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Posted by evdomada on June 26, 2011
Another opinion article on Greece’s financial woes and someone’s idea on what should be done.
I will always stand by the fact that some articles need to be read with an open mind. The situation requires positivity and belief that Greece will get through this by some means.
It’s not the first time that Greece has required to default and managed to survive … even if only just.
Click here for the article
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Posted by evdomada on June 26, 2011
An interesting dialogue that puts some perspective on the European-Greek economy situation …
Here’s a very small part of the dialogue that I found interesting:
“So if I understand the situation, you’re lending money to Georgios that you know he can never pay back, and demanding that his staff make sacrifices they are transparently unwilling to make, in order to protect Mr Saville’s bank, in order to protect José, who in some unspecified way is connected to Georgios’s fate.”
“It does sound a bit strange when you put it like that. I think the theory is that if we don’t throw money and yell impractical and unwelcome management advice at a transparently bankrupt business, then maybe a perfectly viable business will be damaged. Especially since there won’t be any money left, because we’ll have given it all to Georgios, who will have given it all to his waiters. Does that make sense?”
“You tell me.”
“You’re right. It makes no sense whatsoever.”
Enjoy the read … click here
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Posted by evdomada on June 26, 2011
One of our evdomada readers sent me an interesting story about a window and a ladder at the church of the Holy Sephulcre in Jerusalem.
There are 6 churches that claim ownership or custodianship of the church and a resolution put in place by the Ottoman’s – known as a firman – in 1852 called for a status quo on these churches to somehow share the church peacefully.
That hasn’t always been the case of course. I personally remember the “brawl” between the Greeks and the Armenians at the same church. I can’t exactly remember the reason of the argument which resulted on being reported in the news. From memory, someone was in the church when someone else should’ve been present as well …
The article also mentions another similar brawl when a monk moved his chair approximately 20cm to avoid the sunlight in the heat of the day. The minor move resulted in an argument that led to people being hospitalised.
Then comes the story of the ladder that supposedly cannot be moved due to the 1852 firman. However someone claims that for one day, someone decided to move it … then move it back.
Enjoy … click here for the post and here for the ladder moving event
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Posted by evdomada on May 22, 2011
Amidst the bad publicity that we see about Greece’s economic problems, it’s encouraging to see that some of Greece’s newspaper editors are doing their best to focus on the reality of the situation.
Nick Malkoutzis, the deputy editor of the English edition of the Greek newspaper Kathimerini, hits a resounding note with this article and in particular this paragraph that I liked from his editorial commentary:
“However, in a time of crisis, the lines of distinction between the innocent and guilty are often blurred. Greeks who work hard, who spend wisely, who abide by the law and who pay their taxes — yes, such people do exist — have had to endure months of generalizations and stereotyping. They have had to develop thick skins as a growing number of comments indiscriminately refer to all Greeks as feckless, lazy and corrupt. In some cases these epithets are deserved, but in many cases they are a complete distortion of reality, bordering on racism. Unfortunately, Merkel’s latest claims fall into the latter category.”
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Posted by evdomada on May 17, 2011
I don’t usually post Australian political news but in light of what has been going on lately I think this article by George Megalogenis was worth sharing.
Personally I feel stuck with the current political situation. Only because I usually prefer one party over the other at any particular time, and in particular when it comes time to voting.
But at the moment I feel that both parties are inept at looking after us and our future and we have no acceptable alternative.
Australia is riding on a mining boom but how long is this going to keep our economy strong. We need more than just words and doing things to keep the poll results positive from our politicians.
This part of the article I found personally interesting …
“Labor’s loss of governing confidence is becoming a genuine national tragedy. Advisers were taking comfort this week that the budget had seemed to draw no big complaints, as if the government just wanted all that yelling to go away for a day or two to give it more time to think.
Australia deserves a more assertive government that can seize the opportunity that comes with being the last rich country standing after the GFC. But Labor has allowed itself to be bullied by the Coalition and the media into a ridiculous place where people call on it to be tough to get the budget back into surplus, then lacerate it for taking a single dollar off some poor upper-income earner.
Abbott’s approach is no different in spirit from Malcolm Fraser’s in 1975, when Australia was last faced with a global economy as temperamental as this one.
The essence of Fraserism was a belief that Labor had so badly managed the nation that it deserved to be run out of office by whatever means, fair or foul. But once power was restored to the conservatives, the nation really fell in a hole.
Fraser expected the economy to behave as it had before the public had made the mistake of voting Labor. He didn’t see the recession of 1975 as an early warning that the old model was broken.”
