Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry has called for Yemen’s southern factions to attend a “dialogue” in Riyadh, after a dramatic turn of events in the south brought Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates into unprecedented direct confrontation. Both Gulf powers have intervened on behalf of Yemen’s internationally recognised government in the country’s long-running civil war, […]
Τhere was an increase in the visits to Accident and Emergency Departments (A&E) of state hospitals during New Year’s holidays due to an increase in seasonal infections, State Health Services Organization (OKYPY) Spokesperson Charalambos Charilaou told the Cyprus News Agency on Friday.
New Eurogroup President and Greek Finance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis congratulated Bulgaria on its eurozone integration as of January 1.
1496: Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tests a flying machine 1521: Martin Luther is excommunicated by Pope Leo X from the Roman Catholic Church for refusing to recant parts of his Ninety-Five Theses, which started the Protestant Reformation 1777: General George Washington’s Revolutionary Army defeats British forces at the Battle of Princeton, New Jersey 1925: Benito […]
Italian pasta is set to be spared from high-level US tariffs that the Trump administration had threatened against 13 producers. The move could have resulted in American importers being taxed at a rate greater than the value of the actual pasta itself, and prices rising sharply for US consumers. But on Thursday, the Italian foreign […]
His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia arrived in Perth, Western Australia on the evening of Tuesday, December 23, accompanied by His Grace Bishop Iakovos of Miletoupolis.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said he would have a phone call with US President Donald Trump on Monday to discuss peace efforts between Ukraine and Russia as well as issues surrounding Gaza.
366: The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers and invade the Roman Empire 1492: Muhammad XII, the last Emir of Granada, surrenders the city to Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile, ending the Reconquista and centuries of Muslim rule on the Iberian Peninsula 1570: Tsar Ivan IV the Terrible […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said a peace agreement to end the war with Russia is “90% ready”, in a New Year address that largely focused on resistance to Moscow’s full-scale invasion. Zelensky said the remaining 10% of the agreement to end nearly four years of conflict would “determine the fate of peace, the fate […]
President of the Republic, Nikos Christodoulides, referred in his New Year’s televised message to the national mission of the EU Council Presidency assumption in 2026, achievements during 2025 in the economic and social sectors, the continued European and Western orientation at the international level as well as the highest priority that of a solution and reunification of […]
