Israeli Government Objects to US-Backed Gaza Postwar Board
On January 18, 2026, members of the Israeli government’s far-right wing publicly rejected a United States-backed plan to establish a multi-national “Gaza executive boa...
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On January 18, 2026, members of the Israeli government’s far-right wing publicly rejected a United States-backed plan to establish a multi-national “Gaza executive boa...
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Israeli and Jewish aid groups support migrant and refugee assistance in Europe On September 5, 2015, IsraAID, an Israeli non-governmental organization founded in 2001...
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Pontic Greek Genocide On May 19, 1919, military operations intensified against Greek communities in the Pontus region along the Black Sea coast of the Ottoman Empire....
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Greek Genocide On May 19, 1919, Greek communities in the Pontus region of the Ottoman Empire faced intensified military operations during the final phase of systemati...
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Untitled1990s–present — The collapse of communist controls produces large migration flows toward Italy, Greece, Germany, the United States and elsewhere. Emigration be...
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1881 — Most of Thessaly and part of Epirus are transferred from Ottoman rule to Greece.
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1204 — Constantinople is captured and Latin states are established across parts of Greece.
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2 September 31 BCE — The fleet of Octavian defeats the forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra near Actium in western Greece. Antony and Cleopatra retreat to Egypt. Their ...
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146 BCE — Corinth is destroyed and Roman domination of Greece becomes decisive.
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1941–1944 — Germany, Italy and Bulgaria occupy Greece after the Axis invasion.
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1912–1913 — Greece expands dramatically, gaining Thessaloniki, much of Macedonia, Epirus and several Aegean islands.
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Farming villages existed in the Aegean world thousands of years before Greek-speaking states emerged.
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395 CE — Greece remains within the eastern Roman Empire, later called Byzantine.
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Crusader and Venetian powers control important Greek territories, islands and ports.
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1 January 1981 — Greece becomes a member of the European Communities, predecessor of today's EU.
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Greek cities become part of the Roman world while Greek culture deeply influences Roman education, philosophy and art.
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2009–2018 — Sovereign debt, recession, austerity and bailout programs produce one of modern Greece's deepest economic crises.
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3 February 1830 — The London Protocol recognizes Greece as an independent state.
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Trace independence, the Balkan Wars, World War I, the Asia Minor catastrophe and later territorial settlements.
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28 October 1940 — Greece rejects an Italian ultimatum, commemorated today as Ohi Day.
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Bavarian prince chosen by the Great Powers to become the first king of modern Greece.
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Today Greece is a parliamentary republic, EU and NATO member linking southeastern Europe with the eastern Mediterranean.
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By the 15th century, most of mainland Greece comes under Ottoman control, though some Venetian territories remain.
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Greek-speaking palace kingdoms rise on the mainland, centered on sites such as Mycenae, Pylos and Tiryns.
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Population, settlement and long-distance trade decline in many regions after the palace collapse.
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