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The unknown attempt by the Germans to assassinate Stalin in September 1944
The anti-communist Russian Second Lieutenant Shilo and his defection to the German “camp” – His assignment to eliminate Stalin – His long-term training – The risky mission and its failure – Who betrayed Shilo and his companion? – The other three assassination attempts against Stalin
Maria Callas: The fateful love with Onassis and the divorce that took 11 years
In the final days of 1970, a new law in Italy regarding the dissolution of marriage gave Callas the right to file for a relationship that had essentially ended back in 1959
The Slavo-Macedonians, the artificial language of Skopje, and…the “local” dialects
The Society for Macedonian Studies on the “Slavo-Macedonians” – The evolution of the population of Macedonia after World War I – The product of language planning, the language of “North Macedonia” – And some questions about the “Banda Entopica”…
Epaminondas Stathopoulos: The Greek who shaped the sound of the electric guitar
How Epaminondas “Epi” Stathopoulos carved his name into electric guitars—and into the history of modern music
The village in the Peloponnese from which, according to myth, Paris abducted the beautiful Helen
Opposite it lies a small islet, which, according to mythology, is considered the birthplace of the Dioscuri
How “Albanian” was Georgios Kastriotis or Skanderbeg, what does the domed tomb at the Hilandar Monastery on Mount Athos hide?
Questions about Georgios Kastriotis: The “Tower of the Albanian” on Mount Athos, the relations of Ioannis Kastriotis, Georgios’s father, with Mount Athos – The arcosolium (domed tomb) at the Hilandar Monastery and who has been buried there
History has treated her unfairly”: The 400-year mystery surrounding Shakespeare’s wife and son
Restoring an overlooked figure and the link to Hamlet through film
Russia vs. Greece: A relationship marked by threats from the 1950s to today – From Khrushchev’s nuclear bombs to Zakharova’s drones
From the intimidation attempts of 1961—when Moscow hinted at the possibility of bombing the Acropolis with nuclear weapons—to today’s propaganda-laced distortions coming from the Russian Foreign Ministry, the history of threats directed at Athens is a long one
