It was September 26, 1989 when former publisher and New Democracy MP Pavlos Bakoyannis was assassinated by three members of the November 17 terrorist group outside his office in downtown Athens.
It was a dastardly crime which shook Greece's political world...
Alexandros Giotopoulos, the leader of the notorious November 17 terrorist group, is being sent back to prison just two weeks after he was released.
Giotopoulos, who is serving seventeen life sentences plus an additional twenty-five years, was allowed to leave...
The United States criticized the Greek court’s decision to release Alexandros Giotopoulos, the convicted leader and mastermind of the far-left terrorist organization November 17.
In a written statement, the US Department of State cited the group’s role in the murder...
Convicted leader of the now-defunct November 17 (17N) terrorist group Alexandros Giotopoulos, 82, was released from prison on Thursday under strict conditions.
Giotopoulos, known as “Lambros,” was sentenced in 2003 to seventeen life terms and an additional 25-year prison sentence...
The Athens Polytechnic uprising occurred on November 17, 1973, as a massive student demonstration of the popular rejection of the Greek military junta of 1967 to 1974.
The uprising that began on November 14, 1973, escalated to an open, anti-junta...
The November 17 Polytechnic uprising anniversary in Athens, once a symbol of resistance against the Greek military junta, is now often overshadowed by clashes between police and far-left groups.
Furthermore, what should have been a ceremony in honor of the...
Greek judges ruled on Friday that Dimitris Koufodinas, the convicted terrorist of the now-defunct November 17 group, must remain in prison until September 2027, when he can then apply for parole.
In 2003, Koufodinas, 63, was sentenced to 11 life...
Greece opened an office for the support of victims of terrorism on Monday in hopes that, as Minister of Civil Protection Michalis Chrysochoidis says, the nation can "pay its dues" to them.
The Minister opened the office in a ceremony...
Hundreds of demonstrators defied a ban on demonstrations and gathered on two separate locations in central Athens on Tuesday to mark the anniversary of the Polytechnic student uprising.
Despite warnings that the rallies would be unlawful as the country tries...
The three leftist parties in the Greek Parliament have blasted the New Democracy government for banning the Polytechnic uprising's annual demonstration on Tuesday, November 17 as part of the strict new coronavirus measures imposed recently all over the nation.
Syriza,...
