Poland 14/02/2018 Defiant Poland rolls out #GermanDeathCamps campaign despite Holocaust law controversy Videos posted to the social media pages of the Polish Prime Minister's Office include testimonies that concentration camps were "German from start to finish."
United Kingdom 07/02/2018 Cheddar Man shows white skin could be a recent phenomenon Tests conducted on the skeleton of an ancient human ancestor who lived in England show he had "dark to black" skin, researchers said.
United Kingdom 31/01/2018 Up Helly Aa Viking festival kicks off in Shetland The festival of fire is held on the last Tuesday in January and remembers the Vikings who used to rule the Shetland islands.
France 17/01/2018 Bayeux Tapestry set for loan to UK after 950 years in France France is to loan to Britain the embroidery illustrating the Norman conquest of England, President Macron is expected to announce during a UK visit on Thursday.
France 15/01/2018 Da Vinci Code village ‘fed up with treasure hunters’ According to legend, the former parish priest left a hidden fortune in the commune.
Savoir-faire 11/01/2018 Prague Orloj goes back in time The medieval astronomical clock has stopped for six months.
Cambodia 07/01/2018 Cambodia marks 39 years since fall of Khmer Rouge rule Between 1975 and 1979, Pol Pot's rule of terror killed an estimated 1.7 million people - nearly a quarter of the population - through execution, torture, starvation and disease in labour camps.
USA 07/01/2018 John Young, US astronaut and space shuttle commander, dies He was the only astronaut to fly with three different NASA programs, in a career spanning 42 years.
Japan 12/12/2017 Ex-US Army deserter to North Korea dies He called his desertion a mistake that led him to spend most of his life captive in the isolated Communist state.
United Kingdom 03/12/2017 25 years ago: the world’s first text message It was both simple and easy to read: “Merry Christmas” - not “Xmas”.
Greece 28/11/2017 Ancient texts revealed A scientific project is underway to uncover ancient texts hidden beneath more recent writings. The manuscripts, known as palimpsests, form part of the collection of St Catherine's Monastery on the Sinai peninsula in Egypt.
USA 28/11/2017 Trump denies using "Pocahontas" as racial slur against democratic senator President Donald Trump said there was a "Pocahontas" in the U.S. Congress during a ceremony to honour Native American World War Two veterans in an apparent derogatory reference to Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren.
Bosnia and Herzegovina 17/11/2017 As communist relics collapse, the band continues to play Musicans battle to conserve a century of tradition as the world that fostered it disappears around them.
Egypt 08/11/2017 Virtual Reality tours go to the next level Team which discovered hidden chamber in Egyptian pyramd developes new virtual reality tour
Russia 07/11/2017 Russian 1917 revolution - internet style! Historians bring the 1917 Russian revolution into the modern day using internet technoligy
Russia 07/11/2017 Russia avoids ostentatious celebration on 100th anniversary of Bolshevik Revolution Our chronology revisits the events in 1917 that shook the world
Wander 03/11/2017 Half a day in Bodrum It’s October and there are still some great spots to visit this time of year that offer sunshine, beach, culture and events, like a Regatta. Some
Egypt 02/11/2017 Cosmic-ray imaging finds hidden structure in Egypt’s Great Pyramid Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass refutes the "breakthrough" findings, says it was known the pyramid had hollows inside it
Colombia 02/11/2017 CIA told Hitler was alive after World War II The documents have re-surfaced in the wake of the JFK release
Russia 29/10/2017 Russians remember Stalin victims Flowers are laid in commemoration of the millions who died or were imprisoned during Stalin's purges