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Posted by evdomada on May 17, 2011
A friend found this article that I believe is worth sharing, especially at a time when the publicity about Greece is mostly degenerative propaganda.
My favorite paragraph from the article was the following:
“There is a line from a poem by Nobel Prize winner Odysseas Elytis currently on display in the Athens metro. It reads: “Make a leap faster than decay.” It’s exactly what Veggos, Santas, Papazoglou, Rasoulis and Kambanellis did. Through their own skill, devotion, honesty and fortitude, they managed to rise above and beyond the complacency and malaise that set in over the last few decades.”
I think Hellenes throughout the world, not just those living the economic hardships in the homeland, need to do our best to move ahead of the decay. It’s not good enough to accept the news that we are being fed by the mass media agencies. What is worse, is that many Hellenes gloat and find humor in propagating the “bad” news rather than trying to understand what is going on.
Enjoy the read … click here for the article
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Posted by evdomada on February 7, 2011
A NIGHT OF GREEK MUSIC AND WONDERFUL FOOD!!
It’s been a while for a good Greek night to be held in Sydney and this time the venue is as good as they get at the Hellenic Restaurant in the city.
Tickets are only $40.00 per person and includes 7 course set menu of traditional mezedes.
The event is on Wednesday 23rd February 2010 at 7:30
The Hellenic Restaurant is at 251 -253 ELIZABETH ST,HELLENIC HOUSE , 5TH FLOOR.
Bookings are essential so call on (02) 92614910 or email hellenicrestaurant@hotmail.com.
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Posted by evdomada on December 22, 2010
It’s the time of the year when some people are fortunate enough to make a trip back to Athens for the Christmas & New Year holidays. Many of you also get a chance to go to the nightclubs and see a few performances.
The artists are all out again for the winter and it will be very difficult to pick and choose who to see unless you have the luxury of being able to get to most of them.
Imagine a performance with Peggy Zina and Dimitris Mitropanos?
How can you resist a night with both Parios and Gonidis performing together?
Or for a “heavy” night the duo Melas and Terlegkas belting out a few wrist-slashers? Even Mazonakis and Paola would have you stretching out for the whiskey bottle.
Modern music followers have their fair share of hard choices too. Remos and Paparizou are together at Diogenes Studio which promises to be a good evening of entertainment. Or how about the dynamic duo of Anna Vissi and Sakis Rouvas? Even if the music isn’t enough to entertain you their good looks are bound to bring about a lot of interest from their fans.
For those looking for a retro night there’s even something for you. Kalliris, Livieratos and Rakintzis will be satisfying those who want to reminisce their 90′s glory … especially their female fans. Bessy Argyraki is back at it as well and she definitely is a blast from the past.
Laika are always a favorite with many and there are a number of singers still going strong entertaining generations of fans. Haroula Lambraki is still at it and so too Antonis Repanis.
There also very good artists coming together offering a more contemporary night out. Stand outs are the ex Pyx Lax singers, Pliatsikas and Stokas, although not performing together at the same venue.
Here’s a list I compiled from athinorama.gr of where some of your favorite singers are performing this winter.
| ΙΕΡΑ ΟΔΟΣ Peggy Zina Dimitris Mitropanos |
FEVER Giannis Parios Stamatis Gonidis |
| ΙΕΡΑ ΘΕΑ Notis Sfakianakis |
POSIDONIO Panos Kiamos |
| MAYA MAYA Zafeiris Melas Vasilis Terlegkas |
CAN CAN Makis Hristodoulopoulos Hara Verra |
| ΕΜΠΑΤΗ NORTH Antypas Eirini Merkouri |
ΑΚΡΟΑΜΑ Hristos Pazis Spyros Spyrakos |
| VOX Despoina Vandi Panos Kalidis |
