Yannis Golias
I won't forget
Just like today, in the early hours of July 20, 1974, at 5:20 a.m.,
Turkish forces arrived in Cyprus
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At the same time in Athens, there was no...
The Betrayal of Cyprus
If you have to read just one of my posts,
my friend and follower,
this is the one from today.
It talks about the betrayal of Cyprus and...
On this day in 1996, Andreas Papandreou died
On this day in 1996, Andreas Papandreou died,
one of the most important figures to have governed Greece
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When Andreas took office...
A Historic Humiliation…
HUMILIATION—that is the word that best describes the U.S.-Iran agreement
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Humiliation for whom?
For the U.S. administration, of course, and...
Constantine Mitsotakis
History is full of controversial figures,
but
Konstantinos Mitsotakis is NOT one of them!
No matter how much the family might want him to be,
the...
The Genocide of the Pontians
After the end of World War I, the Ottoman Empire collapsed,
and then,
the Greeks, along with the Pontic Armenians,
consider...
Long Island
after the despicable Varkiza agreement,
it was almost a foregone conclusion that we'd end up in a civil war...
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and that's because the corrupt,
the old collaborators...
There is also a Greek Labour Day
There is a Greek workers' May Day, did you know that?
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after the restoration of Basel in Greece
in 1935,
the first government to take over is...
Nikos Romanos
On December 6, 2008, the then 15-year-old, Nikos Romanos, sees before his eyes,
his best friend Alexander...
Georgios Karaiskakis
after the exit of Messolonghi there was no longer any resistance left in Roumeli.
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all the captains have fallen to...
April 21
in February 1964 old Papandreou wins the elections and stays in government for 500 days.
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In that time he managed to...
Easter and the Lamprey
"Passover" is a Jewish word and a Jewish holiday, which the Jews celebrated before Christianity was even created
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the Greek...