DESPINA LOUKIDOU-MAVRIDOU

AN OUTLINE OF THE GREEK PRESS IN (1879-1906)

In this study I attempt an initial presentation of such material as has been preserved on the Greek press in Bulgaria, on the basis of the newspapers them­ selves, correcting the mistakes and filling in the gaps of works so far pub­ lished in the Greek and foreign bibliography. I have found copies of these newspapers, bound into volumes (unfortunately all defective): 1) in the Na­ tional Library in Athens, 2) in the Department of Old Publications (Staro- pečaten otdel) of the "Cyril and Methodius” Public Library in (NBKM), and 3) in the "Ivan Vazov” Public Library in in Bulgaria, where the greatest number of Greek newspapers are kept, classified in alphabetical order under the entry: "Publications in Greek”. * * * The history of the Greek press in Bulgaria begins in 1879 in Philippopo­ lis, the modern Plovdiv, then the capital of the autonomous Ottoman province of Eastern Roumelia, with the publication of the newspaper Φιλιππονπολις []. Before 1878, i.e. until the foundation of the Bulgarian state and the creation of an autonomous Eastern Roumelia by the Treaty of Berlin (July 1878), no Greek newspaper or periodical was published by the Greek communities in present-day Bulgaria1. In fact, the only Greek printing press that had functioned in this area before this period, and that only for a short time (1839-1840), was Dimitrios Kalambakidis’ press at Melenikon (Melnik)2

1. We can say that the activity of the Bulgarian press in Bulgaria also begins in the year 1878. The Bulgarian papers previously published in the present day Bulgaria were Dunav [Danube] (1865-1877), two copies of Iztočnih mnenija [Source of Opinion] 1867-1868—both organs of the Ottoman authorities—Slava [Glory] 1871-73 and Učilište [School] 1876 inRus- çuk (Ruse), and the Žurnál za nauka, zanajat i targovija [Periodical for science, manufac­ ture and commerce] (1860) in Plovdiv printed in Belgrade. See Manjo Stojanov, Bolgarska vázroždenska knižnina [Bulgarian letters during the national renaissance], Sofia, NI, 1957, vol. I, pp. 439, 443, 446, 454; vol. II, pp. VI, VII. Istorija na bălgarskata literatura [History of Bulgarian Literature], Sofia, BAN, vol. II, 1966, p. 188. 2. P. Spandonidis, Μελένικος. 'O νεκρός μακεδονικός άκριτης [Melenikos. The dead Macedonian Akrites], , 1930, p. 35; Tr. Evangelidis, Ή παιδεία επί Τουρκοκρα­ τίας. ('Ελληνικά σχολεία άπό τής άλώσεως μέχρι Καποδιστρίου) [Education during the Otto­ man Rule. From the Fall of to Kapodistrias], Athens 1936, vol. I, p. 132; P. Pennas,"OKc^,aPaid5T|ç καί τό τυπογραφείο του” [Kalavakidis and his printing press], Ήώς 29-30 (1940)40; idem, Μελ-ένικος ό ’Ακρίτας τον έλληνικοϋ βορρά [Melenikos. The Akrites 346 Despim Loukidou-Mavridou

Article 40 of the "Organic Law of Eastern Roumelia” ensured the free­ dom of the press in this autonomous province within the Ottoman state3, and the publishing activity observed in the short space of its life 1878-1885 was very intense especially on the Bulgarian side4. Our information to date on the Greek press in Bulgaria from Greek sources has been minimal and scattered, drawn from monographs on cities and articles on the cultural activity of the Greek communities in Bulgaria. Our knowledge of the Greek press there, was limited to the names of three or four of the bigger newspapers and outlines of the lives of the more impor­ tant editors5. The only collected bibliography on the Greek press in Bulgaria is in the three volume Bălgarski periodičen pečat 1844-1944. Anotiran bibliografski ukazatel [The Bulgarian Press 1844-1944. Annotated bibliography], by D. Ivančev, Sofia, Nauka i Izkustvo, vol. I, 1962, vol. II, 1966, vol. III, 1969.

