19 February).
1659: First known cheque written (£400), now on display at Westminster Abbey 1840: American Charles Wilkes discovers the Shackleton Ice Shelf in Antarctica 1923: Howard Carter opens the inner burial chamber of Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun’s tomb and finds the sarcophagus 1959: Fidel Castro becomes the 16th Prime Minister of Cuba after overthrowing Fulgencio Batista 2005: […]
By Martin Banks Climate action Network (CAN Europe) has launched a national energy and climate plans tracker tool which,it says, highlights “disparities” between national climate and energy commitments and the actual emission reductions and energy transition at country level.
