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Kalamata
Getting down

Dual role
Creator & collector

In from the cold

Striker sets goals

Four shows that were each

distinctly memorable opened
the 15th International Dance
Festival. Pages 28-29

The idiosyncratic finds of

artist Nikos Alexiou are on
show at a medieval tower on
Naxos. Page 27

Latvian soccer star Maris

Verpakovskis says he wants to
regain his rhythm at Cretan club
Ergotelis. Page 19

Greece struggling
to dispose of waste
Court suspends work on landfill for Attica as volume of rubbish grows

Less than a week after construction began

on a new landfill in Grammatiko, northeast
of Athens, to accommodate Atticas trash,
a magistrates court in Marathon this
week forced the work to halt.
It is the latest holdup in this controversial
project and it highlights the countrys growing trash problem. Not only are Greeks producing record amounts of garbage, the
country is also sending twice as much trash
to landfills as the European Union average.

Pages 2 & 4-5

Cash bonus
offered for
new cars
For the first time in almost two
decades, the government has announced it will introduce a scrappage scheme as an incentive for
drivers to take old cars off the road
and buy new vehicles.
Under the plan, motorists could
get a cash bonus of more than
3,000 euros for trading in their old
cars.
The program is expected to boost
the sale of new vehicles and generate almost 2 billion euros in taxes for the government. Page 7

INTERVIEW LAURENS JOLLES

Asylum overhaul

SUNNYSIDEUP
For the second time in a week, temperatures in some parts of Greece are expected to top 40 degrees Celsius as of this
Friday. While many will seek refuge on the countrys beaches, authorities will be on alert due to a heightened possibility of wildfires. The heat wave is
expected to let up from Sunday, when cooler northerly winds are expected to strengthen once more. [ANA]

Bulgari Greek roots

Lifes a
beach
A hop away

An exhibition in Rome
celebrates 125 years
of a tradition
in jewelry
that began
with an Epirus
craftsman following
his dream. Page 23
30

Local fare Dish it out

Three chefs and a food critic
explain how Greek cuisine has
become a high art. Pages 24-25

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As the UN refugee agency suspends its participation in the processing of asylum seekers applications in Greece, its regional official says much needs to be done
to protect refugees fleeing persecution and proposes the Italian
system as a model. Page 13

Athens Plus gives

you an easy-touse map of some
of Atticas best
beaches as well
as instructions
on how to get
there on public
transport.
Page 44

Inspiring Fairy tale

Spurred by his Eurovision win,
Norwegian star Alexander Rybak
is looking ahead, encouraging
young musicians. Page 31

Healing herbs Abundant on Greeces mountains, theyve been used to cure ailments for centuries Page 14

ATHENSPLUS FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2009

SECOND PAGE

This week 24.07.09 30.07.09

International
The trial continues over the
2008 attacks in Mumbai, as
the judge disregards the
accuseds confession.

Piling up.

Page 6

The death of legendary news

anchor Walter Cronkite was a
reminder of how much
television has changed since
he made his mark.

Greeks are
producing
increasing
amounts of
household
waste and
authorities
have so far
failed to come
up with any
way of
managing this
rubbish other
than to dump
it in landfills.

Page 11

[EPA]

Business
Hit by declining foreign
bookings, large upmarket
hotel operators are offering
discounts to Greek clients.

Page 8

Opinion

Archaeology
Athenian colony, Macedonian
stronghold, Roman
emporium and Early
Christian center; explore the
ancient city of Amphipolis.

EDITORIAL

Page 12

Community
WWOOF offers alternative
volunteer exchange
opportunities on Greek
organic farms.

Page 17

Sports
Greek swimmers defy
expectations with their
unprecedented performance
at the World Aquatics
Championship in Italy.

Page 18

Books & Ideas

Yannis Yannelos photographs
changing seasons, natural
beauty and traditional
villages in Pilio: The Name of
Paradise from Militos.

Page 21

Music
At a long-elusive gig also
featuring Janes Addiction,
NIN stole the show with a
powerful two-hour slab of
industrial rock.

Page 30

Gastronomy
Concluding our series of light
summer meals, it doesnt get
much lighter, or healthier,
than fish and salads.

Page 32

TV
Insomniacs, night owls and
early birds can now catch the
US version of BBC hit comedy
The Office on Star.

Page 41

Travel
If you want to stay on the
mainland but would still like
great beaches and lush
vegetation, Halkidiki could be
the place for you.

Page 42

Waste not, want not

For those who had the staying power to follow the ongoing saga of the Grammatiko
landfill, it probably came as no surprise that
yet another court intervened this week to
stop the dump from being built, at least for
the time being. How the ruling of a minor
court beyond the citys borders can stop
work on this desperately needed landfill
when the Council of State, the countrys
highest administrative court, has already
ruled that it should be built next to a small
community northeast of Athens is one of
the vagaries of the Greek justice system.

part of the problem. As environmentalists

point out, building more landfills is just a
stopgap solution and acts as a disincentive
for finding other ways of disposing of our
waste, such as recycling, which remains
desperately low in Greece. Its clear that
the state lacks the organization and vision
to deal with the issue the mad rush to get
work at Grammatiko under way was motivated in large part by the knowledge that
EU funding for the project would be withdrawn unless a repeatedly extended deadline was finally met.

So many legal documents have now been

generated in connection to this landfill that
once all the appeals have finished, authorities will have to build another dump
just to dispose of the paperwork. And it will
be a dump, rather than a recycling plant,
because thats what Greeks do with their
waste: They throw it away. As figures recently published by the European Union
show, almost more than any of the other
27 member states, Greece sends its rubbish
to landfills. Although Greeks still generate
less garbage than the average EU citizen,
we have been doing our best over the last
two decades to catch up. Each of us is now
throwing away 448 kilos of rubbish every
year, compared to an EU average of 522.
However, 345 kg of our trash end up in
landfills. The average for the 27-nation bloc
is 213 kg. Only Bulgaria, Estonia, Cyprus,
Malta and Lithuania send more rubbish to
dumps than we do.

Adopting bad habits

This makes the creation of more landfills

an absolute necessity but at the same time

Although Greeks still generate

less garbage than the average
EU citizen, we have been doing
our best over the last two decades
to catch up
For there to be a shift in how he we deal with
our refuse, there has to be a change at the
individual level. Greeks have to stop believing that their garbage is someone elses
problem. You can sense this attitude walking along any Greek street: People will fling
open dumpsters with one finger, throw their
rubbish in and then fail to close the lid as
if in fear of being contaminated by some
flesh-eating bacteria, while homeowners
will spray the sidewalk in front of their houses with an endless stream of water only to
push dirt and trash in front of someone elses
property. If this is the prevailing frame of
mind then trying to convince Greeks that
recycling, composting or reducing waste are

things they have to start doing is like trying to talk someone who has already suffered sunstroke into wearing a hat.

One of the few hopes we have is that people will be shamed into changing their
ways. Greeks pride themselves on the
cleanliness of their homes but if visitors
keep telling us that we are treating everything beyond our front doorstep as one giant rubbish tip, it might dent our dignity
enough to prompt a reaction. Its no coincidence that one of the first letters this
newspaper ever received and the first
e-mail response to our invitation for readers to tell us what they like and dislike
about Athens (see Page 10) were from visitors to this country complaining about the
rubbish problem.
While many of us have become desensitized
to the sight and smell of trash in the street
or countryside, visitors pick up on it immediately. If we could start seeing our surroundings through their eyes, perhaps we
would think about the waste we generate
and how we dispose of it, rather than just
fueling the demand for more landfills.

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ATHENSPLUS FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2009

SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE

20 + events in 7 days
Parties

Visual arts

Transitions on Tinos

Last days

Women in antiquity

Artist Liana Anastasiadou presents a series of

paintings inspired by nature. Transitions is
on at the Loutra baths on Tinos, as part of the
Exomvourgo Festival, daily from 7 to 10 p.m.
through Wednesday. Tel. 22833.60200.

Catch the last days of the Benaki Museums

exhibition of recent paintings by Georgios
Xenos titled A Geometry on Hold. To Sunday,
at the museums Pireos Street annex (138
Pireos & Andronikou, tel 210.345.3111).

Mad TV and Vodafone

present Scottish
electronica act Calvin
Harris of Im Not
Alone fame, who will be
stirring things up at a
free concert/party in
Asomaton Square in
Thiseio on Wednesday
at 9 p.m.

The crazy Kormoranos

boys and the Yes it
does!!Sure it does!!
group have invited
Italian DJ Mike
Simonetti to work the
decks at Higgs Bar in
Kotzia Square, central
Athens, on Thursday
starting at 10 p.m.
Admission is free.

Worshipping Women: Ritual and Reality in

Classical Athens is on at the National
Archaeological Museum (44 Patission) until
the end of October. Open Mondays from 1.30 to
8 p.m. and Tuesdays to Sundays from 8 a.m. to
8 p.m. Call 210.821.7724 for more information.

An artists collection
Works by about 70 contemporary artists,
including Alexis Akrithakis and Manolis Charos,
are on display at the Bazeos Tower on Naxos
through September 3. Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
daily. Tel. 22850.31402. Page 27

New festival
The second Ichos ke
Ikona (Sound and Image)
Festival (at the Bellonio
Cultural Center, Fira,
tel 22860.24960,
www.ichosikona.com)
begins on Friday night with a
dance and theater
performance titled Just a
Pair of Roses: A Study on the
Blood Wedding, directed by
Maria Pappa. The show is
based on texts by Federico
Garcia Lorca, George Seferis
and others as well as on
Greek folk poetry and on the
biblical Song of Songs.
The program continues on
Sunday with a concert by the
modern jazz trio Nukleus,
chamber music on Tuesday
and a screening of the Greek
film Charitons Choir
(photo) on Wednesday.

Theater

1 Babylonia

The Greek National

Theater and the
municipal regional
theaters of Serres
and Komotini have
joined forces for a
production of
Dimitris
Vyzantinoss scathing satirical comedy Babylonia
and will be touring Greece through the summer,
stopping this week at Mouresi in Pilio on Saturday.

2 Medea

Directed by Petros Philippidis, Bosts humorous

take on Medea will go on stage at the Ancient
Theater of Dion on Saturday as part of its summer
tour around Greece. The production stars Katia
Dandoulaki, Giorgos Galitis and Panos
Stathakopoulos. Tickets cost 22 euros (17 euros for
students). For information, call 23510.76041.

Don Quixote
Cervantess inspired comedy-drama Don Quixote
is touring Greece in a production by the Municipal
Regional Theater of Kozani, starring Giorgos
Kimoulis and Dimitris Piatas. This week it will be
stopping at Pylos (at the castle) on Saturday, Olympia
(at the ancient theater) on Sunday, Rafina in Attica
(at the local high school) on Monday, Kassandra in
Halkidiki on Wednesday and Alexandroupoli
(Egnatia Park) on Thursday.

Campaigns

Out of town

Dance in Kalamata

Ritsos tribute

International beats by the river

The 15th International Kalamata Dance Festival

ends this Sunday, with the Friday and weekend
program including performances by the Iraqis
Bodies, Belgian collective Peeping Tom, Mathilde
Monnier and Xavier Le Roy. For information and
tickets, call 27210.20186/20307 or log on to
www.kalamatadancefestival.gr. Pages 28-29

The Little Theater of Epidaurus will host a theater

tribute to Yiannis Ritsoss poetry, directed by
Dimitris Mavrikios, on Friday and Saturday
evening. The performance is for adults only. For
information and tickets, contact the Greek Festival
box office (39 Panepistimiou, tel 210.327.2000).

The Sunday School for

Immigrants is organizing a
three-day antiracism camping
trip, set to take place at the
Elisabeth campsite at Variko in
Pieria, July 31 to August 2. Games,
screenings, discussions, concerts,
parties and more are on the
agenda. A bus is scheduled to
leave Athens at 5 p.m. on
Thursday, July 30. For
information, call 210.330.6286 or
6974.363.037.

A group of internationally
acclaimed artists has produced
22 short films on the subject of
human rights in celebration of the
60th anniversary of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights.
Their joint effort is on display at
the Alex Mylonas Museum in
Thiseio (5 Asomaton Sq, tel
210.321.5717) until July 31 and is
open Wednesdays to Fridays from
10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturdays
and Sundays from noon to 8 p.m.

Under the direction of Nikos Touliatos, the

International Percussion Festival is set to take
place once more at the picturesque village of
Kommeno on the banks of the Arachthos River
near Arta, July 27 to August 2. Live music shows,
excursions, exhibitions, workshops and much
more are included in the program, with free
admission to most events. For information and
bookings, call 26810.69469 or log on to
www.percussioncamp.gr.

Exhibition
he Natural History
Museum of Crete (Iraklio,
tel 2810.393.276/
282.740) is hosting an
exhibition until June 2010
on botanical cultural
heritage in Europe. The
exhibition has already
traveled to eight European
countries, but especially
for Iraklio, it has been
enriched by the museum
with local plants and their
products. The exhibit is
part of the PACE European
program (Plants and
Culture: Seeds of the
Cultural Heritage of
Europe).

Music

1 Josep Tero

Catalan singer, songwriter and guitarist

Josep Tero will perform Mediterranean
melodies and Cavafy poetry at the
Bazeos Tower on Naxos on Saturday. The
concert is part of the Naxos Festival. For
information, call 22850.31402 or visit
www.bazeostower.gr.

2 Cesaria Evora

Cape Verdes Cesaria Evora will be

performing enchanting songs from her
homeland at the Ancient Theater of Dion on Friday, as part of the
ongoing Olympus Festival. Tel. 23510.76041. Page 30

3 Piano & cello

Pianist Magda Nikolaidou and cellist Alexander Ivashkin will join

forces in works by Bach, Alfred Schnittke and Rachmaninoff, at
the Bellonio Cultural Center in Fira, Santorini, on Tuesday. Call
22860.24960 or visit www.ichosikona.com for more.

4 Free show at the Agora

Singer/songwriter Yiannis Spanos, a notable representative of the

1960s neo kyma (new wave) movement, will be performing a
free concert at the Roman Agora in Athens on Friday at 8.30 p.m.

5 Metal galore

The Rocking Athens Festival featuring Heaven & Hell, Blind

Guardian, Testament, Gojira, Mencea and Descending has
moved to the Faliro Pavilion and will take place on Monday.
Tickets are on sale at Metropolis music stores, Ticket House
(42 Panepistimiou) and online at www.ticketservices.gr.

ATHENSPLUS FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2009

ISSUE OF THE WEEK

Grammatiko
residents fight
landfill plans
BY NIKI KITSANTONIS

Siege
Now they
have closed
off all the
roads around
the landfill
Grammatiko
is under
occupation

As the government comes under increasing pressure from the European Commission to build two additional landfills for Attica due to
the saturation of the capitals
only official dump in Fylis, the
community leader of Grammatiko, one of the planned locations, has said that locals will
block the project, even if this results in the loss of millions of euros in funding from Brussels.
We will use all means possible
to express our resistance, Nikos
Koukis told Athens Plus the day
after his release from a local jail,
where he was detained following
a second round of clashes with riot police trying to facilitate access
for the contractors bulldozers.
Our action from now on will be
in direct correlation to the arbitrariness of the state, Koukis
added, claiming that the first intervention by riot police on July
7 was illegal, as authorities were
still waiting to receive the environmental study. Now they have
closed off all the roads around the
landfill Grammatiko is under occupation, Koukis added, saying
that he was consulting a prosecutor on how to deal with this.
The community leader said
that owners of property on the
site in Grammatiko, northeast of
Athens, had lodged legal appeals,
suspending the launch of works
until October. In the meantime,
the government risks losing some
250 million euros in EU funding
for waste management, as the
condition for the disbursement of

the aid is that works progress at

Grammatiko and in Keratea, a site
in eastern Attica earmarked for a
third landfill. Speaking after clashes between riot officers and residents at Grammatiko earlier this
month, Interior Minister Prokopis
Pavlopoulos stressed that the
project would go ahead, noting
that the government will not, under any circumstances, allow the
country to be shown up on the international stage.
A spokesperson for the conservation group WWF Hellas,
Evangelos Terzis, said he sympathized with residents but
stressed that certain concessions
had to be made to solve Atticas
waste problem as the main landfill in Fylis, northwestern Attica,
was nearing saturation. The
scheduled works at Grammatiko
should go ahead but citizens
should be compensated directly
either with a lump sum or with
tax breaks, Terzis, WWF Hellass
water and waste policy officer,
told Athens Plus.
Terzis added that the allocation
of sites for two new landfills at
Grammatiko and Keratea has
been law since 2003 and that appeals against the projects have
been overturned by the Council
of State, the countrys highest administrative court. He also questioned the legitimacy of protesters environmental objections.
The community of Grammatiko
currently dumps its trash in illegal landfills; they have no qualms
about that as an environmental
violation, he remarked. Like oth-

[Eurokinissi]

Resistance could result in loss of

250 million euros in European funds

Grammatiko residents put up fierce resistance earlier this month when authorities tried to access the site.

Only a small amount of

rubbish is sent to recycling
centers like this. [ANA]

er conservationists, Terzis highlights the not in my backyard

(NIMBY) syndrome as a key problem. We see community leaders
and citizens lobbying for recycling
and more efficient waste management but the moment a site
is allocated, they object they
want it to be accessible but not too
close.
The community leader of
Grammatiko insisted that the allocation of a new landfill in his
area posed a public health threat,
describing it as an environmental time bomb.
He proposed instead that a
new dump be set up outside the
borders of Attica, saying the prefecture is already environmentally overburdened, as it accommodates half the countrys population. There is another option to find a site outside Attica, where the trash can be sent
and processed and whose specifications would be environmentally friendly and cost-effective,

Koukis said. He called on Athens

Mayor Nikitas Kaklamanis, who
is also the president of the Central Union of Municipalities and
Communities of Greece (KEDKE),
to push recycling initiatives that
would reduce the volume of waste
going to landfills.
The WWF Hellas spokesman
appeared to agree on this point,
noting that landfills are not a
panacea. Even if the landfills slated for Grammatiko and Keratea
are built, authorities will have to
find new dumping grounds in
about 15 years as they will have
reached saturation. But it is not
just down to authorities to push
recycling, according to Terzis.
Individual citizens need to change
their outlook too. Based on years
of experience, Greek citizens
have concluded that the best
way to avoid the unpleasant
repercussions of a necessary project is to stop that project from going ahead. This kind of thinking
holds us back.

ATHENSPLUS FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2009

ISSUE OF THE WEEK

Greater waste, more rubbish dumps and little recycling

Amount of trash produced by Greek households has risen rapidly; EU wants urgent solutions
BY NICK MALKOUTZIS

The amount of household waste

produced by each Greek since the
1990s has risen five times faster
than the European Union average, according to recently released figures, and Greeces persistence in disposing of most of
this trash in landfills is prompting increasing pressure from
Brussels for other methods to be
used.
Whereas the average Greek
produced just over 300 kilos of
garbage per year in 1995, by
2007 this had risen to almost 450
an increase of nearly 50 percent.
The amount of waste produced
during the same period by the average EU citizen, when all 27
member states are taken into account, went up by less than 10
percent. A recent report by the
European Environment Agency,
which presented these figures,
examines how member states are
complying with the EU guideline
to send as little trash as possible
to landfills.
Greece is one of the blocs
least compliant countries, dumping almost 80 percent (345 kilos
per capita) of its household waste
in landfills. This is twice the EU
average and has resulted in repeated complaints from Brussels.
Greeces waste management
policy relies heavily on landfill disposal, Dimitris Giotakos, a member of Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimass personal
office, told Athens Plus. Albeit
foreseen in EC legislation, landfilling is the least desirable waste
management method. It negates
the inherent value of waste as a
secondary raw material, while
sub-standard landfills may be a
cause for environmental concern.
Greece needs to move up its
waste management hierarchy
toward recovery and recycling,
by promoting the reduction of
the overall volume of waste,
reuse of materials, recycling of re-

Solutions
sought
The problem of
saturation of
existing landfill
sites will arise in
the foreseeable
future if
alternative
methods of
waste
management are
not considered
urgently

Greece dumps almost 80 percent of its rubbish in landfills, which is roughly twice the EU average. [ANA]
cyclable waste, recovery of energy and composting of
biowaste.
The failure to devise other
ways of dealing with the countrys growing mountain of trash
is nothing new. In fact, in 2001,
when most EU countries were investing in other methods, such
as recycling, the then PASOK government came up with a plan to
build dozens of new landfills. It
was a policy that the current New
Democracy administration continued and which has led to the
current impasse over the construction of dumps in Grammatiko and Keratea.
Environmentalists and EU officials are demanding that the
government realize the construction of new landfills will not
solve Greeces waste management problem.
The problem of saturation

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511

of existing landfill sites will arise

in the foreseeable future if alternative methods of waste management are not considered urgently, said Giotakos.
More sites will then become
necessary and the problem will
be perpetuated. Separate collection at household level is necessary in order to enable the reduction of the volume of waste
ending up in landfills. This will
also allow recycling activity to
pick up significantly.
Greece has one of the worst
records in the EU when it comes
to recycling. According to Eurostat, the blocs statistical arm, 14
percent of waste is recycled,
which is almost three times less
than the EU average.
The main problem is that
there is no comprehensive plan
for waste management, said

521

Evangelos Terzis, WWF Hellass

water and waste policy officer. A
good start would be to have four
recycling bins instead of one so
more trash is sorted at source;
this would reduce bulk going to
landfills. But an awareness campaign is also necessary.
In January, the Public Works
and Environment Ministry said
that it was paying for 5,500 new
blue recycling bins to be placed
around Athens and other cities
plus a further 20,000 bins within the next two years in a bid to
meet EU standards on recycling.
The ministry said it aimed to
triple the volume of household
trash collected for recycling so
that it reaches 200,000 tons in
2011. This might help convince
Brussels that the government is
taking the matter seriously.
The recycling record of Greece
is not yet ideal but its efforts are

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517

acknowledged by the Commission, Commission official Giotakos said. A lot of good work is
carried out in the field of electronic equipment, batteries and
waste industrial oils. In the field
of packaging, paper and household waste, the efforts are not yet
sufficient.
However, there have been
some recycling success stories in
Greece, such as at Elefsina, west
of Athens, where Mayor Giorgos
Ambatzoglou has managed since
2005 to raise the amount of
waste recycled from 20 percent
to 35 percent.
Elefsina is one of the most advanced areas for recycling but the
mayor went door-to-door to raise
awareness, said Terzis. One of
the key problems is that there is
no real incentive for mayors.
The government could start by
offering to cover some of the
costs of recycling.

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ATHENSPLUS FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2009

INTERNATIONAL

Clinton: N. Korea has no friends left

PHUKET US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday that
North Korea had no friends left
to defend it from nuclear sanctions,
triggering vitriolic defiance from
the Stalinist regime.
Pyongyang hurled invective at
schoolgirl Clinton and declared
disarmament talks dead, as she
told Asias largest security forum
that international efforts to
squeeze the North over its atomic program were paying off.
They have no friends left that
will protect them from the international communitys efforts to
move toward denuclearization,
Clinton told the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
Regional Forum in Phuket. In
their presentation today they
evinced no willingness to pursue
the path of denuclearization and
that was troubling, not only to the
United States but to the region and
the international community,
she added.
I was gratified by how many
countries from throughout the
region stood up and expressed di-

US Secretary of State Hillary

Clinton responds with a tough
stance to North Koreas lack of
cooperation at the ASEAN summit
on Thursday. [EPA]
rectly to the North Korean delegation their concern over the
provocative behavior we have
seen over the past few months.
In Phuket, Clinton has met with
counterparts from China and Russia, two other regional heavyweights that have traditionally
been lukewarm about forthright
action against North Korea. [AFP]

Late British spy rued his actions

LONDON One of Britains most notorious spies, Anthony Blunt, has
called his decision to betray his
country to the Soviet Union one
of the biggest mistakes of my
life. Snippets of his clandestine life
and complex motivations were finally revealed in a memoir brought
to light 25 years after his death.
Blunt, a former Cambridge professor and renowned art historian,
was unmasked publicly as a spy by
former Prime Minister Margaret
Thatcher in 1979, 15 years after privately confessing to being part of
a four-man Soviet ring that included Britains most infamous
Cold War traitor, Kim Philby.
After his confession, Blunt was
given immunity in exchange for information. But after his public
exposure, which prompted him to
contemplate suicide, Blunt sat

This image released by the

British Library on Wednesday
shows documents from Blunt. [AP]
down and wrote a 30,000-word
manuscript that amounts to a
short account of his life, from
birth through to the moment of his
unmasking.
Following his death in 1983, the
memoir was anonymously donated to the British Library on condition that it not be made available
for 25 years. [Reuters]

Flames gush out of the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai, one of the sites of attacks by alleged militant gunmen in this
November 27, 2008 photo. [AFP]

Trial continues for Mumbai bomber

Indian judge rules confession was only partial admission of guilt
MUMBAI An Indian judge on Thursday ruled the trial of the sole surviving
gunman of the Mumbai attacks would
continue, despite the accuseds confession to his role in the carnage.
Judge M.L. Tahaliyani described Mohammed Ajmal Kasabs confession as
only a partial admission of guilt to the
scores of charges the Pakistani national faces over the attacks, in which 10 gunmen killed 166 people in November.
The statement made by accused
number one [Kasab] is a partial admission, Tahaliyani said. He has
however not admitted to all of the 86
charges framed against him. The
prosecution argued that Kasabs surprise confession on Monday, after he
had initially pleaded not guilty, minimized his role in the violence and
could have been an attempt to help his
mentors awaiting trial in Pakistan.
Evidence from the Mumbai trial
could theoretically be used in Pakistan
against five members of Islamist group
Lashkar-e-Taiba, including the alleged
mastermind Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi,

prosecution lawyers told the court.

The judge dismissed that argument
but ruled that Kasabs confession would
be kept on record and considered by the
court at an appropriate stage. He ordered the trial to continue and said the
next witness would be called in the afternoon session.

Defense woes
My client is not having
confidence in me, his lawyer
said. In such circumstances, I
think I should recuse myself
Prosecuting lawyer Ujjwal Nikam
said that the judges decision totally
vindicated his stance that the confession should not end the trial.
After the judges ruling, defense
lawyer Abbas Kazmi applied to be relieved of his duties, citing his poor relationship with Kasab.
My client is not having confidence
in me, he said. In such circumstances,

I think I should recuse myself. The

judge, who said he opposed the request,
asked Kasab whether he had any complaints about Kazmi. Kasab replied
that he did not.
Kazmi was appointed to represent
Kasab in April, after the trial began in
disarray and with a previous lawyer dismissed over a conflict of interest.
The case, seen as a major test of the
Indian justice system, has been dogged
by the issue of who should defend
Kasab. The Mumbai Metropolitan Magistrate Courts Bar Association resolved
not to represent him, while some
lawyers who said they were willing to
take on the case had their homes attacked.
The Hindu nationalist Shiv Sena
party even called for Kasab to be executed without trial outside the Mumbai railway station where he and another militant are accused of massacring scores of commuters.
Kasab told the court Wednesday
that he was ready to accept the death
penalty. [AFP]

ROUNDUP

Russia warns Georgia

as Biden visits

Foreign Legion shooting

drill sparks wildfire

TBILISI/MOSCOW Russia vowed on

Thursday to prevent its pro-Western
neighbor Georgia from rearming and
threatened nations who helped it with
weapons, in a harsh warning timed to
coincide with United States Vice
President Joe Bidens visit to the
Georgian capital of Tbilisi. Moscow
issued its broadside as Biden sat
down to talks with Russias foe,
President Mikheil Saakashvili, in
Tbilisi. We are a country under
attack, under partial occupation,
Saakashvili said at the start of his
meeting with Biden. [Reuters]

MARSEILLES A Foreign Legion

drill instructor was suspended
Thursday after what was branded
an imbecilic shooting exercise
triggered a huge wildfire that
threatened the outskirts of
Marseilles. No one was killed as
the blaze ripped through 1,100
hectares (2,718 acres) of brush,
damaging homes in the suburbs of
Frances second-largest city, though
one fireman suffered burns and four
rescuers were treated for smoke
inhalation. The fire erupted on
Wednesday. [AFP]

Anti-poverty protests
sweep South Africa
BALFOUR Violent demonstrations
against shoddy public services spread
across townships in South Africa, as
President Jacob Zumas new
government warned protesters on
Thursday they must respect the law.
More than 120 people have been
arrested this week as protesters in
Johannesburg and other parts of the
country stoned vehicles, set fire to
buildings and looted shops. We are
not going to allow anybody to use
Protesters chant slogans in
illegal means to achieve their
Siyathemba township outside Balfour, objective, said local government
South Africa, on Wednesday. [Reuters]
minister Sicelo Shiceka. [AFP]

Manila halts offensive

against Muslim rebels
MANILA President Gloria Macapagal
Arroyo ordered on Thursday a
suspension of a military offensive
against Muslim rebels in the southern
Philippines, paving the way for the
revival of peace talks stalled since
August 2008. Police efforts to hunt
down three rogue commanders of the
Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF),
the countrys largest Muslim rebel
group in the south, would still
continue, added Executive Secretary
Eduardo Ermita. The AFP [armed
forces] shall suspend all offensive
operations, he said. [Reuters]

ATHENSPLUS FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2009

NEWS

Green light for car scrappage scheme

Government measure aims to curb pollution while replenishing public coffers

IN BRIEF
Criticism for PASOKs
presidential nomination ploy

Public Works and Environment

Minister Giorgos Souflias announced a car scrappage scheme
on Wednesday in a bid to clear
roads of vehicles that heavily pollute the environment as well as to
inject some 2 billion euros into
state coffers.

[ANA]

Incentive
Owners will be receive a
lump sum of between 500
and 2,200 euros to trade in
their old vehicles
The scheme, which resembles
others introduced in Germany
and Britain earlier this year, will
offer drivers incentives to trade in
their old cars, while owners of vehicles that produce fewer emissions would pay lower road tax.
Souflias also heralded a change
to the current restricted zone in
central Athens to exclude cars
based on the amount of carbon
dioxide they emit. The aim is for
the capital to acquire a green inner ring by September 2011,
keeping all cars that emit more
than 140 grams of carbon per kilometer out of the center during
peak hours.
Under the new scheme, car
owners will be receive a lump sum
of between 500 and 2,200 euros to

Car dealerships will be hoping that the incentives announced this week will help sales, which have dipped
again after a brief spike caused by a short-term cut in taxes on new purchases. [ANA]
trade in their old vehicles; this sum
will depend on the size of the cars
engine.
There will be an additional cash
incentive of 1,000 euros for motorists wishing to buy a more environmentally friendly car
(deemed as a vehicle registered
from 2005 on).
The minister said that efforts are

being made to prepare legislation

in time so that the scheme could
be implemented from next month.
As for road tax, it is to be reduced as of next year for low-emission cars and increased for vehicles that pollute more.
The scheme divides cars into
four categories A, B, C and D
for cars registered between 1995

and 2005. Owners of newer vehicles in category A will pay 18 euros less per year in road tax, while
those in the oldest category (D) will
pay 150 euros more.
Together with the scrappage
scheme, it is expected that the new
road tax charges will raise 1.7 billion euros in revenues for the
government.

