Tag: history

Historic Cyprus snow: Snowmen in Nicosia and cut-off villages

Cyprus January 19, 2026 at 09:56

A historical overview of the most severe and defining snowfall events in Cyprus was presented by former Meteorological Service Director Kleantis Nikolaides, speaking on...

Blitz survivors remember ‘Victory Christmas’

Life December 25, 2025 at 22:00

Eighty years ago, Britain was celebrating its first peacetime Christmas after six long years of war. They called it “Victory Christmas” and for the first...

ON THIS DAY: George Washington resigned (1783)

On this Day December 23, 2025 at 16:26

On this day in 1783, George Washington took a step that would define not only his legacy, but the future of democratic governance. Standing before...

ON THIS DAY: The discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb (1922)

On this Day November 4, 2025 at 21:22

On 4 November 1922, British archaeologist Howard Carter made one of the greatest archaeological discoveries in history- the Pharaoh Tutankhamun's tomb in Egypt’s Valley...