Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus: Light shed on his origins by Spanish researchers – He was Spanish and Jewish

New findings based on research that spanned over 20 years suggest that Christopher Columbus was likely of Spanish and Sephardic Jewish descent, according to a new genetic study conducted by Spanish scientists, aiming to solve a five-century-old mystery.

At least today, 131 years after Eminescu morphed into Hyperion, let us not criticize him

Mihai Eminescu has "unveiled" the soul in its purest forms, said on Monday the president of the Romanian Academy, Ioan-Aurel Pop, who urged that at least today, on the 131st anniversary of the poet's death, we do not criticize him. "In adolescence, we learned that on January 15 and June 15, we are entitled to think of Eminescu as our homeland.