An Air Force pilot of the “Zeus” squadron sent a resounding message to all Greeks “from Orestiada to Gavdos and from Othonos to Kastelorizo” on the anniversary of October 28, 1940 when…
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The first phase of the neutralisation of munition in the harbour of Monemvasia, Laconia, was carried out last week. As announced by the Hellenic Navy General Staff, the neutralisation concerns a large number of…
A team of professional divers removed large swathes of lost fishing nets that were covering a British submarine that went down between the Ionian islands of Zakynthos and Kefalonia in World War…
Mikis Theodorakis was born on July 29 in 1925, on the Greek island of Chios. The famous Greek songwriter and composer has written over 1000 songs and is viewed as Greece’s best-known living…
Photographs from the DIMARATOS SOCRATES 2020 exercises that took place last Thursday in northern Greece, have been published. The exercises that took place on the northern port city of Alexandroupolis was published…
A veteran of World War II, retired air commodore Vyron Notis Sacharidis, passed away on Tuesday aged 99. One of the last remaining fighter pilots, Sacharidis had seen a lot of action…
Despina Achladioti known as the Lady of Ro (Κυρά της Ρω), was a passionate Greek woman born on the island of Kastellórizo in 1890. Before the start of World War II, in…
A fierce confrontation has erupted between Skopje and Belgrade following the issuance of a stamp showing Croatia occupying lands in neighbouring countries, reported Pentapostagma. Serbia’s strong reaction was caused by the issuance…
A bomb dating back to World War II was discovered at Syntagma Square on Tuesday morning. Bomb disposal experts immediately shut down and evacuated a part of Syntagma Square in downtown Athens…
Anthony Albanese, Australian politician serving as Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labor Party Sadly we cannot come together and celebrate Greek Independence Day this year. For once, we won’t…
The Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece KIS, condemned and denounced the “unacceptable and deplorable” statement by Turkey’s Deputy Foreign Minister Yavuz Selim Kiran on social media, who compared the alleged…
Despina Achladioti known as the Lady of Ro (Κυρά της Ρω) was a passionate Greek woman born on the island of Kastellórizo in 1890. Before the start of World War II, in…
Twenty one leaders of all the EU member states including the President of Greece Prokopis Pavlopoulos, issued a joint statement on Thursday celebrating Europe Day and the 74th anniversary of the end…
Greek Navy Commander Panagiotis Tripontikias, noted that 1,061 ships had sunk in Greek waters just in World War II while little has been done to properly record and exploit these, noting that…
Germany’s President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said yesterday that his country recognises the historical and moral responsibility for Nazi atrocities during World War II against Greece. Steinmeier made the comment during his visit to…
Arthur Legget, an ANZAC, Battle of Crete veteran and ex-prisoner of war, has celebrated a very special milestone, turning 100 years old earlier this month! To honour and celebrate Mr. Leggett, earlier…
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is visiting the town of Chania today where he will meet with officials. The PM’s first meeting scheduled at 10am is with the regional governor, the vice-governor and…
by Aggelos Skordas Albania has no territorial claims over Greece, although the descendants of the Chams who fled Greece after World War II should be able to claim their property rights, Albanian…
by Aggelos Skordas The government of Albania took the first step towards the implementation of the agreement reached between Athens and Tirana regarding the identification, exhumation, and burial of the bones of…