Today, Sunday 10 May 2026, the Deputy Minister of National Defence, Thanasis Davakis, attended the commemorative celebrations for the Battle of Fort Roupel as representative of the Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. The celebration was organised by the Municipality of Sintiki, in the framework of the “Month of the Forts”, on the occasion of the 85 th anniversary of the Battle of the Metaxas Line.
The Deputy Minister was greeted by the Commanding General of the Supreme Military Command of Epirus and Macedonia/NRDC-GR, Lieutenant General Grigorios Bountliakis, the Commander of the 10 th Motorised Brigade, Colonel Philippos Gialamas (INF), and the Mayor of Sintiki Georgios Tatsios.
The commemorative celebrations of the Battle of Fort Roupel were attended by thousands of people.
Mr. Davakis, in his brief address, stated the following:
“It is with great emotion that I tread the ground of Roupel, representing the Prime
Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the Armed Forces, as every Greek would do. What I see in front of my eyes, demonstrates yet again that all you, all of us and our children, are they who keep the flame of memory burning, they who maintain the unbroken line from the saying ‘Come and take it’ to this very day. It is you, who, I am certain, will cry out, that forts are not surrendered, but conquered.
May they be immortal!”
