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NOTED HELLENES: Folk bard Giorgos Zambetas

Composer, folk bard and a master of bouzouki, Giorgos Zambetas was born on 25 January 1925 in Athens. The first lessons in bouzouki were given to him by his father, a barber, and after 1950 he began working professionally in popular club. Recordings came in 1953.

  • Published in Greece

HISTORY: When the UN found northern neighbors trying to dismantle Greek Macedonia

The Commission of Investigation Concerning Greek Frontier Incidents was established following a UN Security Council resolution on 19 December 1946. The Security Council had met following a Greek Government's appeal against the governments Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Albania on the grounds that they supported the struggle of the Democratic Army of Greece (DSE), which fought the civil war in Greece and threatened the territorial integrity and legitimacy of the country.

  • Published in Greece
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