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Europe
Turkey Slams The Economist over Erdogan’s ‘Looming Dictatorship’ Cover
On Thursday, Fahrettin Altun, the communication director of Turkey, slammed the London-based weekly The Economist for creating "cheap propaganda" on the country.
The cover of this week's magazine is titled "Turkey's looming dictatorship." The Economist is calling on outsiders to...
Europe
Germany Raids Far-Right Group Accused of Plotting Coup
Security forces in Germany carried out sweeping raids against an alleged far-right terror group that aimed to overthrow the German government in a violent coup.
Twenty-five people have been arrested in raids across Germany, including far-right and ex-military figures who...
Greek News
Greece Kicks-off Three Day Celebration of the Polytechnic Uprising
A three-day celebration on the anniversary of the 1973 Polytechnic uprising kicked off in Greece on Tuesday an annual event that commemorates the students who rose against the military junta.
On Tuesday, the Athens Polytechnic, or the National Technical University...
Greek News
Thousands March in Athens for Polytechnic Uprising Anniversary
Thousands of people marched through Athens Wednesday to mark the anniversary of the Polytechnic uprising against the military dictatorship on November 17,1973.
More than 5,000 police were deployed to keep order, as violence involving anarchist demonstrators has often marred the annual...
Greece
''Democracy Is Not for Granted'': President Sakellaropoulou on Coup d' Etat Anniversary
"We should not forget that nothing can be taken for granted and that the defense of Democracy and its institutions is a constant challenge for us all," President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou stated in her message on...
Greece
Athens Polytechnic Uprising: How Greek Students Overthrew a Coup
As of November 1973, it had been six and a half years since Greece had been placed under strict military rule. Opponents of the junta which took over in the April 21, 1967 coup had been tortured, jailed, exiled, or put...
Cyprus
July 24, 1974: When Democracy Was Restored to Greece
The five days between July 20 and July 24, 1974 were the most turbulent, and the most decisive, in modern Greek history. The Turkish invasion to Cyprus, the collapse of the seven-year-long military junta, and the birth of the...
Greece
May 1st Marks 43rd Anniversary of Death of Anti-Junta Hero Panagoulis
May 1, 2019 marks the forty-third anniversary of Alexandros Panagoulis' death on the first of May in 1976 in Athens.
Panagoulis became well-known for his brave struggle against the military dictatorship which ravaged Greece and its society for nearly seven years,...
Greece
April 21, 1967: A Date Most Greeks Want to Forget
(Makarezos, Pattakos, Papadopoulos)
For the army colonels who overthrew the government and established a seven-year long cruel dictatorship, April 21, 1967...
Greece
November 17 Anniversary: Thousands March to Commemorate the Polytechnic Uprising
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...