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A school principal allegedly asked immigrant parents for 50 euros for the wreath their child would lay on the anniversary of the national Ochi Day, on October 28, as the young students was entitled to. The CEO of pollster Metron Analysis, Stratos Fanaras, made a sensational complaint about a school …

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President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou on Sunday laid a wreath at the bust of Spyros Moustaklis, a resistance fighter who opposed the 1967-1974 military junta, on the 48th anniversary since the restoration of democracy. The president attended an event to honour the heroes of the struggle against the …

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Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammos sailed to the islet of Imia on Sunday to pay respect to the three Greek pilots lost their lives when an Augusta Bell Helicopter fell into the sea during the Imia conflict on 28 Janaurary 1996. Officials pictures  and videos released by the defense Ministry …

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It was a moment of embarrassment for German ambassador, local dignitaries and anti-Nazi hero Manolis Glezos at the memorial ceremony in the village of Distomo where Nazi massacred 218 men, women and children on June 10 1944. Ambassador Peter Schoof was about the lay a wreath at the memorial, when …

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Members of far-right ultranationalist “National Democratic Party of Germany” (NPD) attempted to lay a wreath at the WWII German cemetery in Chania on the island of Crete. The NPD group went to the cemetery on Sunday, just two days after the anniversary of the historic Battle of Crete, when Nazi …

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 Education Minister Anna Diamantopoulou will break a decades-long tradition: She will not lay a wreath at the Polytechnic University to commemorate the 38th Anniversary of the students’ uprising against the military dictatorship on 17th November 1973. Greek media report, that the reason for Diamantopoulou’s refusal is apparently the minor clashes among …

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