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Eleftherios Venizelos
Why do you say that Thessaloniki is celebrating?;
Why do you say that Thessaloniki is celebrating? Isn't it called Demetra, after all?
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On October 20, 1912, the Ottomans withdrew as...
The attempted assassination of Venizelos in 1920
Thursday, July 30, 1920.
Just two days after the signing of the Treaty of Sèvres,
Eleftherios Venizelos goes to the train station...
Eleftherios Venizelos, the greatest politician of Greece since the time of Pericles
Emil Ludwig, who has written biographies
of
Goethe,
Napoleon,
and Bismarck,
wrote the following about Venizelos:
«Eleftherios Venizelos is Greece’s greatest politician...
October 26, 1912: The day Thessaloniki was liberated
October 26 is the 299th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar and the 300th day in leap years. It is...
The Asia Minor Catastrophe: 100 Years Since That Dark Anniversary
If History and Modern Greek Literature are the two faces of Janus, then literature about Asia Minor...
The Treaty of Sevres, Venizelos and the propaganda elections
On this day, July 28, 1920 (old calendar), in the suburb of Sèvres, near Paris, France—famous for its porcelain—
the...
The most incredible landings at El. Venizelos you've ever seen!
The severe weather that struck Attica and many parts of the country was characterized by strong winds, and as...
Alexis Tsipras: National strategy and clear red lines now!
When, in January 2018, we began the long and difficult negotiations to resolve the name issue that led to the Agreement...
When the mosaics of the Hagia Sophia came to light in 1931
By Stelios ZervosSomething that we will surely remember from the year that is leaving is the «chills» we all felt...
The pandemic of 1931, the first lockdown, and Venizelos
In the 12th-grade History textbook for the Theoretical Track, the first chapter of the curriculum covers the Greek economy and...