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Greece Seeks WWII Antiquities From Germany
The Nazis pass through a Greek village in WWII Already pressing Germany for 240 billion euros ($311.6 billion) for World War II reparations, Greece is also readying a case for the return of antiquities...
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May 19, Pontian Greek Genocide Remembrance Day
In 1994, May 19 was selected by the Greek parliament as the day to commemorate the Pontian Greek Genocide by the Turks. The Pontic Genocide is one of the darkest moments in history not only for...
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New DNA Tests Show Minoans’ European Origins
A recently conducted DNA analysis on the remains of Minoans’ skeletons found mainly in a cave in Lassithi, Crete, suggest beyond any doubt and previous speculation that the ancestors of the major...
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Foreign Ambassadors Visit Ancient Dodona
Thirty ambassadors of foreign states in Greece, from European, Asian and African countries, visited the archaeological site of Dodona, and in particular its internationally renowned ancient theater....
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Velos Mutiny Honored in Special Ceremony
A special event was held on May 23 at the Grove of Nautical Tradition, at Flisvos Marina, to honor the Naval Movement and the Mutiny of the destroyer Velos. The President of the Parliament, Evangelos...
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Myrtou St. Panteleimon Monastery In Ruins
The monastery of Saint Panteleimon in the village Myrtou of Cyprus is in terrible condition. It was converted into a Turkish military camp after the Turkish invasion in 1974. A little after the opening...
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Greece Marks 61 Years After Suffrage
On 28 May 1952, 61 years ago, Greek women obtained the right to vote and stand as candidates in legislative and municipal elections. For decades and after many struggles, women managed to obtain the...
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MP Repousi Now Questions Asia Minor Genocide
The stance Maria Repousi took concerning “the congestion of Greeks” in the port of Smyrna in 1922, which she herself withdrew from the school text book she had written, was a reminder to many of her...
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The Police in Ancient Greece
The term “police” used by modern states to describe the body enforcing the law and maintaining order, comes from Middle French police, in turn from Latin politia, which is the latinization of the Greek...
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AUTH’s Rehabilitation Study On Halki Restoration
The rehabilitation study for the Theological School of Halki prepared by the Faculty of Engineering of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, was presented on May 30 by the faculty’s working group...
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Academic Research on Modern Greece’s Population Growth
Professors at the University of Thessaly Byron Kotzamanis and E. Androulaki are working on a research paper shedding light on the population growth of modern Greece from its foundation in 1828 to...
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Theodorakis to Repousi: Leave If You Don’t Love Greece!
During his interview on the occasion of the centenary of the union of Crete with Greece, Greece’s best-known living composer, Mikis Theodorakis, strongly criticized Democratic Left’s deputy and...
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Putin to Visit Mount Athos
Russian President, Vladimir Putin, is going to visit the Aegean on the yacht of an entrepreneur friend. Although it is difficult to tell Putin’s plans for sure, it seems that after Mount Athos, which...
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Odorico: Save Byzantine Findings in Thessaloniki Metro
“Thessaloniki is the only, the most “byzantine city” in the whole Europe. Maybe even in the whole world. The only “city-byzantine museum” which still affords a diachronic element of the Byzantium in...
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Tax Authorities Menace Pavlos Melas’ House
The house where Pavlos Melas, officer of the Hellenic Army and among the first who organized and participated in the Greek Struggle for Macedonia lived his precious moments of family bliss, is...
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The Hundred-Year Climb of Mount Olympus
Olympos, the highest mountain in Greece and the second highest in altitude in the Balkan peninsula, consists of a relatively small, massive, inseparable volume, almost circular, pretty rocky, with...
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Psorokostaina a Real Figure of Greek Independence War
Greeks use the name Psorokostaina to describe misery and poverty. However, according to folk tradition, Psorokostaina was a real person and even a heroic figure during the Greek War of Independence....
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Thermopylae Remembers The 300 Spartans
A ceremony marking the last stand of the 300 Spartans and their Greek allies against the Persian hordes of King Xerxes at the Pass of Thermopylae, a gallant battle that helped save Western...
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The History of Panagia Soumela Holy Icon
According to the tradition of the Orthodox Church, the miraculous icon of Panagia Soumela that is located in the homonymous Holy Church in Vermio, northern Greece, is a work of the Apostle and...
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Panagia’s Miracles in the History of Hellenism
On the occasion of the public holiday August 15th, Greeks all over the country are awaiting to celebrate one of Christianity’s most significant days, the Dormition of the Virgin Mary. Some call this...
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