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Amid crisis, Greeks seek something more than money: lost pride

Edit Yahoo Daily News 29 Jun 2015
The Greek prime minister’s decision to hold a referendum on the terms of a bailout extension has plunged much of Greece and Europe into uncertainty ... “Finally, I feel free. I feel like a dancer of Zalongo,” she says, referring to the women of the Souliote War in 1803, who instead of surrendering to the enemy danced one by one towards a cliff, throwing their children off and themselves afterwards. Recommended ... Ms ... And she is not alone ... Mr....

Kammenos makes media threat, compares euro talks to resistance against Ottomans

Edit Kathimerini 18 Feb 2015
Speaking to reporters, Kammenos made reference to the efforts of the Souliotes from northwestern Greece at the beginning of the 19th century to resist the advance of the Ottoman Empire ... like a group of Souliotes who blew themselves up at Kougi Fortress rather than fall into the hands of the Ottomans....

The artist who painted Malta: Edward Lear - Watercolours and words at Palazzo Falson

Edit The Malta Independent 19 Oct 2014
An exhibition entitled Edward Lear. Watercolours and Words opened at Palazzo Falson Historic House Museum in Mdina yesterday and will run until 4 January 2015 ... For companions he relied instead on friends and correspondents, and especially, during later life, on his Albanian Souliote chef, Giorgis, a faithful friend and, as Lear complained, a thoroughly unsatisfactory chef ... Lear was known to introduce himself with a long pseudonym....
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