Dionysios Philosophos (1541 – September 11, 1611), born in Paramythia, Thesprotia, Epirus, but with roots…
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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?”
The Siege of Rhodes was the second (the first one being between 23 May –…
The pillage of Foça (Gr: Φώκαια or Phocaea) and the massacre of over 100 Greeks…
While much has been made for decades about Greece’s fruitless quest to have the British…
The naval battle of Eressos is considered the first frontal naval battle by the Greek…
After decades and decades of endless lobbying by the highly motivated Armenian diaspora in the…
There were numerous massacres during the Greek War of Independence (1821-1829). On this day, 4 April 1821, Constantine Mourousis, Dimitrios Paparigopoulos and Antonios Tsouras were decapitated by the Ottomans in Constantinople.
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…
Turkey resides in a perilous neighborhood surrounded by historical rivalries, stemming back from the Ottoman,…
Recent developments in the Middle East and South Caucasus, Turkey’s direct involvement and war against…
The provocative actions and statements from Turkey in recent times has provoked a strong reaction,…
After years of rapprochement with its neighbours in the Middle East, Turkey appears to be…
German policy towards the Muslim Brotherhood, Hezbollah and the takfiri groups has included an internal…
A popular YouTube channel with nearly 470,000 subscribers has paid homage to a Greek ship…