While confirming positive results in previous years, EU agencies need to tighten up financial management, especially in the way they conduct public procurement, EU auditors said in a report ...
Facebook can be ordered to seek and remove, among shared user content, defamatory content which is identical to content already characterised as illegal, the EU Court of Justice ruled on ...
Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker launched a new EU agency Wednesday, the European Labour Authority, which began work by holding its first Management Board meeting in Brussels.Διαβάστε ...
The EU began talks Wednesday with five Eastern and Southern Africa countries (Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles and Zimbabwe) to deepen their current Economic Partnership ...
Broadcom, the world's leading supplier of chipsets used for TV set-top boxes and modems, must stop applying exclusivity provisions in agreements with its top customers, the Commission ordered ...
Internet 'cookies' can only be set if users have given consent that is valid under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and a pre-ticked checkbox is insufficient, the EU's top Court ruled ...
The EU Commission has launched a public consultation on implementation of the Basel III standards - the reforms to improve the regulation, supervision and risk management in the banking ...
The EU Commission proposed Tuesday new 'eco-design' measures to improve the repairability and recyclability of household products such as refrigerators, washing machines, dishwashers and ...
As more EU trade agreements enter into force, European companies are making good use of opportunities created by the EU's trade network - the largest in the world - the Commission said in a report ...
The EU Commission has fined Coroos and Groupe CECAB a total of EUR 31,647,000 for breaching EU antitrust rules. Bonduelle was not fined as it revealed the existence of the cartel to the ...
Blockchain, the technology behind bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, has the potential to transform the way we exchange a much wider range of assets, according to a new report from the EU's research ...
Internet companies would be forced to remove content promoting terrorism within an hour of being informed, under new EU rules adopted by an EU Parliament committee on Wednesday.Διαβάστε ...
The threat to democracy posed by the 'highly dangerous nature of Russian propaganda' was singled out by the European Parliament Thursday as it called for stronger action to counter ...
A 2014 EU staff reforms package has achieved significant savings, says a new report from the European Court of Auditors, but also had some negative consequences for human resources.Διαβάστε ...
The European Commission published Monday a call for tenders to create the first core service of a digital platform to help fight disinformation, or fake news, in Europe.Διαβάστε ...
EU ambassadors gave a green light Wednesday to a proposal for a first EU-wide classification system, or 'taxonomy', to allow businesses to determine what economic activities can be termed ...
The EU formally adopted Monday a new set of rules to guarantee a high level protection to whistleblowers across a wide range of sectors including public procurement, financial services and money ...
EU Parliament and Council negotiators agreed Wednesday on the appointment of Laura Codruta Kövesi, the MEPs' preferred choice to be the first head of the new EU Public Prosecutor’s ...
The UK's 'last minute proposals' do not, in their current form, represent a basis for an agreement to which the European Parliament could give consent, an EU Parliament committee said on ...
The city of Nantes in north-west France has been named the European Capital of Innovation 2019, the EU Commission announced Wednesday at the European Research and Innovation Days.Διαβάστε ...
Βάτες. Τις σχεδιαστικές τάσεις ακολουθεί κατά γράμμα ο κύριος της φωτογραφίας φορώντας αυτό το μάλλον υπερβολικό και άβολο σακάκι ενώ παρακολουθούσε επίδειξη μόδας στην Εβδομάδα μόδας του Τόκιο. EPA/FRANCK ROBICHON
Ήξερες ότι...
Κάθε ρήγας στην τράπουλα αναπαριστά έναν μεγάλο βασιλιά της ιστορίας: ο ρήγας μπαστούνι τον Δαυίδ, ο ρήγας σπαθί τον Μέγα Αλέξανδρο, ο ρήγας κούπα τον Καρλομάγνο και ο ρήγας καρό τον Ιούλιο Καίσαρα.
Πατεντάρεται ο οπτικός φωνόγραφος από τον Τόμας Έντισον (η πρώτη κινηματογραφική ταινία).
1918
Ανακωχή του Μούδρου, με την οποία τερματίζεται ο πόλεμος μεταξύ Τούρκων και των Δυνάμεων της Αντάντ (μεταξύ των οποίων και η Ελλάδα).
1937
Την πρώτη τους εμφάνιση σε κόμικς εφημερίδας των ΗΠΑ κάνουν τα 3 σχεδόν ίδια ανίψια του Ντόναλντ Ντακ, ο Χιούι, ο Λιούι και ο Ντιούι.
1956
Η Βρετανία ανοίγει το μεγαλύτερο πυρηνικό εργοστάσιο στον κόσμο, στο Κάλντερ Χολ.
1979
Το Νόμπελ Ειρήνης απονέμεται στη Μητέρα Τερέζα.
1994
Ιορδανία και Ισραήλ αποφασίζουν να υπογράψουν μια ιστορική συνθήκη ειρήνης, δίνοντας τέλος στη μεταξύ τους 46χρονη εμπόλεμη κατάσταση.
1997
Στην Κούβα, στη Σάντα Κλάρα, μεταφέρονται και ενταφιάζονται τα οστά του θρυλικού επαναστάτη Τσε Γκεβάρα, τριάντα χρόνια μετά την εκτέλεση του στη Βολιβία.
