#Oxi Day

Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas on Wednesday described Greece’s historic “No” of October 28, 1940, as a defining moment in Greek history and a symbol of resistance with worldwide significance, as he ...

A tradition passed down through generations was revived once again in Tillyria, where students marked the anniversary of October 28, 1940, by forming the word “OXI” (Ochi, meaning No) with fire. In ...

The lessons of October 28, 1940, remain relevant to Cyprus as the island continues to face the consequences of the Turkish invasion and occupation, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Tuesday evening. ...

Cyprus is marking the 86th anniversary of October 28, 1940, on Wednesday with church services and parades across the island, as political leaders and parties pay tribute to those who fought against ...

The Old Philharmonic of Corfu will take part in the 28 Oxi Day parade in Nicosia on Wednesday. According to the parade programme, the band will gather on Heilonos street before ...

The police have announced road closures, parking restrictions and changes to bus routes in Nicosia ahead of Wednesday’s Oxi Day celebrations, which include a church service at the Apostle ...

Greece and Cyprus face common international challenges today, but the greatest and most enduring remains the Turkish occupation, Greece’s ambassador to Cyprus Konstantinos Kollias said at the official October 28 ...

Student parades were held in all towns on Monday to celebrate Oxi Day – the rejection of Mussolini’s ultimatum to Greece on October 28, 1940 – which led to Greece’s victorious war ...

Footage from the annual 28th October parade – mostly made up of high school and university students – marking Greece’s resistance to Nazism and Fascism during World War II, though also ...

Cyprus marked ‘Oxi Day’ on Monday, commemorating Greece’s rejection of Axis forces’ demand to enter its territory on October 28, 1940, during World War II. In Nicosia, President Nikos Christodoulides, accompanied ...

Oxi Day was celebrated on Saturday morning with a parade through the streets of Cyprus’ towns and cities. Schoolchildren, soldiers and others in traditional Greek dress walked to the sound ...

The government has not given up its struggle for a solution to the Cyprus problem, deputy government spokeswoman Niovi Parisinou said marking the Greek Oxi day holiday in Polis Chrysochous ...

This year’s Oxi Day parades are set to go ahead following an exemption and approval by the health ministry, which set out guidelines for the celebrations – chiefly that a ...