A decision by the Council of State rejecting a complaint by one of two consortiums that bid for the second phase of the Faliro Bay revamp paves the way for one of the Greek capital’s most ambitious reconstruction projects to get back underway.
1787: The First Fleet, headed by Arthur Phillip, sets sail with 11 ships of convicts for Botany Bay, Australia [1] 1830: The Republic of Ecuador is founded with Juan José Flores as president 1940: Winston Churchill says “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat” in his first speech as Prime Minister […]
By Martin Bankd Thousands of people visited EU institutions on Saturday (9 May) to mark the 76th anniversary of the Schuman Declaration. This is the historic speech by French foreign minister Robert Schuman in 1950 which paved the way for European integration. It is the date most see as the start of what was to later become the EU. Europe Day, […]
US President Donald Trump has said the month-long ceasefire between the US and Iran is on “massive life support”. He told reporters in the Oval Office on Monday that while the ceasefire remained in place, it was “unbelievably weak”. Following Trump’s comments, Iranian parliamentary speaker Mohammad Ghalibaf wrote on X that Iran’s armed forces were, […]
Foreign direct investment in Greece reached a record high in 2025, according to data released by the OECD, totaling $12.8 billion, by far the highest level in the past 20 years.
1789: William Wilberforce makes his first major speech on abolition in the UK House of Commons, reasoning the slave trade morally reprehensible and an issue of natural justice 1940: Nazi blitzkrieg and conquest of France begins with German forces crossing the Muese River 1943: Axis forces in North Africa surrender 1949: The Soviet Union lifts […]
Moments after Austria overtook Israel to win last May’s Eurovision Song Contest and in doing so won the right to host this year’s event, UK viewers heard commentator Graham Norton say organisers “will be breathing the largest sigh of relief that they’re not faced with a Tel Aviv final next year”. Anti-Israel protests had built […]
The Greek Herald can reveal that James Tsolakis has stepped down as President of the Australian Hellenic Choir following last week’s controversy surrounding the cancelled Hope and Unity concert with the Sydney Jewish Choral Society.
A Greek passenger evacuated from a cruise ship affected by a hantavirus outbreak has been placed in quarantine at Attikon General University Hospital in Athens. The passenger, whose identity has not been disclosed, has shown no symptoms of the disease, according to officials.
330: The newly built city of Constantinople, formerly Byzantium, is dedicated to Emperor Constantine the Great and becomes the capital of the Roman Empire 1189: Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa and 100,000 crusaders depart Regensburg for the Third Crusade 1751: Pennsylvania Hospital is founded in Philadelphia by Dr. Thomas Bond and Benjamin Franklin 1812: […]