of the Greek North], Athens, 1964, p. 24; A. Vacalopoulos, 'Ιστορία τής Μακεδονίας [His­ tory of ], Thessaloniki, 1969, p. 399. 3. "The press is declared free..., Censorhip in advance is prohibited”, ’Οργανικός νό­ μος τής ‘Ανατολικής Ρωμυλίας μετά των Παραρτημάτων αυτόν [Organic Law of Eastern Roumelia with its amendments], translated from the French and published by Athan. Ni- kolaidis, director of the newspaper Φιλιππονπολις, Philippopolis, 1879. 4. At that time in Philippopolis 17 Bulgarian newspapers and 5 Bulgarian periodicals were produced. See Hr. Negencov and Iv. Vanev, Obrazovanieto v Iztočna Rumelija 1879- 1885 [Education in Eastern Roumelia 1879-1885], Sofia, BAN, 1959, pp. 159-160. During the same period in Philippopolis met and worked the distinguished Bulgarian writers and journalists Ivan Vazov, P. R. Slavejkov, Z. Stojanov and St. Veličkov (for whose activity there, see, inter alia M. Stojanov, Rogato Plovdiv bese stolica [When Plovdiv was the capital], Sofia, Otečestven Front, 1973, pp. 152-195). So one can see how important for the of Eastern Roumelia was the role played by the newspaper Φιλιππονπολις (at that time the only Greek newspaper in the city), and its printing press. 5. Pol. Papachristodoulou, "Μία έπέτειος. Δύο ήρωικοί δημοσιογράφοι καί ό έλλη- νικός τύπος τής Φιλιππουπόλεως” [An anniversary. Two heroic journalists and the Greek press in Philippopolis], newspaper Καθημερινή [The Daily], 16 July, 1949 ; idem, "Ot έλληνικές έιρημερίδες στή Βόρειο Θράκη Kai ή καταστροφή τους ”[The Greek newspapers in Northern and their destruction], newspaper Μακεδονία-Θοάκη. [Macedonia-Thrace], 15 Janu­ ary 1960; idem, "’Αγωνιστική έπιχειρηματολογία άπό Ιστορικές πηγές τής έλληνικότη- τας τής Θράκης” [Strong arguments drawn from historical sources proving that Thrace is Greek], (hereafter "’Αγωνιστική έπιχειρηματολογία...”) Άρχεϊον Θρακικοΰ Λαογραφικοϋ Θησαυρού (hereafter ΑΘ) [Archive of the Thracian Folk Treasury] 20(1964) 168-169; K. M. Apostolidis, "Βιογραφίαι διακριθέντων Φιλιππουπολιτών” [Biographies of distin­ guished Philippopolitans], (hereafter, "Βιογραφίαι...,”) ΑΘ 14 (1947-48) 64-94; idem, 'H τής Φιλιππουπόλεως Ιστορία άπό των αρχαίων μέχρι τών καθ’ ημάς χρόνων [The History of Philippopolis from antiquity to our own times] (hereafter 'Ιστορία Φιλιππουπόλεως...), Athens, 1959, pp. 447-448, 699-700; Kostas Mayer, 'Ιστορία τού έλληνικοϋ τύπον [History of the Greek Press], Athens, 1957, voi. I, pp. 290-291, voi. Ill, p. 320. An Outline of the Greek Press in Bulgaria (1879-1906) 347

The Greek press is considered in voi. Ill, pp. 14-17; but since D. Ivančev has not himself seen most of the newspapers, and his second-hand information about several of them comes from notices in the Bulgarian press of the period» the evidence with which he provides us is often insufficient or incorrect. Before that, bibliographical information about all the Greek periodicals and newspapers published in Varna from time to time, had been included in Γ Bliznakov’s article "Varnenski periodičen pečat, 1880-1944” [The press of Varna, 1880-1944] in the periodical Izvestija na Varnenskoto Arheologi- öesko Družestvo [Bulletin of the Varna Archaeological Society] (hereafter IVAD), 12(1961) 92-93. Unfortunately, though Blizankov mentions that sev­ eral newspapers are to be found in the city’s public library, I was unable to find any of them there (1974). * * * In the space of twenty-eight years (1878-1906), fifteen periodical and pa­ pers written in Greek, according to our present information, circulated in Bulgaria; to be precise: six in Philippopolis (Plovdiv): Φιλιππονπολις [Philip­ popolis], 'Ο Κοσμοπολίτης [The Cosmopolitan], 'Ο Μηνντωρ τον Αίμον [The Balkan Messenger], Σατανάς [Satan], Ειδήσεις τον Αίμον [Balkan News],'Vy tem [Health]; seven in Varna: Τηλέγραφος [Telegraph], ’Οδησσός [Odessa],Ενξεινος [Euxine], ’Ανεξαρτησία [Independence], 'Ο ’Αμερόληπτος [The Impatrial], Παν­ δαισία [Banquet], Φωνή [Voice] ; and two in Pyrgos () To Βήμα [The Ros­ trum] and Θεατής [Spectator]. Of, these papers the Philippopolis 'Ο Κοσμοπο­ λίτης and the Varna Τηλέγραφος were published by non-Greeks. We can give the precise chronological limits of operation for only five of the newspapers: 1) Φιλιππονπολις 1879-1906, 2)'O Μηνντωρ τον Αίμον 1894-1896, T) Ειδήσεις τον Αίμον 1896-1906,4)'Υγίεια 1905-1906 and 5) Πανδαισία 1898-1900. Certain copies of the remaining papers are preserved which define the beginning of their lives but not the end. These newspapers constitute a basic historical source for the history of the Greek communities of the , supplying information on the polit­ ical, economic and cultural activity of Greeks in Bulgaria during the final quarter of the last century.

