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Archive - 2009

May 6th

The December events in Athens brought an "Oscar" for best photographer to Yannis Kolesidis

06 May 2009 / 15:05:54  
A picture of the hand, on which there is a trickle of blood. As a background to this, there are the protective shields of the Special Police Forces of the Greek police. This photo brought the prestigious World Press Photo award to the 36 year old Yannis Kolesidis.


Navplio - the small pearl of Peloponnese

06 May 2009 / 11:05:02  
Athenians are very busy and they live under the everyday stress. Because of this during the weekends they want to run away from the busy city. One of the places, which they love going to is Navplio. It is a colorful, small and quite city on the sea-shore.


Huge mark-up of private school tuitions

06 May 2009 / 09:05:58  
The most expensive are the private elementary schools, where tuitions exceed ?11 000 for the 2009-2010 school year. The private high schools exceed ?10 500 and kindergartens cost "only" ?8000.


May 5th

Will "Ulysses and Penelope" reach its highest price on the Sotheby's auction?

05 May 2009 / 17:05:15  

Will we witness big deals on the works of art market this month despite the economic crisis? May is the month of the big deals on the Sotheby's auctions in London and New York. This year, Greece will be represented by Bouzianis, Engonopoulos, Parhtenis and Tszrouhis.



Greeks are among the richest victims of the London City

05 May 2009 / 16:05:58  
Many Greeks – businessmen and ship owners, who work in Britain, are among the 1000 most affected people from the crisis.


New Democracy kept its parliament majority

05 May 2009 / 10:05:42  
The Greek parliament did not manage to get the majority vote, in order to deliver a member of the managing majority to the court. The member is investigated from the parliamentary commission for corruption.


Konstantina Kouneva inspired a theatrical play

05 May 2009 / 10:05:43  
The spashed with acid Bulgarian is the main character of the play "Yellow dog," which is written by the Jewish writer Mishel Fais. The premiere will be on May 10th in the Athenian theatre "Apo Mihanis."