Forty Chinese children moved Greece during the opening ceremony of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics…
Tag: Greek Independence
From Veria in Macedonia, Anastasios Karatasos (1764 – 21 January 1830) was a military commander…
On this day in 1822, Haiti became the first country to recognise Greece’s independence from…
“The obligation to return the Parthenon sculptures lies squarely with the UK government.” Greek PM Kriakos Mitsotakis calls for talks with the UK, offers to loan treasures to the British Museum in exchange for the Parthenon sculptures.
The Benaki Museum presents a major exhibition to commemorate the bicentenary of the Greek Revolution.…
Kolokotronis, according to his memoirs, said to his compatriots: We must render up thanksgivings for this day, which should be kept holy for ever, as the day upon which our Motherland achieved her freedom.
President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou received Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday at…
On the evening of the 25th March 2021 community leaders and philhellenes came together at…
Nadia Macha-Bizoumi | Portes Magazine As we continue to celebrate the bicentenary of the 1821…
A video of the U.S. Army Europe and Africa Band & Chorus playing and singing…
Ismene Kilia | Portes Magazine The first capital of the modern Greek state is a…
The Battle of Kalamata took place on March 23, 1821, between the Greek irregular revolutionary…
Cleaning works are being carried out at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Athens,…
The Drachma of 1832By virtue of King Otto’s Royal Decree of 8 February 1833, the…
2021 is an important milestone for Greece and Greeks around the world. It marks 200 years since the beginning of the Greek revolution that…
On the anniversary of official relations between Greece and Russia being first established on September…
Manto Mavrogenous and Laskarina Bouboulina, heroines who fought tirelessly for Greece’s Independence
March 25 is a national holiday celebrated throughout Greece. Today Greeks worldwide commemorate Greek…
Greece’s President Prokopios Pavlopoulos yesterday addressed an international two day conference on “The Liberal Institutions…