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Australia
US, UK and Australia Agree on Nuclear Submarine Project
The US, UK and Australia have unveiled details of their plan to create a new fleet of nuclear-powered submarines, aimed at countering China's influence in the Indo-Pacific region.
Under the AUKUS pact Australia is to get its first nuclear-powered subs...
Ancient Greece
UK’s PM Rules Out Return of Parthenon Marbles to Greece
UK's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has vowed to protect the Parthenon Marbles from being sent back to Greece, saying they remain a “huge asset” to the UK, the Guardian reports on Monday.
Despite a campaign to return the marble sculptures...
Economy
Tourism Receipts in Greece Rise to Pre-Pandemic Levels
The Bank of Greece reported on Wednesday that receipts from tourism in 2022 surpassed initial forecasts by 2.6 billion euros, reaching 17.6 million.
Total travel revenues in 2022 did not exceed those of the last full year before the pandemic,...
Europe
UK and Greece to Sign Defense Cooperation Agreement
The defense ministers of the UK and Greece will sign a declaration of defense cooperation on a British Royal Navy cruiser at the naval base of Portsmouth on Tuesday.
Ben Wallace and Nikos Panagiotopoulos will sign a Joint Vision Statement.
The...
Diplomacy
Boris Johnson Claims Vladimir Putin Threatened Him Before Ukraine Invasion
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has claimed that Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened him during a telephone call shortly before the invasion of Ukraine.
Johnson made the claim in a documentary for the BBC. According to the former prime...
Europe
The Greek Designer of the Iconic British Mini Car
An English-Greek man had the distinction of being the designer of one of the two most emblematic cars in the world, the Mini Cooper.
Ancient Greece
The UK Dashes Hopes for the Return of Parthenon Marbles to Greece
The UK dashed hopes for a return of the Parthenon Marbles to Greece on Wednesday after Michelle Donelan, Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, said that the sculptures "belong here in the UK" and should not...
Culture
Ancient Greece Meets Anglicanism at London’s St. Pancras New Church
The St. Pancras New Church is a Greek Revival church in the Bloomsbury/St. Pancras neighborhood in London. Even though its name suggests otherwise, it was built between 1819 and 1922 and was designed by William Inwood and his son,...
Europe
United States of the Ionian Islands: The History of British Rule in Greece
The formation of the United States of the Ionian Islands under British rule in Greece is a little known period of the country's history.
Celebrities
Prince Harry Reveals Fistfights With His Brother William
Prince Harry reveals royal fistfights with his brother Prince William over Meghan Markle in his autobiography due to be released next week.
In a leaked extract of his highly anticipated autobiography, Spare, to The Guardian, Prince Harry recounts what he...