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December 1st 1913: Crete Unites with Greece (video)
On November 1st, 1913, Sultan Mehmed the 5th resigned from every right of domination over the Great Ocean. Exactly one month later, Crete was officially incorporated into the Greek State.
It took almost a century of tears, blood and martyrdom...
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Anniversary of the Battle of Navarino: Major Victory in Greece’s War of Independence
One of the most crucial dates in Greece's War of Independence is October 20, 1827. It was on this date that a coalition of European powers defeated the mighty Ottoman naval forces at Navarino.
After almost 400 years of Ottoman rule,...
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Lord Byron: The Romantic Poet Who Died for Greece
Lord George Gordon Byron is one of the first and best-known philhellenes, who actively participated in Greece's War of Independence, eventually losing his life in Missolonghi on April 19, 1824.
Born in 1788, George Gordon Byron became the leading figure...
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Greek PM Tsipras: Greece Seeks Peaceful Co-existence with its Neighbors
Greece is a country that seeks solidarity and peaceful co-existence with its neighbors, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Sunday on the occasion of Greece's War of Independence celebration.
The Greek prime minister was at Psara island where he addressed...
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Google Honors Greece and the 1821 War of Independence
Many Google users might be wondering why two weird-looking shoes appear above the search engine's logo on March 25th.
The strange shoes are called tsarouchia (plural for tsarouchi) and they are the shoes worn with the traditional Greek costume, which...
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March 25th Parade has Additional Significance this Year (video)
The annual March 25th parade in Athens in honor of Greece's 1821 War of Independence had additional significance this year since the country is in the midst of disputes over its territorial and national integrity.
President of the Hellenic Republic...
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Student Parade Commemorates Greece's War of Independence
The student parade in Athens on Saturday, the eve of March 25th, opened the two-day commemoration celebrations for Greece's War of Independence.
As it is customary, the General High School of Kalavryta led the parade, with the students wearing traditional...
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The Great Fighters of Greece’s War of Independence
The Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire, which began in 1821, resembles the stuff of legend.
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Why Greeks Do Not Celebrate the Battle of Navarino
The Battle of Navarino on October 20, 1827, was a great victory against Greece's Ottoman rulers, yet it is an event that is not celebrated by Greeks, simply because it was a victory of international diplomacy and foreign intervention,...
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Kalavryta: The First Greek City Liberated From the Ottomans
On March 21, 1821 the Greek rebels started the siege of Kalavryta, making it the first Greek town that was liberated from the Ottomans, thus declaring the revolution for independence.
In the morning of March 21, 600 armed fighters were sworn...