The Aegean Airlines advertisement reminded of this classic Nova TV ad. I am sure many of you have already seen this one but it’s worth another look
Archive for March, 2008
Greek Humour: Nova Γιαγιά
Posted by evdomada on March 11, 2008
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Greek Humour: Aegean Airlines Ad
Posted by evdomada on March 11, 2008
This is a great ad for Aegean Airlines!!
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ALEX & EVE
Posted by evdomada on March 10, 2008
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Bulldog Theatre: ALEX & EVE
Posted by evdomada on March 10, 2008
From the producers of the smash hit BETTER MAN
THE GREEK FESTIVAL
OF
SYDNEY PRESENTS
ALEX & EVE
By Alex Lykos
Produced by the Bulldog Theatre Company
Directed By Michael Block
Cast: Melissa Gerolimos, Amber Gokken, Michael Kazonis, Alex Lykos, Paul Miskimmon, Serena Monzo, Katie Ryerson, Robert Sharpe, Helena Stamoulis, Kathy Urakalo
27th March – 20th April 2008, THURS – SAT @ 8PM, Sun 6PM
TICKETS: $22 ADULT / $17 CONCESSION
SPECIAL: 2 for 1 Thursdays
@ Sidetrack Studio Theatre, 142 Addison Rd Marrickville
BOOKINGS: 9591 1211
What happens when Alex, a male version of Bridget Jones, falls in love with a Lebanese-Muslim woman??
The Bulldog Theatre Company brings you the return season of the smash hit Alex & Eve. Alex & Eve premiered in July of 2006 and was an overwhelming hit–a crowd pleaser. Many regular theatregoers were amazed at the audience response to the show. It’s a hilarious ride with serious undertones and while the audience has a rollicking time, the theme of racial integration is explored. In addition, the film version of the story has been optioned by Essential Viewing(producers of the 2007 hit Clubland).
Watch the trailer …
THE AUTHOR
Alex is a graduate of Western Kentucky University. After three years on the professional tennis tour, Alex hung up his rackets for the less stressful and more secure arts world!!! Alex’s first screenplay Sydney’s Underworld has received two stages of development funding from the NSWFTO and is scheduled to be shot next year. His second screenplay won the best non-produced screenplay in 2004. His third screenplay ‘Alex & Eve’ has been optioned by Essential Viewing(Clubland). His fourth screenplay, GOLF HACKERS, has recently received development funding from the Australian Film Commission.
Alex began writing stage plays two years ago and has since had 3 of his plays performed. Alex’s first stage play, The Negotiating Table, was performed in January of 2006 at the Crypt Theatre to full houses. Alex’s second stage play, the premiere of Alex & Eve, was performed at Sidetrack Theatre in 2006 to sold out houses. Alex Lykos then followed with the smash hit of last year, Better Man, a dramatic play about the reunion of two best friends: one a professional tennis player and the other a “professional drug dealer.
Alex Lykos is a contemporary playwright who is bringing cinemagoers to the theatre. He does this by writing stories that reflect who we are as a nation and the problems young adults face in trying to navigate their way through what is becoming a more difficult city to live in.
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Champions League: Olympiakos European Adventure Cut Short Again
Posted by evdomada on March 6, 2008
As most experts had predicted, Chelsea easily moved to the next round of the Champions League defeating Olympiakos 3-0. It’s not that many of us Olympiakos fans were hopeful of a victory in Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge home ground but deep down we were hoping for a draw.
Instead the Greek champions played an abysmal game and never looked like they were in the game. Chelsea were never pressured and easily created many chances to score. Olympiakos on the other hand looked nothing like the team that actually managed to play a decent game against Chelsea 2 weeks ago at Karaiskaki. Their attack lacked … everything. In fact I can safely say that Olympiakos did not threaten the Chelsea penalty box once in the first half.
The second half had a few moments of excitement but the score was already 3-0. Antzas had a good chance but Cudicinni saved well and Belluschi had a wonderful strike that hit the crossbar. In fact the 2 substitutes for Olympiakos, Leonardo and Belluschi were able to bring some creativity and a spark to their attack.
The other teams to join Chelsea in the next round are Arsenal, Roma, Manchester United, Fernebahce and Schalke.
Liverpool and Inter Milan will be playing their second leg match next week for the last spot in quarter finals.
Chelsea-Olympiakos report – “Proud Chelsea keen to avoid all-English tie”- uefa.com
prof@skylproductions.com
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Greece: Tourism inches forward
Posted by evdomada on March 6, 2008
By Stelios Bouras
Athens International Airport helped Greece score points in the global tourism competitiveness report.
