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Greek News
The Extermination of Pontic Greeks was a Genocide
The Greek genocide and the Pontic genocide instigated by the Ottoman Empire and the Turkish national movement is a dark moment for Greece
Greece
Greek Movie “Smyrna” Coming to Netflix?
Following the immense popularity of the Greek drama series Maestro in Blue on Netflix, there is increasingly excited speculation that the Greek movie Smyrna will also become available on the streaming platform.
Negotiations have reportedly been taking place between the...
Archaeology
Smyrna Dig Reveals Ancient Greek and Roman Past
Archaeological excavations in Smyrna, today's Izmir in Turkey, have uncovered exciting traces from the ancient Greek, Roman, and Byzantine periods, Hurriyet reports.
According to the Turkish newspaper, excavations at the Smyrna Agora and the Smyrna Theater found a Satyros relief...
Greek News
Newly Established Thessaloniki-Izmir Ferry Route Suspended
Levante Ferries Group has announced that its ferry route between Thessaloniki in northern Greece and the city of Izmir (Smyrna) on Turkey's western coast will be temporarily suspended until the Summer of 2023.
The Smyrna di Levante's maiden voyage was...
events
Smyrna, the Epic War Drama, Comes to the Big Screen in the US
The movie Smyrna, the six-time Hellenic Academy-Award-winning epic war drama based on the truly catastrophic events that changed the course of Greek history is coming to the big screen across the United States.
It will be screened in seven hundred...
Art
Smyrna Disaster Remembered at Herodeon Concert in Athens
The Band of Messolonghi "Dionysios Solomos”, the orchestra and the Stamatis Spanoudakis choir collaborated at Herodeon dedicated a concert last week to the 1922 Smyrna disaster. Composer Stamatis Spanoudakis invited the band to participate in playing marches from Smyrna as...
Greek News
First Thessaloniki-Smyrna Ferry Starts Service on Monday
On Monday, October 10th, the passenger ferry Smyrna di Levante of Levante Ferries starts its maiden voyage to Smyrna (İzmir) from Thessaloniki. This is the first time in recent memory that a ferry link from Thessaloniki to Smyrna has...
Greece
The Day Greeks of Smyrna Welcomed the Hellenic Fleet in Asia Minor
On May 14, 1919, thousands of Greeks of Smyrna wore their best clothes and rushed to the city's seafront to get a glimpse of the Hellenic Navy. On that day, what had been for centuries the Greek metropolis in...
Ancient Greece
Restroom Found in 2nd-Century BC Theater in Smyrna
A restroom with running water used by actors in a 2,200-year-old theater in Smyrna was recently discovered.
Originally constructed in the second century BC, the latrine itself, for use by actors of the theater only, was constructed in the second...
Diaspora
Iconic “Greek Slave” Statue Depicts Orphaned Girl from Greece’s Psara
The "Greek Slave," represents the incredible but true story of a girl from Psara who was captured in the Greek War of Independence.