2/1/22, 7:07 PM Portal:Biography - Wikipedia

The British Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office says that, according to
the available information, the Russian government is planning to "install a pro-
Russian leader in Kyiv as it considers whether to invade and occupy Ukraine." (CNN)
(https://edition.cnn.com/2022/01/22/europe/bulgaria-romania-russia-intl/index.html)
11 January 2022 –
Maltese MEP Roberta Metsola becomes acting President of the European
Parliament. Metsola is the first Maltese person to hold this position. (Politico) (https://
www.politico.eu/article/european-parliament-president-david-sassoli-dies-aged-65/)
9 January 2022 – 79th Golden Globe Awards
South Korean actor O Yeong-su wins the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting
Actor in the Squid Game television series, becoming the first person from South
Korea to win the honor. (Korea Times) (https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/art/2022/0
1/688_322024.html)
8 January 2022 – COVID-19 pandemic
A Cypriot scientist reportedly detects a variant of the SARS-CoV-2 called "Deltacron",
which combines genomes found in the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant and genetic
signatures found in the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant. (CNBC) (https://www.cnbc.co
m/2022/01/08/cyprus-reportedly-discovers-a-covid-variant-that-combines-omicron-an
d-delta.html)
28 December 2021 –
Social Democratic Union of Macedonia leader Dimitar Kovačevski is confirmed as
North Macedonia's Prime Minister-designate following the resignation of Zoran Zaev.
(Reuters) (https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/north-macedonia-confirms-new-soci
alists-leader-pm-designate-2021-12-28/)

Updated: 1:33, 1 February 2022

Quote of the week

"In history, so-called Great Men are but labels serving to give a name to historical events,
and like labels they have the least possible connection with the event itself. Every action of
theirs that seems to them an act of their own free will is, in an historical sense, not free at
all but in bondage to the whole course of previous history, and predestined from all
eternity."

— Leo Tolstoy

In War and Peace

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