Greece’s tourism industry has become slightly more competitive on a global scale, despite a slide in the quality of healthcare and safety levels offered by the country, according to a report made public yesterday.
Tourism is one of Greece’s most crucial industries, accounting for about a fifth of annual economic growth and almost 20 percent of jobs.
A Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index, prepared by non-profit group World Economic Forum (WEF), showed Greece had climbed two places to position No 22 from 2007, out of a total of 130 countries.
Switzerland took position No 1, followed by Austria and Germany.
Greece scored well in points given for airport infrastructure and human resources and was given top marks for the priority given to the industry, according to WEF.
On the downside, the country slipped from position No 3 to 16th place regarding health and hygiene services.
A lower score was also given regarding safety and security, placing Greece in 31st position, versus No 18 last year.
Commenting on the report, the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE) said tourism is not solely reliant on factors strictly relating to the industry.
“The competitiveness of tourism is the result of total government action for each country and not exclusively on the Tourism Ministry,” SETE said.
The conservative government set up a separate Tourism Ministry after being elected in March 2004, in a move seen as helping to give the sector a higher position in state policy.
The WEF report also pointed out the growing importance of environmentally friendly policies in tourism.
Source: Kathimerini English Edition
sbouras@ekathimerini.com
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Eurovision 2008: Secret Combination
Posted by evdomada on March 5, 2008
In case you haven’t heard, Kalomoira will represent Greece at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Belgrade. Her song entry Secret Combination was voted ahead of Kostas Martakis and Chryspa.
If you haven’t heard the song yet …
prof@skylproductions.com
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Eight soldiers sent home after bar urination prank
Posted by evdomada on March 4, 2008
Tuesday Mar 4 14:11 AEDT
Eight British soldiers have been forced to return home from Norway after they reportedly stripped naked and urinated on each other in a bar during an Arctic training exercise, the UK defence ministry has confirmed.
“It’s being taken extremely seriously,” a spokesman for the defence ministry in London said.
He continued: “We can confirm that eight soldiers from 59 Commando Regiment Royal Engineers were arrested by the Norwegian police following inappropriate behaviour.
“All eight soldiers have been released, having paid a fine. The soldiers were in Norway on exercises and have now returned to the UK.
“The unit will consider internal disciplinary action against the soldiers regarding this incident.”
The Daily Mail newspaper reported on Tuesday, citing local media reports, that the men had carried out their antics on February 27 at the Sfinx Bar in the town of Harstad.
They were arrested by local police later in the evening.
“They were drunk and there was a problem in the bar, but we are quite used to dealing with British soldiers like this,” Harstad police spokesman Gair Pederson was quoted by the Daily Mail as saying.
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In “Vima tis Kyriakis” Newspaper: Poll Gives Lead to ND
Posted by evdomada on March 4, 2008
02 Mar 2008
In an interview with NET, SYN (Coalition of the Radical Left) President Alexis Tsipras has attached to PASOK (Socialists) an existential crisis, while PASOK MP Evangelos Venizelos told Kyriakatiki Eleftherotypia newspaper that he disapproves pre-conference procedures, stressing that those who speak about an enemy within PASOK are turning a blind eye to justify the present situation.
At the same time, a Kappa Research poll commissioned by To Vima Tis Kyriakis newspaper 18.4% of the interviewees support SYRIZA (Coalition of the Radical Left).
Venizelos Distances Himself
In an interview with Kyriakatiki Eleftherotypia newspaper Evangelos Venizelos argues that he disapproves pre-conference procedures, stressing that those who speak about an enemy within PASOK are turning a blind eye to justify the present situation. He adds that PASOK should communicate with the Left and progressive citizens who voted for ND (Conservatives) party.
PASOK spokesman Yiannis Ragousis stresses to Typos tis Kyriakis newspaper that the people prefer and alternative proposal for leadership.
Finally, in an interview with NET 105.8, KKE (Greeek Communist Party) Secretary General Aleka Papariga is criticizing SYN, ruling out cooperation between KKE and SYN.
ND-PASOK Difference to 5,9%
Kappa Research gallop conducted for Vima tis Kyriakis newspaper records drop in both New Democracy and PASOK and SYRIZA becoming the main force standing between the two big parties in Greece. However, New Democracy preserves a 5,9 lead ahead of PASOK.
More specifically on voting intention ND gains 29,1%, PASOK 23,2%, SYRIZA 18,4%, KKE 7,5 %, LAOS 1% and other parties 1,8%. Blank or invalid poll papers were 2,2 %.
73,9% of people asked state that they are not satisfied with New Democracy’s governance while 87,9% state that they are nor satisfied with PASOK as opposition party.
