Η Χεζμπολάχ και το Ισραήλ συνέχισαν και σήμερα τις αλληλοκατηγορίες για το ποια πλευρά ευθύνεται για την παραβίαση της κατάπαυσης του πυρός που είχαν ανακοινώσει την Παρασκευή, καθώς τα ισραηλινά πλήγματα συνεχίζονται στον νότιο και τον ανατολικό Λίβανο, με αποτέλεσμα δεκάδες άνθρωποι να έχουν σκοτωθεί από την Παρασκευή. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari) Οι ισραηλινές επιθέσεις «δεν είναι μόνο παραβιάσεις των συμφωνιών κατάπαυσης του πυρός αλλά αντιπροσωπεύουν σαφώς μια επίθεση και μια συνέχιση του πολέμου» ανέφερε η Χεζμπολάχ στην ανακοίνωσή της, προσθέτοντας ότι «ο ισραηλινός κατακτητής ευθύνεται πλήρως» για την κατάσταση. Σύμφωνα με τη φιλοϊρανική οργάνωση, το Ισραήλ «ουδέποτε αποδέχτηκε τους όρους της κατάπαυσης του πυρός», συμπεριλαμβανομένων και εκείνων που περιλαμβάνονται στο πρωτόκολλο συμφωνίας που υπέγραψαν αυτήν την εβδομάδα οι ΗΠΑ και το Ιράν. Από την πλευρά του, το υπουργείο Εξωτερικών του Ισραήλ κατηγόρησε τη Χεζμπολάχ ότι εκείνη παραβίασε την κατάπαυση του πυρός. «Η Χεζμπολάχ συνεχίζει να παραβιάζει διαρκώς την κατάπαυση του πυρός» έγραψε στην πλατφόρμα Χ ο εκπρόσωπος του υπουργείου Όρεν Μαρμορστάιν. Οι συγκρούσεις μεταξύ των ισραηλινών δυνάμεων και του σιιτικού κινήματος συνεχίζονται στον νότιο Λίβανο. Πηγές: ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ, AFP www.ertnews.gr

Σε θέση μάχης με φόντο τις εθνικές κάλπες βρίσκονται τα κόμματα. Στη Νέα Δημοκρατία αρχίζουν μπαράζ περιοδειών, το ΠΑΣΟΚ ανακοινώνει ψηφοδέλτια, ο ΣΥΡΙΖΑ προτάσσει το στοίχημα της συμπαράταξης των προοδευτικών δυνάμεων, ενώ τα υπόλοιπα κόμματα και τα νέα σχήματα προετοιμάζουν τη στρατηγική τους. Δείτε περισσότερα στο ertflix.gr | Ακούστε περισσότερα στο ertecho.gr Η Νέα Δημοκρατία επενδύει στη στρατηγική της άμεσης επαφής με την κοινωνία. Το κυβερνών κόμμα ξεκινά άμεσα έναν μεγάλο κύκλο περιοδειών σε ολόκληρη τη χώρα. Ο υπουργός Υγείας Άδωνις Γεωργιάδης δήλωσε πως: «Οι εκλογές θα γίνουν όχι μόνο το 27, αλλά πιο κοντά στο να γίνουν στον Ιούνιο παρά τον Ιανουάριο. Πιστεύω ότι θα πάει πολύ κοντά στη λήξη της θητείας. Αυτό πιστεύω.Και το θεωρώ και σωστό, γιατί έχουμε πάρα πολλά να κάνουμε ακόμα».Στο ΠΑΣΟΚ ξεδιπλώνουν τη στρατηγική τους, ασκώντας παράλληλα κριτική στην κυβέρνηση. Μιλώντας στο Action24 ο γραμματέας του ΠΑΣΟΚ, Γιάννης Βαρδακαστάνης, ανέφερε πως: «Κινείται η διαδικασία της διεύρυνσης και συμπαράταξης σε όλη τη χώρα. Σχεδόν κάθε εβδομάδα το ΠΑΣΟΚ παρουσιάζει προτάσεις. Οι προτάσεις οι δικές μας είναι απολύτως κοστολογημένες».Ο διευθυντής Ψηφιακής Επικοινωνίας του πρωθυπουργού, Νίκος Ρωμανός, δήλωσε: «Εμείς θα προτιμούσαμε να υπήρχε μια σοβαρή αντιπολίτευση. Θα προτιμούσαμε η αντιπολίτευση, αντί να αντιπολιτεύεται με οτιδήποτε άλλο εκτός από τα πραγματικά προβλήματα των πολιτών, να έχει αντιπροτάσεις για αυτά. Θα ήταν καλύτερο να είχαμε μια άλλη αντιπολίτευση».