Swine flu is spreading

quickly, report warns

Plans for five new

migrant reception units

Greece gets first serious case

Police crack down on Athens squats

An expert report on Wednesday

warned that the spread of swine
flu across Greece has been swift,
with more than 200 cases confirmed in laboratory tests within the last week.
Meanwhile, authorities confirmed Greeces first serious
case of the H1N1 virus a 33year-old man admitted to the
hospital last Sunday with symptoms of pneumonia.
According to a report by the
Hellenic Center for Infectious
Diseases Control (KEEL), 520
people have been confirmed as
having contracted swine flu in
Greece. But this figure is believed to be much lower than the
real number of cases, as it refers
to the results of laboratory tests
which are conducted on selected suspect cases.
This toll is expected to increase even further in the coming months when tourist arrivals peak. In the meantime,
Greek schools are expected to

The Interior Ministry is planning

the creation of five new reception
centers in different parts of the
country to accommodate thousands of illegal immigrants,
sources told Kathimerini on Tuesday, as Alternate Interior Minister Christos Markoyiannakis heralded a crackdown on derelict
buildings in Athens, many of
which have been occupied by
hundreds of migrants. He said police would use effective but safe
tactics to remove the migrants.
As police evacuated the last few
immigrants from the premises of
the old Athens appeals court in
the city center on Tuesday, reports
emerged of government plans to
create five facilities to accommodate the countrys burgeoning
population of illegal immigrants
until their fate is decided.
The planned reception centers are earmarked for Rio, in the
Peloponnese, Evros, near the
Turkish border, Ritsona on Evia,
Keramoti near Kavala and

Passengers arriving at Athens

International Airport are
screened for the virus. [ANA]
open as scheduled in the fall,
though Education Minister Aris
Spiliotopoulos said authorities
are ready to address any eventuality.
The issue of whether schools
should remain open will be examined along with other concerns at a European Union summit scheduled for October, European Commissioner for Health
Affairs Androulla Vassiliou said
on Wednesday.

City of Athens employees

cleaned the area around the old
appeals court earlier this week.
Aspropyrgos in northwestern Attica.
Though the camps are expected to spark vehement protests by
locals, the ministry is reportedly
intent on pushing through the
projects, sorely needed following
the evacuation of some 1,500
Afghans from a makeshift settlement in the western port of Patra and about 600 immigrants
from the Socratous Street squat.

A constitutional expert this week criticized

PASOKs attempt to force general elections next
March over who will be the countrys next
president. PASOK backs current President Karolos
Papoulias (photo) for a second term but has
indicated it will deliberately not vote for him so it
can force elections. Under the Constitution, twothirds of MPs must support the presidential
nominee in the first two rounds of voting in
Parliament. In the third round, three-fifths of
deputies votes are required, otherwise national
elections must be held. Professor emeritus of
constitutional law at Panteion University Dimitris
Tsatsos warned parties not to make a mockery
of the Constitution.

Wife alleged to have killed and

buried husband is remanded
A 52-year-old woman who has allegedly
admitted to killing her 57-year-old husband last
summer before burying the body near his native
village in Grevena, northern Greece, with the help
of her two children, was remanded in custody
yesterday after testifying before an investigating
magistrate on murder charges. The womans 18year-old son was freed on conditional release.
Meanwhile, Greek authorities are awaiting the
extradition to Greece of the womans 20-year-old
daughter from Germany, where the family is
based.

Turkish air-space violations

continue, straining ties
Repeated violations of Greek air space by
Turkish fighter jets on Wednesday prompted
fears of a tragic accident after an aircraft suffered
a technical problem in the eastern Aegean. A few
days earlier, Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis
had acknowledged that Greece finds itself faced
with Turkish provocations in the Aegean.
Her comments followed a flurry of diplomatic
speculation in Athens and Nicosia, after a
decision by Ankara to authorize the Turkish
Petroleum Corporation to prospect for oil outside
Turkish territorial waters.

Anarchist group claims hit

at former ministers home
Police were this week probing suspected links
between the militant anarchist group Conspiracy
of the Cells of Fire and established terrorist
organizations after the former claimed
responsibility for a July 11 bomb attack on the
Athens home of a former deputy interior minister,
Panayiotis Hinofotis, and warned the new
National Intelligence Service (EYP) chief, Dimitris
Papangelopoulos, that he was a target.

ATHENSPLUS FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2009

ECONOMY & FINANCE

Euro Exchange

Athens Stock Exchange

+1.07%

General Index

Dollar

23.07.2009

2,300

1.4225

2,295.26

1.4204

2,290

2,275.34
2,275

2,271.07

Sterling
1.4212

1.4212
1.4205

1.4200

0.864

1.4175

0.863

1.4150

0.862

1.4125

2,245

2,230.44
17

20

21

JULY

22

0.8639

0.8642
134.00

1.5200

133.75

1.5190

23

1.4100
17

0.8627

133.50

1.5201

133.00

0.861

0.8605

1.4109
20

1.5180

133.10

0.860
21

22

23

JULY

132.50
17

20

21

22

23

133.00

132.49
17

20

JULY

21

22

JULY

Pay restraints, pension and labor market reform cited as essential for economy to exit recession

Pensioners rallied against government policy in April. [ANA]

Think ahead
Pension outlays will
have to be harmonized
with contributions, with
a view to ensuring the
payment of pensions to the
coming generations

zero growth this year and the European Commission foresees a 0.9 percent decline. However, the ministry
unofficially considers the contraction
of GDP certain and the Commission intends to revise its estimate downward
to minus 1.5 percent.
The IMF calls for measures on both
the revenue and expenditure fronts to

1.5170

1.5163

1.5158

1.5160

IMF says unpopular steps are vital

The Greek economy will need permanent structural measures for many
years to come and unpopular reforms
in the social insurance system and labor market in order to reduce the countrys soaring government deficit and
public debt, the International Monetary Fund is expected to propose in a
report due to be released today.
Sources said that the report warns
that in the absence of such measures,
the budget deficit will swell from a projected 6.2 percent of gross domestic
product this year to 7.5 percent in 2010
and even higher thereafter, dragging
the public debt to new heights, eventually approaching 120 percent of
GDP.
The IMF believes that the Greek
economy has entered a three-year period of recession and stagnation. GDP
is projected to shrink by 1.7 percent
this year and 0.4 percent in 2010, with
unemployment shooting over 10 percent, from 9.4 percent currently. Recovery will set in after 2011 but will
be slow due to the countrys low
competitiveness.
This is the most pessimistic scenario
to date. The Economy Ministry expects

1.5211

1.5210

134.12

1.5194

2,270.94

2,260

2,230

134.25

134.25

0.8649

0.865

Swiss Franc

Yen

reduce the deficit by 1.5 percent per

year as of 2010.
The government has said measures
introduced earlier this year will help
trim the deficit to 3.7 percent this year
and to below the 3 percent threshold
set by Brussels in 2010.
In the long term, Greece will have
to reform its social security system,
with the IMF specifically asking for a
rise in the retirement age and the calculation of pensions based on contributions for ones entire working life,
not just the last five years.
Pension outlays will have to be harmonized with contributions, with a
view to ensuring the payment of pensions to the coming generations. This
reform should not be delayed, as its implementation must be made in stages,
the IMF says.
As regards the labor market
changes, it recommends a tripartite
social contract among employers,
unions and the state that would aim
to contain wage hikes in return for investment and jobs, and more flexible
forms of employment that would
mainly help young people and
women.

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20

21

22

23

JULY

Banks lead
rebound in
thin trade
Greek stocks rebounded in thin
trade on Thursday, closing at the
days high after the release of encouraging data on the US home resale market in June, which caused
aggressive last-minute buying.
The Athens Exchange (ATHEX)
general index added 1.07 percent,
closing at 2,295.26 points, after a
session in which banks continued
boosting the market. The banks index advanced 2.18 percent. Nevertheless, the trading volume was
only around 100 million euros the
lowest of the last 12 sessions raising doubts about whether the rebound can be sustained.
Analysts noted that fund managers are showing a greater willingness to undertake risk, shifting
capital from money markets to
stocks on expectations that economic recovery will begin to accelerate.
Fridays scheduled reporting
of second-quarter results by Microsoft, Merck, Danone and the announcement of the latest data on
consumer confidence in the US are
awaited with interest.

Hoteliers keep trimming peak season rates

Prices cut in hope of compensating for slump in foreign bookings with more Greek guests
Under pressure resulting from a slump
in demand on the part of foreign tour
operators this year, Greek hoteliers are
continuing to offer discounted packages even in the middle of August
hoping to partly compensate for the
drop by attracting more domestic
tourism.
The discounts, which local travel
agents are now advertising, are offered
for the peak period of the first 20 days
in August, when prices are traditionally the highest. These come on top of
already large cuts in the April-July period, which had been aimed at boosting bookings.
Discounts have been recorded of between 75 and 420 euros per booking for
seven overnight stays for two people
in four- and five-star hotels, in relation
to the prices quoted early in the season.
The offers concern both half-board and

all-inclusive packages. In some cases,

the hotels offer free stay for one child,
sometimes setting an age limit of 12 for
the offer. Another way in which fivestar hotels try to boost business is the
offer of an extra night free, for a minimum number of five overnight stays.

Staying home
Small hotel operators
around the country have
reported increased business
with Greeks since the
Christmas holiday period
The reduced rates, mainly found in
resorts with abundant capacity, exercise downward pressure on the price
difference between the top and lowest
hotel rates.

Rates will remain at their pre-peak

level until the end of July and are expected to drop again after August 20.
Tourism receipts suffered a considerable decline of 17.9 percent in the first
five months of the year, compared to
the same period of 2008, according to
data released on Tuesday by the Bank
of Greece.
Receipts from tourism up until May
of this year reached 1.7 billion euros,
down from about 2.1 billion euros in
January-May 2008, a decline of 372 million euros.
There was also a drop of 6.6 percent
during the January-May 2009 period in
what Greeks spent when traveling
abroad, while in May alone this declined
by 10.9 percent. Small hotel operators
around the country have reported increased business with Greeks since the
Christmas holiday period.

Luxury hotels are offering discounts for package bookings in August. [ANA]
The Institute for Tourism Research
and Forecasts (ITEP) compared the
countrys tourism receipt figures for the
January-May period with those of rival
destinations and found that Greece is

having a harder time than its neighbors.

Revenue losses in Turkey came to just
5.5 percent, while in Cyprus and Spain
they totaled 11.7 percent and in Portugal 12.4 percent.

ATHENSPLUS FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2009

OPINION

The right to die

CITY LIMITS
BY NIKI KITSANTONIS

BY HARRY VAN VERSENDAAL

In Euripides Alcestis, a metaphysical tragicomedy staged last

weekend at Epidaurus, a pusillanimous Admetus, king of Thessaly,
effortlessly yields to his wifes desire to follow Death to the underworld in his place.
Sir Edward Downes was a more
devoted husband. On July 10, the
famous British conductor traveled
to Switzerland so he could die next
to his terminally ill wife Joan. After
swallowing a lethal cocktail of barbiturates, the two died hand-inhand, their adult son and daughter
by their side.
After 54 happy years together,
they decided to end their own lives
rather than continue to struggle
with serious health problems, a
statement from the Downes children said.
The couples death, in a nondescript Zurich apartment under the
supervision of Dignitas staff, has
reignited the debate in the UK
about euthanasia and the law on assisted suicide.
Dignitas, a nonprofit organization
founded in 1998 by Swiss lawyer
Ludwig Minelli, has taken advantage of the countrys progressive
laws on assisted suicide that stipulate that a person can only be prosecuted if he or she is motivated by
self-interest.
As was the case with the some
100 Britons who to date have chosen to end their lives at the Dignitas suicide clinic, British police
have launched an investigation into the matter. No charges have so
far been brought against anyone
who has witnessed a loved ones final act. Committing suicide is legal
in the UK but helping someone to
commit suicide is punishable by up
to 14 years behind bars.
Earlier this month, the House of
Lords defeated a proposed amendment that would have protected
from prosecution those who help a
person to seek assisted suicide in a
foreign country. Outside Switzer-

To die for.
Admetus, the
undeserving
husband of
Alcestis, was
lucky to have his
wife rescued from
Hades in a
tragedy of his
own making.
[Eurokinissi]

Nonstarter
The Churchs political clout
here guarantees that
the debate will not begin
anytime soon
land, legislation permitting assisted suicide and/or voluntary euthanasia has been passed in Oregon
and Washington in the USA as
well as the Benelux countries.
Public surveys indicate that eight
in 10 Britons believe doctors should
be allowed to actively end the lives
of terminally ill patients who wish
to die. Anyone who has seen John
Zaritskys The Suicide Tourist
(2007), a powerful documentary
featuring an amyotrophic lateral
sclerosis (ALS) patients decision to

take his own life, will find it hard to

disagree. Save for the more religious
among us, of course, for whom only God has sovereignty over life and
death.
Metaphysical arguments, however, cannot possibly have power
over secular or atheist individuals.
That said, there must be safeguards
to reduce the morally tricky
predicaments and gray areas that inevitably exist. Skeptics worry that
mercy killing could degenerate into involuntary euthanasia, as elderly
or sick people may choose to end
their lives to avoid becoming a burden on their families. And although
the Dutch experience showed that
legalization does not necessarily result in any upsurge in the number
of suicide seekers, we need laws to
make sure that wont happen.

Unlike more liberal, secular

states, Greece has seen no public discussion on whether and how the
practice of mercy killing could take
place. The Churchs political clout
here guarantees that the debate will
not begin anytime soon. Ideally, a
rigid framework of legal safeguards
would ensure that early death is indeed the declared and persistent
will of the patient. More than one
doctor should certify that the suicide seeker is gravely ill and sane.
Lady Downes, 74, was both. A former ballet dancer, choreographer
and television producer who spent
her later years as her husbands
caregiver, she was in the final
stages of terminal cancer. She chose
a quick and peaceful exit instead of
a slow, painful death. And all who
claim the right to a decent and painless existence should also accept her
right to a dignified death without
suffering.
Her lifetime companion, 85-yearold Edward Downes was deaf and
almost blind. Losing his wife would
most certainly have dealt him a devastating blow. But terminally ill he
was not. His decision, rather, was
driven by the romantic ideal of a
joint death. He didnt have a terminal illness but, without my mother, his life would have been unbearable he would have been utterly miserable, the couples daughter, Boudicca, told The Guardian
newspaper in an interview.
However, giving people like the
Downes the option to hasten their
death risks opening a can of worms.
Apart from making sure that relatives of terminally ill, sound-minded individuals who choose to end
their lives will not face charges, societies must also install safety
valves to protect the more vulnerable among us from feeling that
they must pull the plug to avoid becoming a burden on others.
In Euripides play, the semi-divine
Hercules outwrestles Death to bring
Alcestis back from Hades. Too bad
this sort of thing only happens at
the theater.

LETTERS

Less trash,
more greenery
ne of the worst things about
Athens is something its denizens
could solve themselves without waiting
for their hopeless state to do something.
The garbage to green ratio in Athens
is way too high. But if Athenians stopped
throwing their litter in the streets and
if they planted something green on their
verandas, the city would appear transformed.
All this at a very low cost.

JOHN LEWIS
KOLONAKI

10

Inhospitable metro
he Athens metro has decided to reduce its service to
one train every seven minutes.
This started from July 1 and will
continue until the first week of
September.
I fail to understand the rationale behind this decision as
this period (July-August) is the
busiest tourist period for Greece
and numerous tourists use the
service.
Furthermore, amid concerns
about swine flu, I would expect
the metro management to show
social responsibility and take any

measure necessary to avoid excessively overcrowded trains

and stations.
Unfortunately, every morning
that I use the metro service to
travel from Ethniki Amyna to
Syntagma at 9 a.m., the station
is packed with commuters and
tourists with luggage. The problem needs to be rectified as
soon as possible as it creates a
bad image for our country during the busy tourist season.
Visiting Greece, although the
metro management fails to understand the importance of the

word philoxenia (hospitality), as it is not measurable and

is not reflected in their income/
cash flow statements, the rest of
us Greeks will offer you plenty
of this either in our capital or on
our sunny islands and beaches.
Zeus after all is the god of
philoxenia.
YIANNIS ALEXOPOULOS
ATHENS

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Beach fun,
for some
Observing a group of foreign bathers during a recent visit to a beach near Athens
reminded me how Greeks used to be
about 20 years ago, before they decided
they were European and affected all kinds
of airs and graces.
The bathers all Albanians, probably
in their 30s were huddled in a circle on
the sand. Each held a clutch of playing
cards fanned out in one hand and a beer
or a cigarette in the other. At intervals,
they would whoop or shriek at a good
bluff or a bad hand. They were having a
whale of a time, and seemed to be the only example of real camaraderie on the
whole beach.
To their left, a Greek woman in her 20s
tutted with every exclamation while
her boyfriend stole intrigued glances at
the fun he clearly wasnt having. Another
middle-aged couple had positioned themselves to face the group and were staring at the mirthful card players from behind their designer shades (as if the glasses concealed them from public view
like a two-way mirror in a police station).
They were not the only self-involved
citizens on that beach. There was the aging Casanova with his ultra-tight briefs,
coral necklace and shaved head (to conceal hair loss); there were the surgically
enhanced pretty young things parading
their new chests; the screeching children
calling to their oblivious parents and, of
course, the family that inexplicably set
up camp a meter away from me unpacking towels, hampers, rackets and
balls and other tools for wreaking maximum irritation among fellow bathers
when half the beach was empty.
But there were also mementos of the
beaches of yore: the sun-baked vendors
of pretzels and doughnuts who coexisted harmoniously with migrant traders,
some touting bottles of ice-cold water and
others festooned with hats and bikinis
like mobile street kiosks; the group of
pensioners drinking beer and listening
to obscure folk music under the shade of
a tree; the solitary ladies in their 60s,
deeply tanned and committed bathers,
bobbing far out amid the sun-flecked
waves as young tourists turned pink in
the sun.
Still, the sight of the old parea a
group of friends sharing a laugh was
the most heartwarming of all, perhaps
because it has become so rare.
Only the very young and the very old
among the Greeks can be seen in clusters
now and again, with some exceptions.
Perhaps those in their 30s, 40s and 50s
are too busy to see their friends or too distracted with work or family concerns.
In any case, a far more common sight
is that of couples trotting back and forth
into the sea for a swim but otherwise confined to their towels and each others
company. So the tradition of beach fun
has been inherited by the Albanians and
other foreign residents until they too
join our ranks as sophisticated
Europeans.

ATHENSPLUS FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2009

OPINION

And thats the way it was

BY NICK MALKOUTZIS

That any television personality

would today be deemed the most
trusted man in his country seems
inconceivable. That veteran CBS
news presenter Walter Cronkite
consistently claimed this mantle
during the 60s and 70s is testament to the way he harnessed the
positive force of television and reminds us that rather than a medium for conveying events, it is today in danger of becoming an end
in itself.
Judging by the long list of
high-profile journalists, editors
and news anchors lining up to pay
tribute to Cronkite on Saturday
when the news of 92-year-olds
death was announced, his legacy is assured.
Although Cronkites enduring
popularity has much to do with
American nostalgia for a time
when life was much simpler and
the countrys challenges seemed
as if they could be met, he also
benefited from coming to prominence when viewers had to turn
a dial rather than press a button
to change channel.
Dads across the country
shushed if you talked during the
broadcast. Conversation was for
the brief commercial breaks,
writes John Dickerson, Slate
magazines chief political correspondent.
Now the news is the crawl going on underneath our day. In the
deli, the airport and the bar, the
news is always on.
With a captive audience secured, Cronkite went on to master the art of presenting news on
television, a medium that most
serious journalists, such as those
on the wire services where Uncle Walter cut his teeth, did not
take seriously.
What I remember most was
watching my dad looking out on
the world through the window
that Cronkite offered, courteously pulling aside the curtains
for us, says blogger David Kurtz.
I was, and remain, enchanted
by the notion that there were big
things happening out there beyond the horizon, exciting things,
important things.
Cronkites main tool in building up a rapport with a growing
number of viewers was his deadpan delivery. As someone who
learned that his trade was based
on reporting the facts, he generally stuck to doing just that.
To me, that encapsulates the
newsmans highest ideal: to report the facts as he sees them,
without regard for the consequences or controversy that may
ensue, Cronkite wrote in 2006.
So, when he delivered editorial opinions, such as his view
that the Vietnam War could not
be won in the aftermath of the Tet
Offensive in 1968, it carried much
more weight.

ILLUSTRATION: MANOS SYMEONAKIS

Uninvited
visitors

Instead of our
news being
delivered from a
trusted uncle, we
get it from the
neighborhood
gossip and the
village loudmouth
who make up for
the absence of
facts by
bombarding us
with conjecture

Like a journalistic superhero,

he also had his own catchphrase
to end each evening news program: And thats the way it is,
he would tell audiences after informing them of the days events.
His trademark sign-off completed the package and Americans in
the millions were hooked.
Walter Cronkites secret was
that a huge number of Americans
just trusted him, The Washington Post wrote in its editorial.
Thats the way it was and
probably never will be again.
However, the late news anchor
is not without his critics.
That, in fact, was simply the
way it appeared to Cronkite, The
Guardian wrote in its obituary.
As one of the founding fathers
of Americas network television
news and as managing editor of
the CBS evening news for 19
years, his evaluation of world
events helped shape his countrys
electronic reporting into the extraordinarily insular and inadequate chronicle it has become.
Perhaps this view helps us better understand why we have the
news presenters and programs
that we do today. Rather than look
upon Cronkite as a singular figure
who left an indelible footprint on
the field of journalism, we should
perhaps see him as a consummate

professional who presided over a

period that saw television news
go from being about reporting the
news agenda to being intent on
setting it.
It was a period when television
went from breaking boundaries
to cover the news, such as when
Cronkite anchored a live 30-hour
show for the Apollo 11 moon
landing, to focusing on how
rather than what news was being presented, as the content
became less important than the
medium itself.
There are probably few countries on earth in which this ugly
transformation is more blatant
than Greece. The transition from
a time when there were only a
couple of state-controlled channels that too often served as government mouthpieces to an era
when private television defines
Greek society has come at a huge
cost.
We switch on our televisions
today and watch news shows that
usually leave us none the wiser.
Rather than covering a range of
issues, the programs are mostly
monothematic one issue and we
cant even get that right.
Gone, too, are Cronkites
hound-dog looks in favor of sharp
suits, oodles of makeup, glittering jewelry and carefully coiffured

hair, and thats just the men.

News anchors, in Greece at
least, can no longer be described
as such. Instead, they are the
hosts of light entertainment
shows featuring a cast of characters that have come straight out
of the local kafenio. Instead of our
news being delivered by a trusted uncle, we get it from the
neighborhood gossip and the
village loudmouth who make up
for the absence of facts by bombarding us with conjecture.
Rather than conveyors of news,
the presenters have become the
news themselves, happy to lap up
the publicity that comes with the
job. Every summer and this one
will be no different gossip programs are dedicated to whether
presenter X will renew his contract or whether presenter Y will
jump ship and join a rival station.
And yet, people continue to
watch television in huge numbers
in Greece at least as if locked
in some kind of plasma screen-induced trance. Could it really be
that Walter Cronkite set us on the
path to this?
If we look at the moments
that defined him, then the initial
assessment must be that he did
not at least not intentionally.
One of Cronkites signature
moments was when he an-

nounced the death of John F.

Kennedy. After revealing that
the young president had succumbed to his injuries, there
was a slight catch in Cronkites
voice as he removed his trademark thick horn-rimmed black
glasses, as if lowering them to
half-mast.
It was a moment that let viewers know he was human, with
emotions just like theirs, but at
the same time a consummate professional who was there to report
a story and let people work out
their feelings for themselves. Its
a balance that should serve as
journalisms golden mean.
Today, news presenters try to
tell us what we should be feeling
through their reactions to stories,
be they ones of indignation, joy,
anger, frustration or surprise.
Amid the self-righteousness,
pomposity and populism, there
is little room left for viewers to
judge for themselves.
In an interview earlier this
decade, Cronkite was asked about
the Kennedy moment.
Im not ashamed, he said of
his reaction to the presidents
death.
I wonder how many of todays
news anchors will be able to repeat those words when they
look back on their careers.

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ATHENSPLUS FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2009

ARCHAEOLOGY
BY JOHN LEONARD

Amphipolis

WHAT IS
A MEGARON?

Ancient gateway to wealth and war

Packed with history, this archaeological site east of Thessaloniki remains largely deserted
One of the best-kept archaeological secrets in northern Greece seems to be
the ancient city of Amphipolis, located
about one hour east of Thessaloniki
just beside the smart Nea Egnatia
Highway. If one is looking for a
sleepy, largely deserted archaeological site to explore, Amphipolis is the
place. Given the rich history of this former 5th-century BC Athenian colony,
Macedonian stronghold, Roman emporium and Early Christian center
that once boasted five magnificent
churches, visitors to the site might be
expected in greater numbers. Amphipolis also has an excellent museum, with fresh, informative exhibits
that could stand among the best-presented, most underrated small archaeological museums in Greece.

The ancient city of Amphipolis, about one hour east of Thessaloniki.

Coveted, time and again

Amphipolis owed much of its importance and fluctuating fortunes
through the centuries to its strategic
geographical position at the top of the
Aegean Sea, on a major sea lane, near
the mouth of the navigable Strymon
River. This delta area, backed by low
hills, represented a nexus of land, river and sea routes that connected the
south and west with the rich natural
resources of the mountainous north
and east, including gold, silver and
plentiful timber for shipbuilding.
The site, on a prominent rise in a wide
bend of the river, eventually named
Amphipolis by mid-5th-century BC
Athenian colonists (because the river flanked the city on both sides), was
originally occupied by a settlement
called Ennea Hodoi the place of nine
roads. The regions natural wealth and
the tough nature of its people were
already known in Athens by the late
6th century BC, since the exiled
tyrant Pisistratus, hoping to stage a
return to power, came to Ennea
Hodoi in search of money and mercenaries. The Persians, too, knew
the value of the area, since, after
the Battle of Salamis in 480 BC,
they steadfastly held Eion, the vital port at the mouth of the river, until they were driven out by the Athenians under Kimon in 475 BC. Eion
then became an Athenian trade station, while the takeover of the equally coveted inland settlement hampered by an initial, unsuccessful colonization attempt in 465 BC during
which 10,000 settlers were killed by
native Thracians was finally accomplished in 437 BC.
The Athenians were not alone at
Amphipolis but mixed with local inhabitants already occupying the site.
Characterized by bold colonists and
less-than-compliant natives, Amphipolis assumed an independent status as an ally of Athens but
a free city that refused to pay trib-

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Key location
Amphipolis owed much of its
importance and fluctuating
fortunes through the centuries
to its strategic geographical
position at the top of the
Aegean Sea

ute. This rebellious spirit was probably exploited by the Spartan general Brasidas, who appears to have
easily taken Amphipolis in 424 BC during the Peloponnesian War. Seven
Athenian triremes, under the command of Thucydides later the
renowned historian and military
chronicler hurried to Amphipolis
from the island of Thasos, but arrived
only in time to save coastal Eion from
the Spartans grasp. Two years later,
the Athenians again suffered a setback when a force led by Kleon lost
600 soldiers, compared to only six
Spartan dead, in a surprise assault by
Brasidas outside Amphipoliss northern walls. Both generals died in the
conflict but Amphipolis returned to
independence and celebrated Brasidas as a fallen hero. Amphipolis remained free for 64 years, despite a
stipulation under the Peace of Nicias
(421 BC) that the city be restored to
Athens and five subsequent attempts
by the Athenians to retake it by
force. In 358 BC, Philip II violently
seized Amphipolis, exiled its defiant residents and developed
the city and its port as a forward
land-sea base from which to expand his Macedonian empire
eastward.
Under Macedonian hegemony,
Amphipolis grew into an important
imperial center that served as an emporium especially for gold and silver,
a major Macedonian mint and a key
mustering point for Alexanders
troops and ships before the launch of
the Asian campaign in 334 BC. After
Alexanders death, Cassander, his
successor in northern Greece, exiled
his wife Roxanne and young son
Alexander IV to Amphipolis. The
younger Alexander appears later to
have been given a royal burial at Aigai (Vergina) beside the two Philips
(II, III), but Roxannes final resting
place is believed to be in one of Amphipoliss cemeteries. The Romans

maintained Amphipolis as an administrative and commercial center

after Macedonia became a Roman
province in 148 BC. The major eastwest Roman highway, the Via Egnatia, which passed beside Amphipolis,
ensured the city a continued role as
an important hub for goods and travelers. As a result of Apostle Pauls visit about AD 49, the city eventually became a major Christian center and
bishopric in the 5th-7th centuries.
Although destroyed in the Slavic invasions of the 8th and 9th centuries,
Amphipolis survived as a military
stronghold through Byzantine times,
thanks to its massive fortifications.

The site today

The walls of Amphipolis stretch an
amazing 7,500 meters in length. Inside this extensive circuit, relatively
little of the ancient city has been excavated. Surprisingly, the modern village of Amphipolis continues to develop and cultivate agricultural fields
directly on top of the archaeological
site. The main attractions are the five
Early Christian (5th-6th century)
churches, whose elaborate remains
cap the acropolis. Other areas, including the gymnasium-palaestra, a
Hellenistic house with painted rooms,
and impressive sections of the fortress
wall are fenced off but custodians at
the museum will usually open the
gates upon request.
Much of the city is overgrown with
vegetation or hidden by the modern
village and the more curious visitors
will find its exploration an interesting challenge.
The museums displays should not
be missed, particularly the rich Macedonian burial goods, the intriguing
figurines of Eastern deities from the
citys Hellenistic-through-Byzantine
tower of Koukles and the golden
wreath and silver ossuary identified
as possible relics from the tomb of
Brasidas.