PHILIPPOPOLIS (PLOVDIV)«

1) PHILIPPOUPOLIS [Φιλιππούπολις]. Έκδίδεται κατά Τετάρτην καί Σάββατον. Διευθυντής καί Ιδιοκτήτης: Άθ. Νικολαΐδης. Συντάκται: Δ. I. 6

6. In the study the papers are dealt with by cities and in chronological order of publi­ cation. The full title of the paper is given, with the date of the first preserved copy, the names 348 Despina Loukidou-Mavridou

Κουμαριανός - Π. Μ. Μαρτύ. Έτος Α', άρ. 29. Τετάρτη 29 Μαΐου 18797. [Philippopolis. Published every Wednesday and Saturday. Director and owner: Ath. Nikolaidis. Editors: D. I. Koumarianos - P.M. Marty. Year l,no. 29. Wednesday 29 May 1879]. The newspaper printed its main news in French as well as in Greek. In the French text dates are given according to the new, Gregorian, calendar. Its director was Ath. Nikolaidis, one of the Nikolaidis brothers who had published, in Constantinople, the daily paper Κωνσταντινούπολή [Constantino­ ple]8. The fact that its editor was D.I. Koumarianos who with Vlassis Gavrii- lidis9 was also one of the editors of Κωνσταντινονπολις, is typical. After the Russo-Turkish war, Ath. Nikolaidis and his editor Kumarianos began in Phi­ lippopolis the publication of the newspaper of the same name. Φιλ.ιππούπολις was published in Greek andFrench until 1885, and from 1885 to 1906 in Greek alone. The other editor, P.M. Marty, dealt with the French section. From the issue of 22/12/1879 no. 93 onwards the name of A. Passa- lery is mentioned instead of Marty’s; the former was the chief engineer of the city, and for a time published a French satirical paper called Le Charivari Rouméliote10. From the issue of29/3/1880 no. 119 onwards, Koumarianos alone is mentioned as editor. D. Ivančev, in Bălgarski periodičen pečat, refers to Argyrios Dimitriadis as editor-in-chief in 1885, and Koumarianos as director and publisher. Argy­ rios Dimitriadis was, until his death in 1900, a teacher and governor of the Greek schools of Stenimakhos (today )11. In the first period of its life 1878-1885, Φιλιππούπολις found itself in con­ tinual opposition to the Bulgarian newspaper Marica12, and its leaders often referred to articles in the Bulgarian paper. At this time its publisher, Ath. Nikolaidis, was not infrequently prosecuted by the Penal Court of the Pre-

of the director and editor on the basis of this same copy and finally the important points in the paper’s history. A full account on the Greek press in Bulgaria is in the stage of prepara­ tion by the author of this study. 7. Athens National Library, years 1879-81, 1891-92, 1895-98, 1903; NBKM Starope- čaten Otdel, years 1880-82; Plovdiv Library, years 1894-98, 1906; Ivančev, Bălgarski periodi­ čen pečat, vol. III, p. 15, nos. 8222 and 8223. Ivančev mistakenly has the Φιλιππούπολις 1879-81 (no. 8222) as different from the Φιλιππούπολις 1885-1906 (no. 8223). 8. K. M. Apostolidis, "Βιογραφίαι...”, ΑΘ 14 (1947-48); M. Stojanov, Kogato Plov­ div bese stolica, p. 20. And the paper Κωνσταντινούπολή (1869-1973) itself. 9. Subsequently publisher and director of the newspaper Άν.ρόπολις [Acropolis] in Athens. 10. Φιλιππούπολις no. 294 of 6/1/1882. 11. Πανδαισία no. 5 1/3/1900, p.456. 12. The first Bulgarian newspaper to be published in the city, 25th July 1878, after the foundation of Eastern Roumelia. M. Stojanov, Kogato Plovdiv bese stolica, p. 162. An Outline of the Greek Press in Bulgaria ( 1879-1906) 349 fecture for insulting the authorities. This was usually the result of taking up a stand in opposition to that of Marica; in the first two years after the paper’s foundation he was convicted twice13. Soon after 1882 the name of Nikolaidis ceased to be mentioned, and Di- mitrios I. Koumarianos alone became director and editor of the newspa­ per. The newspaper had its own printing press, probably since its foun­ dation. After the destruction of his press in 1906 and his condemnation to death by the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Committee [IMRO], Koumarianos fled to Greece. In 1910 he was appointed interpreter to the Royal Greek Embassy in Belgrade, where he died in 191214 . 15 His paper constitutes a highly valuable source for the life of the Greek communities in Philippopolis and Stenimakhos, and also gives us important information on the life of the other communities throughout Eastern Rou- melia and Macedonia.

2) Ο ΚΟΣΜΟΠΟΛΙΤΗΣ15 [The Cosmopolitan], International newspa­ per of farming, trade and industry. Published every Sunday. Nos. 1-2 (3rd January-6th February 1883). Heading and text are printed in Greek, Bulgarian, Turkish, and French. The publisher was a Philippopolitan lawyer of Slovak descent, Ivan Petăr Žilka, who supported the view that'the Aegean, the Danube, the Ober and the North Sea should be connected by canals.