Ο Κώστας Τσουκαλάς, εκπρόσωπος Τύπου του ΠΑΣΟΚ, μιλώντας στον ΣΚΑΪ 100,3, σχολίασε πως: «Η πολιτική είναι αντιστοίχιση πολιτικών προτάσεων με κοινωνικά συμφέροντα. Το ΠΑΣΟΚ έχει όλα τα εφόδια για να απευθυνθεί ουσιωδώς στην κοινωνία. Έχει αποφασίσει την αυτόνομη εκλογική πορεία με στόχο την πολιτική αλλαγή και ταυτόχρονα την αμφίπλευρη διεύρυνση».Το στοίχημα της συμπαράταξης των προοδευτικών δυνάμεων προτάσσουν στον ΣΥΡΙΖΑ. Ο εκπρόσωπος Τύπου Χρήστος Γιαννούλης ανέφερε ότι: «Αποτυπώνει την πολιτική ανάγκη ο ΣΥΡΙΖΑ να ενώσει τις δυνάμεις του. Αυτή η πρόκληση, που εξειδικεύτηκε στην Κεντρική Επιτροπή προς το κόμμα του Αλέξη Τσίπρα, έχει χρονικό ορίζοντα.Είναι ένα ερώτημα που αφορά τον ίδιο τον Αλέξη Τσίπρα».Την ίδια ώρα στην Ελληνική Αριστερή Συμπαράταξη τονίζουν ότι η έμφαση δίνεται στην οργανωτική συγκρότηση του κόμματος.Το στέλεχος της ΕΛΑΣ Γρηγόρης Θεοδωράκης, μιλώντας στο ΕΡΤnews radio 105,8 δήλωσε ότι: «Τα πρώτα δείγματα γραφής είναι ιδιαιτέρως ενθαρρυντικά για εμάς, με μία παρουσίαση του κυβερνητικού προγράμματος που ήδη είναι σχεδόν έτοιμο και θεωρώ ότι θα εκπλήξει ευχάριστα και θετικά την κοινωνία».Για καθαρή πολιτική πρόταση εξουσίας μιλούν τα στελέχη του ΚΚΕ και ο Νίκος Σοφιανός μέλος του ΠΓ του ΚΚΕ, μιλώντας στο ΕΡΤnews, είπε: «Υπάρχει κριτήριο σε έναν κόσμο, ειδικά σε έναν κόσμο ο οποίος μετατοπίστηκε. Έκανε το βήμα. Στηρίζει το ΚΚΕ. Αυτός ο κόσμος δεν μπορεί να πάρει μία από τα ίδια. Δεν υπάρχει χρόνος για απάτες και αυταπάτες. Το Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας έχει μια καθαρή πολιτική πρόταση εξουσίας».«Είχατε παρουσία νέων κομμάτων που τόσο πολύ προμόσιον γίνεται. Οι φούσκες λοιπόν δημιουργούνται από την αίσθηση των μέσων ενημέρωσης ότι πρέπει να τους υπερπαρουσιάζουμε και να τους υπερπροβάλλουμε», σχολίασε ο πρόεδρος της Ελληνικής Λύσης, Κυριάκος Βελόπουλος μιλώντας στο ΕΡΤnews.Εκδήλωση για την επέτειο του δημοψηφίσματος του 15 ετοιμάζει Πλεύση Ελευθερίας στις 5 Ιουλίου, με τη Ζωή Κωνσταντοπούλουνα επιτίθεται σε κυβέρνηση και αντιπολίτευση: «Έχουμε μια πολύ διεφθαρμένη διακυβέρνηση Μητσοτάκη και έχουμε μια πολύ, πολύ πολύ προβληματική συνθήκη στην αντιπολίτευση».Στη δεξαμενή των απογοητευμένων ψηφοφόρων ποντάρει το κόμμα της Μαρίας Καρυστιανού, πρόεδρος του κόμματος «Ελπίδα για τη Δημοκρατία», που μιλώντας στο MEGA τόνισε ότι: «Διαπιστώνουμε δε καθημερινά από την επαφή μας με τον κόσμο ότι μαζί μας θα επιστρέψει στο πολιτικό προσκήνιο και στις κάλπες».Τα κομματικά επιτελεία ανεβάζουν στροφές, πυκνώνουν περιοδείες και πολιτικές εκδηλώσεις. Ρεπορτάζ: Κάτια Αντωνιάδη www.ertnews.gr

Two earthquakes rattles the island of Crete with intensity 5.3 and 4.7 on the Richter scale at noon on Saturday, June 20, 2026. The Gorge of Samaria was closed and the several hundreds hikers were evacuated safely. The epicenter of the two tremors was in the sea area off the island of Gavdos. No injuries […] The post Two strong earthquakes rattle Crete; Samaria Gorge evacuated appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.