Another of those frequently

asked questions on Greek
archaeological sites seems to be
what is a megaron? Megarons
are encountered in Late Bronze
Age palaces on the Greek
mainland and elsewhere in the
Mycenaeans cultural sphere but
where did this typical building or
suite of rooms originate?
A megaron was a rectangular
structure, subdivided into two
spaces: a vestibule with two
columns standing between the
ends (antae) of the side walls (in
antis) and a main room that
often held a circular central
hearth and a ceremonial seat or
throne. The megaron at Nestors
palace in Pylos also had a
strange groove and reservoir in
the floor beside the throne,
which may have been used for
wine offerings or libations.
The megaron was the main room
of a Mycenaean palace, a
luxurious reception hall that
seems to have been finely
painted with bright colors. It was
the seat of the leader, who was
king and possibly head priest.
Much controversy exists about
the exact function of megarons
as well as the kings roles within
them and where these distinctive
buildings came from.
The idea of the megaron seems
to have been carried from the
East: Troy, in northwestern Asia
Minor, had a megaron in its
palace. After the Bronze Age, the
memory of the megaron may be
preserved in the long, apsidal
hero shrine (heroon) at Lefkandi,
Euboea (Evia), dated to the 10th
century BC. Ultimately, it seems
the megaron was the inspiration
behind the form of the typical
temple that developed in the
Archaic and Classical periods
one of the best-known examples
of which is the Parthenon on the
Acropolis in Athens.

MESSENIA

Lectures at the
Museum of Hora
New Archaeological Research
in the Area of Nestors Palace
The American Contribution, by
Dr Jack Davis, director of the
American School of Classical
Studies at Athens. In Greek.
Antiquities in the District of
Messenia and the Ephorates
Excavations in the District, by
Kalamata Ephorate Xeni
Arapoyianni. In Greek.
Starts at 8.30 p.m. For
information, contact Eugenia
Kokkevi at 6944.511.667.

ATHENSPLUS FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2009

INTERVIEW

Laurens Jolles The UNHCR regional official on how to control migration flows while protecting refugees

Mission: Overhaul of Greek asylum system

critical because of the current lack of a harmonized and uniform approach to the
treatment of asylum seekers. As a result,
asylum seekers tend to travel on to countries offering better conditions.

BY NIKI KITSANTONIS

Not enough
The transfer of
migrants to other
locations will
continue to be a
stopgap measure
until it is
complemented by
an effective asylum
system and good
standards of
reception and
integration

Risky
omissions
The primary
concern is that
gaps in the Greek
system discourage
potential asylum
seekers from
making
applications in
Greece and
therefore puts
them at risk of
possible return to
areas where their
life or freedom
might be in
danger

As Greece struggles to accommodate a burgeoning influx of immigrants, many from

war-torn states, the regional representative of the United Nations refugee agency
(UNHCR) has told Athens Plus that much
still needs to be done to protect people fleeing persecution.
Laurens Jolles spoke to Athens Plus the
week after the UNHCR suspended its participation in the examination of more than
30,000 pending asylum applications in
Greece due to reservations about new regulations that put the police in charge of the
process. Acknowledging the burdens
faced by Greece due to its location on the
European Unions southeast flank, the
Dutch official said authorities here could
learn from other Mediterranean countries
with similar pressures which have managed to set up fair and efficient systems.
The UNHCR has said it will suspend its
participation in the examination of
thousands of asylum applications in
Greece over concerns that a new
presidential decree will compromise
efficiency and fairness. Could you
elaborate on the UNHCRs reservations?
It is important to distinguish the migrants and asylum seekers that compose
mixed migratory flows. The UNHCR made
a series of recommendations to authorities
on ways to improve the system. Unfortunately, the asylum procedure, as proposed through the new decree, in many
ways goes in the opposite direction to the
recommendations. We are concerned that
the present procedure and its decentralization to over 50 police directorates will
not ensure that the officials assessing asylum claims are sufficiently specialized.
Another concern is the abolition of the appeals board, which means there is no effective remedy against a negative decision.
The new decree effectively puts the
Greek police in charge of handling
asylum claims in this country. Is this of
concern to the UNHCR?
The police force, which on a daily basis
deals with issues of migration control, detention, deportation and law enforcement, is not an appropriate body to also
deal with assessment of asylum claims.
What are your key complaints regarding
Greeces asylum system?
One only has to look at the recognition
rates for asylum applications in Greece [0.05
percent at first instance and 10.29 percent
at second instance in 2008] and compare
that with most other European countries
to see a large discrepancy. The quality of
standards of reception, with some exceptions, also needs significant improvement. The primary concern is that gaps in
the Greek system discourage potential asylum seekers from making applications in
Greece and therefore puts them at risk of
possible return to areas where their life or
freedom might be in danger.
What is your assessment of the way
Greek authorities have handled a large

Earlier this month, the police razed a

makeshift camp in the western port of
Patra which for the past decade has been
used by migrants trying to get to Italy.
The plan is to transfer these migrants,
and thousands of others, into disused
military facilities. Is this a reasonable
stopgap solution?
The lack of sufficient protection options
in Greece led many potential asylum
seekers to seek alternatives. This led to a
steady buildup of people in Patra whose
only aim was to leave Greece. The
makeshift camp that came with this
buildup was clearly very problematic and
needed to be dismantled. It was full of safety hazards and the conditions were appalling.
However, I believe that there should
have been an alternative provided to the
camp population prior to its dismantlement. The government had indeed indicated that it intended to establish another camp but that never materialized.
Meanwhile, the transfer of migrants to other locations will continue to be a stopgap
measure until it is complemented by an effective asylum system and good standards
of reception and integration.

THE ITALIAN MODEL

Can Greece learn anything from
any other EU state that has
developed an efficient system for
dealing with asylum
applications?
Notwithstanding the fact that
there are certain aspects of Italys
current migration policy that the
UNHCR is concerned about, Italy
has undoubtedly managed to put
in place an efficient system to deal
with asylum applications, using
territorial commissions
supervised by a national
committee. The UNHCR is fully
engaged with these commissions,
which have full-time, specialized
staff, well versed in asylum issues.
As a result, the recognition rate for
various forms of protection
refugee status, subsidiary
protection or humanitarian
protection is over 50 percent of
adjudicated asylum claims.
The initial reception arrangements
in place on the island of
Lampedusa and some other parts
of Italy are also a good model,
providing immediate relief,
identification of needs and
reception to new arrivals. There
are of course other models,
especially related to integration, in
some Nordic countries.

influx of immigrants as compared to

other countries on the EUs southeast
borders, such as Italy and Spain?
The challenges posed by mixed migration flows in the Mediterranean are quite
complex. The UNHCR has developed a 10point plan to help countries address this
complexity and is always prepared to engage with countries to support the establishment of a system that offers a balanced
approach to migration control and access
to asylum. In terms of standards of protection of asylum seekers in Greece, the
UNHCR has issued a position paper regarding the return of asylum seekers to
Greece under the Dublin Regulation, in
which it recommends that other states refrain from returning asylum seekers to
Greece under current conditions.
Greece has complained that the
European Commissions Dublin
Regulation, which dictates that migrants
apply for asylum in the first EU country
they enter, lays a disproportionate
burden on Mediterranean countries.
What is your response to this outlook?
There is a tendency to believe that all asylum applications are lodged in southern
Europe but in fact there is a significant
number of asylum seekers in countries not
bordering the Mediterranean. That said,
I do appreciate that frontline states like
Italy, Greece, Cyprus and Malta should not
be left alone to deal with an increased number of irregular migrants whose wish is
usually to travel further north. As for the
Dublin Regulation, the UNHCR has been

The issue of unaccompanied minors is

one that the UNHCR has often
highlighted. Do migrant children face
a particular problem in Greece?
The problem of unaccompanied minors
is not only a Greek one but it is particularly
relevant in Greece as it affects mainly
Afghans, and Greece is the main route to
mainland Europe for them. An increasing
number of unaccompanied minors would
benefit from a mechanism that can determine their best interests. As it stands,
we are confronted with lone children
without proper protection from various
risks, including ending up in prostitution
or slavery. They should be provided with
legal advice on asylum options and special
attention to their claims.
Turkey has said it cannot honor a
bilateral pact with Greece for the
repatriation of immigrants, as it will
become the worlds biggest refugee
camp. Greece has offered to help
Turkey sign similar pacts with migrants
countries of origin. Do you have any
concerns about such agreements?
Indirectly returning asylum seekers to
a situation where their life and freedom
could be endangered should be avoided at
all costs. And this can happen if they start
being returned from country to country;
so asylum seekers have effective access to
procedures that prevent them from being
pushed back to a potentially unsafe situation.
We have no objection if someone is repatriated upon a final negative decision of an
asylum claim, as long as it is the result of
a fair and efficient asylum procedure.

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ATHENSPLUS FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2009

GREEN SPACES

IN BRIEF

[AP]

High winds and hot weather

bring upsurge in wildfires

Healing properties of the Greek

countrysides plentiful herbs

Strong winds and high temperatures have led

to dozens of wildfires this week, the most
serious of which was on the island of Evia. The
blaze began on Wednesday in the area of
Mandraki (photo) and was still burning on
Thursday close to the village of Lepoura. No
homes had been destroyed at the time of going
to press. A wildfire also broke out on Thursday in
the Aixoni area of Ano Glyfada, just south of
Athens, but was quickly brought under control.

Reports of swimmers at Yliki

denied by water company

Sage, rosemary and thyme among others can lift your spirits and cure your pains
BY YVETTE VARVARESSOU

The Greek countryside is fragrant

with the aroma of wild herbs.
Those more commonly known,
such as oregano, camomile, sage
and mountain tea (Sideritis syriaca), have been cultivated for
some time in Greece but these and
many more are still abundant on
mountainsides, particularly on
the island of Crete.
The islands most famous endemic herb is dittany (in Greek,
dictamo) one of the most wondrous healing herbs of the ancients, according to author Hellmut Baumann in Greek Wild
Flowers and Plant Lore in Ancient
Greece. He cites its use by Hippocrates for gall bladder complaints and tuberculosis as well as
in poultices for wounds.
If you plan on gathering your
own herbs, be cautioned that
some are rare or even threatened with extinction so be sure
you dont damage a plant when
taking a cutting or collecting
seeds. If there are only a few of a
species in the area, its probably
best to leave well enough alone.
Although mountain tea, linden tea and camomile are sold in
supermarkets, knowledge of the
healing and restorative properties
of other herbs, common just one
or two generations ago, has been
largely lost.
Oregano leaves, used widely to
flavor Mediterranean food, can also be used to relieve stomach pain
and coughs. Marjoram was used

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Yellow flowers: Blooms of the

calendula plant.

Go easy
Some herbs are rare or even
threatened with extinction
in ancient Egypt to relieve migraines and nervousness.
Thyme flowers have antiseptic
properties and are used as a tonic for the immune system, to relieve bronchial conditions and
throat infections. Chewing the
fresh leaves is said to relieve an inflamed throat.
When rubbed on the skin,
thyme relieves insect bites and
stings and is also good for mus-

cular and rheumatic pain. Thyme

extract added to bath water is a
stimulant.
Rosemary was used in ancient
times to improve memory. Leaves
and branches collected during
the summer after flowering is over
should be dried in a shady place.
It is good for headaches when
drunk as an infusion or rubbed on
the head as an essential oil. It also stimulates blood circulation,
improving concentration and
memory and encouraging hair
growth. It is also used in the
treatment of epilepsy, long-term
stress and moderate depression.
Camomile flowers harvested in
summer have been used for centuries for relieving all forms of
peptic discomfort and a wide
range of other disorders such as
easing menstrual cramps, healing
wounds, relieving pain and treating skin disorders. Compresses of
camomile flowers have antiseptic
and soothing properties for skin
conditions. Drinking camomile infusions relieves inflamed gums.
Infusions of sage leaves that
have been harvested in summer
relieve inflammations of the
throat and can be used as a gargle for mouth ulcers and inflamed
gums. Sage is also recommended
for mild diarrhea, to stimulate hormonal activity and to ease menstrual flow.
All parts of the Greek mountain
tea plant can be used, apart from
the root. It is an excellent aid to
digestion, relief of the common
cold and as a tonic and diuretic.

When taken with cinnamon and

honey, it relieves coughs.
Dittany has been a valuable medicinal plant since ancient times
on Crete, used by women to help
stabilize menstruation and facilitate childbirth. As an infusion, it
eases headache, neuralgia and
stomach problems and relieves
spasms. As a tincture, it is used in
a solution and drunk to relieve
headaches and liver problems,
skin infections and boils. As a powder, it has antiseptic properties
and helps wounds to heal.
And one of the most effective
tinctures for use in solution (1 tablespoon in about 3 centimeters
of water) as a gargle for sore
throats is that of Calendula officinalis (calendula).
Generally, leaves and blooms of
herbs are dried but other parts of
the plant can also be processed.
Their healing properties are obtained through infusion and extraction. Extraction involves simmering small pieces of the hardiest plant parts, fresh or dried, in
water. Infusion, the simplest way
to process the more delicate parts
of the plants, such as the leaves,
is achieved by steeping the parts
in boiled water, as in the preparation of tea.
You can grow herbs in pots on
a windowsill. A courtyard or part
of a balcony is perfect for establishing an herb garden of your
own. Herbs do well in Greece, as
most love hot sun and can thrive
on little water and in poor soils
but they need good drainage.

Watersports are banned in the Yliki reservoir,

an artificial lake that supplies much of the
capitals water supply, but locals have reported
seeing both swimmers and water-skiers. Other
witnesses have said that people are often seen
camping, fishing or picnicking on its shores.
The Athens Water Supply and Sewage Company
(EYDAP) issued a statement denying any
knowledge of such activity, saying that the
reservoirs shores were patrolled and were off
limits to the public.

Factory allegedly dumped

toxic waste in Evia forestland
Tons of toxic waste have been dumped on
forestland in Evia, Skai TV discovered this week
after a visit to the Pyrgos area in the
municipality of Messapia, which is located in the
center of the island. According to the General
Chemical State Laboratory, the waste was
discharged by an aluminium-processing plant
and poses a health and safety risk as it contains
several toxic chemicals, including chromium as
well as flammable substances that pose a
serious fire risk during the summer months.
Scientists are to conducts tests on the water in
the area to discover whether it has been
contaminated with hexavalent chromium. The
town of Psachna draws its drinking water from
underground sources in the area.

ATHENSPLUS FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2009

COMMUNITY
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The US Embassy is eliminating the need
for successful applicants to return to the
US Embassy in Athens after their visa
interview. Passports with visas issued by
the embassy will be returned to travelers
via a fee-for-service courier. For details,
visit http://athens.usembassy.
gov/how_to_apply.html.
Boot sale in the Olympic Airlines
parking lot at the old Athens Airport (off
Poseidonos Avenue) on the last Sunday of
each month. Many animal-support and
other organizations will be offering new
and used goods. Charity organizations get
free use of tables while others must pay
20 euros. The boot sale ends at 2 p.m. For
more information, call 6948.011.572.

CLASSES & SEMINARS

Roy Hart Theater Open Voice
workshops, under the direction of
Ulrik Barford, are taking place from
September 4 to 8 on the island of Aegina.
Applications will be accepted until August
20. To apply or inquire about the details,
call 210.748.3416, e-mail
aigina.oikia@gmail.com or visit
www.oikiavoulgari.com.
Yoga classes on Aegina: On August 7, 8
and 9 a Forrest yoga course (based on
Hatha yoga) as well as healing
improvisation (a combination of dance,
theater and improvisation techniques)
will be taught on the Saronic island. The
seminars are organized by the Essence
Human Space group (32 Pallados, Psyrri).
For information and applications, call
6946.951.288.
Greek dance seminar on Crete: A
seminar teaching traditional dances from
all over Greece is being organized with
vacationers in mind. The seminar will take
place from August 8 to 16 in the
municipalities of Hania and Rethymno.
For more information, visit
www.grdance.org.
Mindfulness Meditation, Stress
Management and Personal Development
Coaching seminars are taking place in
Voula and Halandri. For further
information or reservations, call
6939.291.905.
Stress management training:
University lecturer in psychology and
qualified member of the British Stress
Consultancy Pauline Lummas provides
individualized eight-session stress
management courses. Techniques
covered include mental and physical
relaxation, breathing, visualization, goal
setting and more. Lummas also teaches
those interested in becoming stress
management trainers. To find out
more or arrange a free consultation,
call 6977.005.954 or e-mail
plummas@ath.forthnet.gr.
Roots Belly Dance sessions for
pregnancy are being held every
Wednesday at the NeoHumanist Center
(46 Themidos, Maroussi). The classes are
conducted in both Greek and English by
Georgia Laskou and aim to prepare
pregnant women for natural childbirth
through belly dance, yoga, mediation and
relaxation. Classes also include activities
such as singing lullabies, painting and
instruction in breast-feeding, while
women are provided with tips on how to
improve childcare during the first few
months of the infants life. The cost is 15
euros per session or 55 euros per month.
For further details, call 6973.235.175 or
send an e-mail to grlaskou@yahoo.gr.

DONATIONS
Freecycle unwanted household
items and more or pick up others
unwanted gems at the online Athens
Freecycle network. For details on
joining, donating, picking-up, visit the
AthensGreeceFreecycle Yahoo group
(at groups.yahoo.com).
Cat food, cat-carrying cages or any
sellable items (clean clothes, accessories,
books, DVDs, kitchen items etc, to be sold

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Musical demand for return

of the Parthenon Marbles
A concert of orchestral music
will take place
on Saturday, July 25, in the central square of
Peraias in Thessaloniki to protest the British
Museums continual refusal to
return the Parthenon Marbles
Visit www.thermaikos.gr
to Greece. Hosted
for more information.
by the Cultural
Center of the Thermaikos Municipality, the concert aims to
help in the mission to return the Parthenon sculptures to
Greece. During the event, visitors will have a chance to sign
a petition which will then be forwarded to the Culture Ministry and the British Museum. The concert starts at 9 p.m.
at a monthly fundraising car boot sale)
would be warmly appreciated by charity
group Nine Lives Greece. Visit
www.ninelivesgreece.com for details.
Ta Paidia tou Dromou (Children of the
Street) is a shelter hosting and providing
financial support to children and families
in need. It graciously accepts donations of
childrens clothes, toys, furniture,
strollers and more at its Metaxourgeio
address (6-8 Aristonos) from 11 a.m. to 6
p.m. daily. Call 210.523.9402 or
210.522.1149 for more details.
RETO, an organization which helps
former drug addicts, will pick up any
electronic devices, either new or used,
plus furniture, clothes, toys and more. To
make a donation, call 210.662.5096.
English childrens books wanted: A
volunteer organization on the island of
Spetses is collecting books in good
condition to help provide funds for stray
dog- and cat-neutering programs as well
as buying cages and medicines for sick
and hurt animals. Call 6944.997.745 or
e-mail fase_sp@otenet.gr.

EXPAT GROUPS
The Panhellenic Association of
Zimbabwe-Zambia-Malawi-Mozambique
Greek Communities (PAZZIMMO) is open
every Saturday from 10.30 a.m. to 1.30
p.m. and welcomes anyone interested in
dropping in to have a chat, play
backgammon, chess or just have a drink
and meet old friends. There are also
regular tombola/bingo nights.
For information, call 210.801.0210.
St Andrews Society of Athens
represents the community of Scots
in Athens promoting Scottish culture and
traditions. Events are planned year-round
and beginners and spectators are
welcome. Visit www.standrewssociety.gr
for more.
Newcomers in Athens is an informal
group of women from around the world
who offer a support system to new
arrivals in northern and central Athens.
Visit newcomersinathens.blogspot.com to
learn more.
A social group for expat foreigners
in Athens: The aim of Meet in Athens is
to socialize, make contacts and share
experiences of living in Greece.
Open to all foreigners in Athens of
any age. For details, visit
www.meet-in-athens.com.
Are you a UK university graduate?
The British Graduates Society offers
members the opportunity to meet fellow
graduates and young professionals,
exchange information, network and take

part in the societys many activities. Visit

www.bgs.gr for more.
English-speaking residents are invited
to join a fun social group for drinks,
networking and making new friends. The
group meets on Friday evenings in
Kolonaki. For more information, call
Cassie at 6930.780.569.

GENERAL INTEREST
GROUPS
An art group meets in downtown
Athens on Fridays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Call Alex at 6974.966.211 for details.
Alkinoos Cricket Club, one of the three
cricket teams in Athens, is looking for
players. Those interested in playing or
practicing cricket can contact
campioncricket@yahoo.com.
The Rainbow Choir, a group of
international singers based on Crete,
meets every Wednesday in Aghios
Nikolaos. No experience necessary.
E-mail ingapediaditi@hotmail.com or
call 28410.27444 for details.
Do you play darts? The south coast
Darts League is looking for men and
women of any age for friendly social darts
games. Meetings on Mondays and Fridays
at 9 p.m. in Voula. For details, call
210.895.6744.
Mixed soccer in Halandri: All levels,
nationalities and genders are welcome.
The group meets on Tuesday evenings; no
commitment required. For details,
e-mail mixedfootball@greeceishome.gr.
Five-a-side football: If you fancy a
game in a relaxed and friendly
atmosphere on a Saturday afternoon, we
may be able to help. A group of many
nationalities gathers in Holargos every
weekend. For details, e-mail
nick@sportingreece.com.
Play field hockey with the Athenians
Hockey Club on Tuesday and Thursday
evenings (northern suburbs).
Contact Antonis Mavridis at
6942.404.066, 210.617.8030 or
e-mail amavridis@vodafone.net.gr.
Looking for a noncompetitive run on a
different trail around Athens every week?
We are a mixed-ability running group that
sets trails off the beaten track so you
enjoy a new view in a different area every
time. Runs begin every Sunday at 11 a.m.
Call Wendy at 6974.933.446 or see our
website www.athenshash.com.
The coach of Greek baseball
teams Spartakos Glyfadas and
Olympiada Peristeriou is looking for

Athens celebrates
Mandela Day
Athenss first observance
of international Mandela Day on July 18,
celebrated with community service, was a
success. With festivities
carrying on until after 1
a.m., events began at 8
p.m., organized by the
South African Embassy
in Athens. Held at the ambassadors residence in Palaio Psychico, the evening included a barbecue, picnics, vendors,
film screenings on Mandelas life and finally a music, song
and dance show. All proceeds from the night were donated to the Happy Smiles Day Care Center community project for African children in need. Mandela Day is celebrated
on Nelson Mandelas birthday and calls on people around
the world to donate 67 minutes of their day (the number
of years Mandela spent fighting apartheid) in some form
of service that helps their community or the world at large.
new players. The Greek baseball
league currently has 10 active teams,
five of them in Athens. Those
interested should contact Tom
Mazarakis at 6939.162.014 or
tommazarakis@hotmail.com.

PETS
Haircuts for Canines: Nea
Philadelphia Animal Shelter is offering
haircuts and grooming for dogs this
summer to raise money. A haircut for a
large dog at a grooming salon is 40-80
euros, but we will be cutting each day
from 6-9 p.m. by appointment for 30
euros per dog. It will take about one
hour, so you can come to the shelter and
let Magda get to grooming while you
hang out and chat with volunteers, meet
some of the dogs and do some walking
though the beautiful park.
Greek-/English-speaking
veterinarians: Friends of Animals Nea
Philadelphia, a registered Greek charity,
is looking for Greek-/English-speaking
veterinarians who wish to contribute
their time and skills for a more
consumer-friendly sterilization drive.
We believe that unreasonably high
sterilization fees are at least partly
responsible for the number of strays on
our city streets and directly contribute to
the all-too-frequent cases of poisoning
and abandonment. Please e-mail
vets4change@friendsofanimals-nf.com.
A pet adoption open house hosted by
Friends of Animals Nea Philadelphia is
now taking place on Wednesdays from 6
to 9 p.m. Enjoy a meet-and-greet with our
four-legged friends. No-fee adoption. Gift
items. For information, log on to
www.friendsofanimals-nf.com.

PLAYGROUP
Greek-English playgroup Wee Friends
welcomes mothers and their children to
its weekly meetings in western Athens.
Breast-feeding techniques, attachment
parenting and issues related to a healthy
diet are among the discussion topics. Call
Sarah Gilhespie at 210.960.6926 or
6970.273.668.

RELIGIOUS SERVICES
Evangelical church services in English
are held every Sunday at 9 a.m. at St
Andrews International Church in Kifissia
(St Catherines School) and at 11.30 a.m.
in Athens (68 Sina). For further
information, call 210.645.2583 or log on
to www.standrewsgreece.com.
The All Saints Anglican
(Episcopal) Church meets at the
Roman Catholic Church (Alkyonidon &
Dafni, Voula) with the Reverend
Canon Malcolm Bradshaw on the first

Sunday of the month at 6 p.m. For

further information, call 213.034.6235
or e-mail paterw@hol.gr.
The Trinity International Baptist
Church meets at 9 a.m. every Sunday for
services in English in the 3rd Greek
Evangelical Church building (37
Chelntraich, Neos Cosmos, Athens). On
Sundays and Thursdays at 7 p.m., there
are meetings at 20 Arcadias Street in Ano
Glyfada. Call 210.962.8471 for further
information.
The Beth Shalom Synagogue is located
at 5 Melidoni Street in Thiseio. Call
210.325.2823 for service times and other
details.
St Johns Catholic Church meets in
Psychico. Sunday Mass is at 10 a.m. in
Greek, 11.15 a.m. in French, 6 p.m. in
English and 7 p.m. in Spanish. Call
210.671.1410 for more details.
St Denis Catholic Church meets at 24
Venizelou Street in Athens. Sunday Mass
is in Greek at 7.30 and 9.30 a.m., at 11
a.m. in Latin and at 6 p.m. in English. Call
210.362.3603 for more details.
The German Evangelical Church holds
services in German at 68 Sina Street in
Athens on Sundays at 9 a.m. Call
210.361.2713.
St Pauls Anglican (Episcopal) Church
(29 Filellinon, off Syntagma Square) holds
Holy Communion on Sundays at 10.15
a.m. and Tuesdays at 10 a.m. with the
Reverend Canon Malcolm Bradshaw. For
information, call 210.721.4906.
The Scandinavian Church in Piraeus
(282 Akti Themistocleous, Kallipoli)
holds Sunday services in Swedish or
another Scandinavian language. For
opening hours and more details, call
210.451.6564.
The Glyfada Christian Center
(117 Saki Karagiorga, Ano Glyfada) holds
services in English and Greek every
Sunday at 10.30 a.m. and 11.30 a.m.
Wednesdays at 7 p.m. For details, call
210.965.1346 or visit www.glyfadacc.org.

SUPPORT GROUPS
Narcotics Anonymous English
speakers meet every Thursday from 6.30
to 8 p.m. on the ground floor of St Pauls
Anglican Church (Filellinon & Amalias) in
Plaka. For details, call 210.347.4777 or log
on to www.na-greece.gr.
If you have experienced a difficult or
traumatic childbirth which still lingers
unresolved in your heart and mind, join
the Difficult-Birth Circle. Inspired by the

Birth Crisis work of Sheila Kitzinger, this

circle is not a counseling session. It is a
confidential support group and all
experiences will be heard and respected.
This group meets once a month, usually
on the third Wednesday. To help the
running of the NeoHumanist Center, we
ask for a donation of 5 euros when you
attend. Call 210.806.0389 or e-mail
info@neohumanist.net.
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) meets
Mondays at 7.30 p.m. at 1 Arampatzoglou
St, Mikri Panagia, in the Old Town of
Rethymno, Crete. For English speakers.
Open meetings are also held on the last
Monday of every month. For details, call
Ken on 6976.613.716 or Jens on
6945.848.557.
Al-Anon Family Groups (Athens):
Support for anyone close to a
problem drinker. English meetings are
held on Mondays at 7 p.m.
For inquiries, please call 210.654.1273.
For meetings in Greek, please call
210.523.9161.

VOLUNTEERING
Dog walkers needed: Just two hours of
volunteering a week would help Friends
of Animals Nea Philadelphia this summer.
For details, visit www.filozoikos-nf.com.
Rethymno Friends of Animals needs
volunteers to help stray and abandoned
animals. Any help or donation is welcome.
For further information, call 28310.71682
or log on to www.animals.rethymnon.org.
Just one hour a week would help
volunteer group Nine Lives Greece in
their efforts to and provide veterinary
care and food to abandoned cats in
Athens. Also needed are temporary or
permanent homes for abandoned
kittens or drivers to transport cats to
and from the vet. For information, visit
www.ninelivesgreece.com.
Volunteer with Animals: Volunteers
needed for a dog shelter near Kalyvia,
outside Athens. The dogs were found in
an abject condition in western Athens.
Volunteers can help walk or groom the
dogs, as well as clean their kennels.
Contact Marianthi at 6982.977.330.
The Caritas soup kitchen in Omonia
serves meals to refugees in need from
10.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on weekdays.
Call 6944.423.159 for more information
on volunteering.
Volunteers are needed to donate some
of their free time to children with special
needs. For further information, contact
Mrs Emily on 6973.743.892.
Archelon Sea Turtle Protection
Society Archelons aim is to protect sea
turtles in Greece. Volunteers are needed
on Zakynthos, Crete and in the
Peloponnese. For more details, call or fax
210.523.1342 or visit www.archelon.gr
(3rd Marina, 16675, Glyfada).
NGO Ecocity needs volunteers to
participate in the following
environmental programs:
1) Ecomobility: Eco-Transport,
Contribution to the Environment;
2) I Love Trees, They Love My City;
3) Eco-Polis Awards; and 4) Ecocamp. For
further information, call 210.619.6757 or
e-mail infor@ecocity.gr.
Lesbian Wildlife Hospital: Two animal
lovers on Lesvos set up this small
veterinary hospital in order to provide
first aid to all animals, both wild and
domestic. Donations are most welcome
and can be sent to Joris and Ineke
Peeters-Lenglet, Christofa Hatziyianni
Street, Aghia Paraskevi, 81102, Lesvos.
For details, call 22530.32006 or visit
www.wildlifeonlesvos.org.

GET IN TOUCH
If you have events
that you would like to
announce on this page, please
e-mail the details to
community@athensplus.gr.

