Regimental battle flags…

Regimental battle flags are carried past the House of Parliament during yesterday’s Independence Day military parade in Athens. School parades were also held all over Greece. On Lesvos, local education officials ordered schoolgirls to parade in trousers, to deter them from donning short skirts and high heels.

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