In an ambitious new book called The Spanish Holocaust, British historian Paul Preston shines a light onto the darkest chapters of Spain’s Civil War, uncovering macabre details of cold-blooded cruelties – on both sides.
On the first of our many trips to Greece, my wife and I drove down to Mystras in the south of the country. Abandoned in the 19th century, the town s churches, castle and fortress walls stand as a reminder of Byzantine grandeur.
There is no doubt that the refugees crossing the Belarusian border with Poland (and by extension reaching the European Union) were brought there by the regime of Alexander Lukashenko. There is more than enough evidence that this is an organized action of the dictator using a network of intermediarie