ATHENSPLUS FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2009

COMMUNITY

Encounter a different, organic side of Greece

WWOOF network enables visitors to enjoy a vacation rich in culture and new experiences and easy on the wallet
BY VIVI KOUTRAKOS

WWOOF no, were not barking at you

this funny acronym stands for World
Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms,
the title of a global network of organizations that gives people a chance to
travel, stay and work on an organic
farm in one of the hundreds of countries that have registered hosts. This
way, they have the opportunity to see
a different side of different countries
through eco-volunteerism.
Like many young people, 22-year-old
Dolly Laninga, a recent college graduate from Michigan, wanted to embark
on something new, spontaneous and
culturally enriching for the summer.
She was also interested in soaking up
the Mediterranean sun and sampling
the local cuisine.
Unlike many visitors to Greece,
Laningas goals were met not on the
Acropolis nor in the nightclubs of
Myconos. She did not set foot in any
Plaka tavernas or even a hotel. Laninga
instead worked on an organic farm in
Evia, volunteering up to six hours a
day, six days a week of unpaid labor
in exchange for room and board.
Ive wanted to see Greece for a long
time, Laninga said. Theres no question that Ive been exposed to more
Greek culture than the average
tourist.
Her inspiration? She joked about
about being a pretty lazy person in
the US and wanted to challenge herself and learn about organic farming
and self-sustenance.
I had never made any serious effort
to grow my own food, which I think
will become increasingly important,
Laninga said.
There is a certain satisfaction to be
derived from being physically ex-

WHO CAN VOLUNTEER?

WWOOF volunteers do not have to
be experienced gardeners or
farmers nor are they required to
have previous agricultural
experience.
The hosts will show you how to do
things and by the end youll be a
pro, Tara Kelly said.
For some, the experience can
reconfirm prior awareness. I now
know that Im not just a bad
gardener Im a danger to all
growing things! Dolly Laninga
joked. For others, it can surpass
expectations. In deciding to
WWOOF, I felt that living with a
family in Greece would give me a
perspective that other visitors miss
out on. The travel experience can
be so artificial sometimes but living
with a Greek family and learning
their way of life and culture was
truly enlightening, Leah
Cunningham said. I loved every
minute of it and would recommend
the experience to anyone.

OTHER WAYS TO
TRAVEL
Exchange
Workaway: A volunteer travel
program that provides free
meals and board for various
work tasks, ranging from house
repairs to teachers assistance.
(www.workaway.info/hostlistGR.html)
HelpX: A program that provides
listings of farms, ranches,
lodges, hostels and boats
offering short-term stay in
volunteer work.
(www.helpx.net)

Ecotourism
WWOOFers Tanya Bogaty and Ann Smith in action this past June at the Kotsifas Estate in Amaliada.

Alternative break
In deciding to WWOOF,
I felt that living with a family in
Greece would give me a
perspective that other visitors
miss out on
hausted at the end of the day.
With 34 independent hosts, Greece
is one of WWOOFs most active countries. Although initial Greek involvement is not recorded, WWOOF organizers believe Greece joined the
project roughly two decades ago.
I would guess Greek hosts started
in the late 1980s with [the original]
overseas list WWOOF UK. But I do not
have clear records that far back, said
Carl Rogers, a WWOOF organizer.
There were definitely Greek hosts on
the early WWOOF independents list in
2000.
These 34 independent hosts are
scattered across the mainland and islands. As WWOOFers promise hard
work and a positive attitude, WWOOF
hosts promise free, clean rooms along
with plentiful meals.
Marcie Mayer Maroulis, owner of
Red Tractor Farm on Kea, said that her
experience as a WWOOF host, since
January 2006, has been 95 percent excellent and has enormously benefited her final product of olive oil, gourmet preserves and wine.
We could never accomplish the
amount of work we have done here in
the last three years without the help
of volunteers, Maroulis said. Without
the use of pesticides and chemicals, organic farmers must use traditional
methods to keep fruit and vegetables
safe from harmful insects and disease,
which often requires more work.
Charles Holden White, owner of the
Olive Farm at Kato Samiko in the Peloponnese, said that with the help of volunteers, the land is constantly being
improved. It would not be economically viable to pay people to do the

Work on the farm is a family affair:

Ale and Amalia, the hosts daughters,
help WWOOFer Tara Kelly at the
Kotsifas Estate in Amaliada.
work our volunteers do. We have
been a host for two years now and our
experiences have been excellent
we tend to work our volunteers pretty hard. They seem to love it. So far, lots
of enthusiasm, keenness to work and
no complaining, he said.

A typical day
A WWOOF volunteers experience in
Greece depends on the farm, season and
task at hand. Leah Cunningham worked
on a farm in Cephalonia and was responsible for training and taking care
of three horses. She also took care of the
farms dogs and cats and learned about
sustainable energy and organic farming at Katerina Kapatous vegetable
farm at Chavriata.
Tara Kelly WWOOFed in June 2009
on the Kotsifas Estate in Amaliada, Arcadia. Having grown up with a compost heap and a garden in her backyard
in California, then going on to become
president of an enviro-business nonprofit organization at San Diego State
University, Kelly was interested in see-

ing how people in Europe lived off the

land.
A typical day for Kelly, who was
placed with five other WWOOFers, included:
Waking up at 7.30 a.m.;
Making breakfast;
Weeding for one to two hours;
Working on various tasks of the day
(digging trenches, clearing forest paths,
housekeeping) assigned by hosts;
Eating an entirely organic lunch prepared by hosts at 1 p.m.;
Watering orchards for an hour and
a half at 6.30 p.m.;
Making dinner at the end of the day
with ingredients provided by hosts.
Life was simple, peaceful and so fulfilling, Kelly said.
Midday meals were made by her
host, a former chef, with fresh, seasonal
ingredients and allowed the
WWOOFers and hosts at the Kosifas
farm to bond over conversations, food
and wine.
We would have two-hour lunches.
Wed sit and talk about Greek history,
while [their hosts] George and Jennifers two little girls would teach us
Greek words, Kelly said.

History of the organization

WWOOF was established in the UK
in 1971 by Sue Coppard, a supporter
of the organic movement who recognized the inaccessibility of the countryside to city dwellers. Coppard conducted a working trial weekend with
the biodynamic farm at Emerson College in Sussex. Smaller organic farms
then began taking on volunteers,
which helped the movement gather
momentum. Now, 38 years later, Coppards trial project has blossomed into a worldwide venture, with 24 countries having national organizations and
50 countries listing up to 900 independent host-farmers.
Visit www.wwoof.org for more
information on WWOOF, how to
volunteer or to register your organic farm
as a host.

Ecoclub: Membership provides

access to listings and
information on ecotourism jobs,
paid internships, volunteer and
part-time opportunities.
(www.ecoclub.com/jobs)
Back to the Earth: Rural
holidays, farm vacations and
volunteer opportunities.
(www.backtotheearth.com)

Volunteering
Se7en: A volunteer program
that invites members to
paticipate in free or low-cost
programs at schools, wildlife
reserves and orphanages.
(www.the7interchange.com)
Voluntourism: A volunteer
program that uses a series of
questionnaires to help
determine the best project for
you. (www.voluntourism.org)

Low-cost travel
Couch Surfing: Website that
offers free sofa stay.
(www.couchsurfing.com)
Warm Showers: Website for
cyclists that provides fellow
members with a sofa and a
warm shower.
(www.warmshowers.org)

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ATHENSPLUS FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2009

SPORTS
BY GEORGE GEORGAKOPOULOS

Unexpectedly strong showing in Rome

IN BRIEF
Ferguson and Jones stand
out at Rethymno meeting

Greek team puts on best ever performance in open-sea and synchronized swimming
Despite low expectations for
Greeces participation in the ongoing World Aquatics Championship in Italy, the countrys
swimmers have already achieved
the nations best ever showing in
two of the five events at the
meeting.
Long-distance swimming
champion Spyros Gianniotis finished second in the 5-kilometer
open-sea race to claim his first
ever silver medal in the competition on Tuesday, July 21.

[Action Images]

Bahamian sprinter Debbie Ferguson clocked

the worlds leading time in the 200 meters with
22.32 seconds at the Vardinoyiannia
international meeting at Rethymno, Crete, on
Monday, July 20. American Lolo Jones also
registered the years best performance in the
100 m hurdles with a time of 12.47 seconds, just
ahead of compatriot Damu Cherry, whose 12.53
seconds was the third-best time in the world this
year. In the mens 100 meters American Ivory
Williams was first with 9.93 seconds.

Medal material
Gianniotis finished second
in the 5 km open-sea race
After a close race at Ostia,
Gianniotis managed to swim the
distance just three-tenths of a second behind the races favorite,
German Thomas Lurz.
Two years ago, Gianniotis had
finished third in the same distance at the World Championship
in Melbourne.
Just a day later, Gianniotis
swam the more arduous 10-kilometer races well and came in
sixth, while an appeal against the
American swimmer who finished
second may eventually take him
to the fifth spot.
I had arrived in Rome psychologically down but now my morale
is extremely good. I want to use
this medal to stamp out the bad
memory from my poor performance at the Beijing Olympics last
year, said a beaming Gianniotis
after winning the medal.

Silver boy: Spyros Gianniotis is jubilant after finishing second in the mens 5-kilometer open-sea race at
Ostia, near Rome. [EPA]
In the womens 10-kilometer
race, Marianna Liberta came in
ninth, just one day after ending
20th in the 5-kilometer race.

Synchronized progress
Despina Solomou became the
first Greek to finish as high as
seventh in the singles final of the
World Championship in synchronized swimming in Rome on
Monday, July 20.
With other Greeks having managed to come in only as high as
eighth in the ranking at previous
championships, Solomous success marks the best Greek per-

Champions League
action for Greeks

formance ever at the Worlds.

Having qualified in seventh
place in Sundays qualifying session with 90,500 points, Solomou
scored 90,333 points in the final
to end seventh in the final as well.
The following day, Solomou
and Natalia Anthopoulou came in
ninth in the final of the synchronized swimming duet also a very
good result. This was their first
participation as a pair at a World
Championship.
In the womens water polo,
Greece has qualified in the top 12
of the competition. On Sunday, July 19, the Greeks went down to

ON TV
SPORT/TIME

CHANNEL

FRIDAY
SOCCER

Olympiakos and Panathinaikos

are returning to the Champions
League in the coming days in
their efforts to make the profitable group stage of Europes
top soccer club competition.
The Reds will play Slovan in
Bratislava on Wednesday, July 29, as the Slovakian champions managed to overturn
the 1-0 deficit they had from the
first match in Bosnia and beat
visiting Zrinjski 4-0 at home to
reach the third qualifying
round of the competition.
The manager of the Greek
champions, Temuri Ketsbaia,
has several injury worries
ahead of his first competitive
game on the Olympiakos
bench: Luciano Galletti and
Matt Derbyshire are definitely sidelined, while Vassilis
Torosidis and new Italian signing Enzo Maresca are doubtful.

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The second leg will take place

in Piraeus on August 5.
Panathinaikos is set to visit
Czech side Sparta Prague on
Tuesday, July 28. Unlike
Olympiakos, the Greens will
field a full-strength side, although some of its players, including Gilberto Silva and Mattias Bjarsmyr, have missed key
parts of the teams summer
preparation. The return match
will be at the Olympic Stadium
in Athens on Tuesday, August
4. In the Europa League, the
newly named competition that
is replacing the UEFA Cup this
season, PAOK will be traveling
to Norway to play Oslo side
Valerenga on Thursday, July 30.
If Larissa managed to overcome
Icelandic side KR Reykjavik
on Thursday, July 23, having
lost 2-0 away, it will face FC
Basel on July 30.

European champions Russia 149, but two days later they

thrashed Kazakhstan 12-6 and
went through to the knockout
stages.
Finally, the pair of Alexandros
Manos and Stefanos Paparounas
did not manage to make the final
in the 3-meter synchronized diving event.
Swimming starts on Sunday,
July 26, but Greece only has moderate hopes of seeing more than
two of its athletes in the events
finals. A total of 10 Greeks will
compete until August 2 when the
championship concludes.

MOTOR RACING
16.00 MotoGP, Great Britain
BEACH VOLLEYBALL

Skai

19.00 AEK vs Ankaragucu

BASKETBALL

NS1

16.00 World Tour, Marseilles

BEACH HANDBALL

Sport+

19.00 Greece U20 vs Croatia U20

VOLLEYBALL

ET1

14.00 Natl Champ. semifinals

Sport+

21.30 Russia vs Serbia

SWIMMING

NS1

12.00 World Champ, Synchronized

WATER POLO

ET1

11.50
13.10

Men: Serbia vs Australia

Men: USA vs Romania

SUNDAY

Sport+
Sport+

SATURDAY
SOCCER

SWIMMING
19.00 World Champ. finals
BASKETBALL

18.00 World League, 3rd-place final NS1

21.00 World League, Final
NS1
FORMULA 1

22.00 Bordeaux vs Guingamp

00.30 Botafogo vs Internacional
BASKETBALL

NS1
NS1

19.00 Euro Under-20, semifinals

VOLLEYBALL

ET1

17.00 MotoGP, Great Britain

BEACH VOLLEYBALL

Skai

19.00 World League, semifinal

SWIMMING

NS1

17.00 World Tour, Marseilles

BEACH HANDBALL

Sport+

13.00 National Champ. finals

Sport+

12.00 World Champ, Synchronized

WATER POLO

ET1

20.45 Women: Quarterfinals

FORMULA 1
14.15

Sport+

Hungarian GP, qualifying Antenna

Hatzivrettas brings valuable

experience to Aris BCs roster
Nikos Hatzivrettas has left European basketball
champion Panathinaikos to join Aris, the
Thessaloniki club announced on Monday.
Hatzivrettas, 32, has signed a two-year contract
with the Euroleague-qualified side and will add
his experience to coach Andrea Mazzons team.
He spent six years at Panathinaikos, winning
many domestic and European titles. He is likely
to be followed to Aris by another former
Panathinaikos player, Dimos Dikoudis.

Major changes afoot for

Panathinaikos volleyball
Panathinaikos volleyball coach Alekos Leonis
tendered his resignation on Tuesday, July 21, and
was replaced by club legend Stelios Kazazis on
Wednesday. The financial problems that have
plagued Panathinaikos have brought about
dramatic cuts in the budget, as, for the first time
in its professional history, the club has been
unable to secure funding to meet its
requirements. A question mark also lingers over
several contracts signed by foreign players with
the former president of the club, Alexandros
Ellinas.

ET1

17.45 Euro Under-20, 3rd-place final ET1

21.00 Euro Under-20, final
ET1
VOLLEYBALL

14.15 Hungarian GP live

MOTOR RACING

Antenna

MONDAY
SOCCER
19.30 AEK vs Burgas
SWIMMING

NS1

19.00 World Champ. finals

ET1

Basketball U20 team

enters quarterfinals
Greeces national Under20 basketball team has
reached the quarterfinals
of the European
Championship hosted on
Rhodes and will face
Croatia on Friday, July 24,
for a place in the
semifinals of the
competition. The hosts
have scored five wins in
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six games and have
shown they could be among the top three in the
final tally. They have beaten Belgium, Italy,
Russia, Spain and Latvia and lost only to France.

ATHENSPLUS FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2009

SPORTS

Maris Verpakovskis Latvian striker tells Athens Plus about his hopes after surprise move to Ergotelis

Baltic star seeks to regain luster on Crete

BY GEORGE GEORGAKOPOULOS

Ergotelis surprised soccer fans in Greece

earlier this month when the club announced the signing of Latvian international striker Maris Verpakovskis
from Dynamo Kiev.
This represents the biggest transfer
in the history of the Cretan club, as Verpakovskis is a striker of international
fame achieved through his games with
the national team of Latvia.
The 29-year-old player spoke to
Athens Plus and revealed his ambitions at Ergotelis and his knowledge of
the Greek game.

I want to regain
my rhythm after a
period that was not
so good for me

Past contact
Olympiakos
approached
me before the
2004 European
Championship
in Portugal. It was
a good proposal...
but then Dynamo
Kiev came along

What is your ambition with Ergotelis?

My ambition is to get to play soccer
and regain my rhythm after a period that
was not so good for me. I want to become a better player than before.
How much do you know about soccer
in Greece and what was it that made
you move to Ergotelis?
I knew about the big clubs in Greece
such as PAOK and AEK, which have good
standards, and of course Olympiakos
and Panathinaikos, which play in the
Champions League and have some very
good players. There is also the national team and we know what it has
achieved. The Greek league may not be
among the top five leagues in Europe but
it is just below. People in Greece are very
knowledgeable about soccer and there
are many fine players. It was therefore
important for me to move to a club here.

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How are you finding Greece and its

weather in your first days here?
I like it here. The Greeks are welcoming and the people at the club are
very good to me. The conditions here are
helping me work much better. The
weather is good, its not too hot for me
after spending two years in Spain.

A key player on the Latvian national team, it was Verpakovskiss goals that sent the Baltic squad to the Euro 2004 finals.

LEADING NATION TO GLORY

Maris Verpakovskis is arguably the best Latvian soccer player of his
generation.
Born on October 15, 1979, he has been closely linked with his countrys unique
participation in a major tournament, the finals of the European Championship
of 2004, which Greece eventually won.
The compact striker began his career at the academies of Libertas and then at
Liepajas and made his name at Skonto Riga, where he set an amazing record of
41 goals in 77 games.
Dynamo Kiev secured his services in 2003 but he never became a regular for
the Ukrainian side. Beginning in 2007, Dynamo began loaning him out to clubs
in the Mediterranean, starting with Getafe in Spain, then Hajduk Split in
Croatia and Celta Vigo in Spain before signing a loan deal with Ergotelis, the
Super League club based in Iraklio, Crete.
Verpakovskis is the all-time leading scorer for Latvia, with 24 goals in 75
games.

Do you see Ergotelis as a step toward

a bigger league in Europe?
Yes, why not? Thats what Im here
for. After my contract ends with Ergotelis, I would like to move to a bigger
club, not necessarily abroad, it could be
a Greek club. Maybe I will stay here but
right now Im focusing only on Ergotelis.
Did you have contacts in the past with
any other Greek clubs?
Yes, I did; it was before the 2004 European Championship that Olympiakos
approached me. It was a good proposal for me and I would have considered
it. But then Dynamo Kiev came along
and showed they wanted me more, so
I moved to Ukraine.
What would you say has been the
biggest moment of your career so far?
I dont like to look back at the past
but if I had to pick one moment it would
have to be the Euro 2004 finals. I also had
a good period in the Champions League
with Dynamo but 2003-04 was definitely

a good year. I would like to think that

my best years are still ahead. When I retire I will think about my past more.

Verpakovskis looks forward to

improving his game in the Ergotelis
jersey. [Action Images]

How do you see soccer in Latvia? Can

the national team qualify for a major
tournament once again?
Soccer is not the number one sport in
Latvia, except for when we reached the
Euro 2004 finals. It usually trails basketball and ice hockey in popularity. It
will be really difficult to reach another
final and there is a lot of criticism within Latvia about the state of soccer
there. There is currently no money

there and therefore no investment in

soccer, amid the general [economic] crisis in the country. Only one or two clubs
have some money.
On the other hand, I would say that
the national team is in good shape; we
still have the chance to finish second in
our qualifying group and possibly make
the playoffs for reaching the 2010 World
Cup finals. We have a good team and the
players have been together for a long
time. Lets hope we can make it just as
we did in the Euro 2004 qualifiers and
playoffs when we beat Turkey; it was an
unforgettable time then.

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ATHENSPLUS FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2009

BOOKS & IDEAS

BY VIVIENNE NILAN

A web of
entrapment

LIT-BITS
Poetry Club

A murder investigation among urban tribes

in a new Brock and Kolla mystery
London is famously a conglomeration
of villages and urban tribes. British
crime writer Barry Maitland focuses on different ones in successive
novels.
His latest novel, Spider Trap, just
out from EuroCrime, takes two distinct but intertwined groups
homegrown gangsters and the
Yardies, of Jamaican origin, now part
of the local scene. In his previous
book, No Trace, Detective Chief Inspector David Brock and Detective
Sergeant Kathy Kolla of Scotland

Out of control
As more people and
organizations climb on board,
the investigation grows
unwieldy and information
starts to leak
Yards Serious Crime Branch investigate the high-profile world of
fashionable galleries and flamboyant artists.
In Spider Trap, the discovery of
skeletons that date back more than
20 years to the Brixton riots suggests
a connection between the powerful
multigeneration crime clan headed
by Spider Roach and criminal elements in the Jamaican community.
Gangs of youths known as Yardies inherited and perpetuated longstand-

ing political rivalries between the Jamaica Labour Party and the Peoples
National Party. That rivalry reached
a peak of violence in Kingston, Jamaica, before the 1980 general election, when armed supporters from
both sides killed some 800 people.
The apparent Yardy connection in
Spider Trap alerts Operation Trident, set up to counter black-onblack crime, as well as Special
Branch and high-flying committees, who all demand oversight if not
part of the action. As more people
and organizations climb on board,
the investigation grows unwieldy
and information starts to leak. Corruption is a given but how far up the
chain of command does it go?
Brock, taken back by the discovery of the skeletons to unfinished
business from his early days on the
force, seems curiously aloof from the
present-day investigation. Kolla is
attracted to but wary of Tom Reeve,
who has been seconded to the department from Special Branch, and
is apparently privy to sources he
does not share with her.
Meticulous forensic tests gradually reveal facts about the skeletons
but finding the story behind the
deaths takes old-fashioned inquiries
and informants are scarce. The culture of retribution imposed by the
Yardies seals lips.
The Roaches have acquired a

The Lemoni bookstore in Thiseio,

which will host the Poetry Clubs
meetings.

patina of respectability through

seemingly legitimate businesses
but they have not forgotten the
methods that got them where they
are.
Maitlands Brock and Kolla mysteries are police procedurals that also exist on the broader canvas of a
recognizable society, with its failings, frictions and contradictions.
Here it is impoverished, crime-torn
Harlesden in North West London,

with its crack cocaine dealers and

their Rottweilers. It is also the hope
represented by Michael Grant, the
Jamaican-born MP who is campaigning against the drug trade he
sees devastating his district.
The author makes his detectives
human and fallible, especially when
it comes to building relationships,
but he does not resort to the stereotype of hard-boiled cynics with
carefully concealed hearts of gold.

The Spare Room spares no one

Helen Garners latest novel grapples with the great modern taboo of death
Billed as Australian writer Helen
Garners first fictional work in 16
years, The Spare Room does draw
on the authors experiences, yet it
is not strictly a memoir. Though the
lead characters in this and her other works of fiction often share recognizable tracts of her life story,
sometimes even her first name,
Garner insists that her novels are not
autobiographical.
In this book, a woman called Helen offers her spare room to Nicola,
a friend who is visiting Melbourne
for some unconventional cancer
treatment. Those details apparently match a real-life experience. How
much of the rest matches we cannot
know. Should we care? For some
readers, the use of such intensely
personal material smacks of exploitation. Others treasure the book
variously for being honest, refusing
to prettify pain and conflict, grappling with the great modern taboo

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of death and for the quality of its

prose.
Garner is unsparing of all her characters. Practical Helen, the old bohemian, is happy to be of service,
willing to wash load after load of
soiled linen, to cook and tend but is
almost disabled by rage at her idealistic friends trust in charlatans.
In the last stages of incurable cancer, Nicola refuses to admit it or to
go gentle into that good night. She
persists in attending the outrageously expensive Theodore Clinic,
where massive doses of vitamin C
reduce her to a shuddering wreck.
No arrangements have been made
to manage her pain; no care is taken for her comfort. The doctor, who
turns out to be a vet, keeps leaving
town on what he claims are urgent
business trips. Even when Helen
gets Nicola a proper diagnosis from
genuine doctors, Nicola drifts back
to the quacks.

Tailor-made
The prose is transparent,
unadorned

Resentment, misunderstandings
and rows build tension to a snapping
point but there is a joyful strain that
runs in counterpoint to the theme
of physical and emotional pain.
There are the jokes, the pleasures of
mining a shared past, the moments
where care is lovingly offered and
received, the interruptions from
Helens young granddaughter
Bessie, who lives next door and
squeezes through a gap in the garden fence, bringing her own candor
and her claim for attention.
And theres the prose, transparent, unadorned, tailor-made to reveal the narrators mingled love and
fury. When Helen urges Nicola to get
the palliative care people to visit, Nicola went rigid. I told you I
dont need that. Its not the angel
of death, I said. Its just some girls
in a car.
The Spare Room is published by
Canongate.

Poema is an innovative poetry e-zine

that presents and promotes poetry by
various means. As well as poems by
Greek and foreign writers, the website
www.poema.gr offers audio poems,
verse with video, articles, reviews and
blogs.
Now the organizers are starting up
the Poetry Club, which will have a
presence both in the real world, at the
Lemoni bookstore (22 Irakleidon, Thiseio), as well as on the Internet.
Each reading will focus on a chosen
theme and participants may submit
texts, read poems and ask questions of
the guest poets, critics, scholars and essayists.
Readers of Poema can contribute to
the club online through a forum set up
for the purpose on the website, where
they can read the poems from each
meeting and post comments, which will
broaden the discussion.
The Poetry Club belongs to the National Book Center of Greeces network of book clubs. It will meet every
two weeks, starting on September 24.

Lets Go to Nafplio
Papadopoulos
Publishing
presents
Pame Nafplio (Lets Go
to Nafplio), by
Mariza Decastro, one of a series of guides
for young children, at 8.30
p.m. on Friday,
July 31. Decastro specializes
in
writing
about art and
history for children. Her lively text
comes with illustrations by US-born,
Athens-based artist Mark Weinstein,
who is familiar to readers of Athens Plus
as the creator of the Prometheus cartoon.
Maria Goumas Art Gallery,
5 V. Alexandrou, Nafplio. For
information, call Papadopoulos Publishing
at 210.281.6134, ext. 817.

GET IN TOUCH
Readers are invited to send their views and
comments to books@athensplus.gr.

ATHENSPLUS FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2009

BOOKS & IDEAS

BY VIVIENNE NILAN

Imaginative
perspectives

Details from an old Pilio church.

Beach at Ai-Yiannis.

Home to gods, heroes

and matchless beauty

Pilio in all seasons,

photographed
by Yannis Yannelos

Legend has it that Pilio on the Pagasitikos Gulf in northeastern

Greece was home to nymphs, titans, centaurs and heroes. It was
even said to be the summer home
of the Olympian gods.
The Argonauts set out from
there on their expedition to retrieve
the Golden Fleece, having built
their ship the Argo from local
wood. It was there that the
Olympian gods fought the Titans
in the Gigantomachia. Ares saved
Mount Pilio, catching it in the air
when a giant wrenched the mountain from the ground and hurled it
at Dionysus.

Timeless appeal
Striking natural beauty
and living traditions
continue to attract admirers
When Cronus fell for the nymph
Philyra, he disguised himself as a
superb stallion to attract her attention. The fruit of their union was
Chiron, half man, half horse. Abandoned by his horrified mother at
birth, Chiron made his home in
Pilio. There he won renown for his
wisdom and became tutor to Asclepius, to whom he taught the art
of healing, as well as to heroes including Achilles, Heracles and Jason.
The creatures of myth may have
left Pilio but its striking natural

The beach of Mylopotamos.

A classic Pilio-style house at

Pinakates.

beauty and living traditions continue to attract admirers from

Greece and abroad. Majestic trees,
lush greenery, exquisite beaches
and hillside villages dotted with
stone houses in the distinctive local style make Pilio home to many
and a holiday destination for more.
Pilio: To onoma tou paradisou
(Pilio: The Name of Paradise), a new
publication from Militos, pays tribute to its beauties. Photographer
Yannis Yannelos, who has a house
in Pilio, worked with special dedication on this volume. Living
there most of the year, he is familiar
with its moods in all seasons. He
shows us grand vistas wide
shots of the Pagasitikos, dreamy at
dawn, pathways ablaze with autumn leaves, aerial shots of beaches that look as if they have just been
created. And he records small intimate details pollen in a daisy,
the grain of a sawn tree stump, the
texture of fungi, their tops glowing
red amid fallen leaves. Theres the
special beauty of Pilio in winter,
snowflakes melting on tender
green leaves, wood fires, ski runs.
As with other illustrated volumes
from Militos, Thanasis Vassiliou
wrote the captions and selected excerpts of poetry and prose to match
the photographs. He introduces the
villages, making brief reference to
their individual features and claims
to fame. The images speak for
themselves of an unspoiled place
of inspirational beauty.

Costas Haralas displayed a gift for coming at

the world from an unexpected angle in his childrens novel Everything has Only One Side!
published by Papadopoulos in 2007. In that story, a boy reluctantly running an errand for his
father comes back with the astonishing news
that the back of everything is missing. Now, in
a reader aimed at children in the first two classes of primary school, Haralas brings his original take on reality to a story about an everyday
event from the perspective of a little boy who
loves reading about dragons.
And those giant
creatures that are lashing his mothers car
with their powerful
limbs can only be dragons. His mother seems
petrified, sitting with
her mobile phone
clamped to her ear.
Our young hero is not
daunted. He plans to
fight back but first he
has to deal with a sudden downpour. Donning the waterproof
jacket he keeps in the
car, he grabs the jack
and hurls it with the
daring of a true knight
directly at the dragons.
He doesnt understand why an old man
starts complaining
about his carwash. I
didnt get it. That was
a full-on battle with dragons. Surely there had
to be some losses?
Illustrator Sophia Touliatou captures Haralass humor in her pictures for Enas ippotis
sto plintirio (A Knight in the Carwash), published by Papadopoulos.
In the same series is Enas mikros podosferistis (A Little Soccer Player) by Angeliki Varella, with charming illustrations by Maria Bacha.
Following a kitten as it ventures into the
world, the book conveys the immediacy of first
experiences. Having squeezed through a fence,
the kitten encounters a butterfly; it is soon, however, distracted by shouts and gets caught up
in a soccer match but gets a red card before
he can score.
At the back of both books are simple writing
and arithmetic activities related to the stories
that children will probably complete with
more pleasure than their regular homework.

