Belgian socialists have put forward former deputy prime minister Laurette Onkelinx as a candidate to be the country's next EU commissioner. The move follows a bid by Belgium's foreign and defence ...
The Ocean Viking rescue vessel, operated by charities Doctors Without Borders and SOS Mediterranee, will disembark 365 people, including 103 minors, in Malta after they were forced to spend 13 days ...
The number of EU citizens coming to the UK has fallen since the Brexit referendum in 2016, with 200,000 people coming in the year ending March, the lowest figure since 2013 (183,000). The trend is ...
The EU ought to consider banning Brazilian beef unless it takes action on forest fires, the Finnish EU presidency has said. A wider free trade deal is also at risk.Διαβάστε ...
Switzerland has adopted an EU legal framework on aviation and drone-flying designed to ensure smooth traffic after Brexit. The legal regime, which enters into force on 1 September, will make sure ...
Just 16 percent of British people believe the UK can leave the EU in an orderly way on 31 October, according to a poll by YouGov out Friday. Some 68 percent said it was 'not very likely' or 'not ...
Italy's president Sergio Mattarella said on Thursday he gives the Five Star Movement (M5S) and the Democratic Party (PD) five days to form a government. If they do not succeed there will likely be ...
'The magnitude of the fires on the territory of the Amazon is frightening and threatening, not only for Brazil and the other countries concerned, but for the whole world,' German chancellor Angela ...
The UK should tie its payment of €43bn of EU obligations to developments in post-Brexit EU trade and seek a 'sunset clause' for the validity of EU court rulings, senior Tory MP David Davis told ...
The focus at the G7 summit will most likely narrow down to the global economy and foreign affairs, but the EU is also set to make a number of pledges on transparency and fighting ...
French and Brazilian presidents have clashed on Twitter over the Amazon fires, as G7 and is other states plan treaty to protect biodiversity.Διαβάστε ...
The Irish border plan, or 'backstop', in the old Brexit accord was an 'indispensable guarantee to preserve the integrity of the single market,' French president Emmanuel Macron told British PM Boris ...
The German manufacturing industry has expressed concern of a looming economic recession in Germany, as demand is decreasing sharply, according to Bloomberg. Orders are at their lowest level in six ...
The European Economic and Social Committee defends the system of 'per diem' payment to its members for the work they do, as they recieve no attendance fees or salaries.Διαβάστε ...
Five EU states have issued a statement condemning a World War 2-era German-Russian treaty which divided Europe, but Russia has defended the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact.Διαβάστε ...
Real risks to peace and stability in the South China Sea come from power outside the region, writes Zhang Ming, head of mission of the People's Republic of China to the European ...
Καλοκαίρι. Τι θα ήταν η καυτή εποχή του χρόνου χωρίς αυτά. Πως θα εννοούσε κανείς το καλοκαίρι χωρίς τον ήχο των τζιτζικιών;. Στην φωτογραφία ένας μεγάλος τζίτζικας από την Γαλλία. EPA/SEBASTIEN NOGIER
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1898
Οι Τούρκοι σφάζουν 700 Έλληνες και 15 Άγγλους στο Ηράκλειο Κρήτης.
1914
Διχασμός στην Ελλάδα. Ο Ελευθέριος Βενιζέλος παραιτείται από την πρωθυπουργία.
1921
Η Γερμανία υπογράφει συμφωνία ειρήνης με τις ΗΠΑ, τερματίζοντας επίσημα την από 1917 εμπόλεμη κατάσταση.
1939
Β Παγκόσμιος Πόλεμος. Ο Αδόλφος Χίτλερ διατάζει επίθεση κατά της Πολωνίας.
1944
Β Παγκόσμιος Πόλεμος. Οι Σύμμαχοι απελευθερώνουν το Παρίσι από τους Ναζί.
1980
Η Microsoft ανακοινώνει την έκδοση του Unix, Xenix.
1993
Στο Τόγκο, ο μακροβιότερος Πρόεδρος της Αφρικής (στην εξουσία από το 1967), Νασίγκμπε Εγιαντέμα, κερδίζει τις προεδρικές εκλογές για πολλοστή φορά
2007
Μια σειρά από μεγάλες δασικές πυρκαγιές ξεκινούν στην Πελοπόννησο, την Εύβοια και άλλα σημεία της Ελλάδας, ξεκινώντας έτσι τη μεγαλύτερη καταστροφή δασών στην καταγεγραμμένη ιστορία της χώρας, και μια από τις φονικότερες παγκοσμίως, αφού τα θύματα ανέρχονται σε δεκάδες.
