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From Piraeus to 113 Ports: Workers Protest the Movement of War Cargo

Ferry services to the Greek islands were suspended and cargo operations were disrupted at Piraeus on Friday, October 30, as dockworkers and seafarers joined international protests against arms shipments. About 3,000 workers participated in the walkout at the Greek...

How a Genoese Family Came to Rule the Greek Island of Lesbos for More Than 100 Years

For more than a century during the final years of the Byzantine Empire, the Greek island of Lesbos was ruled by a Genoese family whose unusual rise began with imperial civil war, political marriage and the shifting balance of...

Kostas Georgakis, the Student Who Set Himself on Fire for Greece

Kostas Georgakis, a Greek geology student who was attending university in Italy, set himself on fire in Genoa on September 19, 1970 as a protest against the Greek military dictatorship of the time. The 22-year-old's last words were "Long...

DNA Test Reveals Christopher Columbus Was a Spanish Jew

According to what became known at the screening of "Colón ADN. Su verdadero origen” ("The DNA of Columbus: His true roots"), Christopher Columbus was a Spanish, or Sephardic, Jew. Columbus' lineage unveiled through DNA analysis The centuries-old mystery of Christopher Columbus'...

Cruise Ship Arriving on Corfu Could Be Quarantined Over Coronavirus Case

The captain of the cruise ship "MSC Opera," which is set to arrive at the Greek island of Corfu on Thursday, has reportedly told more than 2,000 passengers not to leave the vessel, due to the diagnosis of a...

5 January Transfers of Greeks to Foreign Clubs

As the January transfer period came to an end, we had a number of Greek footballers who decided to pick a new foreign club to continue their career. Avraam Papadopoulos, Giannis Fetfatzidis, Tasos Donis, Panayotis Vlachodimos and Apostolos Vellios join...

Five Greeks play in the Same Campionato Match for the First Time in History

Lazaros Christodoulopoulos, Panagiotis Tachtsidis, Vaggelis Moras, Orestis Karnezis and Panagiotis Kone were the five Greek international players that were part of today's historical game between Udineze and Hellas Verona for matchday fifteen of the Serie A. Never in the history...

The "Greek" Salaries of the Italian League Campionato

The no1 selling sports newspaper in Italy "Gazzetta dello Sport" displayed the salaries of all players featured in the Italian Serie A this coming year. For the first time in history, there are nine Greek players present in Italy's first...