Tag: WWII

ON THIS DAY: Wannsee Conference on Nazi ‘Final Solution’ (1942)

A meeting that formalised mass murder On January 20, 1942, senior Nazi officials gathered at a villa in Berlin for what became known as the...

Blitz survivors remember ‘Victory Christmas’

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...

Ohi Day: Greece’s proudest “No” to tyranny

Every 28 October, Greece, Cyprus, and Greek communities across the world stand united in celebration of Ohi Day - the day a small nation...

ON THIS DAY: First verdicts at Nuremberg (1946)

On 1 October 1946, the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg delivered its landmark verdicts in the trial of leading Nazi Germany figures — the...

Nazi looted painting recovered in Argentina after 80 years

A long lost Nazi looted painting has been recovered in Argentina, officials have said. The discovery Portrait of a Lady, by Italian master Giuseppe Ghislandi, had...

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Humanity returns to the Moon: NASA’s Artemis II mission

For the first time in over 50 years, humans...

Cuba blackout crisis hits civilians including mothers-to-be

Pregnant women face birth in blackout conditions Since the Trump...

Gene-edited pigs raised for human organ transplants

Pig organ transplants may soon become a real solution...

Easter in Cyprus: tradition, abundance and the cost of food waste

Food and culture at the Easter table In Cyprus, food...
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