On June 10, 323 BC in the late evening, after battling an unknown illness for nearly two weeks, Alexander the Great (Megas Alexandros), otherwise referred to as the “King of Kings”, quietly…
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Yesterday a statue of the last Emperor of the Byzantine Empire, often called the Eastern Roman Empire, was unveiled in Athens. In the square of the Holy Metropolis Church of Piraeus (Athens),…
The Epirus region is today divided in two – liberated Epirus in Greece and Northern Epirus that falls into the borders of modern Albania and still has a 125,000-strong Greek minority in…
Konstantinos Kanaris was a Greek Admiral, patriot, and politician who lived during the period 1790-1877. He achieved prominence due to his heroism in the Greek War of Independence. In 1822, the Turks…
Odysseas Androutsos was born on the Ionian island of Ithaca in 1788 and was the only son of the famous Arvanite bandit Andrea Verousi, also known as Captain Androutsou. His mother, who…
Former ‘First Lady of Greece’ and writer, Amalia Megapanou, passed away aged 91. Amalia Megapanou was the wife of late Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis (1907-1998). She was born in Athens in 1929…
Turkey under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, is instrumentalising unrest inside and outside Turkish borders for its own geopolitical benefit, Ethnos reported. The fact that Turkey is taking advantage of turmoil as an…
On June 2, 1941, a brutal massacre took place in the village of Kondomari, 18km west of Chania. The Massacre of Kondomari was an execution of male civilians from the village of…
The last residence of Pavlos Melas, one of Greece’s greatest war heroes who fought during the Macedonian struggle, will be handed over to the Evelpidon [Hellenic Military] School on October 14, 2020,…
567 years have passed since the Fall of Constantinople on 29 May 1453, the day which marked the essential dissolution of the Byzantine Empire by the Ottoman Turks. This traditional song of…
Greek government spokesman Stelios Petsas while speaking to Antenna, reassured that Greece will not be provoked by Turkey and is in the strongest position it has been in for years. “It’s one…
A veteran of World War II, retired air commodore Vyron Notis Sacharidis, passed away on Tuesday aged 99. One of the last remaining fighter pilots, Sacharidis had seen a lot of action…
On May 30, 1941, in the late hours of the evening two university students, Manolis Glezos and Apostolos Santas climbed on the Acropolis and tore down the Nazi flag. A month earlier on…
On this day in 1913, the Balkan League, consisting of Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia and Montenegro, utterly defeated the Ottoman Empire, nearly expelling the Turks entirely from Europe. Montenegro, the smallest country in…
With the popularity of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan diminishing due to the declining economic situation and Turkey’s failed invasions of Syria and Libya that resulted in hundreds of dead Turkish soldiers,…
Hagia Sophia, for almost 1,000 years was the largest Greek Orthodox Christian church in the world. Unfortunately nothing remains of the original Hagia Sophia, which was built in the fourth century by Constantine…
Emperor Constantine XI Palaiologos was the last emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire, today more commonly known as the Byzantine Empire. He is not only remembered for being the last Byzantine Emperor…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Thursday in a statement published on state-run Anadolu news agency, that Islamic prayers and recitals will be held at Hagia Sophia today to commemorate the Fall…
The Fall of Constantinople occurred on May 29, 1453, after a siege which began on April 6. The battle was part of the Byzantine-Ottoman Wars (1265-1453) and is referred to as one…
Today is the Feast of the Ascension of our Lord God and Saviour Jesus Christ, which is celebrated each year on the fortieth day after the Great and Holy Feast of Pascha…