3) Ο ΜΗΝΥΤΩΡ TOY ΑΙΜΟΥ. Έφημερίς έκδιδομένη δίς καθ’ έβδομάδα. Άρ. 1. Έν Φιλνππουπόλει τή 13/9/189416 [The Balkan Messenger. News­ paper published twice a week, no. 1. Philippopolis 13/9/1894]. The editor and the director are not mentioned in the heading. On the

13. Φιλιππονπολις no. 166 of 20/9/1880. 14. Apostolidis, 'Ιστορία Φιλιππονπόλεως..., p. 699; P. Papachristodulu, "’Αγωνιστική έπιχειρηματολογία”, ΛΘ 20 (1964) 169; Έπετηρίς τον επί των ’Εξωτερικών 'Υπουργείου τον έν Έλλάδι διπλωματικόν σώματος [The Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Yearbook of the Diplomatic Corps in Greece], Athens, 1911, p. 168. 15. My only source on this newspaper is Ivančev, op. cit., vol. I, p. 323, no. 3275, from where I take those details concerning the paper given here. 16. Athens Library, years 1895-96; Plovdiv Library, years 1894-96; Ivančev, op. cit., voi. Ill, p. 15, no. 8217. Ivančev, who has not seen the paper, erroneously supposes that per­ haps the Ειδήσεις τον Αίμον is the same paper. Also on indirect information—from a Bul­ garian paper of the time—he catalogues a newspaper with the title "Omnitus to Emu” (voi. Ill, p. 15, no. 8220), which is none other than Ό Μηνντωρ τον Αίμον. 350 Despina Loukidou-Mavridou last page the name of the publisher and man responsible for the paper is printed—Petros Christu. In the issue of 12/10/1894 (no. 7), G.O. Skavanis is mentioned as direc­ tor and owner. From the second year (no. 89 of 5/9/1895), the paper was published three times a week. From the issue of 12/10/95 (no. 103), Georgios Iv. Zeku became responsible. The paper ceased publication in February 1896, the last issue being no. 146 of 8/2/1896. The publisher and editor of the paper, even though his name is not men­ tioned on the first issue, was Sotirios (Germanos) Skanavis17. Skanavis was co-owner and editor, with Ch. Lambridis, of the Varna newspaper ’Οδησσός. In 1894 he settled in Philippopolis, where he began to publish the Μηνντωρ τοϋ Αίμον. When the paper ceased publication in 1896, Skanavis transferred his publishing activity to Burgas (Pyrgos) where, in November of the same year, he began circulation of the newspaper To Βήμα which was a continuation of 'Ο Μηνντωρ τοϋ Αίμον. This is made clear by the editorial of the first edition of To Βήμα and the numbering of its editions18.

4) ΕΙΔΗΣΕΙΣ TOY ΑΙΜΟΥ. Έφημερίς έκδιδομένη κατά πάσαν Πέμ­ πτην καί Κυριακήν. Έτος Α', άρ. 1, έν Φιλιππουπόλει 25/4/1896. Διευθυντής καί συντάκτης Γ. Μουσαίος19 [Balkan News. Newspaper published every Thursday and Sunday. Year 1, no. 1, Philippopolis 25/4/1896. Director and editor G. Mouseos]. From the issue of 2/6/1896 (no. 12), Sk[arlatos] Konstantinidis became editor-in-chief, and G. Museos director and co-editor. G. Museos ceases to be mentioned as the paper’s director in 1897. G. Museos, a well-known scholar of Philippopolis20, was appointed con­ sular agent in Stenimakhos by order of the Greek Government21. The paper was, at different periods, published three times, twice and once

17. Εϋξεινος no. 25 of 18/9/1894: "We have taken the first number of a newspaper pub­ lished in Philippopolis under the title of Ό Μηνντωρ τον Αίμον, and edited by a great man well-known in our society, Sotirios Germanos Skavanis”. 18. See below. 19. Athens National Library and Plovdiv Library, years 1896-1906; Ivančev, op. cit., voi. Ill, p. 15, no. 8214. Ivančev mentions that the papers of years I, III and IX are missing; yet in Plovdiv Library I was able to leaf through a complete set of the newspaper. 20. Editor of the Γρηγόριος Πακουριανός μέγας δομέστικος τής Δυσεως καί τό υπ’ αντον τυπικόν τής μονής τής Θεοτόκου τής Πετριτζονίσσης [Gregory Pakourianos Great Domestic of the West and his Typikon of the Monastery of Petritzos], Leipzig, 1888. 21. Πανδαισία no. 10 of 16/5/1898. See also in Έπετηρίς τοΰ ini τών Εξωτερικών An Outline of the Greek Press in Bulgaria (1879-1906) 351 a week. Argyrios Skarlatos Konstantinidis, a doctor, was director and editor of the paper from 1896 until it ceased publication in 190622. Some copies of an offshoot publication of the newspaper have survived ; they have the title ΜψιαΙον Φιλολογικόν ’Επιστημονικόν παράρτημα των Ει­ δήσεων τον Αίμου. [Monthly Literary and Scientific Supplement of the Balkan Newsl23. These are pamphlets I (January 1906) and JI (February 1906), which contain amateurs stories and poems and translations of sentimental stories of no particular interest.

5) ΣΑΤΑΝΑΣ24 [Satan], with the subtitle " Ό άνευ όρου τοΰ Δημήτρη Θεοδώρου” [Without bounds by Dimitris Theodorou]. Second year, no. 28,28/ 10/1895. A satirical verse paper published every Saturday. We know nothing about the editor of this paper apart from his name, not even the duration of the paper he edited. Georgis Ivan Zekov was responsible for it. (See p. 350 Georgios Iv. Zeku).

