Papatheodorou

While Greek-Americans and those in the Diaspora around the world were celebrating Greece's Independence Day, spectators in Athens were barred from a parade as the government, as it did last year, feared embarrassing protests against austerity measures. Most media avoided...

With most Greeks concentrating on making ends meet during a crushing economic crisis, and social unrest still growing against harsh austerity measures, the annual commemoration of the Nov. 17 student uprising against the country’s military dictatorship in 1973 has...