Greece

On April 21st, 1967, Greece woke up with a military junta taking over power and putting the country in shackles for seven years

Theodoros Theofilogiannakos one of the high-ranked officials during the Greek military junta, notoriously known for torturing people, passed away on September 24, after losing a long battle with cancer. His funeral will take place on Saturday, September 26, in...

The Greek journalist Christos Zafeiris presents his own view and experiences concerning the Greek military junta and the students’ revolt against the colonels’ junta in his new book. The new book is titled 'Antethnikos Drontes, 1971-1974' (meaning 'Acting Unpatriotically' in the English language)...

The Athens Polytechnic uprising occurred on November 17, 1973, as a massive student demonstration of the popular rejection of the Greek military junta of 1967 to 1974. The uprising that began on November 14, 1973, escalated to an open, anti-junta...

The five days between July 20 and July 24, 1974 were the most turbulent in modern Greek history.

President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou attended an event held on Friday for the heroes of the anti-dictatorship struggle, which was held in the former detention centres of a Greek military police interrogation unit that operated during the...

May 1, 2019 marks the forty-third anniversary of Alexandros Panagoulis' death on the first of May in 1976 in Athens. Panagoulis became well-known for his brave struggle against the military dictatorship which ravaged Greece and its society for nearly seven years,...

On November 1, 1968 the death of emblematic political leader Georgios Papandreou gave about 300,000 Greeks the opportunity to get out in the streets and demonstrate against the cruel dictators who had taken over the country on April 21,...

Education Minister Kostas Gavroglou admitted press reports that he opted-out of military service, which is compulsory in Greece. Speaking to state TV ERT, Gavroglou described his decision as "personal". "It was my personal decision, everyone can judge it as they wish...

A new controversy concerning flag bearing in school parades and flag raising was caused Sunday, after allegations from a Sunday newspaper that Education minister, Kostas Gavroglou opted out of his military service in the 1970s using a disputed law...

On the 42nd anniversary of the November 17, 1973 student uprising against the colonels' dictatorship, a cold chill embraces Athens in light of the bloody terrorist attack in Paris. This year Athenians and visitors from other cities place flowers not...

Tensions were high at a student protest against Greek government's decision to keep universities closed before the Greek Anti-junta Anniversary fearing riots. Watch video and exclusive photos.

Political parties of Cyprus participated in a special session of the House of Representatives yesterday to denounce the July 15, 1974 military coup. In the special session, most party leaders focused on condemning Turkey and criticising President Nicos Anastasiades for...

April 21 is a day most Greeks remember with fear. It was 47 years ago, just weeks before scheduled elections, that a coup of far right-wing military officers seized power and plunged the country into seven years of dictatorial...

As a combative journalist of Greek extraction, Elias Demetracopoulos dedicated the best part of his life to struggle against the regime of the Greek military junta, and his story has now been told in the film, “Time for Heroes”, which is slated...