6) ΥΓΙΕΙΑ. Μηνιαίον περιοδικόν υγιεινής καί δημώδους Ιατρικής. Έκ- διδόμενον χάριν τών οίκογενειών, υπό τοΰ ΐατροΰ Άχιλλέως Ί. 'Αρμοδίου, παθολόγου, είδικοϋ έπί τών παιδικών νοσημάτων. Έτος Α', τεϋχ. Α', Σεπ­ τέμβριος, Φιλιππούπολις, 190525 [Health. Monthly periodical of health and popular medicine. Published for families by Dr. Achilles I. Armodios, pa­ thologist and specialist in children’s diseases. Year 1, voi. 1. September. Philippopolis, 1905]. This is a popularized medical periodical. On p. 3 of the first instament we read: "Health has as its aim the development of the chief principles of health, the popularization of sundry information about it and the transmission of the rules of health”. The final instament no. 8 was published in April 1906. Armodios left for Athens, after the events of 1906, and continued publishing his periodical there for a short time28.

’Υπουργείου τοΰ έν Έλλάδι διπλωματικού σώματος. (G. Museos was appointed Consular Agent in the Vice-Consulate of Stenimakhos on April 17, 1899). 22. On his personality see K.M. Apostolidis, 'Ιστορία Φιλιππουπάλεως..pp. 447-448 and 700-701; idem, "Βιογραφίαι...” p. 53 P. Papachristodoulou, " ’Αγωνιστική έπιχειρημα- τολογία”,ρ. 169. Apostolidis incorrectly writes that the Ειδήσεις τοΰ Αίμου replaced '0 Μη- νύτ<ορ τοΰ Αίμου edited by G. Museos. As we have mentioned the continuation of theΜηνν- τωρ is Tò Βήμα in Burgas, and Museos is the first editor of Ειδήσεις τοΰ Αίμου. 23. Plovdiv Library. 24. Nos. 28-36 (1895) and 37-41 (1896) are preserved in Plovdiv Library. The publication of this paper was unknown. Not even Ivančev catalogued it in his work. 25. Athens National Library, years 1905-06 nos. 1-8; Plovdiv Library, years 1905-06 nos. 1-7; Ivančev, op. cit., voi. Ill, p. 15, no. 8215. 26. Athens National Library, Ύγίεια period 2, year I (1909-10), year II (1910-11). 352 Despina Loukidou-Mavridou

VARNA

7) ΟΔΗΣΣΟΣ. Έκδιδομένη κατά Σάββατον. Διευθυντής καί έκδοτης Άναστ. Άθανασιάδης. Συντάκτης Β.Ν. Γουναρόπουλος. Έτος Α', άρ. 18, Βάρνα 11/5/189 1 27 [Odessa. Published every Saturday. Director and publisher Anast. Athanasiadis. Editor V. N. Gounaropoulos. Year 1, no. 18, Varna 11/5/1891], The paper from the issue of 4/9/1891 (no. 33) onwards was printed at its own press “Διεθνές τυπογραφεΐον’Οδησσοϋ’^ΟάεββηΙηΙεπ^ίΐοηαΙΡπηί^]28. From the issue of 10/8/1891 (no. 33) Charalambos A. Lambridis became director and publisher in place of Athanasiadis. V. N. Gounaropoulos con­ tinued as responsible editor and the paper was published twice a week. From the issue of 17/1/1892 (no. 65), Ch. A. Lambridis became director and editor with sole responsibility, and the paper appeared three times a week. As from January of the fourth year of its publication, certain changes were made in the paper: Ch. A. Lambridis became director and editor-in-chief, and G.O. Skanavis29 co-owner and editor (no. 309 of 1/1/1894). The format of the paper became bigger, and was announced that in the next issue there would be published: "... the Odessa anthology, in which there will appear the finest short stories, in 36 supplements of 32 pages each”30. Unfortunately not a single one of these supplements has survived. Ch. A. Lambridis is mentioned as sole owner and editor in the edition of 3/7/1894 (no. 356). G. O. Skanavis has moved on to found 'Ο Μηνύτωρ τον Αίμον in Philippopolis in September 1894, as we have mentioned. It is not known precisely when the newspaper ceased publication; the last issue preserved is from 1894. We have information from the local Greek press that at the end of 1894 the paper’s publication was irregular31.