For nine whole years the parents of 11-year-old Marios S. had been waiting for Justice for their child that was killed by a stray bullet in 2017 during a school event. On Friday, June 19, 2026, a first instance court in Athens unanimously imposed a life sentence on the main defendant for the death of […] The post 9 years later: Justice for schoolboy killed by stray bullet during event appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.

Image of a door in Thessaloniki, Greece. Credit: Dody Tsiantar via AMNA Greek-American professor and journalist Dody Tsiantar presents her unique viewpoint on doors, particularly those found in Thessaloniki. She emphasizes this frequently neglected aspect of daily life through her photography exhibition entitled Doors of Thessaloniki, which is set to open next week at the Chalkos Gallery. “Wherever I go, I photograph doors. For me, they give the image and flavor of a region. From a door you can understand the atmosphere and aura of a city,” Tsiantar tells the Athens-Macedonia News Agency (AMNA), adding that “in Thessaloniki, through its doors you can ‘read’ its history.” “In Thessaloniki, doors are not simple. They reflect a character, a personality that, for me, is more interesting than in other cities. For example, I walked through the Jewish quarter and the former district of Exochi, and there I saw large doors that exude nobility, so that you can only imagine what they were like in their time,” she notes. Image of a door in Thessaloniki, Greece’s second largest city. Credit: Dody Tsiantar via AMNA Doors from the 1950s in Thessaloniki Tsiantar compares this to some doors on islands, completely simple, to which you are attracted only by their blue or red color. “In other neighborhoods of Thessaloniki, you come across doors from the ’50s and ’60s with a different style. Seeing them all together, you begin to understand the multi-layered history of the city,” she explains. Tsiandar is a journalist with tenure in large-circulation publications, such as The Washington Post, Time, and Newsweek, and a retired assistant professor at the Columbia University School of Journalism. Old white wooden door in Thessaloniki, Greece. Credit: Dody Tsiantar via AMNA Although she grew up and lived in the United States, her roots are in Greece, since her father is from Patras, her grandparents from Kefalonia—originally from Malta—and her mother from Ioannina. She herself maintains close ties with Greece, which she visits every summer. On a trip to Santorini several decades ago, she noticed a bright red door standing out among the white houses from above. She sought it out to photograph it, not knowing that this moment and this subject would develop into a photographic passion. “I started taking it more seriously during the pandemic. Then, with the lockdown in New York, whenever I went out for a walk, I wanted to have a goal. So I started looking for doors,” she recalls. She has photographed countless doors in Europe and America—and of course in many parts of Greece. “There is no specific criterion for what will attract me. It could be the color, the details, the overall image of the entrance, anything that catches my eye,” she emphasizes. The first presentation of her work took place at the Greek Embassy in the US, as part of the celebration of Europe Day. Over 4,000 visitors saw her photos and felt like they were “traveling” to Greece: Spetses, Sifnos, Kefalonia, Chania, Ioannina, and Athens. Worn wooden brown door in Thessaloniki, Greece. Credit: Dody Tsiantar via AMNA The symbol and mystery of the door For the Greek-American journalist, doors are not just architectural details, but points of existential significance. She quoted an excerpt from a poem by William Blake: “In the universe, there are things we know and some we do not know. And in between are doors.” “For me, the door symbolizes changes and opportunities. How many times in our lives do we not come across doors? Do we open them or do we pass by them out of fear?” she wonders. Furthermore, as she notes, “Each door is a call, it is as if it says ‘come in.’ And it always has a mystery. You do not know what is behind it, who lived there, who lives now, who will live tomorrow.” The exhibition Doors of Thessaloniki will open on Thursday, June 12 at Chalkos Gallery. It will run until June 26. Related: The Beauty of Greek Doors in Washington Photo Exhibition