ΒΟΤΑΝΙΚΟΣ Giorgos Mazonakis Paola |
| ΔΙΟΓΕΝΗΣ STUDIO Antonis Remos Elena Paparizou |
ΑΘΗΝΩΝ ΑΡΕΝΑ Anna Vissi Sakis Rouvas |
| TEATRO MUSIC HALL Nikos Kourkoulis Kostas Karafotis Kely Kelekidou |
ΑΤΤΙΚΗ ΣΚΗΝΗ Glykeria Kostas Makedonas Giorgos Theofanous |
| COSMOS STAGE Giannis Ploutarhos Amaryllis |
ANODOS Natasa Theodoridou Kostas Martakis |
| FIX Nino Nikos Oikonomopoulos |
FRANGELICO Fani Drakopoulou Andreas Stamos |
| ROMEO Hristos Holidis Hristina Koletsa |
VOICE Haris Kostopoulos Anestis Mantas |
| ΑΡΧΙΤΕΚΤΟΝΙΚΗ Hristos Dantis |
CARAMELA Giorgos Tsalikis |
| VIP @ SKYLADIKO Stelios Dionysiou Giorgos Marinis |
ΝΑΪΑΔΕΣ PALACE Giorgos Gerolymatos Eleni Filini |
| ΟΥΡΑΝΟΣ Manto Giorgos Margaritis |
ΖΥΓΟΣ Themis Adamantidis Nikos Makropoulos Ieroklis Mixailidis Dimitris Starovas |
| NARKISSOS Dakis Vasilis Konstantindis |
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| STUDIO ΜΠΑΜΠΗΣ ΣΤΗΝ ΚΗΦΙΣΙΑ Nikos Nomikos Katerina Kouka Lena Alkaiou Giannis Nikolaou |
EDO Stelios Rokkos Giorgos Hristou Maro Lytra Hristos Kyprianidis |
| ΜΕΤΡΟ Manolis Mitsias |
ALEXANDER Mathaios Giannoulis |
| ΕΝΝΕΑ ΟΓΔΟΑ Filippos Nikolaou |
BLACK STONE Bessy Argyraki |
| POLIS STAR Lefteris Pantazis Antzela Dimitriou |
GHOST HOUSE UP STAIRS Thanos Kalliris Lambis Livieratos Mihalis Rakintzis |
| AΣΤΡΟΦΕΓΓΙΑ Antonis Repanis Nantia Karagianni
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ΣΤΟΑ ΑΘΑΝΑΤΩΝ Haroula Lambraki Dimitris Tsaousakis Manolis Mexantonakis Katerina Skordalaki |
| ΑΚΤΗ ΣΤΗΝ ΟΔΟ ΠΕΙΡΑΙΩΣ Giannis Zouganelis Laurentis Mahairitsas Sakis Mpoulas Babis Stokas |
ΣΤΑΥΡΟΣ ΤΟΥ ΝΟΤΟΥ Arleta Filippos Pliatsikas Lakis Papadopoulos |
| ΣΤΑΥΡΟΣ ΤΟΥ ΝΟΤΟΥ PLUS Eleonora Zouganeli Isaias Matiampa |
LIDO ΕΠΙ ΣΚΗΝΗΣ Mimis Plessas Anastasia Moutsatsou |
| GAZARTE LIVE Stavros Xarhakos Elli Paspala |
ΑΘΗΝΑΪΣ Stamatis Kraounakis Dimitra Papiou Iro Saia |
| ΚΥΤΤΑΡΟ LIVE Eleni Vitali |
ΑΥΛΑΙΑ Melina Kana |
| ΠΟΡΤΟΚΑΛΙ Vasilis Papkonstantinou |
ΤΟ ΟΝΟΜΑ ΤΟΥ ΡΟΔΟΥ Giannis Savvidakis |
| ΔΙΠΛΑ ΣΤΟ ΠΟΤΑΜΙ Manos Pyrovolakis Vasilis Skoulas |
108 LIVE Andreas Mponatsos |
| ATHENEE Giorgos Lembesis |
ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟ Efi Thodi |
| JULIA΄S CLUB Julia Alexandratou |
Posted in Greek Music | Tagged: Athens Nightclubs, Athens Nightlife, Greek Singers | Leave a Comment »
Posted by evdomada on December 22, 2010
The Turkish government officials aren’t happy about a possible economic relationship between Cyprus and Israel.
Turkey and Israel have been for a long time a close alliance. The alliance, in particular from a military aspect, was let’s say “strange” for the region.
However their relations have been strained lately for various reasons.
Now the Israelis want to talk trade with Cyprus.
Turkey seems to be concerned at the potential of this relationship blooming. The obvious reason that comes to mind is how this relationship could influence any discussions that are taking place for a unified Cyprus. Any international recognition from other nations of an existing Cypriot nation, strengthens the current Greek side of the island’s identity. It minimises any leverage that the “occupied” northern territory has, with its only supporter being the Turkish government itself.
After years of stalling negotiations and a failure to reach a common agreement, this Turkish action can only be seen as yet another attempt to stall the unification of an independent Cyprus.
Posted in Cyprus News | Tagged: Cyprus, Israel, Turkey | 1 Comment »
Posted by evdomada on December 8, 2010
John Pilger has always been one of those journalists that is considered more brazen than most. The interview in the Internationalist is about his new film that was released this weekend (7th December 2010) in the UK. Hopefully we will get a chance to see it down-under as well.
The film focuses on the war in Afghanistan and how not all news we see isn’t the complete story.
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