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Massive Military Parade Marks Greek National Day
Greece commemorated on Monday the 198th anniversary of the 1821 War of Independence against 400 years of Ottoman rule with the annual military parade in the center of the capital.
Thousands of Greeks flocked to the city center to watch...
Greece
'OXI Day': Spectacular Military Parade In Thessaloniki (video)
Thousands of people, locals and tourists, gathered in the center of the city of Thessaloniki to watch the military parade to commemorate ''OXI Day'', on the occasion of Italy's invasion in Greece on October 28, 1940.
Greek civilian groups from...
Greece
Spectacular Military Parade on ‘OXI Day’ in Thessaloniki (photos, videos)
Thousands of people gathered in the centre of Thessaloniki to watch the military parade to commemorate the 'OXI Day'.
Greek military units, including armoured vehicles, tanks, infantry and Special Forces marched in front of the President of the Hellenic Republic...
Greece
Impressive Greek Navy Demonstration in Thessaloniki
The traditional October 26 Greek Navy demonstration in Thessaloniki; which took place on the anniversary of the city's liberation, was quite impressive.
Citizens and tourists in the country's second biggest city enjoyed the sea and air manoeuvres orchestrated by the...
Greece
Greeks Gathered for a Different Kind of Parade in Downtown Athens
Thousands of people gathered in Syntagma, downtown Athens, Greece, despite the rain, to watch the annual military parade in honor of the Greek Independence Day, celebrated on March 25. The parade took place in the presence of the President of...
Greece
March 25 Greek Independence Day Parade to be Different This Year
Completely different from what Athenians have seen so far will be this year's military parade in celebration of the Greek Independence Day on March 25. The first parade to take place under the leftist SYRIZA-led government will remind nothing of...
Greece
Greek Independence Day Military Parade to Take Place Without Railings
The military parade to mark Greek Independence Day on March 25 will take place without railings and there will not be an elevated platform for the officials, National Defense Minister Panos Kammenos said during a meeting with journalists.
The minister...
Greece
Greek President: The Crisis Will Not Defeat Us
Confident that Greece will soon overcome the ongoing crisis and that its people are still united, appeared Greek President Karolos Papoulias from Thessaloniki where he earlier attended the military parade for the national day of October 28.
“It was an excellent...
Greece
October 28th Military Parade in a "Blurry" Political Landscape
The military parade in Thessaloniki for the celebration of the National "Oxi" Day, the 28th of October, took place in a foggy climate-actual and political-and in the presence of the President of the Republic Karolos Papoulias.
Today’s parade was marked...
Greece
Unprecedented Security for Independence Day Military Parade in Athens
Thousands of police cordoned off streets across central Athens on Sunday as a military parade to mark Independence Day was held under unprecedented security measures for fear of anti-austerity protests.
For the first time, the public was banned from a...