100 Years of Silence

23 May, 2019

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…

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Killer flu season sees record numbers of cases and deaths – and it’s only just beginning

22 May, 2019

A killer flu season has seen almost as many people diagnosed with the virus so far this year as there were in the whole of 2018. Health bosses today issued renewed calls for people to get vaccinated. A total of 63 people…

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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…

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100 Years of Silence

Killer flu season sees record numbers of cases and deaths – and it’s only just beginning

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

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