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Vassilios Tsavaliaris, the First Victim of the Greco-Italian War

It was a few minutes after 5:00 AM on October 28, 1940. The Italian military forces were ordered to launch their first attack in the Greco-Italian War at the Greek-Albanian border in the Pindos Mountains. Vassilios Tsiavaliaris, a 28-year-old Greek...

The Women of Epirus: Unsung Heroines of the Greek-Italian War

Most Greeks know about the golden pages of heroism written by the Greek soldiers in the mountains of Northern Epirus, when Greece bravely fended off the Italian attack in the Greek-Italian War of 1940. Many, however, ignore the contribution of...

August 15, 1940: Italians Torpedo Greek Cruiser Elli as a Precursor to War

It was August 15, 1940 when the Italian submarine 'Delfino' torpedoed and sank the Greek light cruiser 'Elli' at Tinos' port during the Word War II. World War II had been raging for almost a year in Europe, with Greece...

Battle of the Grandmas: Greek Yiayia vs Italian Nonna

Italians and Greeks have a lot in common culturally with some twists and if you happen to be a mixture of Greek and Italian blood lines, that means you are dealing with both your Greek yiayia and Italian nonna—so,...

Greek-Italian Cuisine Fusion Led to the Mediterranean Diet

Italian cuisine and Greek cuisine: the history, differences and common traits in the cuisines we all love is a fascinating journey into the past, showing that there was a fusion of Greek-Italian cuisine in historical times that comes down to...

Greek Relatives Provide Blood Samples to Help ID Fallen Soldiers from Greek-Italian War

  The remains of Greek soldiers from Western Macedonia who died during the Greek-Italian war of 1940-1941 in Albania will be identified through blood samples provided by living relatives in the region, authorities said on Friday. Western Macedonia regional director George...

Italian Tourist Killed After Two Cars Fall Off a Cliff in Mykonos

An eighteen-year-old tourist vacationing in Mykonos tragically passed away after being involved in a car accident in which two vehicles drove off the road and tumbled from a cliff. The devastating event occurred during the early morning hours of Thursday,...

Greece to Gradually Open to Italian Tourists Starting Monday, June 15

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias informed the public at an Athens press conference held with his Italian counterpart Luigi Di Maio on Tuesday that Greece will gradually lift all restrictions on Italian travelers, beginning on Monday and continuing until...

Greece Flies Italian Flags on Public Buildings in Solidarity With Neighbor

Greek authorities raised the flag of Italy on public buildings in Athens on Friday, including the Parliament of the country and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a rare move of solidarity with their suffering neighbors in Italy. Speaker of...

Coronavirus Live Updates: Greece Holds its Breath as Tens of Millions of Italians Put in Quarantine

As Italy announced that more than sixteen million people will be quarantined in a total of fifteen provinces of the country, Greek health authorities announced on Monday 11 new cases of the viral disease. The country now has a...

Italian Navy Frigate Conducts Military Exercises With Cyprus off Larnaca

The Italian Navy's Frigate ''Virginio Fasan,'' which had been docked at the port of Larnaca from February 8 until February 10, has carried out a joint military exercise with the Cypriot Navy, it was made public on Tuesday. According to...

The Forgotten Tragedy of 4,100 Italian Prisoners Who Drowned off Athens

This Sunday, Greece will honor the memory of the 4,100 Italian prisoners of war who perished in the Saronic Gulf in 1944 while aboard the Norwegian steamship "ORIA." This monumental human tragedy, which took place during the horrific years of World...

Greek, Italian, Turkish and Albanian Footballers Raise Money for Albanian Quake Victims

Veteran footballers from Greece, Italy, Albania and Turkey will play on January 10 in Albania to raise money for the victims of the devastating quake which shook the country on November 26, 2019. The friendly game will be held at...