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When the Heroic Greek Evzone Was Featured in Life Magazine
A Greek Evzone was featured on the cover of the American magazine Life, honoring the heroic battles of Greek soldiers against the invading Italians in 1940.
The issue was published in mid-December 1940 approximately fifty days after Mussolini's forces attacked...
Greece
Author Robin Sharma to Visit Greece for the First Time
Renowned author Robin Sharma is visiting Greece on January 14, 2024. He will make an appearance at the Faliro Olympic Indoor Hall and focus on crucial topics such as self-improvement, self-awareness, and effective leadership.
Hosted by Self Motivation, this event...
Europe
Kalavryta: The Bloodiest Nazi Massacre in Greece
December 13, 1943 marks the date of the worst massacre committed in Greece by the Nazis occupying the country, as more than five hundred innocent civilians were executed, and the entire town of Kalavryta was burned to the ground.
The...
Greece
Odontotos: Greece’s Amazing Cog Railway of the Peloponnese
The "Odontotos" railway in Greece, one of the few surviving cog railways in Europe, travels across the country and over and through its spectacular mountains.
People in many mountainous countries in Europe and beyond are used to cog, or "rack,"...
Culture
Common Words in the Greek and Turkish Language
There are over three hundred Turkish words that are used daily in the Greek language. This is not surprising given the fact that Greeks were under Ottoman occupation for four hundred years.
The period of Ottoman rule was a dark...
Crime
Killing of Alexandros Grigoropoulos Still Haunts Greece
December 6th marks the anniversary of the murder of fifteen-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos by police officer Epaminondas Korkoneas in 2008, an act that stands as a landmark case of police brutality in Greece.
In more peaceful times, Greek society would mourn...
Ancient Greece
Philoxenia: The Roots of Greek Hospitality
The ancient Greek value of hospitality which ranked at the top of the list of virtues, and still lives on today in Greece, is “philoxenia”
Art
Kostis Palamas, the Great Poet of Greece
Kostis Palamas was not only one of the major Greek poets of modern times. He was also one of the most inspiring figures of Hellenism, as pieces of his literary work were adopted as national poems of the young...
Greece
Dekemvriana: The Clashes Between Greeks that Led to the Civil War
December 3, 1944 saw one of the bloodiest and most polarizing incidents in the history of the Greek civil war. Known as "Dekemvriana" (from December, the month it began),the Athens tragedy has come to characterize the period of horrific...
Culture
The Presidential Guard: How Evzones Became a Potent Symbol of Greece
The long and honorable history of the Greek Presidential Guard (also known as Evzones) goes back to more than 150 years ago to December 12, 1868, the day it was established in the modern Greek state.
This distinguished, battalion-sized military...