New releases
Psychiatric quarterly

Poetry journal

Synapsis

Piitiki

Taxideftis
The 13th issue
features four
articles on
neuropsychiatry.
Other subjects
include the
mental health of
children and the
multiple
personality
epidemic in the
USA in 1975-85.
(112 pages)

Patakis
The springsummer issue of a
twice-yearly
journal edited by
Haris Vlavianos
contains a tribute
to American poet
John Ashbery as
well as articles,
essays and poems
by Greek and
foreign writers.
(320 pages)

Anthology

Novella

I Athina apo ton 19o ston 21o eona: Mia

logotechniki peridiavasi apo tin palia os
ti simerini ikona tis polis (Athens from
the 18th to the 19th Century: A Literary
Ramble from the Old to the
Contemporary Image of the City)

I proini peripati ton Vasilion

Voulgaroktonon (The Morning Walks of the
Bulgar-slaying Basils)

Selected by
Dora Menti
Patakis
An anthology of prose
and poems paints the
city and its people.
(320 pages)

By Vassilis
Constantinou
Hestia
The author weaves
together the story of a boy
in 1951 who identifies
with Basil the Bulgarslayer, and his adult self,
who is fighting his own
battles half a century later.
(116 pages)

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ATHENSPLUS FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2009

FAMILY FUN
BY THEOKLI KOTSIFAKI

KIDS STUFF

COMMENTARY
BY THEOKLI KOTSIFAKI

Seaside
safety tips
Its the end of July and a great deal of
Athenians have vacated the city for
their summer holidays. For children,
especially, summertime is one of the
most anticipated times of the year,
mainly identified with swimming and
playing on the seashore all day long.
However, the sea holds a lot of
surprises, including unpleasant ones,
especially for children, who can be at
risk of tragic accidents due to ignorance
of the possible dangers. According to
Greek nonprofit organization Young,
European, Organized and Capable
(NEOI), drowning is the second leading
cause of death among children aged 5
and under, and a child can drown in just
three seconds. Statistics reveal that one
in four near-drowning incidents ends in
death. This is why parents must be
vigilant and never take their eyes off
children while they are in the water.
Research has shown that many
accidental drownings or neardrownings have occurred while children
were supposedly being supervised. How
could that happen? It seems that simply
being near a child is not necessarily
enough.
What parents need to do is to actively
supervise their children without being
distracted by other activities, such as
reading, eating or chatting, as many
admitted doing when asked. Also being
aware of some general and basic safety
rules can help to prevent tragic
incidents that could happen either in

Veria
Artificial intelligence
Boys and girls with a penchant for science,
mechanics or even science fiction shouldnt miss
the opportunity to attend a series of workshops
titled Robotics, which will be taking place from
July 27 to 30 at the Central Public Library of Veria
(8 Ellis). Over a period of five days, from noon to
2.30 p.m., youngsters aged 10 to 15 will be
shown how to build and program a robot model
of their choice using Lego Mindstorms NXT
software.
For further information and registration,
call 23310.24494 or log on to www.libver.gr.

Its party time!

The Saltibangi theater troupe and Verias Central
Public Library (8 Ellis) invite elementary schoolaged children for a late evening of entertainment
and alcohol-free cocktails on Thursday, July 30.
From 11 p.m. to 1 a.m., youngsters will be serving up
delicious snacks and cool fruit punches while the
Saltibangi theater troupe will perform for all in
attendance.
For registration, call 23310.24494
or log on to www.libver.gr.

Leonidio
Puppet Theater Festival

the pool or the sea.

A number of tips drawn up by NEOI
after several calls from worried parents
include: parents active supervision
with ones undivided attention on ones
child, consulting the local weather
report before going to the beach (i.e.
for possible winds or storms), not
eating for at least two hours before
swimming and not chewing gum when
in the sea either, not diving into shallow
water, checking the sea for jellyfish or
sea urchins in order to avoid painful or
allergic incidents, and not swimming
when tired or dizzy or even too hot.
Most of all, instill awareness in your
children so they know the rules as well
as their own limits.
If most parents were aware of the
dangers of the sea and took the
aforementioned precautions, many of
the tragedies that take place either at
the beach or the pool could be averted;
try to bear that in mind this summer.

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The Municipality of Leonidio in the southeastern

Peloponnese is hosting its annual Puppet Theater
Festival on the weekend of July 24 to 26 at the
Municipal Elementary School
(near the bridge).
The three-day festival
includes a performance by the
Kokoumouklo puppet theater
troupe titled Otan i kokkini
klosti hathike sto megalo
dasos (When the Red Thread
Got Lost in the Big Forest) on
Saturday, July 25, while the
Merlin troupe will present its
show Dreamcatcher on
Sunday, July 26.
There will also be an
exhibition as well as
workshops for children and
adults on making and
operating puppets, while
festival-goers can expect a
variety of other entertaining events.
The workshops take place from 6.30 p.m. to 8.30
p.m. daily and the performances begin at 8.30 p.m.
Attendance is free.
For further details, call 6932.445.733
or log on to www.kokoumouklo.gr.

City events

Summer camp

Take a break

Delphi

Children of all ages are invited

to a fun-filled special event at
Fnac in Glyfada (4 Karagiorga)
on Saturday, July 25. In addition
to playing games with music,
youngsters will be shown how
to design their own beach bags,
make pretty gifts of painted
stones and much more. The
workshop begins at 12.30 p.m.
For further information
and registration, call
210.898.4300 or log on to
www.fnac.gr.

Farm of Games
Athens Heart, the new
shopping mall which opened
last winter in the southern
suburb of Tavros (180 Pireos, at
the Hamosternas junction),
continues its summer program
of childrens events under the
title Farm
of Games
with a cool
summerthemed
puppet
show on
Saturday,
July 25.
From noon until 4 p.m.,
children are invited to enjoy
the performance as well as
taking part in a number of
fun activities while parents
occupy themselves with
shopping.
For details, call
210.341.4105 or log on to
www.athensheart.gr.

Delphicamp is located in
the small but picturesque
pine forest of
Anemocampi, just 2
kilometers from Galaxidi
on the road to Nafpaktos.
Close to the sea, its an
ideal destination for
children between 6 and 16 years of age whose idea of the perfect
summer camp involves swimming, picnics and games on the
beach. The accommodation comprises small single-sex cabins
where the youngsters will sleep under the supervision of one or
two experienced group leaders.
The Delphicamp program includes sports activities such as
basketball, soccer, swimming, handball, table tennis, field hockey,
martial arts, canoeing and more. It also offers a wide range of
leisure and educational activities, including dance classes, theater
performances, painting workshops, chess, music and song
competitions.
Delphicamp additionally organizes nights of entertainment such
as fancy dress parties, picnics on the beach and nighttime
swimming. Parents can visit the camp facilities and spend time
with their children every Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. or from 6
p.m. to 8 p.m.
Remaining camping periods for 2009: August 2 to August 24.
For further information, call 210.963.0487 or 22650.422.55 (from
11.30 a.m. to 1 p.m.) or log on to www.delphicamp.gr.

Calling young athletes

If sport is not just a hobby for you but a way of life, even in
summertime, and youre aged between 6 and 14, then get yourself
signed up for an unforgettable camping experience at Sportcamp
just outside Loutraki.
Sportcamp is considered a pioneer in the field of sports
complexes, offering high-quality childrens programs, professional
and amateur sports events, as well as summer camps for children.
Kids are accommodated in well-equipped houses, especially
designed to withstand earthquakes, and supervised by
experienced group leaders and sports experts. The program
includes activities such as swimming (in two heated pools),
football, beach volleyball, water polo, aerobics, basketball, tennis,
walking and orienteering, dance, chess, traditional games and
mountain biking. Art and entertainment activities include
painting, graffiti, handicraft workshops and theater performances.
Sportcamp also organizes music and dance nights, parties,
contests, group games and excursions.
Remaining period: August 3 to August 24.
For further information, call 27440.23999
or log on to www.sportcamp.gr.

Archelon
The Archelon Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece and
its special club for young turtle lovers, Chelonoparea, are
organizing a seven-day camping trip to Mavrovouni Beach
on the Gulf of Laconia one of the areas where the
loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta-caretta) lays its eggs. The
camping trip is aimed at children aged between 8 and 18
who are interested in learning about the life and
reproduction cycle of the Caretta-caretta, which is an
endangered species. Youngsters will be accommodated at
the Meltemi campground, located near the Archelon
For further information or
research field station, from Sunday, August 2, to Saturday,
reservations, call 210.898.2600,
August 8. Campers stay in tents next to the sandy beach of
6932.640.949 or log on to
Mavrovouni surrounding by wild olive trees, while they can
www.archelon.gr.
make use of all the comforts provided by the organized
Meltemi campsite. Along with a team of volunteers and Chelonoparea members, the children will help
carry out morning and night surveys in order to protect the turtles nests, form channels in the sand
to help the baby turtles to reach the water and take part in ecological and sea games while
celebrating the hatching and emergence of the baby turtles under the moonlight.

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FASHION

Bold, beautiful and Bulgari

Rome retrospective traces brands history from Greek founder to the present
BY ELIS KISS

Whether with cascading, colorful

gemstones, signature coin jewelry or a highly recognizable logo, the
house of Bulgari enjoys a strong
sense of identity.
Who and what make up the fabulous world of the Italian power
brand? The glamorous girls, of
course think Anna (Magnani), Gina (Lollobrigida) and Elizabeth (Taylor) along with artists and craftsmen whose designs define both the
past and the present. From the
Dolce Vita years and Hollywood
royalty on location in Cinecitta, to the
star visitors catered to at the Via Condotti boutique, Bulgari has been a
key witness to the most glamorous
of times.
Showcasing 125 years of Bulgari,
the exhibition Between Eternity and
History: 1884-2009 was inaugurated during a, naturally, shimmering gala at the Exposition Palace
in Rome on May 20. In the Eternal
City, the show runs to September 13
and will be followed by stops in major cities around the world.
The retrospective exhibition features a charity angle, with Bulgari
acting as a major supporter of Save
the Childrens Rewrite the Future
campaign. The Italian company is
poised to raise 10 million euros by
the end of this year, which is intended as financial aid to provide education for children caught in the
middle of war and conflict.

Perennial chic
To visit the exhibition will
be to embrace the entire
history of a style that has
endured for generations
Celebrating 125 years of activity
is a significant achievement that few
companies, whether in Italy or
abroad, can claim, noted Bulgari
CEO Francesco Trapani in a statement.
To visit the exhibition will be to
embrace the entire history of a style
that has endured for generations and
transcended boundaries of every
kind, passing down to our time
that unique taste for innovation
and detail inspired by the heritage
of ancient Greece and Rome.
The Bulgari story is, more than
anything, a family story, which began in Epirus when local jeweler
Sotirios Voulgaris decided to leave
his native land and follow his dream,
eventually establishing the first
Bulgari outlet in Romes Via Sistina
in 1884.
In the exhibition in Rome, the colorful and glamorous history of the
houses archives is showcased with
500 items jewelry, watches and
decorative pieces as well as the
public debut of numerous pieces
stemming from private collections.

Padovans
creations
will be the
focus of a
midnight
fashion
show.

Luxury beachwear
on Myconos catwalk
Glamorous luxury beachwear by distinguished Italian designer Marisa Padovan
will be shown at 12.30 on Friday night at
a catwalk event taking place at the Astra
Bar on Myconos. The event is organized
by Melivia boutique, exclusive representative of the brand in Greece and a retail store specializing in high-quality,
haute-couture beachwear and resort
fashionwear, the only of its kind in Myconos and Athens.
Padovan, who will be attending the
event, is one of the biggest names in Italian fashion, specializing in beachwear. Her
creations have been worn by some of the
biggest stars in Italian cinema, such as
Sophia Loren and Gina Lollobrigida, and
featured in classical Italian films.
Luxury or unusual fabrics and exquisite finishing for example, pleated silk
chiffons, velvet, embroidered lycra or woven textures are a trademark of the
brand. Marisa Padovan is also the only
company that makes custom-made designs and fittings, to be ordered at the Melivia boutique on Myconos or at the Melivia showroom in Athens.
Also to be shown at the event are creations by Flavia Padovan, the brands
second, younger line.

The exhibition Between Eternity and

History: 1884-2009 at the Exposition
Palace in Rome runs to September 13.

Whats on display
The Bulgari world reflects 20thcentury society and life: Arranged
chronologically, the exhibition begins with silver pieces executed by
Voulgaris himself the only surviving pieces by the companys
founder followed by 1920s and
30s art deco pieces, created when
Sotirioss sons, Giorgio and Constantino, had taken over the helm.
Another gallery features work from
the French-inspired period of the
1940s and 50s, before continuing into the 1960s, a time that gave rise to
the houses first signature styles
softer volumes and novel combinations of colors in precious stones.
In the 1970s, Bulgari was influenced by playful pop art, while the
80s were defined by bold designs. In
the 1990s, the house produced a
large number of high jewelry creations. From a silver girdle created
by Sotirios in the late 19th century
to a sensational necklace with a price
tag of over 20 million euros, the Bulgari story is constantly evolving.
In the exhibitions Elizabeth
Taylor room, 16 exclusive Bulgari
designs among them a spectacular diamond brooch featuring a more than 18-carat
emerald given to the actress by Richard Burton
on the occasion of their engagement in 1962 pay
tribute to a great love affair.
While news of the BurtonTaylor relationship made global
headlines, the actresss ties to the Roman jewelry house remained one of
the most stable unions of her life.
Burton put it this way: The only
word Elizabeth knows in Italian is
Bulgari.

Specializing in beachwear

For
more
information, visit
www.bulgari.com.

Sensing a gap in the Greek market, Anthi Zissi, proprietor of the Melivia boutique,
decided about 10 years ago to specialize
in beachwear. Asked about whether the
financial crisis has had an effect on demand,
Zissi says that when it comes to spending
in order to look good on the beach or during their holidays, most women tend to
throw economic caution to the wind.
As of trends in beachwear, Zissi says
that what mostly counts is to choose what
best fits ones body.
She also said that Marisa Padovan
items never go out of fashion. A Marisa
Padovan swimsuit designed 10 years
ago will still make a strong impression.
Melivia boutique (Myconos,
tel 22890.27826).
A. KOROXENIDIS

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FINE FOOD

Eating Greek

A culinary renaissance
A new generation of restaurants is redefining local flavors

BY ELIS KISS

Looking for a fine dining experience? Obvious choices

would include the elegance
of France or the finesse of
Japan. But what about the
new flavors of Greece?
Whether visiting or residing in the country, a brief
look at a restaurant guide
will provide you with an increasingly long list of restaurants offering contemporary or creative Greek cuisine. Whatever the definition, the local restaurant industry
has entered a fresh chapter in the history of Greek culinary tradition.
I dont believe this is just a passing trend, one reason
being that the majority of new restaurants opening are
Greek-oriented, they have a new philosophy and try to
showcase a contemporary look, Dimitris Antonopoulos,
a leading food writer and critic and restaurant editor of
weekly Athinorama city guide, told Athens Plus. And this
goes back a while. It started to intensify at the beginning
of the new millennium.
According to Antonopoulos, the country is undergoing a change in mentality: In the past, Greek cuisine
seemed banal and old-fashioned. This is no longer the case,
thanks to a new generation of restaurants. Symbolically,
it started in 2004 but in fact it began a year earlier, with

the establishment of two

restaurants namely Milos
and 48 The Restaurant; for
Greece this was a kind of
turning-point,
said
Antonopoulos. These
were two luxury, forwardlooking restaurants, with
specifications similar to
the French. In the case of
Christoforos Peskias and 48
The Restaurant, it was about conceptual Greek food, while
Milos offered a part of the Greek soul and the simplicity of great ingredients. Then others followed suit. On the
business side, restaurateurs saw business opportunities,
while the public wanted to honor and support this move.
As local minds and palates evolve, is Greek cuisine
making waves on the international arena? Fifteen
years ago, travel articles would mention a nice taverna
and some ouzo; this is still the case of course, and thats
fine. But now, I also read articles talking about a renaissance, a new, modern Greek cuisine, that alone
makes the difference, said Antonopoulos. I also see it
through my colleagues; they are impressed by seeing that
Greece is on the same wavelength as the rest of the world.
The same goes for foreign chefs visiting the country. They
are surprised by whats going on. Greece might not be
a culinary destination in the way France is, for instance,
but things are changing.

Appellatio

A philosophy for food and technique

Established in Piraeus in 1920, Vassilenas is a three-generation restaurant
affair. Originally established as a lowbudget taverna by Thanassis Vassilenas, it is nowadays the business of his
namesake grandson and a hotspot
of creative Greek cuisine.
My father, who was not a chef,
knew how to mix ingredients, so we
already had a foundation, Vassilenas
told Athens Plus. Our aim is not to display the gourmet label but to come up
something nice and tasty.
These days, the Vassilenas kitchen
is run by Manolis Aslanoglou, a chef
who spent 10 years working in Switzerland before returning to Greece a-yearand-a-half ago. Besides the experience
he has accumulated, Aslanoglou has
a certain a philosophy when it comes
to food and technique, said Vassilenas. A variety of techniques, preservation and cooking preparations make
up the mantra in this restaurant,
where a 1920s tarama (fish-roe spread)
recipe featuring a rough, old-school
texture, now turns into a refined
mousse. Our approach is all about
cooking methods and presentation,
which raise memories through the use
of familiar ingredients but with completely different results, said Vassilenas. We use Greek ingredients,

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Keep it simple
Our aim is not to display the
gourmet label but to come up
something nice and tasty
things youve tasted somewhere before, and we present them in a fresh
way. Its a sort of collective memory
as well as the idea of educating the public. This kind of endeavor, says Vassilenas, is painstaking its about fine
details such as spending an hour to
chop a bunch of fresh oregano or coriander.
The results are then laid on the table.
At Vassilenas, kakavia (a local take
on bouillabaisse) involves rock fish and
scorpion fish, along with beetroot, tapioca, shrimp and shrimp oil the latter for added flavor. Another favorite

is the baked sardines, in this case accompanied by a tomato-and-cress

sorbet and a slice of lemon pate.
Things dont always have to sound
complicated, however. In the oven for
24 hours, kid goat meat takes on a honey-glazed hue and is on the road to perfection when some marjoram is sprinkled on top.
So what exactly is Greek creative
cuisine today? Its not moussaka
thats folklore, not to mention Turkish. Greek cuisine is part of Mediterranean cuisine, its fresh, light and full
of aroma, said Vassilenas. At the end
of the day, no cuisine is creative if its
not tasty.

Vassilenas, 72 Aitolikou, Piraeus,

tel 210.461.2457. For more information,
visit www.vassilenas.gr.

Mytilene feta cheese, Karpenisi salami and Mesolongi fish roe are a few
of the regional products you may taste
this season at Gefsis me Onomasia
Proelefsis (Appellation of Origin Flavors), a restaurant in the leafy northern suburb of Kifissia. Come back in
spring and you might come across
some fine, mini-sized artichokes produced on Atticas Roxani Matsa Estate.
An inspired collaboration between
enologist / restaurant owner Panos
Zoumboulis and chef Nena Ismyrnoglou, makes Gefsis me Onomasia Proelefsis the happy home of
a multitude of raw materials from all
over Greece.
Our menus are seasonal, depending on the ingredients that
Panos comes across in vineyards and
all the different regions and appellation-of-origin products made by small
producers, including seasonal meat
and fish, among others, said Ismyrnoglou, speaking to Athens Plus.
Our cooking is based on olive oil as
well as a homely feeling, even though
we prepare everything on a tis oras
[made on the spot] basis. The culinary
result is lighter cooked platters, with
Ismyrnoglous signature dishes including grilled squid accompanied by
an oil and lemon sauce with carrot and

In the field
I travel extensively around
Greece and its impressive to
see the variety of products and
how people consume them
smoked melitzanosalata (aubergine
mousse) as well as fish roe peinirli,
a baked bread with mint and lime butter.
I dont like mixing too many
things together; I will not prepare

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FINE FOOD

A kingdom of great raw materials

When Woody Allen asks for a jar of honey, its pretty useful to happen to know
the best source in the world. From
New York to Athens via Montreal,
Costas Spiliadis brings a wealth of ingredients and culinary philosophy
to his international clientele. Following studies in the United States
and Canada, Greek-born Spiliadis
gradually opened three Milos restaurants the last addition being the
Athens entry.

The full effect

Clients need to know what
theyre eating, not just for
health reasons, for instance, but
because of the need for more
democratic participation in the
whole dining experience
Besides offering gastronomic experiences, his mission has been to set
the Greek food record straight, both
in Greece and abroad. People took a
scornful look at local cuisine and
with reason. But during the Olympic
and post-Olympic period there was a
kind of euphoria, in terms of ability
and identity. Greek cuisine found its
place. The need for new bearings also stemmed from the lack of basic gastronomic education.
There was a time when knowledge
and food culture came from ones
home, passed on from one generation
to the next. When this link broke
down, with women entering the professional field and spending less time
at home, we lost this transferring of
knowledge and thats where formal
education kicks in. There is a huge gap
in this field.

on of origin

MORE OPTIONS
Varoulko
Master chef Lefteris Lazarou is
a pioneer of local culinary art,
with a Michelin star to prove it
(80 Pireos, tel 210.324.0133).

Giorti Baxevani
Busy chef Yiannis Baxevanis
has established his take on
grand cuisine at the end of Iera
Odos (Dafni-Haidari, tel
210.532.6163).

Kuzina

cheese and meat at the same time, for

instance, said Ismyrnoglou. I like to
bring out the raw materials and keep
the flavors intact. What does the gastronomic map of Greece look like?
The country has extraordinary
wealth, said Zoumboulis. As an
enologist with a passion for nature,
I travel extensively around Greece and
its impressive to see the variety of
products and how people consume
them. I see how shepherds eat their
meat, for example, differentiating
between the taste of a 1-year-old

lamb and a 2-year-old ewe. And then

theres the incredible wealth on the
wild side, the broad range of mushrooms, for example, that you come
across in the countryside.
Working in tandem, Zoumboulis
and Ismyrnoglou develop the menus
seasonally; while the former suggests a bottle of wine, the latter
swiftly comes up with an accompanying dish. Scouting the country for
known and lesser-known products,
Zoumboulis comes across forwardlooking projects and missed opportunities. An inspired mayor establishing a municipal cheese factory on the island of Ios is good news,
on the one hand, while the lack of locally raised guinea fowl, for instance,
leads to importing meat that could
have been reared in this country.
Where does Greek food stand these
days?
Were on the right track; dishes are
becoming much lighter and this
could be a great exporting product,
said Zoumboulis. Even though we
still have problems in the holiday resorts, this could be an interesting tool
for the countrys promotion.

Gefsis me Onomasia Proelefsis, 317

Kifissias, Kifissia, tel 210.800.1402.

How would you define your work at

Milos?
There is a broader, global debate in
relation to food and cuisines. About
a month ago, I was at a Las Vegas convention which posed the question, Is
French cuisine dead? There were major chefs, including French, all redefining their cuisine and work. There
is a tendency toward moving away
from the definition of cuisines based
on specific recipes but rather defining
things as a broader experience. Its
about how we deal with the food, the
raw materials, the entire dining experience. At Milos, therefore, the definition is part of an international
questioning with an emphasis on
pure ingredients. There is a major
movement toward smaller intervention when it comes to ingredients.
Clients need to know what theyre eating, not just for health reasons, for instance, but because of the need for
more democratic participation in the
whole dining experience. The days of
satisfying the vices of chefs are gone.
I would like to see Milos as an effort
which brings together Greek elements such as simple presentation,
sharing food at the table, hospitality
everything that makes up the basis
of our tradition and which is now be-

A fusion of Greek and

Mediterranean by chef Aris
Tsanaklidis (9 Adrianou, tel
210.324.0133).

Galazia Akti
Yiannis Baxevanis presents an
organic and seafood-oriented
menu by the sea (Grand Resort
Lagonissi, tel 22910.76000).

Dionysos
The well-known establishment
facing the Acropolis offers
revamped classics (43
Rovertou Gali, Makriyianni, tel
210.923.3182).

Ta Kioupia
A variety of Greek dishes is
given a contemporary spin in
this highly rated Kolonaki
establishment (22 Anapiron
Polemou & Dinocratous, tel
210.740.0150).

Athiri
Chef Alexandros Kardassis
brings his advanced gourmet
ideology to Kerameikos (15
Plateon, tel 210.346.2983).

coming part of a global tradition.

Without knowing it, we have played
a role in the development of a new culinary culture. So, its not about whether
I make a fasolada or a moussaka. Im
not sure that the rest of the world realizes that they have been influenced
by Greece. But I do know that when
[renowned French chef] Alain Ducasse
comes to Milos on Sundays, he observes the participation, how clients
enjoy their food and thinks twice
about how he does things. Maybe they
dont realize all this and are not ready
to accept it. So its up to us to fight for
these principles, because we have a
lot to offer. Its a pity not to believe in
all this ourselves and what kind of role
they play internationally.
What are some your favorite Greek
ingredients?
A general category is horta [wild
greens]: Their use in restaurants is
unique, a real gastronomic phenomenon. I was one of the first to bring
stamnagathi [spiny chicory] to peoples attention. Another major
achievement was working with wild
horta from Crete Americans love it,
they even use the Greek words. Honey
is another ingredient which has not
been properly exploited. Its a blessing to have the best honey and the best
beekeepers in the world.
Before establishing the Athens
restaurant, I was never able to get the
quantity I needed, which included giving some to good clients, such as
Woody Allen. Sea salt is another
product. Until now, we thought
Frances Fleur de sel was unique, yet
we have fabulous resources to make
something similar. I use Greek sea salt
extensively, though, again, its something which remains largely unexploited.

Milos, Athens Hilton, 46 Vassilissis

Sofias, tel 210.724.4400. For
more information, visit www.milos.ca.

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ARTS
EXHIBITIONS
ATHENS
Alex Mylonas Museum
5 Aghion Asomaton, Thiseio
tel 210.321.5717.
Stories on Human Rights, 22 short
films by international directors on
human rights. (To July 31)

Alpha Delta Gallery

3 Pallados, Psyrri, tel 210.322.8785.
Cartographies, solo exhibition
featuring the work of Maria Loizidou.
(To July 25)

Art Space 24
38 Spefsippou, tel 210.721.7897.
Meeting, group exhibition with
paintings by nine contemporary
Greek artists. (To July 25)

Athens Art Gallery

4 Glykonos, Kolonaki
tel 210.721.3938.
Summer Days 2009, group
exhibition. (To September 26)

Bacaro / Spilioti Projects

1 Sophocleous, tel 210.321.1388.
Erotica 4 Ever, group exhibition of
contemporary art. (To July 30)

B&M Theocharakis Foundation

for the Fine Arts and Music
9 Vassilissis Sofias & Merlin
tel 210.361.1206.
The Dynamics of the Image, works
by 14 Greek artists.
(To September 20)
Dreams and Obsessions: The
Drawings of Federico Fellini.
(To September 20)

Benaki Museum
1 Koumbari, tel 210.367.1000.
Pre-Columbian Art at the Benaki
Museum: The George C. Gondicas
Collection. (To August 30)

Benaki Museum Pireos St Annex

138 Pireos & Andronikou
tel 210.345.3338.
In Praise of Shadows, exhibition
highlighting the connections
between shadow-puppet theater and
contemporary art. (To July 26)
Georgios Xenos: A Geometry on
Hold, painting exhibition.
(To July 26)
Kleon Krantonellis, retrospective
on the work of the Greek architect.
(To July 27)

Byzantine & Christian Museum

22 Vassilissis Sofias
tel 210.729.4926.
People & Icons: Heirlooms of
Refugees, exhibition of relics
brought to Greece by refugees from
Eastern Thrace and Asia Minor.
(To August 30)

Cycladic Art Museum

4 Neofytou Douka, tel 210.722.8321.
DESTE Prize 2009, exhibition of
works by the finalists of the DESTE
Center for Contemporary Art prize.
(To September 30)
Thomas Struth, solo exhibition
featuring work by the German
photographer. (To September 14)

DESTE Foundation for

Contemporary Art
11 Filellinon & E. Pappa, Nea Ionia
tel 210.275.8490.
A Guest + A Host = A Ghost,
exhibition with works by 15
international contemporary artists,
all from the Dakis Joannou collection.
(To December 31)

CORFU

Political art

Old Fort Latin Chapel

Art and Democracy: 35 Contemporary Greek Artists,

a large exhibition that opens July 25 at Zappeio Hall in
the capitals center, is an occasion to ponder the ability of art to raise questions regarding political issues.
Curated by Takis Mavrotas and organized by the Constantinos Karamanlis Institute for Democracy, the exhibition commemorates the 30th anniversary of the restitution of democracy in this country after the fall of the
1967-74 military junta. The curator has selected artists
At Zappeio Hall
from different generations. Some, such as Vlassis Caniaris
through August 10.
and Yiannis Psychopedis, have consistently dealt with Open daily from 10 a.m. political issues in their work. The exhibition includes 2 p.m. and 7-9 p.m.
mostly large works in all media.
Entrance is free.

CRETE

An exhibition on the work of

engravers Pino Pandolfini and
Dimitra Siaterli. (To the end of July)

Exploring self-portraiture
The genre of portraiture self-portraits in particular is the subject of Face to Faces, a photography exhibition currently on display at the
Thessaloniki Museum of Photography in the
context of this years Thessaloniki Biennale. This
is the second part of a video installation that was
exhibited earlier this year at Thessalonikis French
Institute.
Face to Faces is on
The exhibition is a cultural project organized by
display at the Thessaloniki
the French state which began as a touring pho- Museum of Photography (Old
tography exhibition on the work of French artists. Port, tel 2310.566.716) through
In each of the countries where the exhibition trav- September 20.
els, new works by local artists are added to the initial content. The Greek photographers to display their work in the Thessaloniki
exhibition Christina Dimitriadi, Giorgos Katsaggelos, Panos Kokkinias, Evangelia Kranioti, Eleni Maligoura, Eleni Mouzakiti, Manolis Babousis, Venia Behraki, Lia Nalbantidou, Giorgos Prinos, Pavlos Fysakis and Athina Chroni were chosen by curator Angeliki Grammatikopoulou.
National Archaeological
Museum
44 Patission, tel 210.821.7724.
Worshipping Women: Ritual and
Reality in Classical Athens,
exhibition of ancient objects allowing
the re-examination of
preconceptions about the exclusion
of women from public life in ancient
Athens. Previously shown at the
Onassis Cultural Center in New York.
(To November 20)

National Bank Cultural

Foundation Bookstore
13 Amerikis, tel 210.361.4143.
Via, engravings, photographs and
drawings by Pelagia Kyriakou, part
of the Athens Print Fest 2009.
(To July 31)

National Gallery /
Alexandros Soutzos Museum
50 Vassileos Constantinou
tel 210.723.5937.
Retrospective exhibition featuring
paintings by Achilles Droungas.
(To August 31)

National Glyptotheque

exhibition featuring work by young

artists Stelios Karamanolis, Ilias
Kafouros and Toula Ploumi.
(To September 14)

ReMap 2
www.remapkm.com
A project taking place in parallel with
the second Athens Biennale at a
select number of contemporary art
galleries in the areas of Kerameikos
and Metaxourgeio. (To October 4)

Taf The Art Foundation

5 Normanou, tel 210.323.8757.
Turbulent Times, group exhibition
with works by contemporary Greek
artists. (To September 7)

Titanium Yiayiannos Gallery

44 Vassileos Constantinou
tel 210.729.7644.
Gazon Blues, works by painter
Giannis Bach Spyropoulos.
(To July 25)

Xippas Gallery
53D Sophocleous, tel 210.331.9333.
Two solo exhibitions on the work of
Jeremy Dickinson and Darren
Almond. (To September 26)

Zappeio Hall

1 Vassilis & Apostolou Pavlou, Thiseio

tel 210.346.1674.
Solo exhibition featuring the work of
painter Margariti Jessica.
(To September 17)

Stratou Park, Goudi (off Katehaki

Avenue), tel 210.770.9855.
In Honor of the Volunteers,
exhibition featuring costumes and
set designs used in the opening
ceremony of the Athens 2004
Olympic Games. (To December 20)

Ileana Tounta
Contemporary Art Center

National Museum of
Contemporary Art

20 Kolonaki Square
tel 210.360.8278.
Summer 2009, group exhibition.
(To August 31. [The gallery will be
closed August 8-24.])

