Turkish researchers: No Sultan’s edict allowing Lord Elgin to loot the Acropolis

6 April, 2019

Two Turkish researchers have de-bunked the British claim that the Parthenon Marbles were a gift by the Ottoman Sultan Selim III to Lord Elgin. The Sultan did not issue an edict (ferman) allowing Elgin to loot the Acropolis, the researches have found.…

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The new Grand Strategy of the United States

6 April, 2019

It is commonly believed in the United States that the country has no Grand Strategy since the end of the Cold War. A Grand Strategy is a vision of the world that one seeks to impose, and that all administrations must respect.…

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Rights of ethnic Greeks in Albania abused, again

6 April, 2019

Albania on Saturday reportedly withdrew a decision published in the online version of its government gazette calling for the seizure of properties belonging to members of the ethnic Greek minority in the town of Himara. According to diplomatic sources, Tirana’s decision came…

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Several hundreds attend Archbishop Stylianos’ funeral in Sydney

5 April, 2019

On Saturday the 30th of March, ordinary citizens, clerics, politicians and public figures from the wider Greek community in Australia attended the last farewell to the Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Australia Stylianos, during the funeral service held at the Cathedral Church of…

GREECE

Greece furious over north neighbor’s “Wines of Macedonia”

5 April, 2019

It came as expected and feared. Companies in North Macedonia omit the geographic term and sell their products with state labeling as simple “Macedonian.” And this despite the Prespes Agreement or because of it that apparently did not cover all issues between…

HEALTH·SCIENCE

Study: Brain drain is the biggest worry of Greeks and Europeans

5 April, 2019

A survey conducted recently by YouGov for the European Council on Foreign Relations shows that the nations of Southern and Eastern Europe worry more about emigration than immigration. The trend of millions of young, educated people leaving Southern and Eastern Europe to…

COMMUNITY

Society of Kalamata “23rd March’s” annual dinner dance

3 April, 2019

On Saturday 23 March 2019 over 350 members and guests joined the committee of the Society of Kalamata “23 March” for its hugely successful 38th annual dinner dance. The Annual Dinner Dance was a celebration in honour of the 198th anniversary of the Liberation of Kalamata on…

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Turkish researchers: No Sultan’s edict allowing Lord Elgin to loot the Acropolis

The new Grand Strategy of the United States

Rights of ethnic Greeks in Albania abused, again

Several hundreds attend Archbishop Stylianos’ funeral in Sydney

Greece furious over north neighbor’s “Wines of Macedonia”

Study: Brain drain is the biggest worry of Greeks and Europeans

Society of Kalamata “23rd March’s” annual dinner dance

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