Greek City Times10h
80 Years Since the Varkiza Agreement: The Truce That Failed to Prevent Greek Civil War
Eighty years ago today, the Varkiza Agreement was signed in an attempt to restore peace in Greece after the December 1944 Dekemvriana clashes. The accord promised democratic reforms, civil liberties, ...
Farewell, Ruritania: Saying goodbye to Eastern Europe’s exotic aura
The brutal tumult of the 20th century turned Eastern Europe, once a melting pot, into a bloc of relatively homogeneous nation ...
Global Voices Online5d
Framing the past: How Roma people are depicted in Romanian and Greek schools
The so-called “stateless people,” who originally migrated from northern India to Europe in the 14th century, are today ...
Keep Talking Greece7d
ND MEP Beleri votes for Musk-protege Fidias in EP, sparks controversy
A decision by conservative New Democracy party MEP Fredi Beleri, whose past has been controversial, to support independent Cypriot MEP Fidias Panayiotou – a popular YouTube prankster and protege of ...
Greek City Times12d
Greek Opposition Mulls No-Confidence Vote Over Tempe Disaster Revelations
Greek opposition parties are considering a no-confidence vote against the government following new revelations about the ...
The Telegraph13d
Thousands of Albanians pay last respects to Orthodox Christian Archbishop Anastasios
Thousands of Albanians gathered in the capital to pay their last respects to ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency14d
‘Zorba’ composer declares himself an anti-Semite
The composer, a member of the Greek Communist Party for 60 years, once was a supporter of Israel but gradually became a major critic. He has gone from criticizing Israel to making anti-Semitic ...
Time14d
Foreign News: The Speech
We went on invitation of the Greek Government, in which all parties, even Communists, were represented. . . . We came with good gifts in our hands : civility and assistance to all parties of the ...
Catholic News Agency15d
Orthodox Archbishop Anastasios of Albania dies at 95 following illness
Under his leadership, after the fall of communism, more than 400 parishes ... Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, Greek Orthodox Church leaders, and the World Council of Churches also ...
BBC16d
Butrint: The ancient site helping Albania reclaim its identity
It was likely a Greek city-state before the Romans expanded ... originally [because of] the neglect after the fall of communism… but also with the developers trying to build around the site ...
Greek Reporter17d
Tempi Railway Disaster: Thousands of Greeks Rally for Justice
In a similar tone, Dimitris Koutsoumpas of the Greek Communist Party (KKE), rallying from Serres, northern Greece, warned that “everyone responsible [for the tragedy] must be held accountable.” ...
Associated Press18d
Archbishop Anastasios, who revived the Orthodox Church in Albania, dies at 95
(AP Photo/Hektor Pustina, File) TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s Archbishop Anastasios, who revived the country’s Orthodox Church after the fall of the communist regime in 1990, has died, the church ...