Hellenism defended the values that founded a united Europe, said the Minister of Education, Sports and Youth (YPAN), Prodromos Prodromou, in his statements after the student parade for the anniversary of October 28, 1940. which took place on Friday in Nicosia.
"Today we celebrate and honor the great epic of 1940, when the Greeks defended national freedom and together resisted the scourge of totalitarianism," said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs initially, adding that "the Greek flag, the national flag of the Greeks, and next to it the flag of our Cypriot state flies proudly today".
Furthermore, Mr. Prodromou mentioned that Cyprus counted "more than 600 dead in that fight for freedom and democracy”, indicating that “Hellenism, together with the homeland, also defended the principles and values of the whole world, the principles that still today found a united Europe”.
« ?S Today we saw in the eyes of the children who marched the pride and this light that will be our future to liberate our own special homeland, concluded the Minister.
Source: KYPE
