Genocide
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Greek Evzones Dressed in Pontic Costume Honor Victims of Genocide
Hundreds of people gathered in Athens’ Syntagma Square to mark the Pontian Genocide and watch the evzones dressed in Pontic costumes
Greek News
Erdogan Slams Biden Over Arms Sale to Israel
Turkish President Erdogan slammed US President Biden after his administration approved a potential arms deal with Israel on Monday.
Greece
Greek PM Marks 106th Anniversary of Armenian Genocide
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis commemorated the Armenian Genocide on Friday, the eve of the 106th anniversary of the brutal act.
Europe
Greek, Armenian Genocide Recognized by the Netherlands
Greek, Armenian and Syriac genocide committed by the Ottoman Empire in the beginning of the 20th century were recognized by the Netherlands earlier in the week.
events
Pontic Greeks in Thessaloniki Commemorate 100 Years Since Genocide
Hundreds of Pontic Greeks gathered in central Thessaloniki on Wednesday to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the genocide perpetrated by the Turks upon their ancestors.
The crowd formed a human chain with the letter “G”, for Genocide, and later formed the...
Greece
Pavlopoulos Calls for Pontic-Greek Genocide Apology
"We do not forget the shameful crime and its victims," Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos said on Friday in his message ahead of the May 19 Remembrance Day of the Genocide of Pontian Greeks.
He also called on those responsible for...
Greece
Wording Issue Over Asia Minor "Genocide" Causes Greek Parliament Controversy
A wording issue concerning the definition September 14 as the day of remembrance of the Asia Minor disaster in the 1920s, led to a huge row in parliament between the Speaker Bureau, and main opposition New Democracy party.
The parliament...
Canada
Greek-Canadian Senator Housakos Wants Canadian Government to Recognize Pontian Greek Genocide
During a recent speech in the Canadian Senate, Greek-Canadian Senator Leo Housakos addressed his colleagues in efforts to bring to vote the need for Canada to recognize the Genocide of the Pontic Greeks from 1916 to 1923 by Turkey.
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Culture
Filmmaker Documents Greek Ghost Town of Levissi [video]
The town of Levissi (known as Kayakoy) was once a bustling Greek Orthodox community. Greeks of the 5,000-year-old village were ethnically cleansed and then forcibly expelled in 1922, causing 10,000 people to leave behind the land of their heritage....
Greece
From Ataturk to Venizelos
MYTILENE, Greece – Crossing the Bosporus from Istanbul to Athens with a university colleague – one the daughter of Turkish immigrants, the other the daughter of Greeks – transported us through a poignant wormhole of parallels between the 20th...