Statue of Alexander the Great in Thessaloniki. Credit: Alexander Gale / Greek Reporter In August 324 BC, Alexander the Great faced a mutiny by his troops. By this time, Alexander had already conquered the Persian Empire and was master of much of the known world. Nevertheless, Alexander now faced a serious challenge to his authority posed by the very men who had loyally followed him into battle for over a decade. The mutiny stemmed from growing sentiments held by his troops that Alexander no longer behaved in the proper fashion for a Macedonian monarch, but had instead been seduced by the customs of the peoples he had subjugated in conquest. Ultimately, through the power of his words and some cunning politicking, Alexander was able to reconcile with his army and introduced measures to harmonize relations between the Greeks and Persians under his rule. What caused Alexander’s men to mutiny at Opis Our main source on how Alexander confronted the mutiny at Opis, an ancient Babylonian city near the Tigris river, is the Greco-Roman historian Arrian. Although Arrian wrote The Anabasis of Alexander hundreds of years after the legendary Macedonian king’s death, his account of Alexander’s life is regarded by historians as one of the most reliable accounts. According to Arrian’s account of the mutiny, it was sparked by Alexander’s announcement to his men that he would be sending home the Macedonians who had sustained injuries or were too old for continued service. Alexander meant for this to please his men. Indeed, he planned to send home these men who were no longer fit for service with great gifts. However, the Macedonians perceived his announcement as an insult and took offence. In truth, tensions had been simmering in Alexander’s army for some time. His growing adoption of Persian customs, such as a preference for more ostentatious garments than any ancient Greek would typically wear, was beginning to agitate his men. Moreover, the introduction of “barbarian” (non-Greek) men into units of his army, particularly the elite Companion cavalry, caused resentment. That foreigners had been trained to wield the sarissa in the phalanx formation, in the Macedonian style of warfare, had the same affect. A map of Alexander the Great’s empire at its largest extent c.323 BCE including details of key roads, location, and battles. Credit: Generic Mapping Tools / Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0 The mutiny For the Macedonians, this latest announcement was the last straw, and Alexander had a mutiny on his hands. The men who were to be sent away refused to leave, and some of the most vociferous mutineers openly mocked Alexander. According to Arrian, the mutineers shouted to Alexander that he should discharge them all and continue the campaign with his father, in this case referring to the god Zeus-Ammon, not Alexander’s earthly father, Philip II. Alexander initially responded to the mutiny by imposing severe consequences on its ringleaders. He ordered the Hypaspists, an elite infantry unit, to arrest thirteen of “the most conspicuous troublemakers” and execute them. The army were stunned into silence by this action, which gave Alexander a chance to exercise his rhetorical talents and attempt to rally his men with a rousing speech. A Companion or Thessalian cavalry soldier depicted on the “Alexander Sarcophagus”. Credit: Marsyas / Wikimedia Commons CC BY 3.0 The Speech According to Arrian, Alexander’s speech was as follows: “Macedonians, my speech will not be aimed at stopping your urge to return home; as far as I am concerned you may go where you like. But I want you to realize on departing what I have done for you, and what you have done for me. Let me begin, as is right, with my father Philip. He found you wandering about without resources, many of you clothed in sheepskins and pasturing small flocks in the mountains, defending them with difficulty against the Illyrians, Triballians and neighboring Thracians. He gave you cloaks to wear instead of sheepskins, brought you down from the mountains to the plains, and made you a match in war for the neighboring barbarians, owing your safety to your own bravery and no longer to reliance on your mountain strongholds. He made you city dwellers and civilized you with good laws and customs. Those barbarians who used to harrass you and plunder your property, he made you their leaders instead of their slaves and subjects. He annexed much of Thrace to Macedonia, seized the most favorable coastal towns and opened up the country to commerce, and enabled you to exploit your mines undisturbed. He made you governors of the Thessalians, before whom you used to die of fright, humbled the Phocians and so opened a broad