Thomas Mann

University of Crete revokes doctorate of German academic

The Political Science department of the University of Crete has stripped Heinz Richter, former professor of Greek and Cypriot modern history at the University of Mannheim, of an honorary doctorate.The 75-year-old professor was tried by a Greek court for his 2011 book "Operation Mercury: The Invasion of Crete," in which he addressed what he saw as myths regarding the resistance movement on the i