October 26 is the biggest celebration for Thessaloniki, as it marks the Feast Day of Agios Dimitrios, the protector and Patron Saint of Macedonia’s largest city, along with the Liberation of Thessaloniki…
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The Albanian ultra-nationalist movement Djempes e Laberias- “Boys of Laberia” has made another provocative action against the Greek minority in Northern Epirus, southern Albania. This time they have burnt the flag of…
Laskarina Bouboulina (1771-1825) was a Greek revolutionary and naval commander. An Arvanite Greek born in a Constantinople prison, Bouboulina was the daughter of a ship captain from the island of Hydra. When…
Greek-Albanian relations are in the forefront in recent days with the latter wanting to join the European Union, but also because of Albania’s abuse of the Greek minority in the area historically…
The first Greek known to have stepped foot into the USA is Theodoros Griego, a sailor who landed on Florida with the Spanish Narváez expedition on April 14, 1528. He died during…
Despite the disruption to daily life and the postponement of Greek National Day celebrations, Russian President Vladimir Putin sent congratulatory messages to President of the Greek Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou and Prime Minister…
Donald Trump, Prime Minister of the United States has issued a proclamation on Greek Independence Day: A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy, which you can read here- Our…
Each year on March 25, Greeks all over the world celebrate Greek Independence Day, which is a national holiday in Greece. Today marks the 199th anniversary of Greek Independence Day. This is…
After a jam packed and exciting weekend at the 9th International Convention of the World Council of Cretans, the Pancretan Association of Melbourne continued their tour of Crete, visiting Rethymno. The famous…
Each year on March 25, Greeks all over the world celebrate Greek Independence Day, which is a national holiday in Greece. Today marks the 198th anniversary of Greek Independence Day. This is…
President Prokopios Pavlopoulos has sent a message to Greeks abroad for March 25 celebrations, marking Greek Independence Day, the 1821 Greek Revolution against Ottoman Rule. President Pavlopoulos stressed this day should be…
Greece’s President Prokopios Pavlopoulos attended on Sunday the celebrations of the 106th anniversary since the liberation of the city of Konitsa from the Ottoman rule. The anniversary, Pavlopoulos said during his address,…
A team of architects and civil engineers from Greece and Italy are racing against time and under extreme weather conditions to preserve and protect the historic Greek cemetery and church of Livorno,…