The Battle of Samos (Greek: Ναυμαχία της Σάμου) was a naval battle fought on August 5, 1824 off the Greek island of Samos during the Greek War of Independence.
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The Greek Community of Melbourne announced a new lecture as part of its successful ongoing…
The Theriso revolt (Επανάσταση του Θερίσου) was an insurrection that broke out in March 1905…
The vest of Eleni Staikou, who has a most fascinating story, dominates a prominent position…
The Hellenic Navy, led by the Georgios Averof battleship, defeated the second and last attempt…
The Dance of Zalongo, the mass suicide of Souliote women and children, is one of…
Alexander Ypsilantis was one of the early heroes of the Greek War of Independence. As…
It was the largest Sea Battle of the Balkan Wars (1912-13). Rear Admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis,…
The Greek fleet, led by Admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis, started from the bay of Moudros in…
The Arkadi Monastery (Μονή Αρκαδίου) is one of Crete’s most venerated symbols of freedom. By…
On this day, we remember the innocent victims of the Massacres of Amida (Άμιδα, Turkish:…
On this day in 1912, the commander of the 8th Turkish army corps, Hasan Tahsin Pasha, signed the protocol officially surrendering Thessaloniki to the advancing Greek Army during the First Balkan War.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan seems to be testing the waters for yet another military…
On this day, the Greek army entered Kozani during the early fighting of the First…
During the First Balkan War, the Greek Navy under Rear Admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis, liberated the…
The UK government has rejected Unesco’s recommendation that it reconsider the ownership status of the…
Dionysios Philosophos (1541 – September 11, 1611), born in Paramythia, Thesprotia, Epirus, but with roots…
Rotunda, one of the oldest religious sites in Thessaloniki Built in 306 A.D. by the…
On this day, 20 August in 1824 the first newspaper is launched in Athens entitled…
In this second edition of our weekly column ‘The Parthenon Report’, Classicist, Olympian and strategic advisor Don Morgan Nielsen addresses the question: “What role does our Parthenon play in this new era, as a monument and as a symbol?”