Shadowboxing over the Greek Civil War
(WorldNews Greece)

Both the Greek government and the opposition have resorted to the usual shadowboxing over Greece`s Civil War past. What a shame they aren`t more focused on the country`s future. Soldiers in ELAS, the main Greek communist armed forces during the Greek Civil War. Wikimedia. PD. Greece is, inevitably, a country obsessed with its own history. Yet the recent furore does not have to do with the burdensome heritage of classical antiquity but with a much more recent and internationally obscure history. The left-wing government´s refusal to attend a European conference on crimes committed by communist regimes, held in Estonia in August 23, has reignited an interminable debate on communism which -...