Greece

The military parade in Thessaloniki for the celebration of the National "Oxi" Day, the 28th of October, took place in a foggy climate-actual and political-and in the presence of the President of the Republic Karolos Papoulias. Today’s parade was marked...

The annual military parade held on October 28 in Thessaloniki to mark Greece's entry into the Second World War will be organized at a substantially reduced cost, daily Kathimerini reports. The National Defense General Staff (GEETHA) has brought the cost...

Pictures and videos from the forced cancellation of several commemorative parades in Greece yesterday, on the occasion of the October 28 anniversary, have made up the forefront of many international mass media reports. According to Washington Post, CBS and ABC,...

The annual military parade took place in Thessaloniki in celebration of the national anniversary of October 28 1940, known as OXI Day. It took place on Megalou Alexandrou Avenue in Greece's second largest city. The parade impressed Greeks yet again,...

Greece will mark the 80th anniversary of the heroic OXI Day on Wednesday without the annual military parade which traditionally takes place in Thessaloniki, due to the coronavirus pandemic. As cases of the virus skyrocketed over recent weeks, all mass...

Stelios Petsas, Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister and government spokesman, announced on Monday that the country's traditional military and school parades on October 28th would not take place this year due to coronavirus concerns. Although Greece's virus numbers remain...

Greek Minister of Education Niki Kerameus announced on Thursday that the best student in each school across the nation will be chosen as flag-bearer from now on during Greece's student parades, which are a part of major national celebrations. Speaking in...

The town of Karystos in Greece’s Evia celebrated 'OXI Day'' in its own special way on Sunday morning, October 28. The good weather allowed for hundreds of people to attend the parade at the town’s waterfront street. Apart from the town’s...

Thousands of people, locals and tourists, gathered in the center of the city of Thessaloniki to watch the military parade to commemorate ''OXI Day'', on the occasion of Italy's invasion in Greece on October 28, 1940. Greek civilian groups from...

A series of festive events commemorating Saint Demetrios, Thessaloniki’s patron saint, the city's liberation from Ottoman rule, and the October 28 national holiday of "Oxi Day," will commence on Friday in Macedonia's capital Italian President Sergio Mattarella along with the...

Racists attacked the house of the Afghan student who took part in an ‘OXI Day’ Parade in Athens on October 28. 11 year old Amir and his family were shaken but unhurt from the attack in the Dafni neighbourhood. According to...

Thousands of people gathered in the centre of Thessaloniki to watch the military parade to commemorate the 'OXI Day'. Greek military units, including armoured vehicles, tanks, infantry and Special Forces marched in front of the President of the Hellenic Republic...

The deliberate absence of mayor Yiannis Boutaris from the officials podium was the main topic of statements in the traditional Oct.26 student parade in Thessaloniki. During a radio interview two weeks ago, the outspoken and very popular mayor had warned...

Amir; an 11-year-old refugee boy from Afghanistan, will carry the Greek flag during the annual school parade to commemorate the October 28, 1940 anniversary of Greece’s refusal to ally with the Italian Axis powers in World War II, known...

Karystos, a small coastal town on the island of Evia, celebrated the Greek public holiday of October 28, 1940, in its own special way with a unique parade like no other. The event, transported onlookers back decades to another...