It is not a misspelling; “stragedy” is a new word we are coining to describe what is happening with the EU and its migration strategy, which is failing to prevent more and more tragedies in the Mediterranean… In the latest news, some 700 people are feared dead after a boat that was carrying them capsized in Libyan…
European Central Bank (ECB) President, Mario Draghi, was sprayed with confetti by a woman attending the ECB’s press conference on 15 April 2015 in Frankfurt. The woman ran and jumped onto the desk in front of Mr. Draghi, shouting: “end the ECB dictatorship”. There were no injuries and only a brief interruption to the…
German author and Nobel Prize winner Günter Grass dies at age 87 (13 April 2015). The left-wing author of “The Tin Drum” (1959), who often acted as a moral authority in post-World War II Germany, was no stranger to controversy, including his later revealed service in a Nazi special forces unit and criticism of Israel’s…
The original poster of the Coalition to Abolish Spring Hunting says: Hunting in the spring? No thanks The Katoikos.eu addition of the word “IVA” (“YES”) in the red frame indicates the result of the referendum held in Malta on 12 April 2015: 50.4% supported the continuation of Spring hunting. Quail and turtle doves making stop-overs in Malta are thus fair…
Orthodox Good Friday, 10 April 2015, in front of the Parliament Building in Athens, Greece.
Meeting between President Vladimir Putin of Russia and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras of Greece in Moscow, 8 April 2015 Mr Putin and Mr Tsipras discussed a broad range of bilateral cooperation matters, especially in the trade, economic, investment, cultural and humanitarian fields. The two leaders exchanged views on the international agenda. Following the talks, Mr…
World Health Day 2015: From farm to plate, make food safe News release 2 APRIL 2015 | GENEVA – New data on the harm caused by foodborne illnesses underscore the global threats posed by unsafe foods, and the need for coordinated, cross-border action across the entire food supply chain, according to WHO, which next week…
Best wishes to Christians of the Western Churches who are celebrating Easter (Eastern Churches celebrate it next week), and those of the Jewish faith celebrating Passover. See below the Easter Sunday message of Pope Francis, with a title of our own but quoting the Pope’s own words: Aspiring to be “the seeds of another…
Talks between the “six powers” (US, Russia, China, UK, France, Germany plus the EU) and Iran successfully concluded in Lausanne, Switzerland with agreement on key parameters to draft a of a Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) to be drafted by 30 June 2015. Joint Statement by EU High Representative Federica Mogherini and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad…
Katoikos.eu EXCLUSIVE! At the joint Franco-German cabinet meeting in Berlin on 31 March 2015, Chancellor Merkel and President Hollande announced concrete steps for the establishment of a Franco-German Federation at the heart of Europe. This will be the catalyst for an eventual United States of Europe to replace the EU in the coming years. The…
