Ioannina, the largest city of Epirus, was incorporated into the Greek state on the 21st…
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The vest of Eleni Staikou, who has a most fascinating story, dominates a prominent position…
With 260,000 euros, the Catalans helped restore the unique vault of the Vatopedi Monastery as…
Constantin Carathéodory (Κωνσταντίνος Καραθεοδωρή) was a Greek mathematician who made significant contributions to the calculus…
The Dance of Zalongo, the mass suicide of Souliote women and children, is one of…
“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 current population of Turkey is about 80 million, but Christians and Jews only comprise…
The Greek fleet, led by Admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis, started from the bay of Moudros in…
October 31, 1912 marks the anniversary of the sinking of the Feth-i Bülend Ottoman warship…
On this day, we remember the innocent victims of the Massacres of Amida (Άμιδα, Turkish:…
On this day in 1912, the commander of the 8th Turkish army corps, Hasan Tahsin Pasha, signed the protocol officially surrendering Thessaloniki to the advancing Greek Army during the First Balkan War.
The epic of the inhabitants of Chalastra, October 22-24, 1912 – The First Balkan War.…
On this day, the Greek army entered Kozani during the early fighting of the First…
During the First Balkan War, the Greek Navy under Rear Admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis, liberated the…
The Balkan League, consisting of Greece, Serbia, Bulgaria and Montenegro, declared the First Balkan War…
With tears in my eyes, I read the public apology of Archbishop Elpidophoros of America,…
On September 23rd, 1821, the rebellious Greeks won a significant victory against the Turks, which…
Dionysios Philosophos (1541 – September 11, 1611), born in Paramythia, Thesprotia, Epirus, but with roots…
On this day in 1823, Greek Independence war hero Markos Botsaris was martyred when 350…
That we’ve broken their statues, that we’ve driven them out of their temples, doesn’t mean…