70: Roman army under General Titus completes the siege of Jerusalem by destroying what remained after four months of occupation and plundering 1380: Battle of Kulikovo: Moscow’s great monarch Dmitry defeats the Mongols, beginning the decline of the Tatars A masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture, The Statue of David completed by Michelangelo in 1504The Statue of […]
The next time you travel from the UK to Europe, you might notice some changes. The EU’s much-delayed new digital border system, the Entry/Exit System or EES, will be gradually introduced this autumn. The system is meant to strengthen security and ultimately make travel smoother, but there are concerns it could lead to long queues […]
The Mytilenian Brotherhood of Sydney & NSW is preparing to host one of its most anticipated events of the year – Sardella Day – on Sunday, 21 September 2025 at Mytilenian House in Canterbury.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis made the theme of his keynote speech at the Thessaloniki International Fair abundantly clear: raise the disposable income of as many people as possible in order to counter the effects of inflation.
70: Roman army under General Titus occupies and plunders Jerusalem 1714: Treaty of Baden is signed by the Holy Roman Empire and France, ending the War of the Spanish Succession; France retains Alsace and Landau, and Austria gains the east bank of the Rhine 1812: Battle of Borodino: Napoleon Bonaparte wins a Pyrrhic victory against […]
Like many Australians, Rach grew up “terrified of the sun” in a country where skin cancer is all too real for many people. Her childhood was characterised by the infamous “no hat, no play” rule that is commonplace in Australian schools, 90s advertisements that warned the sun would give you cancer, and sunscreen tubes that […]
The EU Commission estimates it would cost between €2.8 and €5.4 billion to roll out the digital euro across the whole Euro area.
Prostate cancer remains underdiscussed in Greece despite its global toll, with more than 7,000 new diagnoses each year and 19 Greek men learning daily they have the disease, experts say. It is the second most common cancer among men in Europe, according to the World Health Organization.
1522: Ferdinand Magellan’s Spanish expedition, now led by Juan Sebastián Elcano, returns to Seville without its captain after a three-year epic voyage, becoming the first to circumnavigate the globe 1666: After St. Paul’s Cathedral and much of the city burned down over four days, the Great Fire of London is finally extinguished 1901: US President […]
By Martin Banks Today I was in Paris, where we just had the meeting of the Coalition of the Willing.
