Christianity
Polish Church Decides to Canonize Katyn Martyrs
At its meeting on March 18, the Holy Synod of the Polish Orthodox Church decided to canonize the Katyn Martyrs. The decision states: “Today, when we celebrate the 100th anniversary…
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Economy
47 projects get go ahead to increase access to raw materials in the EU
The European Commission has selected 47 Strategic Projects to secure domestic supplies of raw materials in line with the Critical Raw Material Act (CRMA). Lithium ingots with a thin layer…
Europe
EU coordinates evacuation of burn victims after fire in nightclub in North Macedonia
In the early hours of Sunday, 16 March, a fire broke out in a nightclub in Kocani, North Macedonia, killing 59 people and injuring more than 155. In the immediate…
Christianity
Albania’s Orthodox church elects new leader, Archbishop Joan
Albania’s Orthodox Church on Sunday elected Joan Pelushi as its new leader following the death in January of Archbishop Anastasios, who had revived the church after the fall of communism in 1990.…
Culture
Pythagoras and his hatred of beans
We all know Pythagoras because at school he produced huge headaches with his hypotenuse theorem. Yes, that of "In every right triangle, the sum of the squares of the legs…
Europe
The EuroHPC JU Selects Additional AI Factories to Strengthen Europe’s AI Leadership
France and Germany will establish AI Factories, which operate alongside Europe’s first exascale supercomputers, Alice Recoque and JUPITER. Meanwhile, Austria, Bulgaria, Poland and Slovenia, will deploy new AI-optimised systems with…
Europe
Investigation finds many second-hand online traders fail to comply with EU consumer law
Today, the European Commission and national consumer protection authorities of 25 Member States as well as Iceland and Norway released the results of a screening (‘sweep') of online traders selling…
United Nations
World News in Brief: Guterres convenes Cyprus summit, violence continues in southern Lebanon, UN aid hub in Chad expands
UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists at the regular daily briefing in New York that the leaders of both the Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot communities would join UN chief…
European Council
The Role Of The Euro – How Currency Affects The European Economy
You may not realize just how impactful the euro is on both individual nations and the collective European economy. This single currency, adopted by 19 EU member states, plays a…