8) ΕΥΞΕΙΝΟΣ. Έφημερίς πολιτική, φιλολογική καί έμπορική έκδιδο- μένη άπαξ τής έβδομάδος. Διευθυντής Άναστ. Άθανασιάδης. Ύπεύθ. συν­ τάκτης καί έκδοτης Β.Ν. Γουναρόπουλος. Έτος Α', άρ. 1, Βάρνα 30/3/9432

77. Athens National Library, years 1891-94; Ivančev, op. cit., vol. III, p. 15, no. 8218; Bliznakov, "Varnenski periodičen pečat 1880-1944”, IVAD 12(1961)93. 28. A number of Greek publications were printed at this press, among them Io. Niko- laou’s book: Ή ’Οδησσός (Βάρνα) νπ άρχαιολογικήν καί ιστορικήν αποψιν [Odessa (Varna) from the archaeological and historical viewpoint], Varna 1894. 29. Interesting information about the personality of Lambridis and Skanavis is in­ cluded in a letter of the adjutant consul of the Greek consulate in Varna, 13/3/1893, to the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Athens, AYE/KY, 1893, B 29,3. 30. ’Οδησσός, no. 309 of 1/1/1894 31. Εϋξεινος, nos. 19 of 6/8/1894 and 29 of 15/10/1894. 32. Athens National Library, years 1895-96; Plovdiv Library, years 1894-96; Ivančev, op. cit., voi. Ill, pp. 14-15, no. 8214; Bliznakov, op. cit., p. 93. (ΦΙΛΙΓχΠΟΤΠΟΛΙΣ)

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The newspaper Ό Μηνύταοο τον Λιμού oj Philippopolis, issue no. 89, November 5, 1895. ami ΣΑΤΑΝΑΣ 0 ΑΝΕΥ ΟΡΟΥ ΤΟΥ áHHHTPH OEOMPOt ------

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The satirical newspaper Σατανάς of Philippopolis, issue no. 28, October 22, 1895. The newspaper ’Οδησσός o f Varna, issue no. 33, November 4, 1891. r?f ^rîV .·■*

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The first issue of the periodical Πανδαισία of Varna, November 10, 1898.

An Outline of the Greek Press in Bulgaria (1879-1906) 353

[Euxine. Political, literary and commercial newspaper, published once a week. Director Anast. Athanasiadis. Responsible editor and publisher V.N. Gounaropoulos. Year 1, no. 1, Varna 30/3/94]. The paper very frequently found itself in opposition—often sharply—on community, and also on personal subjects with the ’Οδησσός, and more par­ ticularly during its initial period, with its editor, G.O. Skanavis33 . 34It is clear that the two newspapers represented two politically opposed factions in the spectrum of the Greek community of Varna, the same thing occurred in Phi­ lippopolis with the papers Φιλιππονπολις and Ειδήσεις τοϋ Αίμου**. I may note here the fact that the Euxine’s director Anastasios Athanasiadis and its edi­ tor V.N. Gounaropoulos were the publishers of the ’Οδησσός, up to no. 31, Gounaropoulos continuing as editor up to no. 6435. V.N. Gounaropoulos, a musician and a director of the Vama Philhar­ monic36, and editor of the newspaper, gave up his work with it in April 1894 because, as the paper says, "he has moved to Athens in order to finish his musical studies”37. Thus from no. 34 onwards Anastasios Athanasiadis be­ came both director and editor-in-chief. After the edition of 25/2/1896 (no. 99), Aristodimos Chatzipetrou became responsible editor of the paper: he was a personality in the Greek commu­ nity and a member of its council of elders. The last edition of the newspaper preserved is no. 127 of 25/9/1896. It is not known when the Εϋξεινος ceased publication.

9) ΟΔΗΣΣΟΣ-ΕΥΞΕ1ΝΟΣ38 [Odessa-Euxine]. I have found no informa­ tion on this paper from any source except Ivančev, who mentions that it was published at the "International Press” of the Όό^σσόςΐη1897, and Bliznakov^ who notes the following bibliographical evidence on it: "Odessa-Euxine, Greek newspaper, years I-IV, 1893-1897 (evidenced by the newspaper Svo­ boda, 7/4/1893)”. Perhaps this is a conflation of the titles of two separate newspapers, the ’Οδησσός and the Εϋξεινος, as neither Ivančev nor Bliznakov personally saw the paper, but drew their evidence from Bulgarian publications of the time.

33. Εϋξεινος nos. 15 of 9/7/1894, 18 of 30/7/1894, and 22 of 27/8/1894. 34. P. Papachristodoulou, " ’Αγωνιστική έπιχειρηματολογία”, p. 168. 35. See above on the ’Οδησσός. 36. The Greek community’s "Philharmonic Union of Varna” was founded in 1893. See the Εϋξεινος of 30/4/1894 (no. 5). 37. Εϋξεινος no. 32 of 5/11/1894. 38. Ivančev, op. cit., voi. Ill, p. 15, no. 8215; Bliznakov, op. cit., 93. a 354 Despina Loukidou-Mavridou

10) ΑΝΕΞΑΡΤΗΣΙΑ39 [Independence]. Newspaper published twice a week. Editor T. Paraschos. Varna, nos. 1-2 (1897). The paper is not preserved in any library and information on it derives from the contemporary Bulgarian press.