Drasis Workshop for

Spirituality and Creativity

48 Armatolon & Klefton

tel 210.643.9466.
Summer Show 2009, group
exhibition featuring works by 16
contemporary Greek artists.
(To September 30)

Kalfayan Gallery
11 Haritos, tel 210.721.7679.
Archipelagos, photographs by
Stratos Kalafatis. (To September 26)

Medusa Art Gallery

7 Xenocratous, tel 210.724.4552.
Transitions, works by Doihandi,
Stergios Stamos and Nakis
Tastsioglou. (To September 30)

Melina Mercouri Foundation

9-11 Polygnotou, Plaka
tel 210.331.5601.
Melinas Visions, photographs,
documents and video clips of the late
Greek actress, activist and culture
minister. (Permanent display)

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Athens Conservatory,
17-19 Vas. Georgiou B & Rigillis
tel 210.924.2111.
Heart in Heart, group exhibition of
contemporary art. (To October 11)
(Un-)documented, solo exhibition
of work by video and film artist
George Drivas. (To September 6)
Expanded Ecologies: Perspectives in
a Time of Emergency, exhibition on
ecological issues.
(To October 4)
Faliro Olympic Complex
tel 210.523.2222
www.athensbiennial.org.
Heaven, the second Athens
Biennale of Contemporary Art.
(To October 4)

Potnia Thiron
Bank of Attention
7 Zaimi, Exarchia, tel 210.330.7380.
Its Probably Not What You Asked of
Me..., the second part of an

Art and Democracy: 35

Contemporary Greek Artists, group
exhibition curated by Takis Mavrotas.
(Opens July 25 and runs to August
10.)

Zoumboulakis Gallery

THESSALONIKI
Archaeological Museum
6 M. Andronikou, tel 2310.830.538.
Exhibition of ancient Macedonian
coins from the Alpha Bank collection.
(To January 31, 2010)
Journal of a Mediterranean
Landscape: The Greek World,
exhibition of photographs by Alain
Ceccaroli, organized by the
Thessaloniki Museum of
Photography. (To September 27)

(To September 12)

Macedonian Museum
of Contemporary Art
154 Egnatia, tel 2310.240.002.
Eugenia Apostolou: Works 19842009, abstract paintings.
(To July 31)
Paint-id Contemporary Painting in
Greece, group exhibition curated by
Sotiris Bachtsetzis.
(To July 31)

State Museum
of Contemporary Art
Lazariston Monastery,
21 Kolokotroni, Stavroupoli
tel 2310.589.140.
Rodchenko & Popova: Defining
Constructivism, Russian avantgarde works from the Costakis
collection. (To September 20)
Praxis: Art in Times of Uncertainty,
the Second Thessaloniki Biennale of
Contemporary Art, at various venues
around the city. (To September 27)
Warehouse B1, Old Port.
Techno Rituals, by Electros (Babis
Vekris). Part of the Thessaloniki
Biennale. (To August 30)

Thessaloniki Museum
of Photography
Warehouse 1, Old Port
tel 2310.566.716.
Face to Faces, a group exhibition
on photographic self-portraiture.
Part of the Second Thessaloniki
Biennale of Contemporary Art.
(To September 20)

Hania Municipal Gallery

98-102 Halidon, tel 28210.92294.
Beyond the Real: Resonances of
Surrealism in Greece. (To August 21)

ELEFSINA
Leonidas Kanellopoulos
Cultural Center
37 Dragoumi, tel 210.554.4325.
Works by young members of the
Together for the Child
philanthropic union. (To August 31)

EVIA
Spyros Vasileiou
Summer Residence
Spyrou Vasileiou &
Glafkippou Dionysou,
Eretria, tel 22290.62248.
Posters produced for the Greek
National Tourist Organization. The
pieces are from the Stavrinakis
collection. (To August 23)

HYDRA
DESTE Foundation Project
Space / Slaughterhouse Gallery
Tel. 210.275.8490.
Blood of Two: Matthew Barney and
Elizabeth Peyton, a DESTE
Foundation for Contemporary Art
exhibition. (To spring 2010)

LESVOS

MYCONOS
Kapopoulos Fine Arts
13 F. Zouganeli, tel 22890.27005.
A solo exhibition on the work of
painter Kostis Georgiou. (To July 26.)

MESOLONGI
Moschandreou Art Gallery
2 K. Trikoupi, tel 26310.551.016.
A group exhibition on present-day
Mesolongi, organized in cooperation
with the Agathi Gallery in Athens.
(To September 10)

NAFPLIO
Alpha Bank Cultural Center
4 Koletti, tel 2750.209.6234.
Yiannis Moralis: Theater, Music,
Poetry, drawings, models,
engravings and illustrations by the
Greek artist. (To November 29)
Journey to the Islands: The
Numismatic Evidence, exhibition
including ancient coins from the
Greek islands. (To November 29)

NAXOS
Bazeos Tower
Agiassos, tel 22850.31402.
Tower-Tower: Nikos Alexiou The
Collection, a selection from the
private collection of Nikos Alexiou.
(To September 3)

PAROS
Venus Art Gallery
Astir of Paros Hotel, Naoussa
Kolimbithres Bay, tel 22840.51976.
Mediterraneo, group painting and
sculpture exhibition celebrating the
summer season. (To September 30)

Aghios Demetrios Church

Margaris Foundation

Holland Tunnel Gallery

Basil & Elise Goulandris

Museum of Contemporary Art
Hora, tel 22820.22444.
Paul Delvaux and Antiquity.
(To September 27)

Cultural Center of the

Municipality of Thessaloniki

Petros & Marika Kydoniefs

Foundation

Grigoriou Lambraki & Kleanthous

tel 2310.909.414.
Greek Printmaking: An Overview,
part of the Thessaloniki Biennale.

Hora, tel 22820.24598.

Light of the Earth and the Sky,
paintings by Harry Lambert.
(To the end of the summer)

Of all media, it is watercolors with which artist

Chronis Botsoglou, former rector of the Athens
School of Fine Arts, has worked the most. It is a
medium that enables him to attain a
translucent effect and reveal the tonalities of
colors.
The watercolors on view at the artists solo
exhibition, which opens July 25 at the Citronne
Gallery on the island of Poros, show Botsoglous
longtime practice in the medium. Having a
distinct summer feel, the works, which also
include several constructions, were created
during the artists holidays from 2005 to the
present. As the visual narrations of Botsoglous
summer holidays, in essence comprising a
summer holiday diary, they evoke a sense of
playfulness and freedom. Most of the images
are inspired by the the area of Petri on the
island of Lesvos, where Botsoglou spends most
of his vacations. They are close-up depictions of
shells, sea urchins, pieces of wood and pebbles.

Aghia Paraskevi, tel 22530.32300.

Olivestone, installation by Joseph
Beuys. (To August 24)

AMFILOCHIA

ANDROS

Painting on
vacation

Museum of Industrial
Olive Oil Production

Naoussa
A solo exhibition featuring works by
painter Panagiotis Linardakis,
organized by the Medusa Art Gallery
in Athens. (To October 31)

34 Gerothanasi, tel 6974.454.435.

Naughtiness, Greek contemporary
art from the Beltsios collection.
For details, log on to
margarisfoundation.blogspot.com.
(To August 16.)

PRESENTATION
BY ALEXANDRA KOROXENIDIS

Paroikia, tel 22840.22195.

Dilemma, an exhibition featuring
the works of 21 international artists.
(To August 28)

PATRA
Municipal Gallery
110 Mezonos, tel 2610.966.235.
Fluid Identity, works from the
Macedonian Museum of
Contemporary Art.
(To September 30)

POROS
Citronne Gallery
Waterfront, tel 22980.22401.
Chronis Botsoglou, solo exhibition.
(Opens July 25 and runs to August
26.)

Each work is numbered and dated to record the

place and time it was made. In some images,
the painter includes a caption, usually a
descriptive, matter-of-fact title.
The series reflects the autobiographical aspect
that is usually prevalent in Botsoglous work.
The paintings that best capture this
autobiographical streak are large self-portraits,
the painters most well-known works.
In the catalog of the Poros exhibition, art
historian Martha Christofoglou notes that
Botsoglous paintings are based on the artists
experiential relationship with his subjects.
The artist, who has written the main text,
describes his interest in watercolors, which
actually began during his time as a student, and
notes that watercolors enable him to
experiment and become more daring than
other media do.
Solo exhibition by Chronis Botsoglou at the
Citronne Gallery on Poros (on the waterfront,
near the islands main port, tel 22980.22401).
Opens July 25 and runs through August 26.

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ARTS

Making
the connection
between art
appreciation
and creativity
Private collection of contemporary
Greek artist Nikos Alexiou on display
during Naxos Festival at Bazeos Tower

A work by Yuken Teruya.

BY ALEXANDRA KOROXENIDIS

More than anyone, it is probably artists

who best relate to art, and, one might
say, appreciate it the most. Yet artists
are usually not collectors at least not
in Greece in many cases simply because they do not have the means.
Nikos Alexiou is one of the few exceptions. Somehow, around eight
years ago he gradually began to buy
works by mainly young, emerging
artists which he saw at various exhibitions in the galleries of Athens. Today, his collection amounts to more
than 200 pieces of all media, from small
drawings, to videos, photographs and
installations.
A large part of this idiosyncratic collection is shown in Tower-Tower:
Nikos Alexiou The Collection, an exhibition being held at the medieval
Bazeos Tower on Naxos. Following a
large exhibition that was held several years ago in Sarajevo, this is the first
major presentation of the artists collection in Greece. Among the artists
represented in the collection are Elias
Kafouros, Jim Shaw, Kostis Velonis,
Maria Papadimitriou, Simon Periton,
Spyros Litinas, Vangelis Vlahos, Panos
Kokkinias and Alexandros Georgiou.
There are also some pieces by artists
who are no longer alive, such as George
Mavroidis, Alexis Akrithakis and Giannoulis Halepas.
Alexiou, who also designed the exhibition for which Yiorgos Tzirtzilakis has written a thought-provoking,
theoretical text, told Athens Plus that
both collecting and curating ones
own collection can be an extremely creative process.
A collection and a curatorial project
is, in many ways, also a portrait of the
artists oeuvre. For those familiar with
Alexious work, finding connections between his art and the choices he has
made when building the collection can
be quite revealing.
Interestingly, the practice of collecting not just art but all sorts of
small objects is a way of thinking and
working for Alexiou. His studio and
apartment are filled with various fragile-looking fragments and materials
which Alexiou integrates in his art constructions.
Asked about the similarities between the works that he collects and
his own creations, Alexiou says that he
probably chooses the kind of art that
he feels more familiar with but that he
is also curious about, works that help
him look at art in a completely different way.
Alexiou also said that having a collection is a great responsibility. As an
artist, he probably feels doubly sensitive about how art is exhibited and taken care of. The exhibition on Naxos
shows his sensitivity as an artist, collector and curator.

The venue

A photograph by Panos Kokkinias.

he Bazeos Tower is one of the

most important historical landmarks
on Naxos and one of around 30 medieval towers all listed buildings and
most of them privately owned that
survive on the island. Located at the
12th-kilometer mark on the main road

A painting by Minas.
going inland from the main town of
Naxos (toward the villages of Halki and
Filoti), it is built on a hillside and looks
out over the coastal area of Agiassos.
It is an area with a rich history during
the Byzantine period. The tower dates
to the early 17th century and was built
in a style heavily influenced by Venetian architecture. Originally it housed
the monastery of the True Cross.
In the early 19th century it was
abandoned and in 1834 it came under
the ownership of the Greek state. It was
bought in 1890 by the Bazeos family,

Challenging
Collecting and then curating
ones own collection can be
an extremely creative process
who used the tower for storing agricultural provisions and whose descendants are the current owners.
In 2000, owner Marios Bazeos began
a privately funded restoration project
on the tower, conducted under the supervision of the National Technical
University of Athens.
A year later, Bazeos converted the
tower into a cultural center and initiated what is known as the Naxos Festival, an annual arts event. An economist by profession, Bazeos has since
then worked closely with psychiatrist and drama therapist Stelios Krassanakis, who is artistic director of the
festivals theatrical and musical events.
The exhibition focusing on the collection of artist Nikos Alexiou launches this years festival, while a recital by

Catalan songwriter Josep Tero has

been scheduled for July 25. Tero has set
the poetry of C.P. Cavafy to music and
has translated Greek lyrics for his
repertoire.
As in past years, while the Naxos Festival is held mainly at the Bazeos
Tower, it is not confined to this principal venue. Several of its events are
held at various of the islands cultural venues, one example being the
classical music recital which will be
held at the Catholic church in the Castle of Hora on July 31.
One of the festivals objectives is to
enrich the islands social and cultural
life. Another principal aim is to raise
awareness about the cultural heritage
of the island and help preserve its medieval towers. Bazeos says that although they are listed buildings, there
is no state policy providing for their
maintenance, preservation or exploitation. On the occasion of this
years Naxos Festival, a map has been
made which shows the location of the
islands other medieval towers.
The is just one example of the efforts
being made within the framework of
a noteworthy, privately funded and run
cultural initiative, a project now running for nine years that has brought
contemporary art in dialogue with the
islands history.

Tower-Tower: Nikos Alexiou The

Collection, at the Bazeos Tower on
Naxos (12th km on the road from Hora,
toward Agiassos, tel 22850.31402) through
September 3. For details, visit
www.bazeostower.gr.

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ATHENSPLUS FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2009

ON STAGE

Captivating, playful,
sometimes raw art
that gets you thinking
Four very different shows opened this summers Kalamata
International Dance Festival, which runs to Sunday
BY KATERINA VOUSSOURA

Moments of surrealism, Japanese minimalism, burlesque action and the psychological intrigues of
a courtroom drama marked the opening of the 15th International Kalamata Dance Festival last week.
In his Greek premiere, Saburo Teshigawara presented a sensitive yet harsh world of his own, full
of fascinating lighting effects and intense movement. With her solo, Ea Sola castigated society for
the hardship experienced by illegal immigrants and was followed by Josef Nadjs dark, fairy-tale
version of Georg Buchners Woyzeck. In a change of pace, Jasmin Vardimon explored both the
events in court and the behind-the-scenes action at a murder trial.
The festival continues to Sunday, July 26, with performances by Belgian collective Peeping Tom,
newcomers Iraqis Bodies, as well as Mathilde Monnier and Xavier Le Roy.

Overall effect
The images in Saburo
Teshigawaras Obsession Un
Chien A blended together
harmoniously, rendered in
the beautiful wrapping
of a minimal and touching
sense of aesthetics

Playful props
The doors, the central table and
the mirror on the wall all play
their part in Woyzeck
Rihoko Sato had a powerful stage presence, emphasized by her sharp movements. [Bengt Wanselius]

A unique microcosm of light and shadow

Like an entity of its own, created partly by an extraordinary
game of light and shadow,
Saburo Teshigawaras Bunuelinspired project unfolded at the
Kalamata Festival.
In his first ever visit to
Greece, the multifaceted Japanese artist opened the event
with his duet Obsession Un
Chien A, inspired by Luis
Bunuel and Salvador Dalis
1929 film Un Chien andalou.
As with the film, there was
a surreal feel to this work,
which had to do both with the
atmosphere and the relationship between the two dancers.
Rihoko Sato and the choreographer never properly met on
stage. It was a powerful moment when, toward the end,
Teshigawara tried to get close
to Sato but every time he did so
an invisible force pushed him

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away, thrusting him to the

floor.
Teshigawaras movements
were at times light, fascinatingly smooth, even weightless but he could switch to intensity with breathtaking ease.
Sato, a dancer with a background in gymnastics, had a
powerful stage presence, emphasized by her sharp movements. There were times when,
with almost spasmodic movements, her body seemed to
follow every single note of the
violin that echoed.
Sensitive and tender but at
the same time harsh, the performance contained some butoh elements but also a lot of
contemporary dance. Teshigawara is an artist who designs
his shows carefully, from the
choreography to the costumes,
not to mention the music. And

it was precisely this holistic approach that gave a feeling of

completeness and uniqueness
to the spectacle. The lighting,
with the playful use of light
bulbs, was ingenious.
In what was one of the highlights of the performance and
a striking visual effect, the
shadow created by Satos legs
as she was lying on the floor
was projected against the wall.
As she skillfully moved them,
Teshigawara stood between
them creating the illusion of a
man caught in a spider web.
The overall impression was
one of alternating moving images that harmoniously blended together, despite the obvious harder touches, which
were rendered in the beautiful
wrapping of a minimal and
very touching sense of aesthetics.

Harsh reality
It was a promising start: French
choreographer of Vietnamese
descent Ea Sola sat motionless on
a chair, while strong gusts of air,
blowing out of fans, shook the
plastic floor covering, creating a
wave-like effect and making her
seem lonely in her stillness.
The solo Air Lines highlighted the harrowing experience that illegal immigrants go
through. The message was powerful but, despite the interesting
start, the way it was conveyed left
something to be desired. There
were interesting moments in
the one-hour spectacle, mostly related to the projected images
and videos on the wall. The video
recording of the transport of 128
immigrants hidden in a 10-meter
boat accompanied by a short interview was haunting the interviewees intense gaze made a
lasting impression. Sola symbolically played with the flags of
different countries and ducked
under the plastic floor covering,
only to emerge again, bringing
the flags with her. Toward the
end, her face covered by a mask,
she danced with open arms, her
body expressing pain and suffering, while behind her the
names of various countries flew
by on the screen, at different
paces, creating a visually interesting effect.

Woyzeck
The courtroom stenographer
carries the burder of recording
peoples guilt. [Ben Harries]

Large and grotesque but also

comic figures, like caricatures out
of a decadent fairy tale they
could have been creatures that
leaped out of the forest where

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ON STAGE

Truth, guilt and

lies all tangled up
Ea Sola
symbolically
played with the
flags of different
countries and
ducked under
the plastic floor
covering, only to
emerge again,
bringing the
flags with her.

followed by burlesque touch

Large, grotesque and comic, Nadjs figures seem to have leaped out of a
decadent fairy tale. [Laurent Philippe]
Hansel and Gretel got lost were
the stars of Josef Nadjs burlesque
take on Woyzeck. With a carefully designed performance and
the inventive use of sets and props,
Nadj tackled Georg Buchners famous unfinished play.
The original was inspired by the

true story of unemployed soldier

and barber Johann Christian
Woyzeck, who was executed in
1824 for killing his lover despite
strong signs of mental illness he
was declared competent by the
doctors.
In Buchners play, Woyzeck, the

hero, is a common soldier and barber. He is constantly humiliated for

his poverty by his captain and the
doctor who subjects him to medical experiments. Already delusional, he is driven to murder out
of jealousy.
Nadjs version retains some recognizable scenes from the original;
for instance, the characters eat and
then spit out peas in the original,
the doctor orders Woyzeck to eat
only peas as an experiment. Like
a well-orchestrated game, the
doors, the central table and the
mirror on the wall all play their
part, helping the actors/dancers
make full use of the stage. Reminiscent of a dark pantomime with
comic elements, there are many visually intriguing scenes: A performer refuses to detach himself
from a door frame, no matter how
hard he is shaken; sand falls on the
three characters from bags placed
just above their heads; one of
them sweeps the floor. All of this
happens in the presence of
Woyzecks dead lover, who mostly stands symbolically on a
pedestal in the corner but then
leads him to his death.
The physically harsh elements
in the play, such as an obsession
with eating, spitting things out
and vomiting or pretending to
cut a chunk out of ones stomach,
sometimes felt exaggerated and
provocative. Burlesque theater
has its own sense of aesthetics and
this particular production was inventive in many ways. Specialized
as it was, it was warmly received,
though some were not captivated
by the overall effect.

Is it possible to get to the truth that

lies behind a murder trial? What
does the concept of guilt entail and
how does each one of us deal with
it? These are the questions that Israel-born, London-based choreographer Jasmin Vardimon asked
with her clever, tightly knit performance Justitia, which rounded off the first weekend of the Kalamata Festival.
What can best be described as a
dance version of a courtroom drama, the performance explored all
the possible scenarios that might
lie behind a murder trial.
A revolving stage creatively
transferred the action from the
courtroom to the house where the
murder took place and back, as the
defense lawyer a powerful portrayal by Mafalda Deville as the
stereotype of the ultra-powerful career woman who, as it turns out,
has her own secrets unravels all
the endless possibilities.
In Vardimons trademark style,
the dancers appeared to fly, their
movements reflecting the intensity of the characters emotions.
The accused played by YunKrung
Song flexibly alternated between
the faithful wife, the suffering
wife, the cheating, seducing lover
and the rape victim. The deceased
as well as group therapy leader
versatile Paul Blackman worked
his way through the possible roles
of friend, lover and even rapist,
dancing his way from the couch to
the chair, on to the wall and back,
with extreme ease. Who wouldnt
be captivated by the scene in which
the two clash, a scene that was orchestrated like a video game and
the dancers moved like action figures?

The husband, the mysterious

neighbor and the courtroom stenographer all make their own contribution, especially the latter,
who seems to be suffocating under
the burden of recording peoples
guilt.
Vardimons sharp observation
skills regarding human nature,
which produced this spot-on psychological courtroom drama, are
something that the choreographer has worked on.
As she had told Athens Plus in a
past interview (published January
9), while in Israel she studied to cre-

Insight
Vardimons experiences as a
psychological interviewer led
to her developing an interest in
observing individuals and their
personal stories
ate psychological profiles based on
interviews and observations and
then became a psychological interviewer.
It was this experience that led to
her developing an interest in observing individuals and learning
their personal stories.
The fact that she also grew up on
a kibbutz created an awareness of
group dynamics, something that
is very apparent in Justitia,
which very much focuses on the
dancers relationships and reactions.
In the end, the audience was left
wondering: Who could these characters really be? Where does the
truth lie? Or, more importantly, is
it possible to ever really tell what
the truth is?

In trademark Vardimon style, the dancers appeared to fly as they

performed, their movements reflecting the intensity of the characters
emotions. [Ben Harries]

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ATHENSPLUS FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2009

USIC
Jason Yarde
Saxophonist Jason Yarde, whose musical
breadth, stretching from progressive jazz
to reggae, has led to numerous collaborations, including with celebrated
drummer Jack DeJohnette, headlines
a jazz event in Athens. Also on the bill
are emerging Greek act Yiannis Kassetas and his Funky Wizard band, whose
recent debut album was well received
here, Fanfare Transylvania, a 10-piece
brass band from Romanias Transylvania
region, and locally based jazz/ethnicjazz trio Vuslat.
PETRA THEATER Damari, Petroupoli,
Athens. Starts at 9.30 p.m. Admission
is 10 euros. Tickets are on sale at Cine
Petroupolis (168 Petroupoleos, tel
210.501.2391). For more information,
call 210.501.2402.

Friday July 24
Blues/Jazz/Ethnic
Dr Vodkatini
Ten-piece soul/acid-jazz/funk band Dr
Vodkatini caps off a productive season
of numerous shows in Athens and beyond as well as the release of its Indulge
in a Big Swig album, with a party-minded show as Athenians prepare to abandon the city in large numbers for the hot
month of August.
KOO-KOO 17 Iakchou, Gazi, Athens.
Starts at 11 p.m. Admission is 10 euros
(including drink). For more information,
call 210.345.0930.
Cesaria Evora
Making a quick return to Greece following a performance here last winter,
Cesaria Evora, the Cape Verde artist who
has put her homeland on the international map with her sublime vocals over
the past 15 years or so, performs in the
foothills of Mount Olympus.
ANCIENT THEATER OF DION Mount
Olympus. Admission is 25-30 euros. For
more information, call 23510.76041.
Maraveyas Ilegal
Folk-rock/ska/bossa nova act Maraveyas Ilegal, one of the countrys
most popular arrivals of the past year,
performs the first of back-to-back dates
in frontman Costis Maraveyass native
Preveza, western Greece.
PREVEZA BEACH HOTEL Kastrosikia,
Preveza. Admission is 10 euros. Starts
at 9 p.m.

Rock/Pop
5th Kiato Rock Meeting
The Kiato Rock Meeting, a stylistically
diverse festival in the northern Peloponnese that has provided a platform
for local acts, returns as a three-day
event with three bands blues-rebetiko act Muddy Roads, ska-reggae act
Les SkartOi and jazz band Sugar Babies
Music Collective on opening night.
ANICHTO THEATRO Tragana, Kiato.
Starts at 8.30 p.m.
Vassilis Papakonstantinou
Veteran act Vassilis Papakonstantinou,
whose powerful vocal delivery established him as a rock figure here following
his early days as a gentler balladeer, performs on the island of Evia just weeks
after he and German power rock-pop
band the Scorpions packed fans into the
capitals Karaiskaki Stadium.
ARTEMISIO Evia.
Zero Zero
Hard-rock quartet Zero Zero, a hardworking regular on the local club circuit
with fluent personnel capable of delivering convincing covers of rock classics,
carry on working the scene.
LAZY CLUB 1 Pendelis , Vrilissia, Athens.
For more information, call 210.689.5535.

Saturday July 25
Blues/Jazz/Ethnic
Maraveyas Ilegal
Folk-rock/ska/bossa nova act Maraveyas Ilegal, one of the countrys
most popular arrivals of the past year,
performs the second of two dates in
frontman Costis Maraveyass native
Preveza, western Greece.
PREVEZA BEACH HOTEL Kastrosikia,
Preveza. Admission is 10 euros. Starts
at 9 p.m.
Vassilis Tsabropoulos
Greek pianist Vassilis Tsabropoulos,
who has released a number of lauded
albums blending jazz and classical with

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Greek
Haralambos Garganourakis
& Nikos Androulakis
Local
vocalists
Haralambos
Garganourakis and Nikos Androulakis,
both hailing from Crete, perform modern Greek standards as well as traditional
material.
ATTIKO ALSOS PARK Athens (off the
Galatsi ring road from Karpenisioti
Street). Starts at 9 p.m. Admission is 5
euros. For more information, call
210.362.1601.

Evora at the Ancient Theater of Dion

Cape Verdean artist Cesaria Evora, who has graced Greek stages on numerous occasions with her melancholic yet liberating music since breaking onto the international stage in the late 80s, makes a quick return following a visit to Athens last winter for one performance, on July 24, at the Ancient Theater
of Dion, in the foothills of Mount Olympus.
Evora, now 67, enjoyed belated international success as she was approaching 50. The singer, best known for her morna, the melancholic Cape Verdean
genre of folk music, grew up in an orphanage as her mother, a widow from
early on, was unable to support her.
traditional Greek tinges on the prestigious German label ECM, presents his
latest album The Promise at the Sani
Festival in Halkidiki, northern Greece,
approximately 80 kilometers from
Thessaloniki Airport.
SANI RESORT Sani, Kassandra, Halkidiki. For more information, call
23740.99400.

Rock/Pop
5th Kiato Rock Meeting
The Kiato Rock Meeting enters its second of three days with three bands: popular electro-rebetiko newcomer Imam
Baildi from Athens, rock act Clear Spot
from Kiato and trip-hop act Noisea from
Corinth.
ANICHTO THEATRO Tragana, Kiato.
Starts at 8.30 p.m.
Delivers
Local hard-rock trio Delivers, a high-energy band with a relentless approach,
performs an end-of-season show for the
Lazy Club in the northern suburbs.
LAZY CLUB 1 Pendelis , Vrilissia, Athens.
For more information, call 210.689.5535.

Sunday July 26
Greek
Dimitris Basis
German-born Greek singer Dimitris
Basis, whose collaborations include
work with leading bouzouki player and
songwriter Christos Nikolopoulos, is
joined by fellow vocalist Iota Nega for
a free show to be dominated by contemporary Greek standards.
ARTEMISIO Evia. Starts at 9 p.m. Admission is free.

Nikos Portokaloglou
Domestic hitmaker Nikos Portokaloglou,
whose popularity as a solo act has far
surpassed that of his former band
Fatme in the 80s, performs a free-admission, open-air show on the outskirts
of Athens, in Aspropyrgos, 20 kilometers northwest of the city center. His career-spanning set will include work
from his most recent album, Strofi. He
is joined by recent arrival Vassiliki
Karakosta, whose debut album Svoura,
released last winter, was written and produced by Portokaloglou.
PLATEIA DIMARCHIOU (Town Hall
Square) Aspropyrgos.

Rock/Pop
5th Kiato Rock Meeting
The Kiato Rock Meeting reaches its third
and final day with four bands pop-rock
act Grand Zero from Patra, folk-punk
band Migma from Athens, alternative
rock band the Roof from Xylokastro and
metal band Devest from Kiato.
ANICHTO THEATRO Tragana, Kiato.
Starts at 8.30 p.m.

