Thursday 16 January 2020

LATEST INTERNATIONAL AND LOCAL NEWS





According to the BBC, the residents of Chile were extremely surprised by the cloudy days in the middle of the summer season.  The abnormality was caused by the "monster fires", in Australia which reached the shores of South America in countries such as Chile, Uruguay, Argentina and Brazil.







The US House of Representatives impeached President Donald Trump, on charges of abuse of power and obstructing Congress, the terminating of an effort by Democrats that "further inflamed biased tension in Washington and deepened the nation's ideological divide".   The Senate will hold a trial. early next year, to decide whether the President should be convicted of removal from office, though the Republicans, who have the majority in the Chamber will, almost, certainly acquit him.







Two decades after he first took power, Russian President Vladimir Putin appears determined to continue being in charge for the foreseeable future.   But as he rearranged his country's government he might have been looking enviously across the Altai Mountains to  China,  where his close ally Xi Jinping achieved the same usurpation with apparent ease.





Prince Harry and Meghan with baby Archie Harrison Monbatten Winsor

Prince Harry stepped out for the first time since he and Meghan Markel announced their amazing decision to step down from their royal duties.   Queen Elizabeth is supportive of Prince Harry's and Meghan's new life.  " My family and I are entirely supportive of Harry's and Meghan's desire to create a new life as a young family," the queen said in a statement after a family meeting, at their country home in Sandringham.




Queen Elizabeth II







The Greek Prime Minister,  Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced on a televised message on Wednesday evening, that his ruling party, New Democracy, will propose Ekaterini Sakellaropoulou as a candidate for the position of the President of the Republic. "I accept the proposal, if elected, I shall devote all my efforts to serving this duty, as set out by the constitution," the jurist said. adding that she will abstain from active legal duties as from now.

Mrs Sakerallaropoulou was born in Thessaloniki in  1956, studied Law at the University in Thessaloniki and completed her studies at the University of Athens Law School in 1978.  She also completed her legal training during a leave of absence from the Council of State (Greece's Supreme Court) duties at the Sorbonne,  Paris II University,  between 1989-1990.  Mrs Sakerallopoulou was promoted to head of Council of State in October 2018,  proposed by the ruling SYRIZA administration of the time.

She has extensive experience in teaching and served as a Foreign Ministry consultant and as an officer of the Judges' Union,   The long-time judge has served as President of the Hellenic Society of Environmental Law since 2015 and has actually worked on large classes involving the environment, including diversion of the Acheloos river in Thessaly and the preservation of the historic refugee building in Alexandra Avenue in Athens.

An author of several books the distinguished jurist also speaks English and  French.  Regarding her personal life, Mrs Sakerallopoulou is divorced, a mother of one and she lives in central Athens.





French President Emmanuel Macron and his Wife Brigitte

Dozens of protestors tried to enter a Paris theatre, on Friday where the French President and his wife Brigitte were spending the evening.

Around thirty opponents of Macron's pension reform gathered in front of Paris's Bouffes du Nord theatre,  early of Friday evening, according to the presidential couple's entourage.   After trying to enter the theatre the demonstrators were moved back by the police.

Mr Macron and his wife, who were attending a performance at the theatre were secured for a few minutes before being able to return to see the performance until the end.

The Paris police headquarters confirmed that the demonstrators had not managed to enter the theatre.

 



Plaka by Takis Moraitis


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