The European Commission sent a letter of formal notice to the United Kingdom Thursday for breaching its EU Treaty obligations by not suggesting a candidate for the post of EU ...
18-year-olds in the EU have until 28 November to apply for the latest round of DiscoverEU travel passes, launched Thursday, which give them the opportunity to travel across Europe for ...
The European Parliament voted Thursday on measures specifying how large online platforms such as Amazon and Ebay are to contribute to closing existing loopholes that currently hinder the collection ...
The Eurozone is heading for a period of high uncertainty, according to the EU's latest economic forecast, released Thursday, as it faces trade conflicts, rising geopolitical tensions, manufacturing ...
A new tyre labelling scheme for car and trucks, provisionally agreed Wednesday by EU institutions, aims to increase consumer awareness and fuel savings, improve safety and decrease noise ...
The EU should commit to net-zero CO2 emissions by 2050 at the UN Conference and step up its emissions' reduction ambition for 2030, the European Parliament's Environment Committee said on ...
Complacency over gender diversity could be an important factor in holding back an expected global surge in research and development activity, according to new research published on ...
The EU Commission published Tuesday its 2020 call for proposals for the Erasmus+ programme - opportunities for young Europeans to study and train abroad - with an expected budget of over EUR 3 ...
EU defence ministers gave the go-ahead Tuesday to an updated list of 13 new projects to be undertaken under the EU's new 'Permanent Structured Cooperation' defence structure (PESCO).Διαβάστε ...
The EU and China signed a landmark agreement to recognise each other's protected regional products Wednesday, protecting 100 European GIs in China and 100 Chinese GIs in the EU from ...
The European Commission adopted a decision Tuesday granting the first-ever market authorisation to the company Merck Sharp & Dohme B.V. for a vaccine against the deadly Ebola ...
Changes to Polish law lowering the retirement age of ordinary court judges, and setting a different retirement age depending on their gender, are contrary to EU law, the EU's top Court ruled on ...
Foodstuffs originating in Israel's occupied territories must bear the indication of their territory of origin, the EU's top Court ruled on Tuesday, and be labelled if originating from an Israeli ...
The EU Commission opened an antitrust investigation Monday to assess whether the French retail groups Casino and Intermarché breached EU competition rules by coordinating their conduct in the ...
New cars placed on the EU market from mid-2022 will have to be equipped with advanced safety systems, following adoption by the EU Council of a regulation on the general safety of motor ...
The EU cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 2% in 2018, according to preliminary estimates from the European Environment Agency, but progress on renewables is hampered by rising energy ...
The EU Council adopted a framework for restrictive measures Monday in response to unauthorised drilling by Turkey of hydrocarbons in the Eastern Mediterranean, enabling sanctions on individuals or ...
Wildfires destroyed nearly 178,000 hectares of forests and land in Europe last year, the EU Commission reported Thursday in its Annual Report on Forest Fires in Europe, the Middle East and North ...
The EU Council of finance ministers reached provisional agreement Friday on a set of rules on exchange of VAT payment data to facilitate detection of tax fraud in cross-border e-commerce ...
EU efforts to fight illegal fishing worldwide continue as Brussels notified Ecuador Wednesday that it must step up its actions (yellow card) in the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated ...
Μουσκεμένες λέξεις. Πλημμύρισε για μια ακόμη φορά η Βενετία φτάνοντας σε ύψη ρεκόρ των τελευταίων πενήντα χρόνων. Ενα από τα θύματα ήταν και το βιβλιοπωλείο με το σημαδιακό όνομα Acqua Alta. Στην φωτογραφία νεαρή επισκέπτρια κοιτά τα κατεστραμμένα πια βιβλία που πουλούσε από δεύτερο χέρι. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
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Στα κινεζικά, υπάρχει μία λέξη για τις λέξεις «crisis» (κρίση) και «opportunity» (ευκαιρία).
Σήμερα
Δευτέρα
18
Νοεμβρίου
2019
Παγκόσμια Ημέρα Φιλοσοφίας
Γιορτάζουν : Πλάτωνας, Πλάτων, Πλατωνία, Πλατώνα
1928
Κάνει πρεμιέρα στο «Κόλονι» της Νέας Υόρκης ο διάσημος ήρωας των κινουμένων σχεδίων Μίκι Μάους, στην ταινία του Γουόλτ Ντίσνεϊ Steamboat Willie «Το ατμόπλοιο του Γουίλι».
1964
Στο αίμα πνίγεται ο επίσημος εορτασμός στον Γοργοπόταμο για την ανατίναξη της ομώνυμης γέφυρας από αντιστασιακούς το 1942. Έκρηξη στον χώρο της εκδήλωσης προκαλεί τον θάνατο 13 ανθρώπων και τον τραυματισμό 45.