Monday July 27
Rock/Pop
Rocking Athens Festival
One of several new arrivals on this summers domestic festival circuit, the
Rocking Athens Festival presents an allheavy metal lineup headlined by Heaven & Hell, featuring Black Sabbath
members Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler along with former members Ronnie
James Dio and Vinny Appice. Also on the
bill are popular German heavy metal
band Blind Guardian, American thrash

band Testament, French metal act Gojira as well as two Athens-based bands,
Mencea, who released their first album
Dark Matter, Energy Noir last year, and
Descending, also with one album Enter Annihilation to their credit so far.
OLYMPIC FENCING CENTER Elliniko,
Athens. Admission is 60 euros for advance ticket purchases and 65 euros at
the door. Tickets are on sale at Metropolis
music stores, Ticket House (42 Panepistimiou, Athens, tel 210.360.8366) and
www.ticketservices.gr.
Theodosia Tsatsou
Melbourne-born-and-raised Theodosia
Tsatsou, who made a considerable impact here well into the 90s as the bigvoiced singer of Thessaloniki pop-rock
band Ble before pursuing a solo career,
performs in Athens having just released a new album, A Gapisou, described as a rock album with funk, blues,
soul, jazz and Greek overtones.
TECHNOPOLIS 100 Pireos, Gazi, Athens.
Starts at 9.30 p.m. Admission is 10 euros for advance ticket purchases and 15
euros at the gate. Tickets are on sale at
www.ticketnet.gr. For more information,
call 210.346.1589.

Wednesday July 29
Blues/Jazz/Ethnic
Maraveyas Ilegal
Folk-rock/ska/bossa nova act Maraveyas Ilegal, one of the countrys
most popular arrivals of the past year,
performs a free show on the island of
Crete.
ALSYLLIO PARK Municipality of Mires,
Crete. Starts at 9 p.m. Admission is free.

Rock/Pop
Kokkina Halia
Emerging local pop-rock band Kokkina
Halia performs an open-air show at fashionable downtown Gazis main venue.
TECHNOPOLIS 100 Pireos, Gazi, Athens.
Starts at 9 p.m. Admission is 7 euros for
advance purchases and 10 euros at the
gate. Tickets are on sale at the venue.
For more information, call 210.346.1589.
31st River Party
The 31st River Party, in Kastoria, northern Greece, returns as a five-day, twostage event with seasoned Greek singer
Glykeria, a provider of Eastern-tinged
Greek hits since the 80s, headlining at
the festivals main stage on Day 1. Also
performing, on the smaller stage, Thessaloniki rock band the Skelters will deliver material from their debut album
Explain to Me as well as covers of international hits by legendary acts such
as the Beatles, John Lennon, Elvis Presley, U2, Queen, the Rolling Stones, Little Richard, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan and
the Doors.
NESTORIO Kastoria. Admission is 10 euros. A five-day pass, including camping
fee, is available for 40 euros. For full details on the five-day program, visit
www.riverparty.org.

Thursday July 30
Rock/Pop
31st River Party
The 31st River Party enters its second
of five days with four acts performing
on two stages. Acts appearing include
Monika, a young singer-songwriter
who has generated considerable indiescene interest here since the release of
a recent debut album, as well as Dimos
Anastasiadis, Deniro and Nekyia.
NESTORIO Kastoria. Admission is 15 euros. For full details on the five-day program, log on to www.riverparty.org.

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REVIEW
BY PHOEBE FRONISTA

Mr Self Destruct
in the flesh
Unlike today, an adolescent in the 1990s had a
plethora of talented navel-gazing, nobodyunderstands-me-I-hate-you-all bands to listen
to. One of the darkest, most introspective voices
to emerge in that decade was that of Trent
Reznor, the mastermind behind Nine Inch Nails.
Just as grunge was breaking, about to change
the musical landscape forever, the former
janitor from Ohio wrote and recorded Pretty
Hate Machine in 1989 on his own. While the
songs followed the soft-loud-soft formula of
grunge, the computer sequencing and
unapologetic use of electronic equipment set
him apart from his contemporaries. His angstridden wail sang of self-loathing and mistrust
and was set against a noisy, industrial backdrop
that many bands most famously his former
protege Marilyn Manson later copied with
varying levels of success.
Twenty years after the first Nine Inch Nails
release, nearly 4,000 people converged upon
the airy Vrachon Theater in Athens to see
Reznor in the flesh for the first and possibly
last time on
his worldwide
Wave
Goodbye tour.
During those
20 years, he
encountered
fame,
notoriety,
awards,
clashes with
the record industry, suicide attempts and rehab.
However, on Monday night, following the
boisterous rock of Janes Addiction and
reserved electronica of Alec Empire, the 44year-old Reznor appeared looking relaxed and
buff. In the midst of the unluckiest summer for
music fans in Athens, a feeling of relief was
discernible when his longtime guitarist, Robin
Finck, walked on the stage, which was brilliantly
lit with seven rows of overhead lights and
vertical strobes lining the back and sides.
They were joined by bassist Justin MeldalJohnsen and 21-year-old wunderkind drummer
Ilan Rubin. The four traded the role of
keyboardist, with Reznor juggling the most
duties, singing into any microphone he could
find in front of him. The two-hour concert was
extremely tight, with many songs segueing into
each other. There was no destruction of
equipment as had been NINs wont in the
1990s; a mellower Reznor with restrained
passion and excellent sound gave the fans
exactly what they wanted: a generous sampling
from nearly all of his eight studio albums.
People moshed to March of the Pigs and
Wish and sang along to Terrible Lie and the
David Bowie collaboration Im Afraid of
Americans.
Highlights included the hypnotic metal dirge of
Reptile and a thrash version of Mr Self
Destruct, both from his 1995 magnum opus,
concept album The Downward Spiral, which
chronicled the thoughts of a man about to
commit suicide. Strangely, there were no
encores; however, the audience that had
swallowed hearty amounts of dust and were not
allowed to bring bottled water or beer on the
premises, did not seem to mind much by the
time the black ballad Hurt closed the gig.

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USIC
BY GEORGE KOLYVAS

Looking ahead, spurred

on by Eurovision triumph
Norwegian Alexander Rybak, recently in Athens to promote
his debut album, is a worthy inspiration for youngsters
The Norwegian ambassador to Greece
was in a chirpy mood when he presented the Eurovision song contests
runaway 2009 winner Alexander Rybak at a news conference in Athens this
week as part of a 22-country promotional tour by the young folk-pop musician in support of his newly released debut album Fairytales.
Youre no Alexander the Great, but
youre a great Alexander, quipped
Norways envoy in Athens, Sverre
Stub, while introducing his compatriot
Rybak to local journalists. Norway has
two ambassadors in Greece right now
in alphabetical order, you and then
me.
Besides contributing to the promotion of Norways image abroad and
elevating his own career in the international pop arena, Rybaks Eurovision
victory in Moscow last May has had a
widespread impact on the musical
ways of his young admirers.
The 23-year-old Norwegian folkinflected pop singer, songwriter and
violinists Eurovision win, earned convincingly with a record margin, has led
to an increased domestic interest in traditional Norwegian music and dancing, and also prompted a sharp rise in
the number of youngsters enrolling for
violin classes there.
Though children in Greece may
not be flocking to Norwegian roots music, they too have been affected by Rybaks sudden arrival. Demand for violin lessons among the young here is

rising, too, local music instructors

have noted.
Its not only about me, its about
giving other people opportunities,
said Rybak, born in Belarus to musician parents who relocated to a provincial part of Norway when he was a
youngster. I feel that its a great
thing if I can put traditional and folk
music back under the spotlight, as I
consider this to be one of the purest
forms of music, he continued.
Prior to his Eurovision win, Rybak
had won a major talent show in Norway a couple of years earlier.

Motivating force
The amiable Norwegian
has prompted a rise in the
number of children enrolling
for violin classes
A far cry from the dance-glamourand-flesh-obsessed acts Greek entries
being no exception that have come
to characterize Eurovision, Rybak, an
amiable and charismatic young man,
spoke thoughtfully and realistically
about his sudden rise to fame.
I always wanted to have the opportunity for exposure. Eurovision is
a great arena for this. Im really trying
to enjoy this as much as possible. Im
thankful for every letter I get and I like
to sign autographs. Its really nice that
so many people got to know me in one

night, said Rybak. But I know that

four years from now I wont be as popular, he continued, while mentioning
that a countryside studio and recordings for film scores was a prospect he
could see himself considering for the
future.
Responding to a question about
whether he could utilize his newfound celebrity status to contribute to
global matters such as the environmental problem being encountered by
humanity, Rybak was overtly honest.
To be honest, I dont think Im intelligent enough to handle such big
matters. There is a thing called expertise, he remarked.
This, however, would not stop him
from offering support on a smaller
scale, he said.
I like to help people. Im planning
small things, like visiting childrens
hospitals. I know it wont change the
world, admitted Rybak. Right now,
Im interested in personal relationships, helping people who are on the
planet now, not people who will be living on the planet 400 years from
now. I cant think long-term.
Asked how he was handling his success, Rybak noted that he was not
struggling against a diva inside me...
First we are children, then teenagers
trying to do something special, trying
to be rebels. Then, when its almost too
late, we can discover that inner child
again. I was very lucky to find my childhood right before Eurovision.

Good spells, bad spells

Rybak, addressing his newfound fame at a news conference in Athens this

week, said he was not struggling against a diva inside me.

Locals who have embraced the annual Eurovision song contest with fervor, if not national passion and there
are many were disappointed by the
37-year-old Greek pop idol Sakis Rouvass failure to do no better than seventh place at the Moscow event in
May.
The lingering letdown was highlighted by the many Rouvas-related
questions this years winner, Alexander Rybak, faced at a news conference
in Athens this week as part of a promotional tour for his debut album. In
all fairness, the Greek hunk, if compared to the far younger Rybak, doesnt even come close to the Norwegian
as far as artistic ability is concerned.
For the time being at least, Rybak
can be classified as a budding pop
artist. The content on last months debut album release Fairytales strongly suggests that the Norwegian is an
artist with musical foundations and
potential for further expansion into
diverse fields. Besides singing, the 23year-old composed most of the music for the album, arranged the

Comparing Alexander Rybak

(above) and pop idol Sakis Rouvas
(below), both national picks for
Eurovision 2009, highlights the
degenerative state of culture here.

strings, and played the violins.

As the son of musicians, he was
pushed into practicing hard for years
to hone his skills, for which he is now
grateful, as Rybak himself mentions
in the albums liner notes.
By contrast, Rouvas, the embodiment of conveyor-belt pop that, in
most cases, is heartlessly pieced together by teams driven only by commercial prospects, has spent most of
his time working with imagemakers
and bubblegum choreographers and
maintaining that solid bodys appeal
in the gym all to the delight of this
countrys image-obsessed masses.
It is yet another reminder of the
obliterating effect junk TV a development now nearly two decades in the
making in Greece has had on the
lives, values and cultural standards of
the masses here. Though Eurovision
is mostly about lightweight fun and
entertainment, comparing Rybak and
Rouvas as representatives of their respective homelands, does highlight
the degenerative state of culture
here.

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GASTRONOMY

Fish, seafood and fresh salads

Light and flavorful meals will hit the spot on hot summer days

Grilled squid with

eggplant salad
Ingredients (serves 4)

Fish are one of the lightest, tastiest and most

nutritious of foods and here we provide some
ideas on how to liven up an ordinary meal.
Try baking a whole fish or fillets wrapped
in greaseproof paper with a mixture of fresh
herbs. Or add a sauce to a baked fish dish by
adding chopped vegetables.
For example, finely chop a whole tomato,
add salt, 2 tablespoons of oil, 3 spoonfuls of
lemon juice, half a bunch of finely chopped
parsley, 1 teaspoon of dried thyme and 1 of capers, finely chopped. Mix well and spoon over
the fish once it is ready. Using this sauce as a
base, experiment with your favorite herbs.
The simplest way to dress a baked fish is with
a lemon and oil sauce. There are several ways
to combine the two. One idea for four people
is the following:
Blend 4 tablespoons of olive oil, 3 table-

For the squid

750 gr fresh or frozen squid, the body separated from
the tentacles
2 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp orange juice
1/2 tsp of lemon and orange zest
(preferably organic)
4 tbsp finely chopped herbs such as basil, parsley,
oregano, thyme or 2 tbsp dried herbs
Salt and pepper

Turn the grill on

high, oil the
squid with one
spoonful of the
oil and grill it for
three minutes on
each side.
The tentacles will
need a little more
time to cook. Cut
the squid into
thin rings and
place in a bowl.
Add the oil, citrus
juices, zest and
herbs, season
and mix well.

Healthy substitutes
For a lighter dressing, replace
some of the oil with mustard,
fruit juice or vegetable juice
spoons of lemon juice, 1 teaspoon mustard, 5
saffron threads dissolved in 1 tablespoon of
hot water and half a teaspoon of dried thyme
or rosemary.
On to the salads, and for a lighter dressing,
replace some of the oil with mustard.
You can also use fruit juice citrus, apricot,
peach, strawberry or vegetable juice carrot, tomato, cucumber to replace some of the
oil.
Use less oil in the traditional Greek salad
(horiatiki) or on Cretan dakos and replace the
feta with a lighter cheese, such as anthotyro,
katiki or xinomyzithra.
Rice salads make a meal, but use parboiled
or basmati, which dont get soggy. Pasta salads are also heartier.
Chicken breast (grilled, boiled or steamed)
is a great basis for salad meals, cut in fine slices
or chunks.

For the eggplant puree

2 medium-sized eggplants
1 drop of mastic oil or 1/3 tsp mastic powder
1 tbsp lemon juice
3 tbsp olive oil
1/2 tsp brown sugar or 1 tsp treacle
Salt and pepper

Make two or three small cuts in each eggplant and heat

under a very hot grill until soft and the skin is wellblackened. Transfer them to a plate and cut in half
lengthwise. Using a spoon, remove the flesh and place
in a fine sieve. Be careful not to include any of the
blackened skin.
Put the flesh in a blender with the oil, lemon, mastic,
sugar or treacle. Season and beat for 2 minutes. Test for
flavor and add more salt or pepper if necessary.
NENA ISMYRNOGLOU

Salads as a light meal on their own

Rice salad with fresh vegetables

Green salad with tomato, paximadi and anthotyro

Ingredients (serves 4)

Freshly ground pepper

Ingredients (serves 4)

For the rice

2 cups basmati or parboiled rice
1 bay leaf
1 tsp salt
5 cups water

For the dressing

3 tbsp fresh marjoram leaves, finely
chopped, or 1 tbsp dried
5 tbsp olive oil
4 tbsp lemon juice
Zest of one unwaxed, organic lemon
1 tbsp smooth mustard

1 bunch rocket, 1 curly lettuce

1 red Lola lettuce, 1 Kos lettuce
10 small paximadia (double-baked
bread), broken into small pieces
3 large, ripe tomatoes, chopped into small
pieces
2 tbsp caper leaves
1 tbsp fresh oregano leaves,
finely chopped, or 1 tsp dried,
crushed oregano
200 gr anthotyro, crumbled
9 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp white vinegar
Salt and freshly ground pepper

Put the water, salt and bay leaf in a

medium-sized saucepan and add the
rice as soon as it comes to the boil.
Lower the heat and simmer halfcovered for 15-18 minutes until the
rice is done but not too soft. Drain in
a sieve and let cool, then transfer to
a bowl. Discard the bay leaf.
For the vegetables
2 zucchinis, roughly grated
1 medium-sized fennel root,

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finely chopped
2 shallots, finely sliced
1 onion, finely chopped
5 medium-sized mushrooms,
finely sliced
Leaves and soft stalks of half a
bunch of parsley, finely chopped

Mix all the ingredients for the

dressing for two minutes in the
blender.
Pour over the rice and add all the
chopped vegetables and parsley and
mix well.
Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and
refrigerate until ready to serve.
Keeps up to 2 days.
NENA ISMYRNOGLOU

Wash all the greens well and let drain.

When dry, tear into small pieces by hand.
Place in a bowl and add the paximadia,

tomatoes, caper leaves and oregano.

In another bowl, mix the vinegar with the
salt and slowly add the olive oil, stirring
continually, and season.
Pour this dressing over the salad and mix
well. Serve on individual plates and add
the anthotyro or if you prefer, mix it with
the rest of the ingredients.
ALEXANDROS PAPANDREOU

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GASTRONOMY

Rubies of the fruit bowl

Sour cherries for desserts and as breakfast spreads
BY EVI VOUTSINA

Sour cherries (Cerasus acida, or vyssina in Greek)

have, as the name implies, a tart flavor and
have been known since
antiquity; scientists including Theophrastus and
Dioscurides claimed they
were good for the intestines.
Other ancient writers
such as Diphilus of Sifnos
(3rd century BC) also
called them digestible and
said the better ones were

those with the darkest

color and those from Miletus. The variety we know
today gave its name to the
Black Sea town of Kerasus.
No matter what their
origin, sour cherries are
juicy and delicious.
Try this sour cherry
paste to spread on cakes
or bread and a sour cherry preserve to keep for
winter fruit salads of apples, pears, bananas and
oranges. It is also wonderful with pancakes. Enjoy it for its fresh flavor.

2 cups sour cherries

2 cups sugar
1/2 level tsp ground cloves
1 shot of cherry liqueur
or rum
Wash the sour cherries,
remove the stalks and pits.
Place the latter in a bowl
with 3.5 cups water.
Put the cherries in a
saucepan; strain the water
used to soak the stalks and
pits; add the water to the
cherries.
Boil until soft, strain and
place in a colander lined
with a piece of muslin,
pressing down lightly to
extract the juice (use this

juice later to make a

cordial*).
Put the fruit in a blender
and weigh it. Put the fruit
and an equal weight of
sugar into a saucepan with
1 cup of water and bring to
a boil, stirring constantly so
the mixture doesnt stick to
the pan. When the spoon
leaves a path in the paste,
add the cloves and liqueur,
stir and remove from the
hob. Store in glass jars.
*To make the cordial, boil
the juice with an equal
amount of sugar until a
syrup forms. Remove from
the flame, spoon off the
froth and store the syrup in
sterilized bottles.

Sour cherry preserve

Ingredients
(for 4 jars)

2 kg sour cherries
4 cups sugar
4 small cinnamon sticks
12 cloves
8 tbsp kirsch liqueur (or any
other liqueur or brandy)
[Alkis Kaloudis]

Ingredients

[Alkis Kaloudis]

Sour cherry paste

Wash the fruit well and remove

the stalks. Remove the pits
using a special tool for the
purpose. Divide the fruit into 4
glass jars with airtight lids. In

each one, place 1 cinnamon

stick, 3 cloves, 2 tablespoons
liqueur and 1 cup sugar. Add as
much water as needed to reach
the neck of the jar and close
tightly. Place the jars in a large,
deep saucepan (two if they
dont fit); add enough water to
reach three fingers depth
above the jar; bring to a boil.
Lower the flame to simmer for
30 minutes. Remove from the
flame and allow contents to
cool. Then, carefully remove
most of the water by tipping

[Alkis Kaloudis]

the saucepan slightly on its

side. Carefully remove the jars
and place them on thick towels
so that they dont break.
When cool, wipe well and store,
preferably in a cupboard, away
from the light.

Greece set to star in Italian cheese festival

Biennial Slow Food event in the city of Bra from September 18-21 to put spotlight on Greek dairy products
Greece is to be one of the stars of the
2009 edition of Cheese Milk in All
its Shapes and Forms, a biennial
event organized by Slow Food and the
City of Bra, in the Italian province of
Piemonte, Italy, where two events are
dedicated to Greek cheesemaking
during the festivals four days.

Advice
How can you buy cheeses in
a way that is good for the
environment, your wallet and
your taste buds? These are
some of the questions that
will be discussed
Scheduled to take place September
18-21, the festival has become an international reference point for dairy
artisans and cheese enthusiasts from
around the world, with its exploration
of the thousand aspects of cheese,

How real feta is made is one of the questions that will be answered in the
Master of Food course on September 19 and 20. [EPA]

from dairy animals to the finished

product.
One of the three Master of Food
courses stars Greece and will be
looking at similar territories and different cheeses, exploring geographic locations through a shops cheese
counter.
The courses are intended to help
consumers discover by reading
the label and knowing the traditions
of the local areas and elsewhere that
even in the supermarket not all
cheeses are the same and that milk
is not simply a generic product.
Cretan feta, along with Sicilian
provolone, is the subject of the course
September 19 and 20. How is real feta made? How can you buy these
cheeses in a way that is good for the
environment, your wallet and your
taste buds? These are just some of the
questions that will be discussed.
During the Taste Workshops,

cheesemakers, affineurs (cheese

agers) and buyers plus Slow Food experts will guide participants through
a tasting of a selection of cheeses, with
information about the products.
On September 20, the workshop
Sheeps Milk Cheeses from Greece
will focus on kefalotyri, a hard Greek
cheese with a long history; kasseri, a
semi-hard cheese made from sheeps
and goats milk; and manouri, a semi-soft white cheese made from a
mixture of whey and whole sheeps
milk.
To finish up, there will be a tasting
of sheeps milk yogurt made with the
cream of the milk. Greek wines and
other traditional accompaniments,
such as thyme honey, rose-petal jam,
quince jelly and a fig-and-grapemust sauce will be paired with the
cheeses.
For more information, log
on to www.cheese.slowfood.it.

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CINEMA
Center
AIGLI (Open-air) Zappeio (210.336.9369)
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt 21.00, 23.00

ATHINAIA (Open-air) 50 Haritos,

Kolonaki (210.721.5717)
Roman Holiday 20.40, 23.00
DEXAMENI (Open-air) Dexamenis Sq,
Kolonaki (210.362.3942)
Easy Virtue 20.55, 23.00

Plaka-Thiseio-Psyrri

5 The Hangover Fri & Mon-Wed 17.30,

5 CINEMA EUROPA Public Enemies Fri &

19.45, 22.00, 0.15 Sat-Sun 15.15, 17.30,

19.45, 22.00, 0.15

Mon-Wed 18.30, 21.30, 0.30 Sat-Sun

15.30, 18.30, 21.30, 0.30
6 CINEMA EUROPA The Proposal Fri &
Mon-Wed 17.45 Sat-Sun 15.15, 17.45 /
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt 20.00,
22.30, 1.00
7 MAX SCREEN The Hangover Fri & MonWed 18.30, 21.00, 23.30 Sat-Sun 16.00,
18.30, 21.00, 23.30
8 Ice Age 3 (English anim) Fri & Mon-Wed
17.30, 19.45, 22.00 Sat-Sun 15.30, 17.30,
19.45, 22.00 / Blood: The Last Vampire
24.00
9 Hannah Montana 17.00, 19.15 / Beyond
a Reasonable Doubt 21.30, 23.45
10 Ice Age 3 (Dubbed anim) Fri & MonWed 17.15 Sat-Sun 15.15, 17.15 / The Hangover 19.15, 21.45, 0.15
11 The Taking of Pelham 123 Fri-Sun &
Tue-Wed 17.00, 19.15, 22.00, 0.30 Mon
18.45, 21.15, 23.45
12 The Hangover Fri & Mon-Wed 17.45,
20.15, 22.45, 1.00 Sat-Sun 15.30, 17.45,
20.15, 22.45, 1.00

Patission
AELLO 140 Patission (210.825.9975)
1 Beyond a Reasonable Doubt 18.00,

20.10, 22.20
2 The Hangover 18.45, 20.45 / Easy
Virtue 23.00
3 The Taking of Pelham 123 18.15, 20.30,

22.45

CINE PARIS (Open-air) 22 Kydathinaion,

4 Ice Age 3 (Dubbed anim) 19.30 / Bruno

Plaka (210.322.2071)
The Hangover 20.45, 23.10
PSYRRI (Open-air) 40 Sarri
(210.324.7234)
Rumba (French) 21.00, 23.00
THISEION (Open-air) 7 Apostolou Pavlou
(210.347.0980)
Roman Holiday 20.45, 23.05
ZEPHYROS (Open-air) 36 Troon
(210.346.2677)
Gruppo di famiglia in un interno (Italian/English) 21.00, 23.10

21.30, 23.30
5 (Open-air) Easy Virtue 21.00 / The Hangover 23.00
ELECTRA (Open-air) 292 Patission
(210.228.4185)
Ice Age 3 (Dubbed anim) 21.10 / Thick as
Thieves 23.10
LILA (Open-air) 115 Naxou, Patissia
(210.201.6849)
Roman Holiday 21.00, 23.00
STELLA (Open-air) 34 Tenedou, Kypseli
(210.865.7200)
The Reader Fri 21.00 Sat-Sun 21.00, 23.15
/ Changeling Mon 21.00 Tue-Wed 21.00,
23.15
STER 373-375 Acharnon (210.237.1100)
1 Ice Age 3 (Dubbed anim) Fri & Mon-Wed
18.20 Sat-Sun 16.20, 18.20 / Transformers 2 20.20 / Public Enemies 23.15
2 The Hangover 19.00, 21.00, 23.00 /
Bruno Sat-Sun 17.00
3 The Hangover Fri & Mon-Wed 18.00,
20.00, 22.00 Sat-Sun 16.00, 18.00,
20.00, 22.00 / Blood: The Last Vampire
24.00
4 Beyond a Reasonable Doubt 19.30,
21.30, 23.30 / Ice Age 3 (English anim)
Sat-Sun 16.20
5 The Taking of Pelham 123 Fri & MonWed 20.10, 22.30 Sat-Sun 17.40, 20.10,
22.30
TRIANON 21 Kodringtonos
(210.821.5469)
Last Chance Harvey 21.00, 23.00

Ambelokipi
ANESIS (Open-air) 14 Kifissias
(210.383.3527)
Rumba (French) 21.00, 23.00

ELLINIS (Open-air) 29 Kifissias

(210.646.4009)
Easy Virtue 21.00, 23.00

Alexandras-Exarchia
ECRAN (Open-air) Zonara & Agapiou
(210.646.1895)
Last Chance Harvey 21.00, 23.00

PANATHINAIA (Open-air) Alexandras &

Mavromichali (210.642.5714)
Incertitude (French) 21.05, 23.00

RIVIERA (Open-air) 46 Valtetsiou

(210.383.7716)
Il mostro (Italian) 20.50, 23.00

VOX (Open-air) 82 Themistocleous,

Exarchia (210.330.1020)
La Haine (French) 21.00, 23.00

Kaisariani-Zografou

Galatsi

AEOLIA (Open-air) Philadelphias &

CINE GALATSI (Open-air) Alsos Veikou

Solomonidou, Kaisariani (210.724.7600)

LInstinct de mort, Part 1 (French) Fri-Sun
20.45. 23.00 / LInstinct de mort, Part 2
(French) Mon-Wed 20.45, 23.10
ALEKA (Open-air) 13 Tritis Oreinis
Taxiarchias (210.777.3608)
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt 21.00, 23.10

Pangrati-Vyronas
AMYNTAS (Open-air) Hymettou Sq
(210.762.6418)
Ice Age 3 (Dubbed anim) 21.00 / Public
Enemies 23.00
ARCADIA (Open-air) 36 Karaoli & Dimitriou, Neas Helvetias Park (210.766.1166)
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt 21.00, 23.00
LAURA (Open-air) 24 Nikiforidi, Neo
Pangrati (210.766.2060)
Ice Age 3 (English anim) 21.00 / Thick as
Thieves 23.00
OASIS (Open-air) 7 Pratinou
(210.724.4015)
Doubt Fri-Sun 20.50, 23.00 / Entre les
murs (French) Mon-Wed 20.50, 23.00
PALACE (Open-air) Pangratiou Sq
(210.751.5434)
Public Enemies 21.10
VILLAGE 5 110 Hymettou & Chremonidou
(210.757.2440)
1 Ice Age 3 (Dubbed anim) Fri & Mon-Wed
18.00 Sat-Sun 16.00, 18.00 / Beyond a
Reasonable Doubt 20.00, 22.15, 0.30
2 Transformers 2 Fri & Mon-Wed 18.00
Sat-Sun 15.00, 18.00 / Bruno 21.00,
23.00 / Blood: The Last Vampire 1.00
3 Ice Age 3 (Dubbed anim) Fri & Mon-Wed
17.00 Sat-Sun 15.00, 17.00 (English anim)
Fri & Mon-Wed 19.00, 21.15 Sat-Sun
19.00, 21.15 / Public Enemies 23.15
4 Hannah Montana Fri & Mon-Wed 17.15
Sat-Sun 15.00, 17.15 / The Taking of Pelham 123 19.15, 21.30, 23.45

34

(210.213.8119)
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt 20.50,

23.00

Peristeri
ASTERI (Open-air) Nestoros & Filoktitou,
Ilion (210.263.9030)
Public Enemies 20.50, 23.15
STER 67A Dimocratias, Ilion
(210.237.1000)
1 Ice Age 3 (Dubbed anim) Fri & Mon-Wed
19.00 Sat-Sun 17.00, 19.00 / The
Hangover 21.00, 23.00
3 Ice Age 3 (Dubbed anim) Fri & Mon-Wed
18.30, 20.30 Sat-Sun 16.30, 18.30, 20.30
/ Public Enemies 22.30
4 Beyond a Reasonable Doubt 19.20,
21.30, 23.40 / Hannah Montana Sat-Sun
17.10
5 Ice Age 3 (Dubbed anim) Fri & Mon-Wed
18.00 Sat-Sun 16.00, 18.00 / The Hangover 20.00, 22.00 / Blood: The Last
Vampire 24.00
6 Ice Age 3 (English anim) Fri & Mon-Wed
18.10 Sat-Sun 16.10, 18.10 / The Proposal
20.10 / Transformers 2 22.20
8 (Open-air) The Taking of Pelham 123
21.10, 23.20

Neos Cosmos
ODEON STARCITY 111 Syngrou &
Leontiou (210.678.6000)
1 Ice Age 3 (Dubbed anim) 17.30, 19.40
(English anim) Fri-Sat 22.00, 0.10 SunWed 22.00
2 The Hangover 18.40, 21.10, 23.20
3 Beyond a Reasonable Doubt 19.00,
21.20, 23.40
4 Ice Age 3 (Dubbed anim) 18.10, 20.30 /
Transformers 2 22.30
5 The Hangover 18.00, 20.10, 22.20
6 Ice Age 3 (Dubbed anim) Fri & Mon-Wed

