The Centenary Canal
Later this month celebrations will mark the 1893 opening of the Corinth Canal which realized a dream 2500 years old to connect the Adriatic with the Eastern Mediterranean.
JM Thursby
George Papanikolaou: The Good Anonymous Doctor
Only a handful of the millions of women who owe their lives to the internationally accepted Pap test are aware that it was named after the Greek doctor who pioneered it.
Macedonia’s Early Kings
Controversy over the Greekness of Macedonia from ancient politicians to Victorian scholars mainly sprang from a bias for or against kings. Yet its particular and characteristic institution of kingship was Macedonia’s principal contribution to history.
The Corfu Channel Incident
Britain and Albania have just concluded a settlement which brings to an end a 46-year-period of strained relations. At long last, the file on what is known as the ‘Corfu Channel Incident’ has been closed
Zea, Kea or Tzia
Scarcely touched by tourism, Kea is rather what the islands must have been like 20 years ago. Empty roads, pristine beaches, unpolluted sea.
The Delusory Treaty of Sevres
Signed in August 1920, it was Venizelos’ diplomatic masterpiece, granting Greece Thrace nearly to the gates of Constantinople and the administration of the Smyrna District. But it was never ratified. Three months later, Venizelos was overthrown by popular vote and King Constantine, detested by the Allies, restored. Though politically abandoned, Greece, in a renewed wave of nationalism, attacked Turkey alone, paving the way to the Asia Minor catastrophe.
Greece’s Heritage in Odessa
Five years ago, the house of the Philiki Etairia in the Black Sea port of Odessa, was being used as a rubbish dump; its historical importance forgotten until, by chance, a local Greek spotted an inbuilt inscription.
King Priam’s Vanished Treasure
The sudden appearance under the archaeologists’ spade of a golden hoard at Hissarlik in Turkey in 1871 astonished the world. Its equally sudden disappearance when the Red Army occupied Berlin in 1945 has mystified it ever since. Perhaps Boris Yeltsin holds the key to this intriguing cultural enigma.
Born-Again Hellenes
Evangelicalism in Greece is served by two parallel but independent organizations, differing in origin and structure
From Victory to Victory
The Greek offensive against the Italians in Albania just 50 years ago this month was the first military success of the Allies in World War II. Beyond the bravery and endurance of the Hellenes and the gallantry with which they threw back a far greater power, the Albanian campaign had an incalculable impact on the world by proving that the Axis was not invincible
