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The Greek flag is called Galanólefki (Γαλανόλευκη). The Hebrew translation to it is “Blue and White”. The Greek flag as it is today was adopted in 1822 right after gaining independence from the Ottoman Empire.

The colors of the flag symbolize things like the uniform colors of the combat Greek soldiers and the Greek navy who fought during the revolution. Others say the colors are inspired by the foam of the waves alongside the skies and sea of Greece. Another reason is attributed to the belief that blue is a lucky color that protects from evil eye.

The nine stripes in the flag symbolize the nine syllables in the Eleftheria i Thanatos (Ελευθερία ή Θάνατος) which translates to “Freedom or Death”. An alternative to this theory assigns the stripes to the nine muses- the goddesses of art, science and literature from Greek mythology.

O Έλληνας Υπουργός Εξωτερικών κ. Ν. Δένδιας υποδέχεται σήμερα στην Αθήνα τους ομολόγους του από την Κύπρο και το Ισραήλ, κ.κ. Ι. Κασουλίδη και Y. Lapid, για διμερείς επαφές και τριμερή συνάντηση. Θα συζητηθούν οι περιφερειακές και διεθνείς εξελίξεις και τρόποι περαιτέρω ενίσχυσης των στρατηγικών σχέσεων και της συνεργασίας μεταξύ των χωρών, τόσο διμερώς όσο και τριμερώς.

Today, the Greek Foreign Minister Mr. N. Dendias is welcoming his Cypriot and Israeli counterparts Foreign Ministers I. Kassoulides and Y. Lapid in Athens for bilateral talks and a trilateral meeting. The Ministers will be discussing regional and international developments and ways of further strengthening strategic relations and cooperation both bilaterally and trilaterally.

Yesterday the Excelem team gathered in Piraeus, to discuss our joint publication on the Internationalisation of European Integration Studies. We thank our partners who joined our hybrid workshop. More updates to come soon!
University of Piraeus, Foteini Asderaki thank you for the kind hospitality!