The Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival has announced its competition lineups for the March event, a slate of ...

Rather than stay with Greece's current progressive president ... round — a provision that's been in place since the Greek junta dictatorship ended in 1974. In the fourth election round, thanks ...

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The rival leaders of ethnically divided Cyprus said Monday that they’re ready to take part in a ...

Greece was found to have falsified its finances ... coup in April 1967 became Democratic Defence, in opposition to the junta. Both Simitis and his predecessor Papandreou were academics-turned ...

Constantine was still King of Greece for six years until the junta abolished the monarchy on 1 June 1973. When the junta fell the following a year, a referendum was held on restoring the monarchy ...

In 1974, Turkey invaded the island in the immediate wake of an Greek junta-backed coup mounted by supporters of union with Greece. Nearly a decade later, Turkish Cypriots declared independence in ...