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unusual facts about Greek people



Aikaterini Gegisian

Aikaterini Gegisian is a visual artist of Greek-Armenian heritage living and working in London.

Aris Velouchiotis

There he presented himself as Major of Artillery (for gaining extra prestige among the villagers) with the nom de guerre of Aris Velouchiotis (from Ares, the Greek god of war, and Velouchi, a local mountain) and proclaimed the existence of the Greek People's Liberation Army (ELAS).

Bobby Kingsbury

Most of the players on the Greek Baseball team was up of Americans with Greek heritage, including North Florida coach Dusty Rhodes, and White Sox scout John Kazanas, Clay Bellinger of the Orioles, outfielders Nick Markakis the Orioles and Nick Theodorou of the Dodgers, and catchers Mike Tonis of Royals and George Kottaras of the Padres.

Charlotte de Bourbon, Queen of Cyprus

By his Greek mistress Marietta de Patras, he had an illegitimate son Jacques, who later reigned as King James II of Cyprus.

Christina Sampanidis

Christina Sampanidis (born 12 May 1988) is a German female football player of Greek and Serb origin currently playing for ŽFK Mašinac PZP Niš.

Dick Jaspers

In Göynük, Turkey, he won the 2003 European Championships and he became UMB World Champion for the second time in 2004 when he overclassed his Greek opponent Filipos Kasidokostas in the final (15-9, 15-0, 15-5).

Eddie Myers

In this capacity, he was directly involved in the coordination of the rival ELAS and EDES partisan groups for the destruction of the Gorgopotamos viaduct in November 1942 (Operation Harling), and for the British destruction of the Asopos railway bridge on 21 June 1943 as part of Operation Animals.

Georgios Kartalis

EKKA became the third major resistance group after the communist-led Greek People's Liberation Army (ELAS) and the republican National Republican Greek League (EDES), with its own armed force, named after the famed 5/42 Evzone Regiment, being established on 20 April 1943.

Greeks in Serbia

In May 1945, 4,650 Greek refugees, mostly male members of ELAS, settled in the Maglić village with the help of Yugoslav government.

İnci Sözlük

The community is also widely blamed for the hoax regarding Atilla Taş, a Turkish pop singer who they started labelling as Greek after the release of his most recent hit "Yam Yam Style", which was widely criticised in Turkey.

Loafing and Camouflage: Sirens in the Aegean

This army satire follows a small group of Greek soldiers in the island of Kos, when they are assigned to spend a few days guarding a small rock island named Pitta to defend an alleged invasion from Turkish troops.

Memphis, Egypt

Also were residential neighbourhoods, some of which were inhabited primarily by foreigners—first Hittites and Phoenicians, later Persians, and finally Greek.

Panagiotis Vlachodimos

Panagiotis Vlachodimos (Greek: Παναγιώτης Βλαχοδήμος, born 12 October 1991) is a Greek footballer who currently plays for Superleague Greece club Platanias on loan from Olympiacos, as a Winger.

Rocket engine

400 BC, a Greek Pythagorean named Archytas, propelled a wooden bird along wires using steam.

Sotiris Konstantinidis

Sotiris Konstantinidis (born 19 April 1977 in Sidirokastro) is a Greek footballer who plays for Ethnikos Gazoros in the Beta Ethniki.


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Ellada Eheis Talento

It did not only feature Greek people, but also ones from the Greek diaspora.

Greek government formation, May 2012

In response, Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn said that "we have to say to the Greek people right now that the situation is serious, that no European Union country will be able to release even a portion of the 130 billion euros for the Greeks, if there is no functioning government that respects the rules and manages the disbursed money."

Katman

During a TV commentary discussion, Michalis Tremopoulos of the Ecologist Greens party mentioned in criticism to Vergis that the Greek people would never vote for a party composed of mentally retarded individuals.

Monarchy of Greece

Most of the Greek people wanted Prince Albert, Duke of Edinburgh to be the new King.

Yeniköy, Emirdağ

In 1924 following the dramatic events in the War of Asia Minor, the Greek people fled their village and came to stay in Kondariotissa, a town in Pieria in northern Greece.