Mr. Aristides Hatzis systematically uses the provocation even if he pulls or even falsifies the historical facts to promote his ethno-nihilistic conceptions of history. In fact, lately he has been systematically dealing with... Kapodistrias, whom he called a dictator in a recent text, posted on the
Konstantinos Moussouros was a, indulgently, controversial personality. He was Greek by birth, scion of a large Phanariot family with Cretan roots. He was born in 1807 and in 1840 he was appointed as the first ambassador of the Ottoman Empire to Greece. Mousouros, however, could be characterized a
He escaped the GESTAPO prisons, the Pavlos Melas prisons in Thessaloniki and the concentration camp in Stein, Austria. He buried 700 of his comrades who were executed by the SS in the massacre of April 6, 1945. He himself survived by falling just before the rattle of the machine gun. And yesterday I
The Myrians were nothing more than a mercenary body. They were recruited by the brother of the Persian king, Cyrus, to be used in his attempt to seize the Achaemenid throne. After the death of Cyrus in the battle of Kounaxa, the Persians misled the Greek generals and killed them, along with other of
In 1911 the Italy-Ottoman Empire war broke out. In the spring of 1912 the Italians began to occupy the Greek Dodecanese. The Italians reached Kastellorizo on April 29, 1912 but did not occupy it because they considered it too far from the other islands and could not hold it, despite the request of
Η Λιβύη υποστήριξε την Τουρκία κατά την εισβολή στην Κύπρο το 1974. Το ανέφερε τις προάλλες ο Τούρκος Πρόεδρος, Ρετζέπ Ταγίπ Ερντογάν, σε μια προσπάθεια του να δικαιολογήσει την αποστολή τουρκικών στρατευμάτων στη χώρα αυτή. Θέλοντας προφανώς να αναδείξει τις «διαχρονικές σχέσεις και δεσμούς» των δυ
Στις αρχές του 11ου αι. A.D. η Σετίνα (σημερινό χωριό Σκοπός του νομού Φλωρίνης) είχε ιδιαίτερη στρατηγική σημασία. Ο Βούλγαρος τσάρος Σαμουήλ είχε κτίσει εκεί σημαντικό οχυρό. Το 1014 ο στρατός του Σαμουήλ συντρίφθηκε από τον Βασίλειο Β’ Βουλγαροκτόνο στην περίφημη μάχη του Κλειδίου. Λίγο με με
The Many and the Few. Crowd and Virtue, was the title of the event that took place last night in the great hall of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, on the occasion of the anniversary year Thermopylas - Salamis 2020. The event was the symbolic closing of the 20th high-level meeting
In 1827 the Greek revolution was blowing the whistle. The blunders of the leadership had allowed Ibrahim to settle in the Peloponnese. Messolonghi had fallen and the Egyptian troops were leveling Moria. At the same time, Kioutachis was burning Roumeli. Few places were still held by the Greek revolut
In 1176 the Byzantine Empire suffered one of the most devastating defeats in its history at Myrikefalo. The Seljuk Turks continued their devastating raids in Asia Minor, taking advantage of their victory. However, Byzantium was still able to react and in fact particularly dynamically and effectively
On Sunday 19 January 2020, Air Force Supermarine Spitfire MJ755 took off from Biggin Hill Airport in Great Britain for its first test flight in 67 years, which was a complete success. The flight was attended by the Vice-President and legal representative of the Ikaros Foundation, Mr. Dimitrios Ko
Ήταν 31 Ιανουαρίου του 1996 όταν σημειώθηκε η μεγαλύτερη τουρκική πρόκληση κατά της Ελλάδας που στοίχισε την ζωή τριών αξιωματικών του Πολεμικού Ναυτικού και έμεινε γνωστή ως η κρίση των Ιμίων. Οι υποπλοίαρχοι Χριστόδουλος Καραθανάσης και Παναγιώτης Βλαχάκος καθώς και ο αρχικελευστής Έκτορας Γιαλοψό
There are many places in Greece, where history and the natural environment coexist harmoniously and in some cases complement each other. But there are few places, where bravery, self-sacrifice, and supreme love for the country have left their own distinct imprint on the landscape. Ένα τέτοιο μέρο
Thucydides is world famous for his account of the Peloponnesian War and his analysis of the relations between city-states is today the basis of the realist school of International Relations. Once at school we were taught in detail the Epitaph of Pericles, a hymn to democracy and the country, which T
Exactly 190 years ago, the London Protocol was signed, with which Russia, Britain and France recognized the independence of the new state of Greece. The return of the country of the Greeks to the map of Europe has been a long-standing dream of the monarchs of Russia, who saw the Greeks as Orthodox b
Flavios Fokas was a special case of man in the negative sense. He was a low-ranking army officer who rebelled against Emperor Maurice, whom he destroyed along with his entire family to become emperor. From there on, he began his destructive work for the state, which fortunately did not last long.
Το κωδικό όνομα του σχεδίου ήταν «Esigenza G» και δεν ήταν άλλο από το σχέδιο της εισβολής του Regio Esercito στην Ελλάδα. Σε θεωρητικό επίπεδο, δεν ήταν καθόλου «άσχημο». Θα μπορούσε μάλιστα κανείς να το χαρακτηρίσει τολμηρό, καινοτόμο και πολλά υποσχόμενο. Το κωδικό όνομα του σχεδίου ήταν «Esigenz
Μυρμιδόνες ονομάζονταν στην Ομηρική εποχή οι κάτοικοι της Φθίας. Πήραν το όνομά τους από τον Μυρμιδόνα, υιό του Δία και της Ευρυμέδουσας, σύμφωνα με τον μύθο. Ο ίδιος μύθος αναφέρει ότι ο Δίας για να ζευγαρώσει με την εν λόγω πριγκίπισσα μεταμορφώθηκε σε μυρμήγκι από όπου και η ονομασία των απογόνων
After the failure of the Italian infantry to hold Grabala, the baton of attacks is taken by the artillery, which from the morning of November 4th, with a storm of fire, hammers the heights of Grabala-Psilorachi, as well as that of Assonissa further west , as well as the hills around Kalpaki. The Ita
In the last quarter of the 17th century, another revolution against the Turks broke out in Greece, in the area of mountainous Phocis, led by the charioteer Kurmas and assisted by the Venetians. With him was the bishop of Salona Filotheos with the cross in his right hand and the sword in his left –
In thousands of preserved papyri, it is surprising to note that the situation of women in the Greco-Roman period of Egypt was, in certain matters, much better than any other time before the 20th century. Although the women were not citizens and, with few exceptions, needed a guardian to represent th
Beyond the horizon was a country which, according to Marco Polo, was called Cipango and contained countless precious stones and especially gold. It will be necessary to wait until 1543 for the Europeans to land on the Japanese archipelago. A completely unknown land. In general, they know justice a
The problem of food conservation was a constant throughout history – we have already seen the conservation of water – until the Frenchman Nicolas Appert In 1804, he devised the first preservation system. This system, described in his book « The art of preserving all kinds of animal and vegetable sub
It is very unlikely that a time machine will fall into your hands, but assuming you do get one, and it works, I think it would be interesting to have a wine guide to know what to order or, at least, to know what you are drinking Led by JJ and in collaboration with Vivanco and his project «Ways to te