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The 43rd anniversary since democracy was restored in Greece coincides with the final restoration of economic stability and the recovery of the country, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said in a message on Monday marking the toppling of the seven-year...

Main opposition New Democracy (ND) leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis lashed out at the government which he accused of attempting to undermine the institutions in order to shake up the European construction. In his message on the restoration of Democracy, Mitsotakis stressed...

It was early in the morning of July 20, 1974 when 40,000 Turkish troops invaded Cyprus from sea and air, catching the Cypriot armed forces in their sleep, almost unable to resist. The code name of the attack was...

Athenians who are over 50 years old probably have some memories of that Spring morning of April in 1967, when the radio was playing military songs and the announcer was warning people to stay indoors because the Greek Armed Forces...

The German writer, investigative reporter and journalist Günter Wallraff, who was jailed by the Greek Junta in 1974, returned as a visitor to Korydallos prison on Friday to discuss living conditions for prisoners. Wallraff traveled to Greece in May 1974....

"The 24th of July is a milestone for democracy," Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said in his message for the 42nd anniversary of the post-Junta period and called on all political and social forces to engage in a board, open,...

The countdown for the worst government of the post-Junta period has started, main opposition New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday in the first meeting of the new political committee. Mitsotakis said that the meeting signals a new course...

On the 42nd anniversary of the November 17, 1973 student uprising against the colonels' dictatorship, a cold chill embraces Athens in light of the bloody terrorist attack in Paris. This year Athenians and visitors from other cities place flowers not...

July 24, 1974 is an important day in modern Greek history as it marks the day democracy was restored after seven years of military dictatorship. A few days earlier, a failed junta-instigated military coup in Cyprus gave Turkey a great...

By Leslie Absher A baby before the coup, brought there by her father, a young spy on his first mission. “There is much I’ll never know about his work in Greece but my love for him and Greece calls me...