1821 ANNIVERSARY


Erdogan’s u-turn on Syria’s Assad
PODCASTS

Henri Barkey, the Cohen Professor of International Relations at Lehigh University and Adjunct Senior Fellow for Middle East Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, joins Thanos Davelis to look into Turkish Foreign Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s u-turn when it comes to Syria’s Assad, and break down what this could mean for the broader region, especially given the Russian and Iranian presence there. 

Google expands AI-powered fire tracking to Greece
ENVIRONMENT

Google is leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) to provide detailed tracking of fire boundaries through Search and Maps, as well as location-based push notifications. According to a recent update, this tool is expanding to 15 additional countries across Europe and Africa, including Greece.


The Normandy landings and memory
OPINION

The 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings, in which Germany is taking part and Russia is absent, highlight the benefits of memory – and its limits.


Annual parade in NY commemorates Independence Day
DIASPORA

Hundreds of Greek Americans and guests gathered along Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue in New York to partake in the annual Greek Independence Day Parade, which commemorates the anniversary of the Greek War of Independence against Ottoman rule.



Greece celebrating Independence Day
NEWS

Students will be taking part in parades all over Greece on Monday to mark the 203rd anniversary of the 1821 revolution against Ottoman rule.


1821 remains ‘glorious milestone,’ Sakellaropoulou says
NEWS

The declaration of the revolution against Ottoman rule on March 25, 1821, remains “glorious milestone in the long history of our nation,” President Katerina Sakellaropoulou has said in her message to the Greek diaspora on the occasion of Greek Independence Day.