252250 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://mia.mk/2019/08/today-in-history-290/?lang=en2 August 2019 (MIA) 338 BC – A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea, securing Macedonian hegemony in Greece and the Aegean. 216 BC – Second Punic War: Battle of Cannae – The Carthaginian army led by Hannibal defeats a....Fri, 02 Aug 2019 10:12:00 +0200mia-mk-05d91398237f43f4de045d7425b64f3c20190802101200https://www.thespec.com/news-story/9530030-quakes-hit-greek-island-of-crete-and-southeastern-albania/ATHENS, Greece — An earthquake with preliminary magnitude 5.2 struck the southern resort island of Crete, Greek authorities said Wednesday. No injuries or damage has been reported. The Athens Geodynamic Institute says the earthquake occurred at 7:40 a.m. local time (0440GMT) Wednesday about 23 kilometres west of the island capital of Iraklion.Thu, 01 Aug 2019 01:38:00 +0200thespec-29bf711063edcdcaa51b94ed9a6960d820190801013800https://greece.greekreporter.com/2019/07/31/the-areas-with-highest-earthquakes-risks-in-greece/Wednesday’s tremor, which hit 5.2 on the Richter scale and shook Greece’s largest island of Crete, is further proof that the island is in a high earthquake risk zone, as seismologists have pointed out. The frequency of seismic activity in Greece makes it rank sixth in the world and first in Europe in the damage caused by earthquakes.Wed, 31 Jul 2019 21:06:00 +0200greekreporter-7ac9af8b73a2533762f0dd3fb9e558d420190731210600https://missoulian.com/news/world/quakes-hit-greek-island-of-crete-and-southeastern-albania/article_3fb6ac59-1c2a-5f3f-8f06-67718e4cdf21.htmlATHENS, Greece (AP) — An earthquake with preliminary magnitude 5.2 struck the southern resort island of Crete, Greek authorities said Wednesday. No injuries or damage has been reported. The Athens Geodynamic Institute says the earthquake occurred at 7:40 a.m.Wed, 31 Jul 2019 19:05:00 +0200missoulian-7c7ed5781fc9e48d0a459a82e6dc30e320190731190500