Greek president, PM attend October 28th commemoration events

Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou laid a wreath at a war memorial in Thessaloniki and attended the big military parade in the northern port city commemorating Greece's entry into World War II on October 28, 1940 after it defied an Italian ultimatum and the Axis occupation.

Sakellaropoulou was accompanied by Defense Minister Nikos Dendias, representing the government, and other officials at the annual military parade in downtown Thessaloniki, which is also celebrating its patron saint, Demetrius, with more events at the church named after him.

In Athens, meanwhile, schools across the capital held student parades, with the biggest taking place in front of Parliament on Syntagma Square and attended by several ministers and other officials.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis presided over the student parade in the western Athens suburb of Peristeri, where,...