11) ΑΜΕΡΟΛΗΠΤΟΣ. Έφημερίς πολιτική, έμπορική, φιλολογική καί κοινωνική έκδιδομένη Τετάρτη καί Σάββατον. Διευθυντής καί συντάκτης: Ά. Δ. ΟΙκονομίδης. Υπεύθυνος: Δρ. Β.Δ. Παράσχος, Έτος Α', άρ. 1. Βάρνα 19/5/18993940 [The Impartial. Political, commercial, literary and social paper, published on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Director and Editor: A.D. Ekono- midis. Responsible: Dr. V.P. Paraschos. Year 1, no. 1, Varna 19/5/1899]. The paper clearly followed a pro-Turkish and anti-Russian line in poli­ tics, in the belief that it thus supported the true interests of the Greeks of Bulgaria41. The responsible of the paper. Dr. V.P. Paraschos, was a well-known lawyer and a leading figure in the Greek community of Varna. In the edition of 27/5/1899 (no. 3) G. Vasiliadis is mentioned as responsible editor. As ap­ pears from a comment in the paper (no. 3 of 27/5/99), V Paraschos had left because adverse criticism and reaction against the Turcophile line of ’Αμερό­ ληπτος were very strong, from the Bulgarian side42, but even more so from the Greek one43. The last copy of the paper preserved is of 29/5/99 (no. 4). It is not known exactly when it went out of circulation.

12) ΠΑΝΔΑΙΣΙΑ. ’Ηθικόν, κοινωνικόν καί έγκυκλοπαιδικόν φύλλον έκδιδόμενον τρις κατά μήνα τή συνεργασίςι πολλών έκπροσώπων διαφόρων κλάδων τής έπιστήμης. 'Υπό Δ. Χη Δανιήλ, Διδάκτορος τής Φιλοσοφίας

39. Ivančev, op. cit., vol. III, p. 14 and vol. II p. 393, no. 7127 ; Bliznakov, op. cit., p. 92. 40. Plovdiv Library, year 1899; Ivančev, op. cit., vol. III, p. 14, no. 8210; Bliznakov, op. cit., p. 93. Neither Ivančev nor Bliznakov found the newspaper; their information is sec­ ond-hand. 41. See the leading article in no. 1 of 19/5/1899: "... Perhaps there will be those who will characterize us as they wish, but there will be those who cannot perceive how beneficial our policies of logic towards Constantinople will be to Hellenism, those who do not under­ stand the nation’s true interests; we forgive them for this lack of understanding, awaiting the opportunity to make them fellow-developers of Hellenism’s real interests”. 42. Ivančev, op. cit., voi. Ill, p. 14. 43. 'Αμερόληπτος no. 3 of 27/5/1899: "We publicly thank our dear friend, the popular lawyer of the city Mr. V. Paraskhos, for his kindness in serving as holder of responsibility for 'Αμερόληπτος. Unfortunately reasons unconnected with his own will, or rather pressures from men who misinterpret the programme of our paper, have forced our good friend to cease undertaking responsibility any further for what is written by us”. An Outline of the Greek Press in Bulgaria ( 1879-1906) 355

καί προλύτου τής Θεολογίας. Έτος A', άρ. 1, Βάρνα, 10/1/189844 45[Banquet. A moral, social and encyclopaedic paper, published three times a month and prepared through the co-operation of many representatives of various branches of science, under D. Chadzidaniil, Doctor of Philosophy and Bache­ lor of Divinity. Year 1, no. 1, Varna, 10/1/1898]. From 1899 it was published twice a month. Chadzidaniil published his translations of philosophical and religious works and his own treatises in separately published volumes46 . 47 The periodical uses continuous numbering of pages throughout its issues. In its final issue no. 24 of 15/12/1900 it is announced that "The Banquet will become, from the sixth of January next, a political, social and literary weekly paper format...”. Thus the following paper appears as its continuation.

13) ΦΩΝΗ. Έφημερίς πολιτική, έμπορική καί κοινωνική έκδιδομένη κατά Σάββατον υπό Δ. Χη Δανιήλ, Περίοδος Β', Έτος Δ', άρ. 1, Βάρνα 27/1/ 190146 [Voice. Political, commercial and social newspaper published every Saturday by D. Chadzidaniil. Period II, Year 4, no. 1, Varna 27/1/1901], It was published in a larger size than the Πανδαισία and the pages of the issues are not numbered continuously. Its last preserved issue is that of 9/7/ 1901 (no. 24). We do not know when it ceased publication.

14) ΤΗΛΕΓΡΑΦΟΣ47 [Telegraph], The only sources on this paper are Ivančev and Bliznakov. According to their information, the'paper was published in 1881 nos. 1-3, ?-15ih June 1881 by N.S. Čolakov, whith parallel text in Greek and Bulgarian.

BURGAS (PYRGOS)

15) TO ΒΗΜΑ. Έκδίδεται έν Πύργφ Τρίτην καί Παρασκευήν. Διευ­ θυντής καί Ιδιοκτήτης Γ.Ο. Σκαναβής. Περίοδος Α', άρ. 147, Βάρνα 20/11/

