PM Mitsotakis sends wishes for Dormition holiday, calls for unity
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis sent his wishes for the Dormition of the Virgin Mary Orthodox holiday, celebrated across Greece each August 15, calling for unity.
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HISTORY 
August 15, 2025 15 August 2025: This day in history
1461: Empire of Trebizond surrenders to forces of Sultan Mehmed II, the last remnant of the Byzantine Empire to fall; Emperor David is exiled and later executed 1620: The Mayflower sets sail from Southampton, England, with 102 Pilgrims bound for the New World 1900: Chinese Empress Dowager Cixi, her family, and court retainers flee Peking […]
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EUROPE
August 14, 2025 EU launches public consultation on air travel
By Martin Banks The EU is taking steps to update air service rules.
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GREEKS ABROAD
August 14, 2025 Gortynian pride on show in South Australia at sold-out winery gathering
The Gortynian Association of South Australia celebrated its heritage on Sunday 10 August 2025, hosting the sold-out “Gortynia Day at the Winery” at Greek-owned and family operated Esilio Wines in Uleybury.
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GREECE
August 14, 2025 Chios faces second major blaze of the summer
Chios, the hardest-hit region in Greece’s current wildfires, is enduring its second major blaze this summer, after a June outbreak scorched more than 4,000 hectares. The latest fire, which erupted Wednesday, affecting the island’s northwest, has burned a similar amount of territory.
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HISTORY
August 14, 2025 14 August 2025: This day in history
1281: During Kublai Khan’s second Mongol invasion of Japan, his invading Chinese fleet of 3,500 vessels disappears in a typhoon near the Japanese coast 1842: US Army Colonel Worth declares the Second Seminole War over after nearly seven years; over 3,000 surviving members of the Seminole Nation are forcibly relocated from Florida to Oklahoma, with […]
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CYPRUS
August 13, 2025 Nicosia calls for immediate EU mobilisation for the release of five Greek Cypriots
The issue of the ongoing illegal detention of five Greek Cypriot citizens in Cyprus’ Turkish occupied areas was raised by the Republic of Cyprus during an intervention at the informal EU Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) on Monday, stressing the need for the immediate mobilisation of both the EU institutions and member states by exerting pressure on […]
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UK NEWS
August 13, 2025 UK Groups Campaign for Overseas Constituencies
By Martin Banks A summer campaign has been launched to promote the merits of overseas constituencies for UK citizens living abroad.
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GREECE
August 13, 2025 Wildfires sweep Greece, trigger mass evacuations
Wildfires were burning out of control in several parts of Greece early Wednesday, with the worst fronts in the northwestern Peloponnese, western Attica, northwestern Greece, and on the islands of Chios and Zakynthos, forcing thousands to evacuate and triggering road closures, power cuts and emergency rescues.
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HISTORY
August 13, 2025 13 August 2025: This day in history
1521: Spanish conquistadors led by Hernán Cortés capture Aztec Emperor Cuauhtémoc in Tenochtitlan, bringing the Aztec Empire to an end 1536: Buddhist monks from Kyoto’s Enryaku-ji Temple set fire to 21 Nichiren temples throughout Kyoto in the Tenbun Hokke Disturbance (Traditional Japanese date: July 27, 1536) 1642: Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens discovers Mars’s southern polar […]
