1974 Greek military rule gives in to democracy

The military government in Greece has collapsed and the former prime minister Constantine Karamanlis has been invited to return.  Huge crowds gathered to greet him at Athens airport and there has been jubilation in the streets of the Greek capital to mark the beginning of a return to democracy. Conservative Mr Karamanlis, 67, was prime minister for an unprecedented eight years until the centre-left won power in the country’s last democratic election in 1963. He has been in self-imposed exile in Paris since then but he was one of eight former senior politicians invited to return yesterday by the foundering […]

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