Great Eastern Crisis of 1875-1878 covered by the Constantinople newspaper «Βυζαντίς» (“Byzantis”)

The article deals with the events of the Great Eastern Crisis, which took place in the 1870s, covered by the newspaper «Βυζαντίς» that appeared to be one of few Greek newspapers in Constantinople coming out regularly at that time. Dimitrios Xenis's attitude, who was its owner and chief editor, was de-termined by the need to keep balance between his loyalty to the Great Porte and his wish to preserve good relations with Russia. One more factor affecting the paper's course was its sympathy to the expansionist endeavours of the Kingdom of Greece.