The ghosts of 1974 are still very much among us. What would have happened if the views of the “invisible dictator” Dimitrios Ioannidis had prevailed and if, on the morning of July 20, 1974, when the Turkish forces invaded Cyprus, Athens had declared war on Ankara?
People in Cyprus woke up to the sound of emergency sirens wailing across the island on Wednesday early morning, marking the anniversary of the Turkish Attila operation launched on 20 July 1974, a series of events remembered very differently by the divided nation’s two communities.
It was not a matter of instinct, he did not suddenly feel that danger was imminent. Alexandros Simeoforidis was going by the facts – and they were loud and clear.
The presidents of Greece and China, Katerina Sakellaropoulou and Xi Jinping exchanged warm wishes on Sunday to mark the 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias took to social media on Thursday to mark the 103rd anniversary of the systematic extermination of some 353,000 ethnic Greeks living on the shores of the Black Sea by the Ottoman Turks between 1916 and 1923.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias took to social media on Thursday to mark the 103rd anniversary of the systematic extermination of some 353,000 ethnic Greeks living on the shores of the Black Sea.
Turkey lashed out on Thursday at statements made by Greek officials, including the country’s president, to commemorate the 103rd anniversary of the Pontian Genocide.
The international community has a “manifest obligation” to recognize the systematic extermination of some 353,000 ethnic Greeks living on the shores of the Black Sea by the Ottoman Turks between 1916 and 1923, President Katerina Sakellaropoulou said on Thursday.
The parade marking Greek Independence Day in the United States is a matter of great significance for Greek Americans, and not just because of its emotional resonance, but mainly because it symbolizes national unity.
Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou and other officials paid tribute to three bank workers who perished in a deadly firebomb attack in downtown Athens on May 5, 2010, during a riot after the country signed its first bailout deal with international creditors.
Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou said on Sunday that “constant vigilance and reaction against discrimination, violence, and hate toward our fellow humans is an obligation we all have,” and a “basic condition for the peaceful coexistence of peoples,” in a message to mark the 107th anniversary of Armenian Genocide.
A Greek National Opera production of Charles Gounod’s grand opera in five acts, “Faust” is going on stage at the Stavros Niarchos Hall for eight performances directed and choreographed by Renato Zanella.
Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias on Wednesday marked the 81th anniversary of the Nazi invasion of Greece, saying that Greece has always stood “on the right side of history.”
Officials, including President Katerina Sakellaropoulou, European Commission Vice-President Margaritis Schinas and Israeli Ambassador Yossi Amrani, participated in a march commemorating the victims of the Holocaust in Thessaloniki on Sunday.
Sunday marks the anniversary of the departure in 1943 of the first train taking members of Thessaloniki’s Jewish community to the Auschwitz death camp.
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias on Monday paid tribute to the three Greek Navy officers that were killed during the 1996 Imia crisis that brought Greece and Turkey to the brink of war.
