Kolokotronis: “Freedom or Death, We Never Compromised”
When a British naval commander suggested in 1822 that Greece should accept autonomy under the Ottoman Sultan, Theodoros Kolokotronis gave him an answer that…
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The Christian Massacre Turkey Doesn’t Want You Remembering
In April 1909, mobs tore through the Armenian quarters of Adana, a city in southern Anatolia, killing, raping, and burning in what became one of the most…
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A 1974 Photo Shows Turkish Soldiers Holding a Greek Flag in Cyprus
A photograph attributed to 1974 shows three armed Turkish soldiers holding a Greek flag during Turkey’s invasion of Cyprus. The image has resurfaced and is…
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Bulgaria Returns 53 Greek Church Treasures After 109 Years
Greece’s Culture Ministry officially presented 53 church treasures this week that Bulgaria returned after holding them for 109 years, including Byzantine…
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Rubio Speaks From the Pnyx, Where Pericles and Kolokotronis Once Stood
Marco Rubio delivered his speech on the revival of the Western spirit today from the Pnyx, the hill in Athens where the assembly of ancient Athenian citizens…
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Rubio Speaks From the Pnyx: “The Next Decade Will Write the History of the Next Century”
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered a sweeping speech from the Pnyx, the ancient Athenian hill where citizens gathered to vote in the world’s first…
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Rubio Delivers 2028 Campaign Speech at the Pnyx
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio gave a 27-minute speech at the Pnyx hill in Athens on Wednesday, the ancient site where Athenian citizens once debated the…
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Alekos Panagoulis: Assassin, Martyr, Greece’s Last Hero?
Alekos Panagoulis tried to kill the dictator Papadopoulos in August 1968, and the attempt cost him everything — torture, two death sentences from a junta…
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Mitsotakis: “The Time Has Come” to Push Harder for Parthenon Marbles
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said talks with the British Museum over the Parthenon Marbles have stalled and announced Greece will now intensify…
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Greece Declared War on the Ottomans 114 Years Ago Today. The Map Never Looked the Same.
On October 5, 1912, Greece officially declared war on the Ottoman Empire and entered the First Balkan War. By the end of that campaign, Greece had nearly…
