ΒΗΜΑ History
From revival dreams to global spectacle, the first modern Olympics in Athens reshaped sport—blending ideals of peace and competition with the political and economic tensions that still define the Games today
Pontic Greeks are offering heirlooms to a new Naousa museum aimed at preserving and showcasing the history of Argyroupolis.
New research reveals that Harold of England never made the legendary 200-mile march
Bush's ultimatum to Saddam Hussein, the collapse of diplomacy at the UN, and the first hours of the invasion of Iraq
Ninety years after his death, Eleftherios Venizelos remains one of Greece’s most influential political figures, having reshaped the country territorially, politically and diplomatically.
Shocking images of the 1944 May Day executions in Kaisariani reveal Nazi brutality and spur Greece to preserve its visual history.
An explosive device detonated inside a packed Athens cinema during a film screening, injuring 18 people and igniting political controversy in the fragile early years of Greece’s post-dictatorship democracy.
On March 7, 1947, Greece formally assumed administration of the Dodecanese islands in Rhodes, completing the country’s final territorial expansion of the 20th century amid both celebration and the practical challenges of transition.
