ΒΗΜΑ History
In 1962, uproar over a new archbishop led the Karamanlis government to propose letting laypeople help elect him. Twelve days later, he resigned
How a technical fault at the Canadian border darkened skyscrapers, trapped 850,000 subway riders and paralyzed the lives of 30 million people
From the fall of tsarism to the birth of the USSR: Leon Trotsky’s role and the political legacy of the 1917 Russian Revolution
On a November night in 1961, torrential rains turned Athens into a sea of mud and chaos, leaving 43 dead and thousands homeless — in what remains one of the most catastrophic floods in the Greek capital’s history.
How mammography became established for early breast cancer detection, from the first scientific reports and safety concerns to the need for regular screening
Greece’s annual commemoration of its 1940 resistance to Italy has evolved through political conflict, competing historical narratives and changing ideas of national identity. Historians Harris Athanasiades and Polymeris Voglis explain how the anniversary took shape—and which parts of the past were left out.
The journalist and author who escaped execution thanks to her infant spent 13 years in prison and left behind a sealed envelope with her political testament
The wedding of Aristotle Onassis and Jackie Kennedy on Skorpios, the details of the ceremony, the “landing” of reporters and the reactions in the US
