Greece’s tourism industry recorded steady growth in the first four months of 2026, but new data showed a widening gap between destinations benefiting from an extended travel season and islands facing headwinds from regional instability and rising costs.
1621: Dutch West India Company receives charter for the West Indies (the Americas, Caribbean and West Africa) 1929: Chile and Peru sign the Treaty of Lima, finally resolving their border dispute from the War of the Pacific (1879–83). Chile keeps Arica and Peru regains Tacna. 1943: A mob of 60 from the Los Angeles Naval […]
By Martin Banks The European Commission has released a much-anticipated roadmap towards phasing out animal testing for chemical safety assessments.
President of the Republic Nikos Christodoulides will pay Kazakhstan an official visit on the 3rd of June, the first official visit of a President of the Republic of Cyprus to the country. According to a written statement by Deputy Government Spokesman, Yiannis Antoniou, President Christodoulides will be accompanied by members of the Council of Ministers and […]
Ahead of a congressional hearing on Turkey’s democratic deterioration scheduled for Wednesday, written testimonies obtained by Kathimerini paint a bleak picture of political freedoms, judicial independence, minority rights and democratic governance under the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s leadership.
455: King Gaiseric and the Vandals sack Rome, looting continues for 14 days 1862: Robert E. Lee takes command of Confederate armies of North Virginia during the American Civil War 1896: Italian engineer and inventor Guglielmo Marconi applies for the first ever patent for a system of wireless telegraphy in the United Kingdom 1953: Coronation […]
By Martin Banks Great food is always worth travelling for…. whatever the distance.
By Martin Banks Three Britons are walking an estimated 350km from London to Brussels as part of ongoing efforts for the UK to rejoin the European Union.
Νew data by Veson and Clarksons confirm that the Greek-owned ocean-going shipping industry controls not only the largest tanker fleet in the world in terms of capacity, but also the largest in value. This shows the qualitative difference with its competitors.
4000 BC: Approximate domestication of the horse in the Eurasian steppes near Dereivka, central Ukraine (hypothesis only) 1215: Peking, then a city of over one million under the control of the Jurchen ruler Emperor Xuanzong of Jin, falls to the Mongols under Genghis Khan and is looted for a month 1543: Flemish physician Andreas Vesalius […]
