Main opposition party PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis marked Ochi Day in Thessaloniki by urging Greeks to honor the spirit of national unity with “a big ‘No’ to corruption, injustice, and impunity.”
The annual military parade commemorating Greece’s entry into World War II was held in Thessaloniki on Tuesday, with thousands of people lining the streets to watch troops march near the waterfront and a parade of new technology incorporated into the Greek Armed Forces.
It’s clear to anyone not wearing partisan blinders that pain does not unite us politically; it divides us, and this is one of modern-day Greece’s greatest tragedies.
Greece’s Foreign Ministry commemorated the bravery of the Greeks who defended the country when it was forced to enter the Second World War, after Italy issued an ultimatum for its surrender, on October 28, 1940.
Scientists are sounding the alarm about the “slow death” of the two Prespes Lakes in northern Greece, as they watch the water levels drop to 35-year low.
As we’ve seen time and time again in the past, the Greek diaspora has always played a key role in standing with Greece in its time of need. World War II was no exception.
Greece is able to “look to the future with optimism and self-confidence,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Tuesday, in comments to mark the anniversary of Ochi Day – the country’s rejection of an Italian ultimatum to surrender on October 28, 1940.
Central Athens, Piraeus and Thessaloniki will close to traffic on Tuesday morning ahead of the student and military parades that will be held to celebrate Ochi Day.
Lambis Nikolaou, a former International Olympic Committee vice president who helped to organize the 2004 Athens Summer Games, has died. He was 89.
Greece’s Coast Guard said it had rescued 57 people found on board a dinghy at dawn on Tuesday, in the sea southwest of the city of Ierapetra, in southeast Crete.