Making waves.. that’s London’s latest tourist attraction
By Martin Banks London has a brand new tourist attraction: The Tower of London River TourTower of London.
-
UK NEWS
February 18, 2026 -
GREEKS ABROAD 
February 18, 2026 Greek Orthodox schools honour top HSC achievers at Sydney ceremony
High-achieving students from Sydney’s Greek Orthodox schools were formally recognised this week for their outstanding results in the 2025 NSW Higher School Certificate examinations.
-
GREECE
February 18, 2026 Greece, FBI discuss strengthening cooperation
Justice Minister Giorgos Floridis and his deputy, Ioannis Bougas, met on Tuesday with FBI Co-Deputy Director Andrew Bailey in Athens to discuss enhanced cooperation on matters of mutual interest.
-
HISTORY
February 18, 2026 18 February 2026: This day in history
1519: Hernán Cortés leaves Cuba for the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico, with 11 ships and 500 men 1678: John Bunyan’s Christian novel “The Pilgrim’s Progress” is published in London by Nathaniel Ponder 1685: Fort St. Louis is established by a Frenchman at Matagorda Bay, forming the basis for France’s claim to Texas 1885: Mark Twain publishes […]
-
EUROPE
February 17, 2026 Roma campaigners call for “grace period” over new road safety rules
By Martin Banks The Roma Foundation for Europe has urged the North Macedonian government to implement a “grace period” for documentation, registrations, and licence compliance linked to the country’s new “Safe City” system.
-
EUROPE
February 17, 2026 Euro deputies in Spain to probe “democratic standards”
By Martin Banks MEPs are to conduct a fact-finding mission to Spain to assess first-hand the state of democratic standards in the country.
-
CULTURE
February 17, 2026 Byzantine scholar Eleni Glykatzi-Ahrweiler dies
Greek historian Eleni Glykatzi-Ahrweiler, an emblematic figure of Greek and European intellectual life, has died at 99, leaving behind a vast scholarly legacy that reshaped the study of Byzantium and its place in European history.
-
HISTORY
February 17, 2026 17 February 2026: This day in history
1568: Treaty of Adrianople: Representatives of Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian II and Ottoman Sultan Selim II agree to a peace plan ending the war between the Habsburg monarchy and the Ottoman Empire; Maximilian agrees to provide a cash “present” and ruling authority is granted to the Ottomans in Transylvania, Moldavia, and Wallachia Columbia, South Carolina […]
-
WORLD
February 16, 2026 Pressure grows for release of remaining Venezuelan political prisoners
Pressure is growing on the Venezuelan interim government to free the remaining political prisoners being held in the country.
-
CYPRUS
February 16, 2026 Cyprus-focused startup event held in London
More than 100 founders, researchers and startup executives with strong ties to Cyprus took part in the first event organized last week in the United Kingdom by Cyprus Seeds and 33East. According to the organizers, the aim of the event was to initiate closer collaboration between the Cypriot diaspora and the Cypriot technology ecosystem. The […]
