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October 28th, 1940 “Oxi Day”. What is it all about and why is it so important?

October 28th, 1940, Oxi Day, a Greek National Holiday, is celebrated on October 28th by military and student parades across the country. What is it all about and why is it so important? Every year on October 28, public buildings and private…

28 October, 2024

GREECE·The News Weekly

SYRIZA changes strategy ahead of early election

Still reeling from a devastating showing in last weekend’s European Parliament election, leftist SYRIZA officials met on Wednesday to discuss strategy ahead of a second round of local authority polls and a looming snap general election. According to sources, the broader sense…

31 May, 2019

GREECE·The News Weekly·WORLD

The hard truths about Turkey’s continued denial and lies

The participation of the hundreds and thousands of people in the memorial events organized in Greece and abroad on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Genocide of the Greeks of Pontus, and the associated events covered by major foreign newspapers…

31 May, 2019

GREECE

Maria Kakali: The Mayor who got re-elected with 100% of the votes

While local leaders struggled to beat their competitors and some will have to go to a second round of elections next Sunday, one mayor managed to be elected with 100% of the votes. 32-year-old Maria Kakali on the remote island of Agios…

30 May, 2019

GREECE

Greece turns a page

Greeks sent a clear and resounding message with their vote in Sunday’s European Parliament and local elections. They denounced the SYRIZA government and the PM personally as he shouldered the entire weight of the European Parliament election campaign. Tsipras himself asked voters…

30 May, 2019

GREECE·WORLD

Elderly member of Greek minority found murdered on Turkish island of Imvros

An elderly Greek man was found dead and tortured on the Turkish island of Imvros that is home of a small Greek community. 86-year-old Zafiris Ignaris (Piyanari) was found on Monday night. He was tied in hands and legs and had blood…

24 May, 2019

GREECE·WORLD

Barnier: EU ready to respond to Turkish provocations

Michel Barnier, the European Union’s chief negotiator for Brexit, reiterated on Monday EU readiness to respond accordingly in case Turkey carries out illegal hydrocarbon drilling activities, noting that the EU stands clearly behind Cyprus. Barnier, who is currently visiting Cyprus in the…

24 May, 2019

GREECE·Uncategorized

Ceremonies for the 100th Anniversary of the Pontic Genocide Culminate at the Turkish Consulate

The ceremonies for the Commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Pontian Greeks’ genocide on Sunday culminated at the Turkish Consulate with Pontic associations delivering a resolution. The ceremonies, that were organized by the Pan-Pontian Federation of Greece, started at the Metropolis…

23 May, 2019

GREECE·The News Weekly·WORLD

100 Years of Silence

Pontus (“sea” in Greek),is an historical Greek designation for a region on the southern coast of the Black Sea, located in modern-day northeastern Anatolia, Turkey. The name was applied to the coastal region and its mountainous hinterland (rising to the Pontic Alps…

23 May, 2019

COMMUNITY·GREECE

Temple of Nemesis found under an ancient Greek Theatre. Here’s Why…

A Temple of Nemesis has recently been unearthed under the ruins of an ancient theatre in Mytilene, on the Greek island of Lesbos. In the ancient Greek and Roman world, Nemesis was the goddess who dealt out retribution against people who exhibited…

22 May, 2019

GREECE

Golden Dawn ballots destroyed with antiseptic by unknown perpetrators

Unknown perpetrators have destroyed the whole load of municipality elections ballots of the far-right party Golden Dawn in the suburb of Kallithea, south Athens. The perpetrators used antiseptic Bedatine that soaked into the 92,000 ballot papers thus destroying them completely. According to…

22 May, 2019

GREECE

The dilemma of the elections

This year European Parliament and local elections are neither simple nor commonplace. Their crucial nature is patently obvious. They are considered and indeed are a dress rehearsal for the upcoming parliamentary election, which has not yet been called. After ten years of…

22 May, 2019

GREECE

Lanterns to commemorate 100 years from the Pontic Greeks Genocide

Pontic Greeks in Thessaloniki let 100 lanterns high into the night sky in order to commemorate the Genocide of Pontic Greeks first by the Young Turks and then by Kemalist forces. May 19th commemorates the beginning of the ethnic cleansing when the…

22 May, 2019

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GREECE- Page 26

October 28th, 1940 “Oxi Day”. What is it all about and why is it so important?

SYRIZA changes strategy ahead of early election

The hard truths about Turkey’s continued denial and lies

Maria Kakali: The Mayor who got re-elected with 100% of the votes

Greece turns a page

Elderly member of Greek minority found murdered on Turkish island of Imvros

Barnier: EU ready to respond to Turkish provocations

Ceremonies for the 100th Anniversary of the Pontic Genocide Culminate at the Turkish Consulate

100 Years of Silence

Temple of Nemesis found under an ancient Greek Theatre. Here’s Why…

Golden Dawn ballots destroyed with antiseptic by unknown perpetrators

The dilemma of the elections

Lanterns to commemorate 100 years from the Pontic Greeks Genocide

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