Metaxas
Greece
Heroes Fight Like Greeks: When the World Bowed to the Spirit of Soldiers
Greek soldiers gained fame around the world in modern times for their incredible courage and fierce resistance against the Italian and German invasions in 1940 and 1941 and also during the brutal years under Axis occupation.
Historical figures have long...
Australia
Melbourne Seminar Delves into Greek History
The Greek community in Melbourne will be hosting an exciting lecture on Dr Anna Efstathiadou examining some of the propaganda prints produced by the Metaxas regime during the Greek-Italian War.
Taking place next Thursday (June 28) at 7 p.m., Efstathiadou will examine...
events
Thousands Visit Fort Roupel for Revival of the Historic Battle of 1941 (video)
Thousands of people visited the battlefields of the legendary Fort Roupel and the underground forts of the Metaxas Line at the Greek-Bulgarian border this weekend (May 13-14), and experienced the revival of the Battle of World War II, organized...
Cyprus
Bank of Cyprus Whacks Big Depositors
Depositors with more than 100,000 euros ($130,000) in uninsured accounts at the Bank of Cyprus stand to suffer big losses under a restructuring plan devised as a way to confiscate their holdings and trigger release of a 10 billions...