Commemorating the Pontian Genocide

22 May, 2019

On the 19th of May 2019, the global day of remembrance for the Greek genocide, an event was held by the Greek Genocide Commemoration Committee. The afternoon commenced with an introductory speech by the committee’s president, Peter Stefanidis, who highlighted the importance…

COMMUNITY·GREECE

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

22 May, 2019

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…

GREECE

Golden Dawn ballots destroyed with antiseptic by unknown perpetrators

22 May, 2019

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…

GREECE

The dilemma of the elections

22 May, 2019

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…

GREECE

Lanterns to commemorate 100 years from the Pontic Greeks Genocide

22 May, 2019

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…

TRAVEL

All aboard: Greece’s scenic train journeys

22 May, 2019

When it comes to train travel, Greece rarely springs to mind. The country’s relatively limited rail network means it doesn’t appear on any ‘epic train journeys’ lists, and because of this a number of its amazing – if short – stretches of…

SPORTS

Olympiacos set for relegation after refusal to play Panathinaikos

22 May, 2019

Olympiacos didn’t show up for the first match of the Basket League quarter-final series against Panathinaikos, with the Piraeus giants now set for automatic relegation to the second tier. ESAKE revealed that referees Panagiotis Anastopoulos, Anastasios Manos, and Panagiotis Diamantis will oversee…

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Commemorating the Pontian Genocide

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

All aboard: Greece’s scenic train journeys

Olympiacos set for relegation after refusal to play Panathinaikos

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