and easy path into Greece in place of a narrow and difficult one. The Athenians and Thebans, who were permanently poised to attack Macedonia, he so humbled (and I was now helping him in this task) that instead of you paying tribute to the Athenians and being under the sway of the Thebans, they now in turn had to seek their safety from us. He marched into the Peloponnese and settled matters there too. He was appointed commander-in-chief of all Greece for the campaign against the Persians, but preferred to assign the credit to all the Macedonians rather than just to himself. Such were the achievements of my father on your behalf; as you can see for yourselves, they are great, and yet small in comparison with my own. I inherited from my father a few gold and silver cups, and less than 60 talents in the treasury; Philip had debts amounting to 500 talents, and I raised a loan of a further 800. I started from a country that could barely sustain you and immediately opened up the Hellespont for you, although the Persians then held the mastery of the sea. I defeated the satraps of Darius in a cavalry engagement, and annexed to your rule the whole of Ionia and Aeolis, both Phrygias and Lydia, and took Miletus by storm. All the rest came over to our side spontaneously, and I made them yours for you to enjoy. All the wealth of Egypt and Cyrene, which I won without a fight, is now yours, Coele Syria, Palestine and Mesopotamia are your possession, Babylonia and Bactria and Elam belong to you, you own the wealth of Lydia, the treasures of Persia, the riches of India, and the outer ocean. You are satraps, you are generals, you are captains. As for me, what do I have left from all these labors? Merely this purple cloak and a diadem.” Reconciliation After the speech, Alexander retired to his tent for two days and refused to see anyone. On the third day, he invited the most senior Persian members of his retinue to his quarters and granted them command over each unit in the army. This was a risky ploy, since it risked turning the Macedonians, who formed the elite core of his army, entirely against him. However, it worked and the Macedonians, who were alarmed by the sudden rise of the Persians above them, came to Alexander and promised to deliver the ringleaders of the mutiny to him. According to Arrian, one of Companion cavalry commanders came before Alexander and said, “Sire, what grieves the Macedonians is that you have already made some Persians your ‘kinsmen’, and the Persians are called ‘kinsmen’ of Alexander and are allowed to kiss you, while not one of the Macedonians has been granted this honor.” Alexander replied to the officer, saying, “I make you all my ‘kinsmen’ and henceforward that shall be your title.” Alexander marked this reconciliation with his men by sacrificing to the gods. He then held a great banquet, which 9,000 guests are said to have attended. The Greeks and Persians were encouraged to feast and drink together to cement their new bonds within Alexander’s empire. To further bind the Persians and Greeks, Alexander staged a mass marriage between his Macedonian officers and Persian noblewomen. He intended for the offspring of these unions to be the children of both the Greek and Persian civilizations, in effect acting as the glue which would hold his new empire together in the generations to come. Ultimately, this strategy failed and the Macedonian officers divorced their Persian brides after the death of Alexander. The empire itself also fell apart and was split between the successor kingdoms led by his generals, most notably the Seleucid, Ptolemaic, and Antigonid kingdoms. Nevertheless, Hellenistic civilization continued to interact and evolve alongside the other cultures Alexander had incorporated into his empire. In the Ptolemaic Kingdom for instance, the syncretic relationship between Greek and Egyptian gods endured and evolved. Similarly, within the Kingdom of Pontus, the Greek, Persian, and Anatolian cultures fused together in unexpected and interesting ways.

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Iran has closed the strait of Hormuz – citing alleged ⁠violations of a ceasefire agreement ​by the US ‌and Israel. Tehran said the closure was the "first step" in response ​to what it described ​as breaches ​of commitments regarding the continuing clashes in Lebanon - and warned ​that further measures would be taken if "aggression" continued. Details and analysis by FRANCE 24 international affairs editor Kethevane Gorjestani, and FRANCE 24 correspondent in Tehran, Reza Sayah.