44. Plovdiv Library, years 1898-1900; Ivančev, op. cit., vol. III, p. 15, no. 8221; Bliznakov, op. cit., 95. Bliznakov mentions the existence of a Greek periodical under the title "Pankrezija”. I think that this is the Πανδαισία with the title incorrectly spelt by the Bulgarian newspaper from which he takes his information. 45. See Πανδαισία no. 11 of 1/6/1900, where mention is made of the publication and cir­ culation, from 1899 on, of his work 'Ερμηνεία τον Ευαγγελίου των Κυριακών [Interpretation of the Sunday Gospel]. See also Dh. Khadzidaniil, ’Από Βάρνης εις Σωζάπολιν, ή τό ναυ­ αγών καί ή διάσωσις ήμώνΐ From Vama to Sozopolis, or our shipwreck and rescue], Vama, 1905. For information about him see also Evangelidis, 'Η παιδεία επί Τουρκοκρατίας, op. cit., vol. II, p. 343. 46. Plovdiv Library, year 1901: Ivančev, op. cit., vol. III, p. 15, no. 8213; Bliznakov, op. cit., p. 96. 47. Ivančev, op. cit., vol. III, p. 16; Bliznakov, op. cit., p. 92. 356 Despina Loukidou-Mavridou

1895. Περίοδος Β', έτος A', άρ. 14748 [The Rostrum. Published in Pyrgos on Tuesdays and Fridays. Director and owner G.O. Skanavis. Series I, no. 147, Varna 20/11/1896. Series II, year 1, no. 1], The paper, as we have already mentioned, appeared as a continuation of the Philippopolis f Ο Μηνύτωρτοϋ ΑΙμου.Τ\ά& explains the numbering of its first issue, no. 147 (the Μηνντωρ having stopped at no. 146). The co-owner of the newspaper was Nikolaos G. Nikolaidis To Βήμα announces in its issue of 26/1/1897 no. 20 that it has obtained its own printing machine. The paper often changed in format and size; from the issue of 7/4/1897 no. 36 onwards it was published in small format and became a daily paper up till no. 60 of 7/6/97 "because of the prevailing political circumstances, in which Greece is playing the leading part...”49. At this period the paper is full of correspondence from Greece, news from the front and foreign news. Copies of it were snapped up to use a modern phrase; a fact that shows the interest of the Greeks of Pyrgos in developments in Greece. From no. 60 onwards the editors of the paper frequently changerd ; Ghr. Papadopoulos, Ghr. Anastasiadis, Milt. Vazoles, and its format became larger, as before. From the issue of 14/8/97 (no. 77) onwards, G.O. Skanavis became the only director and editor of To Βήμα. The last preserved issue is that of 4/1/1898 (no. 101). We do not know when it ceased publication.

16) ΘΕΑΤΗΣ [Spectator]50. Weekly newspaper. Publisher, director and editor-in-chief G. Gorgias. 31st March-22nd July 1899. This paper has not been preserved in any library. Ivančev from whom the evidence on the paper comes, mentions that the heading and text were writ­ ten in Greek, French and Bulgarian, and refers the reader to the Bulgarian press of the time51. Information as to the existence of the paper and the name of its publisher are to be found in ’Αμερόληπτος no. 2 (22/5/99)02 and no. 3 (27/S/99)63.

48. Plovdiv Library, years 1896-98; Ivančev, op. cit., voi. Ill, p. 15. 49. TÒ Βήμα no. 36 of 7/4/1897. 50. Ivančev, op. cit., vol. I, p. 343, no. 2536. 51. Ibidem. 52. "... the newspaper Θεατής which has recently started up in Pyrgos...”. 53. "We are requested by Mr. G. Gorgias, who has recently arrived here from Pyrgos, to inform the public that on account of his travels through various parts of Bulgaria where he was studying social questions, the Θεατής has not been published”. An Outline of the Greek Press in Bulgaria (1879-1906) 357

These periodical papers contain four pages of four, six or eight columns each and have the form and size of modern newspapers (apart from the Παν­ δαισία and the 'Υγιεία published in the form of a periodical). The paper’s editorial, where there was one, was placed on the first page: it usually comments on internal or foreign events, and sometimes those of the community. Along with this appear foreign news, especially commu­ nications from the "Havas” agency, and dispatches from Greece. The interest shown by the Greeks of Bulgaria in the affairs of Greece proper can be seen from the fact that there was no Greek paper that did not dedicate at least one of its columns to news from Greece. On page two we usually find internal Bulgarian news : reports from par­ liament (săbranie), government reports, news about the royal family, legisla­ tive decrees, various other pieces of news. Statements on the government’s programme, the King’s public address and the various legislative decrees were always in every newspaper, often in a supplement. Local and community news is consigned to pages three and four; it con­ tains reports by the local authorities and the Greek community on school examinations, the elections for the community elders, church festivals, theat­ rical performances, dances and all kinds of presentations of the Greek com­ munity, weddings, funerals, engagements etc. Also on page three is printed information on the Greek communities of other areas of Bulgaria, and fre­ quently letters from readers on various community problems. The last two pages also contain, often in serials, excerpts from translations of literary works, and original philosophical, literary and archaeological treatises (see M. Apo- stolidis and Chr. Tsountas on the antiquities of Philippopolis in Φιλιππον- πολις and Ειδήσεις τον A ΐμον, Io. Nikolaou on the antiquities of Varna in ’Οδησσός, and s.o.). The fourth page is usually dedicated to various adver­ tisements for shops and products. These newspapers offer unique information on the state of Greeks in Bulgaria in face of the internal problems of Bulgaria and Greece: on their cultural, and also political activity.

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