The European Union wants to set up a mechanism that allows member states to share surplus Covid-19 vaccines with poorer countries, after the World Health Organization warned that the world is on the ...
Some 59 percent of Europeans thought China will become more powerful than the US in the next 10 years and 60 percent said the American political system was broken due to outgoing president Donald ...
A coronavirus mutation has been discovered among 35 newly infected patients in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany, Deutsche Welle reports. It is different to the new variant found recently in ...
The UK has appointed judge Gary Hickinbottom to lead a special enquiry into increasing lawlessness in its Caribbean protectorate, the British Virgin Islands (BVI). The BVI has long been known as a ...
On Tuesday, the Italian senate will vote on the government of prime minister Giuseppe Conte after former prime minister Matteo Renzi pulled out his ministers from the ruling coalition, Il Corriere ...
It remains to be seen if Laschet will be the CDU's candidate for German chancellor, but some of his foreign policy views have raised eyebrows in the past.Διαβάστε ...
EU countries hinted new sanctions might come if Russia further harms opposition hero Alexei Navalny, but France and Germany want business as usual for now.Διαβάστε ...
The International Ice-Hockey Federation (IIHF) said Monday it was dropping plans for Minsk and Riga to co-host its 2021 world cup, due to safety concerns arising from coronavirus and the political ...
People who exercise their right to refuse the coronavirus vaccine should not be discriminated against, but might face curbs on international travel in future, EU commission vice-president ...
The EU should protect its companies from other countries' sanctions, better enforce its asset-freezes, and encourage more euro-denominated trading, according to a European Commission paper due ...
The European Commission unveiled its plans for the 'New European Bauhaus' initiative - an environmental, economic and cultural project whose aim is to design future ways of living in a sustainable ...
The Energy Community, an international body in Vienna comprising the EU and nine EU-aspirant states from south-east Europe, has extended sanctions on Bosnia for non-compliance with Europe's energy ...
Romania has drawn the signal that the time has come to resume the EU-level dialogue on protracted conflicts and their crippling effects on the region's security and development perspectives, writes ...
The Greek government last week requested that the European Commission and EU border agency Frontex help return 1,450 failed asylum seekers to Turkey. Turkey has refused, citing the ...
A fire broke out at BOZAR, the well-known centre for the arts in Brussels, at around 4.15PM local time on Monday. The blaze was believed to be only in the roof, not inside the building, the Brussels ...
Portuguese Finance Minister Joao Leao has tested positive for coronavirus after meeting European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and other top officials in Lisbon Friday, Reuters reports. ...
Russia's arrest of opposition star Alexei Navalny when he landed in Moscow on Sunday merited new restrictive measures unless he was quickly freed, Lithuania's foreign minister, among others tweeted ...
Israel should extend its vaccination programme to the 4.5 million Palestinians living under its occupation in the West Bank and Gaza, the New York-based global group, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has ...
North Rhine-Westphalia State Premier Armin Laschet is elected on Saturday as the new leader of Germany's leading party, the Christian-Democrat Union (CDU). He is set to be the successor of current ...
Eurostar has said in a statement Sunday that due to a drop of 95 percent of passengers, it is facing an existential threat, adding without additional funding from government, there is a real risk to ...
Η εξέδρα στήθηκε, το χαλί στρώθηκε και καλύφθηκε με πλαστικό για να είναι πεντακάθαρο την ημέρα της ορκωμοσίας. Δυο κυρίες ανέλαβαν να παριστάνουν τον πρόεδρο και την αντιπρόεδρο για να περνούν από μπροστά τους οι μπάντες και τα τιμητικά αγήματα. Οι καρέκλες ανά δύο και σε απόσταση μεταξύ τους, ενώ δεν θα μπορέσει να παραστεί καθόλου το κοινό. Η ορκωμοσία του νέου προέδρου αν και με εμπόδια και αναστάτωση προχωρά. EPA/CAROLINE BREHMAN
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Ο όρος Διαβήτης αποδίδεται στο Έλληνας γιατρό Αρεταίο τον Καππαδόκη, εξαιτίας του ότι το νερό που έπινε ο άρρωστος διάβαινε αναλλοίωτο στα ούρα. Ο Αρεταίος έζησε τον 2ο αιώνα μ.Χ. και θεωρείται ο τρίτος σπουδαιότερος έλληνας γιατρός της αρχαιότητας, μετά τον Ιπποκράτη και τον Γαληνό.
Ο Μάο Τσε Τουνγκ δηλώνει ότι αναγνωρίζει τη Δημοκρατική Κυβέρνηση του Βιετνάμ.
1952
Χιλιάδες φοιτητές διαδηλώνουν στους δρόμους της Αθήνας υπέρ της ένωσης της Κύπρου με την Ελλάδα.
1953
Οι Ελληνίδες ψηφίζουν για πρώτη φορά στις εκλογές της Θεσσαλονίκης
1955
Το επιτραπέζιο παιχνίδι «Σκραμπλ» κάνει την πρώτη του εμφάνιση. Εμπνευστής του, ο αρχιτέκτονας Άλφρεντ Μπατς.
1997
O Γιάσερ Αραφάτ γυρνά στη Χεβρώνα μετά από 30 χρόνια, προκειμένου να παραστεί στους εορτασμούς για την παράδοση της τελευταίας πόλης στη Δυτική Όχθη από τους Ισραηλινούς στους Παλαιστίνιους.
