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Greek top court bars far-right Spartans party from EU election race
Greece‘s Supreme Court banned on Wednesday the far-right Spartans party from running in this year’s elections for the European Parliament, the Athens News Agency reported. A legal source ...
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Far-right Greek MP arrested after fight in parliament
A far-right Greek MP has been arrested after a punch-up in the country's parliament. Konstantinos Floros, a former member of the extreme Spartans Party, allegedly assaulted Vasilis Grammenos ...
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Spartan Wit Revisited: History’s Sharpest One-Liner
In history, few replies have ever carried as much weight, defiance, and wit as a single word once uttered by the Spartans: ...
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Greek parliament fails to elect new president in third round of voting
Greek parliamentarians failed to elect the ... members of the far-right Spartiates (Spartans) party, and several independents, including former Prime Minister Antonis Samaras.
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Greek Parliament refers former Minister Triantopoulos to judicial council amid opposition outcry
The Greek Parliament has voted to refer former Deputy Minister to the PM, Christos Triantopoulos, to the judicial council for potential prosecution over alleged misconduct in public office. The ...
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Bred for Battle—Understanding Ancient Sparta’s Military Machine
This story appears in the November/December 2016 issue of National Geographic History magazine. Sparta’s enemies, when facing the intimidating Spartan forces, would see a wall of shields ...
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Sparta Was Much More Than an Army of Super Warriors
An 1888 illustration shows a bust of the ancient Greek historian and general Thucydides, known as “the father of scientific history.” Science Photo Library Herodotus tells us the two Spartan ...
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FAR-RIGHT EXTREMISM
A Greek pediatrician whose 19-year-old daughter ... Parliament suspends all state funding for the far-right Spartans party, which faces a probe about whether its participation in the 2023 ...
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The ancient Greeks at war
In ancient times, Greece wasn't a single country like it is today. It was made up of lots of smaller states. These states were always squabbling and often went to war. Sparta and Athens fought a ...
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What made the Spartans such fierce warriors?
Sparta is a warrior society in ancient Greece known for its harsh military training. Classicist Dr. Michael Scott travels across Greece to experience Spartan food and clothes to discover the best ...
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The ancient Greeks at war
In ancient times, Greece wasn't a single country like it is today. It was made up of lots of smaller states. These states were always squabbling and often went to war. Sparta and Athens fought a ...