The Steppin’ Out Jazz Band presents the concert ‘Tribute to the Duke Ellington Songbook’ at Technopolis 20, on Friday September 13. “Enjoy a musical tribute to Duke ...
Name: Angelica: (Angelica archangelica) Otherwise known as: Angel’s Food Habitat: A biennial member of the Umbelliferae family growing up to 2m in river valleys and damp meadows in Europe. The ...
A 16-year-old Greek Cypriot is wanted by Turkish Cypriot police for taking down a Turkish flag from a primary school in the village of Lysi in the north on Sunday, when thousands of original ...
A 16-year-old Greek Cypriot is wanted by Turkish Cypriot police for taking down a Turkish flag from a primary school in the village of Lysi in the north on Sunday, when thousands of original ...
Given the photos, the British museum has apparently failed to take proper care over the Parthenon sculptures. The successive Greek governments, who claim the return of the marbles and spend millions ...
The ombudswoman’s office will prioritise its independent investigation into last week’s suicide of a 15-year-old boy, ombudswoman Maria Stylianou-Lottidis said on Thursday. She said she ...
By Andrew Osborn and Maria Tsvetkova MOSCOW, Sept 12 (Reuters) – Russian law enforcement authorities on Thursday carried out mass raids on the homes and offices of Kremlin critic Alexei ...
The confrontational comments on this thread mirror the political establishment. Backwards and forwards, accusation and counter-accusation, you did this and you did that. Mindless. And tomorrow or the ...
From pubs to theme parks, sterling’s near record lows against other major currencies has encouraged overseas buyers to snap up “UK Plc”, with more bargain hunters expected. Private ...
Manchester United’s recent troubles from the penalty spot have left them with a shockingly poor record among Premier League clubs. Both Paul Pogba and Marcus Rashford missed penalties for ...
Land of fire and ice, of soaring mountains, endless pampas and freezing desert, Patagonia is one of the most stunning places on the planet. Bordered in the north by The Colorado and Barrancas Rivers ...
Scientists in the UK have made a “world first” discovery on a distant planet that hosts both water and temperatures which could support life. Water vapour has been detected on a ...
Police announced on Thursday that measures will be taken to ease traffic congestion in the mornings, recently further exacerbated due to road works in the centre of Nicosia and the start of the new ...
No, this has nothing to do with Michael Jackson’s iconic dance move. It’s an initiative by Paralimni Youth – entitled ‘Moonwalk’ – bringing live music to the ...
Members of the drug squad arrested three people in Nicosia on Wednesday evening after they found cocaine and cannabis in their possession. The officers conducted a search of the home of a 23-year-old ...
A number of explosions and a fire took place in a military zone east of Kyrenia in the occupied north at around 2.00 am. As reported the explosions in the Ayios Epiktitos area and very close to Hotel ...
Blasts rocked an ammunition depot in occupied northern Cyprus on Thursday after a fire broke out in a military zone, with shattered glass slightly injuring some people, the Turkish Cypriot ...
Blasts rocked an ammunition depot on Thursday after a fire broke out at a military zone east of Kyrenia, with shattered glass slightly injuring some people. The Turkish Defence Ministry said the fire ...
Blasts rocked an ammunition depot on Thursday after a fire broke out at a military zone east of Kyrenia, with shattered glass slightly injuring two people. The Turkish defence ministry said the fire ...
Blasts rocked an ammunition depot on Thursday after a fire broke out at a military zone east of Kyrenia, with shattered glass injuring twelve people. The Turkish defence ministry said the fire had ...
THE next stop in the Cyprus problem is the UN General Assembly, one newspaper reported on Wednesday. This came out from the meeting in Athens between Greece’s new prime minister, Kyriacos ...
By Peter Thal Larsen Corporate excess is a common phenomenon these days. Chief executives whizz around in corporate jets while their giant salaries pile up in offshore bank ...
Early school-leaving among migrant children in Cyprus is almost twice as high compared with native-born children, with Cyprus being one of the six EU countries where the gap is most pronounced, three ...
Former Manchester City skipper Vincent Kompany was ruled out of his own testimonial with a hamstring injury on Wednesday but received some consolation after the club said it would commission a statue ...
Εβρεξε και έχουν και στο Μουμπάι το στρούθο τους... Πλημμυρισμένοι δρόμοι μια όχι και τόσο ασυνήθιστη ημέρα στο Μουμπάι της Ινδίας. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas
Ήξερες ότι...
Το 1726 ο Σαρλ Σανσόν κληρονόμησε από τον πατέρα του τη θέση του Δημίου του Παρισιού, όντας μόλις επτά ετών.
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Δευτέρα
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Σεπτεμβρίου
2019
Διεθνής Ημέρα για τη Διατήρηση της Στιβάδας του Όζοντος
Το Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο κατακτά το Κέιπ Τάουν της Νότιας Αφρικής.
1810
Το Μεξικό γίνεται ανεξάρτητο από την Ισπανία (εθνική εορτή).
1848
Καταργείται η δουλεία σε όλα τα γαλλικά εδάφη.
1908
Ιδρύεται η αυτοκινητοβιομηχανία General Motors από τον Γουίλιαμ Ντιράντ.
1920
Βόμβα στη Γουόλ Στριτ των ΗΠΑ, με 300 τραυματίες.
1922
Στην Ελλάδα, για πρώτη φορά στα χρονικά σχηματίζεται κυβέρνηση, η οποία διαρκεί λιγότερο από 24 ώρες (Πρωθυπουργός για μία ημέρα διορίζεται ο Αναστάσιος Χαραλάμπης και σε λίγες ώρες σχηματίζεται νέα κυβέρνηση, με Πρωθυπουργό το Σωτήριο Κροκιδά).
1957
Πραξικόπημα στην Ταϊλάνδη.
1975
Η Παπούα Νέα Γουινέα γίνεται ανεξάρτητη από τη διοίκηση της Αυστραλίας (εθνική εορτή).
1978
Σεισμός 7 Ρίχτερ στο ανατολικό Ιράν, με περισσότερους από 11.000 νεκρούς.
1999
Σε δημοψήφισμα στην Αλγερία το 98,6% εγκρίνει τη χορήγηση αμνηστίας σε ισλαμιστές (πρόταση του Προέδρου Μπουτεφλίκα).
