Thousands of homemade rockets lit up the night sky in the village of Vrontados on the eastern Aegean island of Chios late on Holy Saturday, as the island’s traditional “rocket war” marked the Orthodox Easter celebration.
1204: The Fourth Crusade occupies and plunders Constantinople 1811: First US colonists on the Pacific coast arrive at Cape Disappointment, Washington 1861: Fort Sumter in South Carolina is attacked by the Confederacy, beginning the American Civil War 1927: Kuomintang leader Chiang Kai-shek begins a counter-revolution by violently suppressing Communist groups 1961: Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin […]
As Melania Trump walked up to the White House podium on Thursday, standing where US President Donald Trump had just over a week ago made his address to the nation on Iran, there was absolutely no indication that this would be a jaw-dropping appearance. There was curiosity, yes, but no one guessed it would be […]
Free media does exist in Hungary, and it’s making its voice heard as the country lurches towards an election that could sweep away 16 years of Viktor Orbán’s rule.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis departed for Hania on Thursday, carrying with him briefing files on the rule of law, rising prices and the farm subsidies case, as the government prepares its post-Easter strategy.
1512: Battle of Ravenna: French forces under Gaston de Foix defeat the Holy League in a major battle of the Italian Wars 1783: Hostilities formally cease in the American Revolutionary War after the Continental Congress proclaims the “Cessation of Arms” against His Britannic Majesty [1] 1814: Napoléon Bonaparte abdicates unconditionally and is exiled to the […]
By Martin Banks Waterloo Whisky “Duke – Rum Cask” has been awarded World’s Best at the World Whiskies Awards in London, in the Single Cask – Single Grain category.
Easter is the greatest holiday in the Orthodox Church. Greek Easter doesn’t usually fall on the same day as everyone else’s as the Orthodox Christian Church calculates a bit differently to other Christian denominations – it uses the Julian calendar, not the Gregorian. This year, Western and Orthodox Easter are a week apart.
A new regulation went into effect Thursday, giving some breathing space to state debtors, as it allows them to have their property seizure lifted under specific conditions.
1407: Lama Deshin Shekpa visits the Ming Dynasty capital at Nanjing and receives the title Great Treasure Prince of Dharma 1815: Mount Tambora in the Dutch East Indies experiences a cataclysmic eruption, one of the most powerful in history, killing around 71,000 people and causing a global volcanic winter 1858: Big Ben, a 13.76-tonne bell, […]