60,7% believes that ND’s re election in power is or could rather be a negative progress. 42,9% believe that the situation in Greece would be the same if PASOK would have been re elected, 28% that things could have been worse and 25,3% that things could have been better. 28,2% think that PASOK could solve economic issues while 52,7% answer that none of the two big parties can do anything.
On reference to the most suitable Prime Minister, Costas Karamanlis is on the lead with 41,2%, Giorgos Papandreou follows with 19,3%, Alexis Tsipras is on the third place with 13,1%, Giorgos Karatzaferis gathered 4,7%, Aleka Papariga 2,4% while 19,3% did not answer the question. As per the future of small parties in Greece, 52,7% believe that the electoral representation will be boosted, 19% say that many voters will return to the two big parties, 17% state that small perties’ power will drop because in recent elections they just received votes of protestation to ND and PASOK while 9,9 estimates that their rates will be the same. The Pan Hellenic telephone poll of Kappa Research was conducted from 19 to 22 February in a sample of 6.379 people.
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Athens braces for US pressure over FYROM
Posted by evdomada on March 4, 2008
NATO chief visits after talks break down
Greek diplomats are today bracing for a visit by the chief of NATO following a breakdown in talks between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) that had been aimed at solving the Macedonia name dispute.
NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer is expected to exert pressure on the government to reach a compromise with FYROM ahead of a NATO summit scheduled for April when the Balkan state’s accession to the alliance is to be discussed. But Greece also faces pressure on the domestic front, according to the results of an opinion poll, conducted by Public Issue for Kathimerini, which shows that 84 percent of people want the government to veto FYROM’s NATO accession if a mutually acceptable solution to the name dispute is not reached.
The two diplomats representing Greece and FYROM returned home empty-handed after Saturday’s negotiations with a UN mediator in New York failed to reach a breakthrough. The UN’s Matthew Nimetz spoke of «substantive differences» between the two sides. He is now expected to take a back seat as the US applies pressure on both Athens and Skopje to reach a solution ahead of next month’s summit. According to sources, US President George W. Bush will telephone Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis and FYROM’s Branko Crvenkovski.
Before boarding his flight to Athens, Scheffer said that he had discussed the name issue with Bush and would brief Karamanlis and Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis on the president’s stance.
According to sources, Scheffer will probably stress Greece’s obligations as a NATO member state and object to the country’s negative stance on the two main topics on the agenda of next month’s summit, namely the alliance’s enlargement and the recognition of Kosovo as independent.
It is unclear whether the US will propose anything in the framework of the name talks.
Greece had declared itself ready to discuss one of the five composite names proposed by Nimetz. But FYROM rejected all five suggestions.
Russia’s Ambassador to Greece Andrei Vdovin told Sunday’s Kathimerini that his country would be willing to adopt whichever new composite name is agreed upon for FYROM even though it recognized the Balkan state by its constitutional name in 1992. «In view of Greece’s concerns and with the aim of securing stability in the Balkans. …(Russia) will accept whichever settlement meets the criteria (of a mutually acceptable solution),» Vdovin said. Moscow would be ready to use the new name in its bilateral relations with FYROM, he added.
Last week the US ambassador in Athens, Daniel Speckhardt, avoided commenting on whether Washington would adopt the new name – once it is has been agreed – in its bilateral dealings with FYROM.
Eight in 10 back veto option
Eight in 10 Greeks feel that the government should veto FYROM’s bid to join NATO and the European Union if the two sides cannot resolve the name dispute, according to a poll conducted by Public Issue on behalf of Sunday’s Kathimerini.
With a rally planned in Thessaloniki on Wednesday, 36 percent of those questioned said they would «definitely» take part in a public protest about the name issue. Another 16 percent said they would «probably» take to the streets.
However, only a quarter of Greeks believe that FYROM is a «big» or «very big» threat to Greece’s security. The same percentage think that it would be a «national catastrophe» if Greece’s neighbor is recognized as Macedonia.
The diplomatic process is due to continue but almost half of Greeks feel that Athens is fighting a losing battle.
The poll suggests that 48 percent feel that the government can win its diplomatic battle to ensure that the neighboring state does not call itself «Macedonia.» But exactly the same percentage of respondents feel that, with almost 120 countries now recognizing the Balkan state as «Macedonia,» Greek efforts will probably prove futile.
The only name that anywhere near the majority of Greeks seem willing to accept is «Democratic Republic of Upper Macedonia» – 43 percent of some 600 respondents questioned last week said that they would «definitely» or «probably» accept this name.
Only 9 percent are willing to accept the country’s constitutional name of «Republic of Macedonia.»
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