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Thousands of visitors and residents of the city of Patras are enjoying the sunny weather by dancing and singing at the Grand Carnival parade on Sunday. The Carnival has been taking place since the 19th century. Every year, approximately 30,000 people...

The town of Karystos in Greece’s Evia celebrated 'OXI Day'' in its own special way on Sunday morning, October 28. The good weather allowed for hundreds of people to attend the parade at the town’s waterfront street. Apart from the town’s...

A series of festive events commemorating Saint Demetrios, Thessaloniki’s patron saint, the city's liberation from Ottoman rule, and the October 28 national holiday of "Oxi Day," will commence on Friday in Macedonia's capital Italian President Sergio Mattarella along with the...

The student parade in Athens on Saturday, the eve of March 25th, opened the two-day commemoration celebrations for Greece's War of Independence. As it is customary, the General High School of Kalavryta led the parade, with the students wearing traditional...

Racists attacked the house of the Afghan student who took part in an ‘OXI Day’ Parade in Athens on October 28. 11 year old Amir and his family were shaken but unhurt from the attack in the Dafni neighbourhood. According to...

Nine-year old Christos marched alone at a ceremony marking ‘OXI Day’ on the small Greek island of Arkioi, in the Dodecanese. Christos is the only student of the primary school, the only school on the island. Maria Tsialera, his dedicated...

For the first time in Modern Greek history, all students in a parade in Xanthi were wearing Muslim headscarves. In the past, Muslim headscarves rarely appeared en masse in student parades. Xanthinews.gr. reports that the spectacle was unprecedented, and it became...

The Republic of Cyprus celebrates today the 57th anniversary since the declaration of its Independence, with a military parade in Nicosia. President of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades received the salute of the parade, in the presence of the country's political, religious...

Harlequins and Venetian heroes from the Helix Action Theatre in Nafplion paraded on Sunday, February 5, marking the opening of the carnival season. Every year the municipality of Nafplion enhances and enriches the Carnival events to offer both its citizens...

Greek-Canadians united in celebration with diaspora across the globe over last weekend as Greeks lined the streets for Oxi Day parades. Toronto hosted its annual Oxi day parade on October 30, in which some 30 different community groups participated. Churches...