EU wants more home-grown fish despite public pushback
The Commission is betting on farmed fish to cut reliance on imports, but growing concerns, ranging from sustainability to animal welfare, threaten to undermine the effort
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EUROPE
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POLITICS 
May 8, 2026 PM opens debate over Constitution
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday presented the governing New Democracy party’s proposed framework for constitutional revision, outlining amendments to 30 articles that would reshape judicial appointments, electoral procedures, public administration and environmental protections.
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HISTORY
May 8, 2026 8 May 2026: This day in history
1660: English Parliament proclaims Charles II King of England and invites him to return 1835: First installment of Hans Christian Andersen’s “Fairy Tales” is published by C. A. Reitzel in Copenhagen, Denmark 1895: China cedes Taiwan to Japan under the Treaty of Shimonoseki 1902: Mount Pelée on the French overseas island of Martinique erupts, wiping […]
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GREEKS ABROAD
May 7, 2026 Fears of renewed Gaza war as Hamas disarmament talks stall
Ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas have stalled, and Gaza risks sliding back into war. This week an Israeli air strike killed the son of Hamas’s leader and chief negotiator Khalil al-Hayya, and Palestinian sources confirmed to the BBC that the two sides had reached a deadlock in negotiations. Israeli media reports suggest Israel is […]
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CYPRUS
May 7, 2026 Revenue from Cyprus tourism shows annual increase of 7.4% in first two months of the year
An annual increase of 7.4% was recorded in the period of January – February 2026, as regards revenue from tourism.
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GEOPOLITICS
May 7, 2026 Greece denies involvement in Israeli interception of Gaza-bound flotilla
Greece played no role in the Israeli military’s interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla bound for Gaza Strip, and no Israeli vessels involved in the operation docked at a Greek port, the Greek Foreign Ministry has said.
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HISTORY
May 7, 2026 7 May 2026: This day in history
1429: English siege of Orleans broken by Joan of Arc and the French army 1906: Advertisement for Nobel’s Dynamite in the German newspaper “Deutsch-Südwestafrikanische Zeitung”Nobel’s Dynamite 1867: Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel patents dynamite in England, the first of three patents he receives for the explosive material 1912: Columbia University approves plans to award the Pulitzer […]
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GREEKS ABROAD
May 6, 2026 New rules “sends a clear signal of relief for consumers”
By Martin Banks MEPs say that EU citizens should have more ways to get a car checked, but frequency of mandatory tests should not change.
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WORLD
May 6, 2026 China calls for Strait to be reopened ‘as soon as possible’ in Iran talks
Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi has called for the Strait of Hormuz to be reopened “as soon as possible” in talks with his Iranian counterpart. The pair met in Beijing on Wednesday on what is Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araqchi’s first trip to China since the Iran war began. Wang Yi also told Araqchi that […]
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GEOPOLITICS
May 6, 2026 Erdogan warns against EU exclusion
Turkey’s president urged the European Union to pursue closer ties with Ankara, arguing that the bloc increasingly needs Turkey’s strength and regional influence. In a speech, Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Europe faces a choice: recognize Turkey’s power and global reach as an opportunity to overcome current challenges, or allow “the rhetoric of exclusion to tarnish […]
