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Diplomacy
Greece Is India’s Gateway to the EU, Mitsotakis Says in New Delhi
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis highlighted the importance of Greece in India's efforts to get closer to the EU during his meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Wednesday.
He emphasized that thanks to the India-Middle East-Europe...
Ancient Greece
How Ancient Greeks Spread Buddhism to the Known World
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Buddhism, a religion, or according to some, a path towards experiencing ultimate reality, was founded by Siddhārtha Gautama, a man from India also referred to as "The Buddha". Buddhism is practiced in various parts of the world and the...
Ancient Greece
Ancient Greeks of India and Their Connection to Hinduism
The religion of the Greeks of India was not that of the Ancient Greek Pantheon. It was also not Christian Orthodoxy, as Christian proselytization had yet to catch on in India.
Cultures, religions, and languages have had an evolutionary past...
Ancient Greece
The Ancient Greeks of Kashmir, India
Apart from being well-known for its cashmere pashmina shawls, which even Roman emperors favored, the beautiful region of Kashmir in India was once ruled by more than eleven Greek kings, and it has been called heaven on earth by...
Ancient Greece
Dionysus’ Invasion to India in Greek Mythology
According to ancient myths, Dionysus, the ancient Greek god of wine, invaded India long before Alexander the Great was born.
Dionysus is an Ancient Greek god and also part of the Roman pantheon. He was known as Bacchus to the...
Diplomacy
Greece-India Joint Statement in Full
The leaders of Greece and India, Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Shri Narendra Modi, issued a joint statement following the meeting they held in Athens, the first visit of an Indian PM in four decades.
Greece-India joint statement in full
1. At the...
Culture
India’s Independence Inspired by Greek Ideas
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India's struggle for independence has been inspired by Greek ideas shared by many of its revolutionaries and philhellenes.
By Arunansh B Goswami*
In his book The Histories, Herodotus mentions ‘Indians’ (‘Indoi-Ινδοι' in Greek) on page 187. It was the first time...
Diplomacy
The Military Partnership Between Greece and India
On a recent visit to India, Lt Gen Themistoklis Bourolias, Chief of the Hellenic Air Force General Staff (Greece) paid homage to Indian fallen soldiers at the National War Memorial.
He also met with India's military top brass and discussed...
Culture
Indian PM Modi Moved by Greek Students Singing National Song of India
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was moved after hearing a group of Greek students singing "Vande Mataram," the national song of India.
Modi lauded the Greek highschool students from the region of Ilia on his monthly radio address to the...
Diplomacy
Greece and India Agree to Work on Strategic Partnership
Greece and India agreed to work to strengthen bilateral ties during the visit of Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in Athens