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Cypriots woke up on Monday to the sound of sirens to mark 46 years since Turkish troops invaded and occupied Cyprus’ north. The sad anniversary coincides with renewed claims by Ankara on the island's sovereignty. Turkish oil drilling ships are...

Greece marked the 10-year anniversary of one of the worse violent acts in recent years on Tuesday, when three bank employees died in a firebomb attack during an anti-austerity riot in downtown Athens. President Katerina Sakellaropoulou said in a tweet: “Three...

More than 5,000 officers are on duty to police the march that will take place Sunday afternoon in Athens, commemorating the anniversary of the student uprising against the Greek junta in 1973. The march will start at 3 pm local time...

Greece called for the restoration of international order and an end to the Turkish occupation in the northern part of Cyprus on Friday, on the occasion of the 36th anniversary of “independence,” as declared by the occupying regime. “Today’s sad...

Athens' Acropolis Museum will celebrate its tenth anniversary with several events, including a photography show, a lecture on ancient sculpture colors, a concert by famous Greek composer Stavros Xarchakos and the opening of a walk-through excavation of an ancient...

Cyprus celebrated the 64th anniversary of the beginning of the EOKA struggle against British colonial rule, with commemorative liturgies and events held island-wide on Monday. In Nicosia, the main service was led by Archbishop Chrysostomos at Saint John’s Cathedral in...

President Prokopis Pavlopoulos on Friday said that the anniversary of Greek independence day should be a day of inspiration for every Greek and an opportunity to learn. He made his remarks in a message for Greeks abroad before the...

Thousands of people marched on the streets of Athens on Saturday afternoon to commemorate the anniversary of the Polytechnic uprising and the victims of the 1973 deadly crackdown by the police and the Army of a student uprising against...

A delegation from the governing SYRIZA party, including prominent ministers, was prevented by leftist groups from laying a wreath at the Athens Polytechnic Memorial on Friday, on the eve of the 45th anniversary of the uprising against the junta. Television...

On Wednesday, President Nicos Anastasiades strongly condemned the unilateral declaration of the Turkish Cypriot breakaway state of the north, 34 years ago. Anastasiades said the action went against everything that had been previously agreed on. Meanwhile in the north, the declaration...