13 GOLD CLASS The Taking of Pelham 123

Fri-Sat 19.30, 22.00, 0.30 Sun & Tue-Wed

19.30, 22.00 Mon 21.15, 23.45
14 GOLD CLASS The Hangover 20.15,
22.45

Easy Virtue

Southern suburbs

COMEDY, 2008, 93
Directed by Stephan Elliott, starring Jessica Biel, Ben Barnes, Kristin Scott Thomas,
Colin Firth, Kimberley Nixon, Katherine Parkinson, Kris Marshall and Christian
Brassington.
Based on a play by Noel Coward, a well-to-do English family in the 1920s is shaken up
when their young son marries a race car-driving, straight-talking American woman. While
the British mother-in-law is against the union, the father-in-law is of a different opinion.
Athens: Dexameni, Ellinis, Aello, Artemis, Cine Psychico, Varkiza

18.50 Sat-Sun 16.50, 18.50 (English anim)

21.00, 23.10
7 Thick as Thieves 17.50, 20.20, 22.40
8 Ice Age 3 (Dubbed anim) Fri-Sat 17.20,
19.30 Sun-Wed 19.30 (English anim)
21.30, 23.30
9 Blood: The Last Vampire 19.50, 21.50,
23.50
10 The Taking of Pelham 123 18.20,
20.40, 23.00

Nea Smyrni-Kallithea
DIONYSIA (Open-air) 286 Syngrou
(210.951.5514)
Last Chance Harvey 21.00, 23.00

FLERY (Open-air) 7 Skippi, Kallithea

(210.958.5247)
Public Enemies 20.50, 23.20

MICROCOSMOS 106 Syngrou

(210.921.5305)
Salt of the Earth 20.45 / Short Film
Selections 22.30

NANA 179 Vouliagmenis (210.970.3158)

1 Beyond a Reasonable Doubt 18.50,

21.10, 23.30
4 The Hangover 19.30, 21.30, 23.30
5 The Taking of Pelham 123 18.15, 20.30,

22.45
6 Ice Age 3 (Dubbed anim) 18.00 /
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt 20.00 /
Public Enemies 22.20

PHILLIP (Open-air) 40 Eleftheriou

Venizelou, Nea Smyrni (210.933.5587)
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt 21.00, 23.10

SPORTING 18 K. Palaiologou, Nea

Smyrni (210.933.3820)
2 (Open-air) The Hangover 21.00, 23.10

Northern suburbs
ALEXANDRA (Open-air) 27 Iroon
Polytechneiou, Halandri (210.677.7708)
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt 21.00, 23.00

ALIKI (Open-air) Drossias Sq

(210.622.9645)
Last Chance Harvey 20.50, 23.00

ALSOS (Open-air) 154 Dekeleias, Nea

Philadelphia (210.253.2003)
The Hangover 20.50, 23.00
AMARILLIS (Open-air) Aghias Paraskevis

Sq (210.601.0561)
The Hangover 21.00, 23.00

AMIKO (Open-air) Epidavrou & Androutsou, Halandri (210.681.5532)

The Hangover 21.00, 23.00

ARTEMIS (Open-air) 2-4 Nevrokopiou,

Papagou (210.656.1153)
Easy Virtue 21.00, 23.00

ATHINA (Open-air) 18 Solomou, Halandri

(210.685.5860)
Last Chance Harvey 21.00, 23.00

ATTIKO ALSOS (Open-air) Attiko Alsos

(210.699.7755)
The Hangover 21.00, 23.00

AVANA (Open-air) 3 Lykourgou, Halandri

(210.675.6546)
The Hangover 20.50 / Beyond a Reasonable Doubt 23.00

BOBONIERA (Open-air) 12 Papadiamanti, Kifissia (210.801.9687)

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt 20.50,

23.00

CHLOE (Open-air) 17 Cassaveti, Kifissia

(210.801.1500)
The Hangover 21.00, 23.10
CINE PANORAMA (Open-air) 2B Aghias
Irinis, Melissia (210.804.4824)
Duplicity Fri-Sat 21.30 / Guiness Mon-Tue
21.15 / Gran Torino 21.15
CINE PSYCHICO (Open-air) 290 Kifissias,
Psychico (210.677.7330)
Easy Virtue 21.00, 23.00
CINE SCHOLEIO (Open-air) 5-7
Neapoleos, Aghia Paraskevi
(210.601.7565)
Soula, Come Again (Greek) Fri-Sun 21.00,
23.00 / Ice Age 3 (Dubbed anim) MonWed 21.00 (English anim) 23.00
FILOTHEI (Open-air) Drosopoulou Sq,
Filothei (210.683.3398)
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt 20.50 / The
Hangover 23.00
MARGARITA CINEMA (Open-air) 87
Doukissis Plakentias, Halandri
(210.601.4284)
Last Chance Harvey 21.00, 23.00
MIMIS FOTOPOULOS (Open-air) 40
Aghiou Constantinou, Maroussi
(210.619.8890)
Ice Age 3 (Dubbed anim) Fri-Sun 21.00

(English anim) 23.00 / The Burning Plain

(English/Spanish) Mon-Wed 21.00, 23.00
NOSTALGIA (Open-air) Keas & Terpsichoris, Neo Iraklio (210.277.3731)
The Reader Fri-Sun 21.00, 23.00 / Red
Cliff (Mandarin) Mon-Wed 21.00, 23.00
ODEON 73 Kifissias & Pournara, Maroussi
(210.678.6000)
1 Transformers 2 21.45
2 The Proposal Fri & Mon-Wed 19.50 SatSun 17.20, 19.50 / Public Enemies 22.40
3 Ice Age 3 (Dubbed anim) 18.10 (English
anim) 20.20, 22.30
4 Ice Age 3 (Dubbed anim) Fri & Mon-Wed
18.10 Sat-Sun 17.10, 19.10 / Bruno 21.30,
23.30
5 Beyond a Reasonable Doubt 19.00,
21.20, 23.40
6 The Hangover 18.40, 21.10, 23.20
7 Blood: The Last Vampire Fri-Sat 20.00,
22.10, 0.10 Sun-Wed 20.00, 22.10
8 The Hangover 18.00, 20.10, 22.20
9 Ice Age 3 (Dubbed anim) Fri & Mon-Wed
18.50 Sat-Sun 16.50 (English anim) 21.00,
23.10
10 The Taking of Pelham 123 18.20,
20.40, 23.00
11 Ice Age 3 (Dubbed anim) 17.30, 19.40
(English anim) Fri-Sat 22.00, 24.00 SunWed 22.00
12 Thick as Thieves 17.50, 20.30, 22.50
TRIA ASTERIA 386 Irakleiou, Neo Iraklio
(210.282.6873)
2 Last Chance Harvey 20.45, 22.45
3 (Open-air) The Hangover 20.50, 23.00
VILLAGE 15@THE MALL 35 Andrea
Papandreou, Maroussi (210.610.4100)
1 Public Enemies 17.30, 20.30 /
Transformers 2 23.15
2 Ice Age 3 (Dubbed anim) Fri & Mon-Wed
17.00, 19.00 Sat-Sun 15.00, 17.00, 19.00
(English anim) Fri & Mon-Wed 21.15,
23.15, 1.15 Sat-Sun 21.15, 23.15, 1.15
3 Ice Age 3 (Dubbed anim) Fri & Mon-Wed
18.00 Sat-Sun 15.45, 18.00 / Bruno
20.00, 22.15, 0.15
4 The Taking of Pelham 123 Fri-Sun &
Tue-Wed 18.15, 20.45, 23.00, 1.15 Mon
17.45, 22.15, 0.445 / Ice Age 3 (Dubbed
anim) Sat-Sun 16.15

AKTI (Open-air) Thiseos & Aeolou,

Vouliagmeni Beach (210.896.1337)
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt 21.00, 23.00
ALOMA (Open-air) 103 Geroulanou,
Argyroupoli (210.992.2397)
Last Chance Harvey 21.00, 23.00
ATHINAION 7 Zisimopoulou, Glyfada
(210.810.8230)
1 Ice Age 3 (Dubbed anim) 18.30 (English
anim) 20.40, 22.40
2 The Taking of Pelham 123 18.40, 20.50,
23.10
3 The Hangover 19.00, 21.00, 23.00
4 Beyond a Reasonable Doubt 18.30,
20.40, 22.50
CINE ARGYROUPOLIS (Open-air)
68 Kyprou, Argyroupoli (210.992.2098)
The Hangover 20.45, 23.10
CINE DAFNI (Open-air) 77 Ilioupoleos,
Dafni (210.973.1856)
Passengers Fri & Sat 21.00, 23.00 Sun
21.30 / The Spirit Mon-Wed 21.00, 23.00
CINE FLOISVOS (Open-air) Floisvou Park
(210.982.1256)
The Hangover 21.00, 23.00
GLYFADA Zeppou & Xenophontos
(210.965.0318)
1 Last Chance Harvey 20.50
2 (Open-air) Ice Age 3 (Dubbed anim)
21.00 / Last Chance Harvey 23.00
MELINA MERCOURI (Open-air) Ethnikis
Antistasseos, Ilioupoli (210.991.9818)
State of Play Fri-Sun 21.00, 23.00 / Lucky
Luke (French) Mon 21.00, 23.00 / Soy Cuba (Spanish) Tue 21.00, 23.00 / Im Dying
for You Wed 21.00, 23.00
RIA (Open-air) 8 Aphroditis, Varkiza
(210.897.0844)
The Hangover 21.00, 23.00
VARKIZA 22 Thasou, Varkiza
(210.897.3926)
1 Hannah Montana (Dubbed) 20.30 /
Angels & Demons 22.20
2 The Proposal 20.30 / Public Enemies
22.30
3 (Open-air) Easy Virtue 21.00, 23.00
VILLAGE 9 CINEMAS@FALIRO 1 Poseidonos & 3 Moraitini (210.810.8080)
1 Ice Age 3 (Dubbed anim) Fri & Mon-Wed
18.30 Sat-Sun 16.30, 18.30 (English anim)
20.30, 22.30, 0.30
2 Ice Age 3 (Dubbed anim) Fri & Mon-Wed
18.00 Sat-Sun 16.00, 18.00 / Beyond a
Reasonable Doubt 20.00, 22.10, 0.20
3 CINEMA EUROPA Public Enemies 17.00,
19.40, 22.20 / Blood: The Last Vampire
Fri & Mon-Wed 1.00 Sat-Sun 15.00, 1.00
4 Ice Age 3 (Dubbed anim) Fri & Mon-Wed
17.00 Sat-Sun 15.00, 17.00 / The Hangover Fri-Sat 19.00, 21.10, 23.20, 1.30
Sun-Wed 19.00, 21.10, 23.20

ATHENSPLUS FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2009

CINEMA
5 Bruno Fri & Mon-Wed 17.00, 18.50, 20.50 Sat-Sun
15.00, 16.50, 18.50, 20.50 / Transformers 2 23.00
6 The Taking of Pelham 123 Fri & Tue-Wed 17.20,

19.30, 21.40, 23.50 Sat-Sun 15.10, 17.20, 19.30,

21.40, 23.50 Mon 17.20, 22.10, 0.20
7 VMAX The Hangover Fri & Mon-Wed 17.40, 19.50,
22.00, 0.10 Sat-Sun 15.30, 17.40, 19.50, 22.00,
0.10
8 GOLD CLASS The Hangover 21.00, 23.20
9 GOLD CLASS The Hangover 19.50, 22.10, 0.30

AIGLI (Open-air) (2310.270.016)

Beyond a
Reasonable Doubt

The Hangover

ALEX (Open-air) 235 Porto Rafti Ave

(22990.76034)
The Taking of Pelham 123 21.00, 23.10
Ice Age 3 (Dubbed anim) 20.50 / Thick as Thieves

23.00

SISSY (Open-air) 36 Marathonos, Nea Makri

(22940.91811)
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt 21.00, 23.15

VILLAGE COOL MARIEL (Open-air) Porto Rafti

(22990.71335)
The Hangover 21.00, 23.00

VILLAGE COOL TYMVOS (Open-air) Marathon

Beach (22940.55566)
2 The Hangover 21.00, 23.00
3 The Taking of Pelham 123 21.00, 23.15

Saronida
KORALI CINEMAX (Open-air) Aphroditis &

MYSTERY DRAMA, 2009, 105

Written and directed by Peter Hyams,
starring Michael Douglas, Jesse
Metcalfe, Amber Tamblyn, Sewell
Whitney, David Born, Edrick Browne
and Megan Brown.
Remake of the 1956 film noir in which a
young, motivated journalist disrupts the
plans of a successful district attorney
looking to go into politics when rumors
start circling that the latters success in
winning cases could be due to shady
dealings. The plot thickens when the
journalist frames himself in a murder
case to get his hands on some evidence.

The Taking of Pelham 123

Ithakis, Saronida (22910.54097)

The Hangover 20.50, 23.00
ORPHEAS (Open-air) 60 Saronidos (22910.60077)
Thick as Thieves Fri-Tue 21.00, 23.00 Wed 21.40,
23.20

Blood: The Last Vampire

SCI-FI THRILLER, 2009, 91
Directed by Chris Nahon, starring
Gianna Jun, Allison Miller, Masiela
Lusha, JJ Feild, Koyuki and Liam
Cunningham.
Saya, a half-human, half-vampire samurai
is sent to an American military base in
Japan to destroy the patriarch of all
vampires, Onigen, who feasts on the
same blood she thirsts for. It is only when
she makes her first human friendship that
she discovers her greatest weapon
against Onigen is her human connection.

East coast

MIAMI (Open-air) Mati (22940.79290)

Thessaloniki

BY FILM

Red Cliff
COMEDY, 2009, 100
Directed by Todd Phillips, starring
Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach
Galifianakis, Justin Bartha and Heather
Graham.
When future groom Doug agreed to go on
a Las Vegas road trip with his no-good
friends, he should have known that
something was bound to go terribly
awry and that the bride might be left
having hysterics in the church but
nothing could have prepared him for
what actually happened.

Bruno

Piraeus
WAR DRAMA, 2008, 150
Directed by John Woo, starring Tony
Leung Chiu Wai, Takeshi Kaneshiro,
Fengyi Zhang, Chen Chang and Wei
Zhao. (In Mandarin)
In the waning days of the Han Dynasty in
AD 208, a wily prime minister tries to set
the three kingdoms of China at war but
hes overlooked the fact that one his
rivals, Sun Quan, is a brilliant strategist
who will find a way to beat Cao Caos
enormous army at any cost.

CINE KIPOS (Open-air) 49 Thermopylon &

Knossou, Moschato Train Station (210.481.0790)
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past Fri 21.00, 23.00 / The
Curious Case of Benjamin Button Sat-Sun 21.15
Mon-Wed 23.00 / The Boy who Wanted to Be a
Bear (Dubbed anim) Mon-Wed 21.00
CINE NIKAIA (Open-air) 245 Thivon, Nikaia
(210.493.4390)
Three Monkeys (Turkish) Fri-Sun 21.00, 23.10 / La
Silence de Lorna (French) Mon-Wed 21.15, 23.20
ONEIRO (Open-air) 125 Pireos & Ch. Smyrnis
(210.482.3482)
Slumdog Millionaire (Hindi/English) 21.00, 23.15
VILLAGE COOL RENDI (Open-air) 228 Thivon &
Petrou Ralli (210.427.8600)
The Hangover 21.15, 23.30
VILLAGE 20 228 Thivon & Petrou Ralli
(210.427.8600)
GOLD CLASS 1 The Taking of Pelham 123 20.15,
22.30
GOLD CLASS 2 The Hangover 19.30, 21.45, 24.00
3 Bruno Fri & Mon-Wed 18.30, 20.30 Sat-Sun 16.15,
18.30, 20.30 / Blood: The Last Vampire 22.30, 0.30
4 The Hangover Fri & Mon-Wed 17.15, 19.30, 21.45,
24.00 Sat-Sun 15.00, 17.15, 19.30, 21.45, 24.00
5 Ice Age 3 (Dubbed anim) Fri & Mon-Wed 18.00
Sat-Sun 16.00, 18.45 / Public Enemies 21.00, 23.45
6 The Hangover 18.30, 20.45, 23.00, 1.15 / Ice Age
3 (Dubbed anim) Sat-Sun 16.30
7 The Taking of Pelham 123 Fri & Mon-Wed 18.00,
20.15, 22.30, 0.45 Sat-Sun 15.45, 18.00, 20.15,
22.30, 0.45
8 Ice Age 3 (Dubbed anim) Fri & Mon-Wed 17.30,
19.30 Sat-Sun 15.30, 17.30, 19.30 (English anim) Fri
& Mon-Wed 21.30, 23.30, 1.30 Sat-Sun 21.30,
23.30, 1.30
9 The Hangover Fri & Mon-Wed 18.00, 20.15,
22.30, 0.45 Sat-Sun 15.45, 18.00, 20.15, 22.30,
0.45
10 Ice Age 3 (English anim) Fri & Mon-Wed 17.45,
20.00, 22.15 Sat-Sun 15.45, 17.45, 20.00, 22.15 /
Blood: The Last Vampire 0.15
11 The Proposal Fri & Mon-Wed 18.15 Sat-Sun
16.00, 18.15 / Beyond a Reasonable Doubt 20.30,
22.45, 1.00
12 Transformers 2 Fri & Mon-Wed 18.30 Sat-Sun
15.30, 18.30 / Beyond a Reasonable Doubt 21.30,
23.45
14 Thick as Thieves 17.00 / The Taking of Pelham
123 19.15, 21.45, 24.00
15 Ice Age 3 (Dubbed anim) Fri & Mon-Wed 17.00
Sat-Sun 15.00, 17.00 / The Taking of Pelham 123
18.45, 21.00, 23.15, 1.30

CRIME THRILLER, 2009, 106

Directed by Tony Scott, starring Denzel
Washington, John Travolta, Juis
Guzman, Victor Gojcaj, John Turturro,
James Gandolfini and Ramon
Rodriguez.
Riding on public transportation turns
scary when hijackers take over a New
York City subway train and vow to release
the trapped passengers only if the mayor
pays an enormous ransom in a matter of
hours. A remake of the 1974 classic that
was based on a novel by John Godey.

Rumba

COMEDY, 2008, 77
Directed by Dominique Abel and Fiona
Gordon, starring Dominique Abel, Fiona
Gordon, Philippe Martz, Bruno Romy
and Clement Morel. (In French)
Fiona and Dom, happily married and
living in the picturesque countryside,
teach school by day and Latin dance by
night. But their lives are turned upside
down when a automobile crash leaves
them both impaired and the dancing duo
use humor to help them deal with the
catastrophe.

Last Chance Harvey

DRAMA, 2009, 93
Directed by Joel Hopkins, starring
Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson,
Eileen Atkins, Kathy Baker, Liane
Balaban and James Brolin.
Harvey Shine, a long-divorced,
overworked and ill-fated New York jingle
writer on the way to his daughters
wedding in London, crosses paths with
the eccentric Kate Walker after he
discovers that his job is in jeopardy and
his daughter would rather walk down the
aisle with her stepfather.

Changeling
MOCKUMENTARY, 2009, 83
Directed by Larry Charles, starring
Sacha Baron Cohen, Gustaf
Hammarsten, Clifford Banagale and
Chibundu and Chigozie Orukwowu.
When the flamboyantly gay fashion TV
presenter Bruno loses his job, the love of
his life and entry into every VIP room in
Vienna, he decides to go to Los Angeles
and become famous at all costs; adopting
a baby from Africa and solving the Middle
East peace crisis are only a few things he
tries.

Public Enemies

DRAMA, 2008, 141'

Directed by Clint Eastwood, starring
Angelina Jolie, Gattlin Griffith, John
Malkovich, Michelle Martin, Jan
Devereaux, Michael Kelly and Colm
Feore.
The film is based on actual events that
took place in 1928. A corrupt LAPD
returns a lost child to his mother, but
theres a slight problem: Its the wrong
boy. The mothers insistence that he is
not her son results in her being packed
off to jail and treated as a mental patient.
With the help of an activist preacher, she
fights the police every step of the way in
search of justice and to get back her real
son.

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

CRIME THRILLER, 2009, 140

Directed by Michael Mann, starring
Christian Bale, Johnny Depp, Channing
Tatum, Billy Crudup, Marion Cotillard
and Emilie de Ravin.
As America is gripped by the Great
Depression, bank robber John Dillingers
daring and flamboyant heists elevate him
to the status of folk hero, a Robin Hood
who stands against the status quo and fat
cats. But his work is cut out for him when
one FBI agent, Melvin Purvis, known for
his dogged persistence in bringing down
notorious mob bosses, is put on his trail.

FANTASY COMEDY, 2009, 100

Directed by Mark Waters, starring
Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer
Garner, Michael Douglas and Emma
Stone.
Connor Mead, a famous photographer for
Vanity Fair, thinks little of long-term
relationships and even less of marriage,
until some train-wreck affairs from his
past come crashing back into the present
at his brothers wedding, forcing him to
reconsider his opinions.

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt 21.10, 23.10

ALSOS (Open-air) (2310.200.190)

Slumdog Millionaire (Hindi/English) Fri-Sun 21.00,
23.00 / Duplicity Mon-Wed 21.00, 23.00
APOLLON (Open-air) (2310.828.642)
Mes stars et moi (French) 21.00 / Die Welle (German) 23.00
ELLINIS (Open-air) (2310.292.304)
Last Chance Harvey 21.10, 23.00
MAKEDONIKON (2310.261.727)
The Element of Crime Fri-Sun 21.00, 23.00 / The
Idiots (Danish) Mon-Wed 21.00, 23.00
NATALIE (Open-air) (2310.829.457)
The Hangover 21.10, 23.10
ODEON PLATIA (2310.290.290, 801.116.0000)
1 Ice Age 3 (Dubbed anim) 17.10, 19.10 (English anim) 21.10, 23.20
2 Ice Age 3 (Dubbed anim) 17.30, 19.30 (English anim) 21.30
3 The Taking of Pelham 123 18.15, 20.30, 22.50
4 Beyond a Reasonable Doubt 18.00, 20.15, 22.30
5 The Hangover 18.50, 21.00, 23.10
6 Away We Go 18.40, 20.50, 23.00
7 The Hangover 20.00, 22.10
8 Thick as Thieves 19.00 / Blood: The Last Vampire
21.20, 23.20
PANORAMA (Open-air) (2310.346.720)
Public Enemies 21.30
PARADEISOS (Open-air) (2310.631.700)
Die Welle (German) Fri-Sun 21.30, 23.30 / Valkyrie
Mon-Wed 21.30, 23.30
STER CINEMAS (801.801.7837, 210.237.1000)
3 The Taking of Pelham 123 19.15, 21.30, 23.45 /
Hannah Montana Sat-Sun 17.10
4 Ice Age 3(Dubbed anim) Fri & Mon-Wed 18.20,
20.20 Sat-Sun 16.20, 18.20, 20.20 / Transformers
2 22.20
5 Ice Age 3 (Dubbed anim) Fri & Mon-Wed 18.40
Sat-Sun 16.40, 18.40 / Bruno 20.40 / Public
Enemies 22.30
6 Ice Age 3 (English anim) Fri & Mon-Wed 18.00
Sat-Sun 16.00, 18.00 / The Hangover 20.00, 22.00
/ Blood: The Last Vampire Fri-Sat 24.00
7 Ice Age 3 (Dubbed anim) Fri & Mon-Wed 19.00
Sat-Sun 17.00, 19.00 / The Hangover 21.00, 23.00
8 Beyond a Reasonable Doubt Fri & Mon-Wed
19.00, 21.15, 23.30 Sat-Sun 16.50, 19.00, 21.15,
23.30
STER CITY GATE (2310.469.300/310)
2 Ice Age 3 (Dubbed anim) Fri & Mon-Wed 18.00,
20.00 Sat-Sun 16.00, 18.00, 20.00 / The Hangover
Fri & Mon-Wed 22.00 Sat-Sun 22.00, 24.00
3 The Hangover 19.00, 21.00 / Transformers 2
23.00 / Ice Age 3 (Dubbed anim) Sat-Sun 17.00
7 Ice Age 3 (Dubbed anim) Fri & Mon-Wed 19.30
Sat-Sun 17.30, 19.30 / Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
21.30, 23.40
8 The Taking of Pelham 123 21.10, 23.20
TZENI KAREZI (Open-air) (2310.600.696)
My Life in Ruins Fri-Sun 21.30 / La Silence de Lorna
(French) Mon-Wed 21.30
VILLAGE CENTER (2310.499.999)
1 Hannah Montana Fri & Mon-Wed 17.00, 19.00
Sat-Sun 15.00, 16.50, 19.00 / Thick as Thieves
20.50 / Bruno 23.00 / Blood: The Last Vampire
0.50
2 Transformers 2 Fri & Mon-Wed 18.40 Sat-Sun
15.50, 18.40 / The Taking of Pelham 123 21.20,
23.40
3 Ice Age 3 (English anim) Fri & Mon-Wed 17.20,
19.30 Sat-Sun 15.20, 17.20, 19.30 / Public Enemies
21.30, 0.10
4 Ice Age 3 (Dubbed anim) Fri & Mon-Wed 18.20
Sat-Sun 16.20, 18.20 / The Hangover 20.30, 22.40,
0.40
5 Ice Age 3 (Dubbed anim) Fri & Mon-Wed 17.00,
18.50 Sat-Sun 15.10, 17.10, 18.50 (English anim)
20.40, 22.30, 0.20
6 The Hangover Fri & Mon-Wed 17.50, 19.50, 21.50,
24.00 Sat-Sun 16.00, 17.50, 19.50, 21.50, 24.00
7 Beyond a Reasonable Doubt 20.00, 22.10, 0.20 /
Ice Age 3 (Dubbed anim) Sat-Sun 15.40, 17.40
8 The Taking of Pelham 123 Fri & Mon-Wed 18.00,
20.10, 22.20, 0.30 Sat-Sun 15.30, 18.00, 20.10,
22.20, 0.30
9 GOLD CLASS The Hangover 19.50, 21.50
10 GOLD CLASS The Taking of Pelham 123 20.10,
22.20
11 The Hangover 21.10, 23.20

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ATHENSPLUS FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2009

TELEVISION

Tributes to the US and Iran

The Office (the American version)

Stay up late or wake up early to catch this US adaptation of the UK series
BY JULIA PANAYOTOU

Sleep and youll miss it. But early birds

and very-late-night couch potatoes
are in for a treat, because the Emmy
Award-winning US version of The
Office is on early in the morning on
Star Channel.
The UK series, helmed by Ricky
Gervais and Stephen Merchant, went
on to achieve cult success. But many
were wary of a US adaptation of the
mockumentary-style UK comedy series. Launched in 2005 on NBC, the
US version follows a run-of-the-mill
paper supply company office, a gray
environment nonetheless brightened and very often disrupted by a
slew of characters, most notably the
clueless regional manager.
The US version of Gervaiss The Office had a shaky first season but has
since gone on to attract a large fan
base and multiple Emmy nominations. While the first season is very
closely based on the UK series plot,
subsequent seasons take on a life of
their own and constitute deservedly award-winning television entertainment.
Steve Carell fills Gervaiss shoes admirably as Americas answer to David
Brent. Playing regional manager

Friday
July 24

ET1
Tel. 210.776.1000

8.30 Disney Zone 10.00 Educational

Television 11.00 Greek Documentary 12.00 World Aquatics Champi-

onship: Synchronized Swimming

13.20 Documentary: Bubbles 14.00
News 14.30 Childrens Shows 15.00
Disney Hour 16.00 Chiquititas (R) 17.00
THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS
18.00 Age of Images (R) 19.00 European Under-20 Basketball Championship 21.10 LOST 22.00 CRIMINAL
MINDS 23.00 News 0.15 46th International Aegean Sailing Rally 0.30
FILM: Comedie de linnocence,
France, 2000, drama directed by
Raoul Ruizr

NET
Tel. 210.606.6000

5.45 First Line 10.00 Disney Festival

12.00 News 13.00 We Live in Greece
14.15 Cooking Show (R) 15.00 News
16.00 With Taste (R) 18.00 News
19.00 Greek Film 21.00 News 22.00

FILM: HOPE SPRINGS, US/UK,

2003, romantic comedy with Colin
Firth, Heather Graham, Minnie Driver 23.45 At the Edge (R) 1.45 Documentary: The Universe: Deadly
Comets & Meteors

ET3
Tel. 2310.299.400

7.00 Documentary: Adrenalize 7.30

Documentary: Kids Healthwork 8.00

THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL (R)

9.00 Romeo y Julieta 10.30 Documentary: Whats Good for You 11.30
Documentary: Getaway 12.20 Documentary: Cooking for Kids with Luis

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Steve Carell
plays Michael
Scott, a
regional
manager at a
Pennsylvania
paper supply
company.

Michael Scott, Carells character

teeters between pitiful, clueless,
grating and almost lovable, a boss
whose childish antics do little to
help him gain the respect of his employees.
However irritating it would be to
have Michael Scott as a boss just a
taste of what comes out of his mouth:
I dont understand. We have a day
honoring Martin Luther King, but he
didnt even work here, or Stupid
corporate! Wet blankets... its not like
booze ever killed anyone, watching

12.30 Documentary: Surfing the

Menu 13.00 News 14.30 THE BOLD
AND THE BEAUTIFUL 15.30 Documentary: The Joy of Painting 16.00
Documentary: Magically Simple 16.30
Documentary: The Zoo 17.00 News
18.15 The Sixth Sense 18.30 Documentary: Be a Predator 19.30 Documentary: Journey to Planet Earth
20.30 Documentary: Raising Baby
22.00 News 23.00 Greek Show 0.30
FINAL 24 1.30 Nuovo Circo

MEGA
Tel. 210.690.3000

7.00 Morning Show 10.00 Greek

Series 13.10 A Hole in the Water (R)
14.00 News 15.00 Savvatogennimenes (R) 16.10 Daddy Dont Rush
(R) 17.10 News in sign language 17.20
The Nanny (R) 18.00 Singles (R)
19.00 Seven Deadly Mothers-in-Law
(R) 20.00 News 21.00 The Apartments
(R) 22.00 Greek Series 0.15 News 0.30
Traces (R) 1.30 STRONG MEDICINE

ANTENNA
Tel. 210.688.6100

6.10 My Sweetest Lie (R) 6.50 Seven

to 11 11.00 Greek Series 13.00 News
13.15 Lola (R) 14.15 Constantinos and
Eleni (R) 15.15 Youll Meet Your Match
(R) 16.15 Haras Cafe (R) 17.15 News
in sign language 17.20 THE SIMPLE
LIFE 18.00 PROJECT RUNWAY 19.00
UGLY BETTY 20.00 News 21.00
AMERICAS GOT TALENT 22.00

EXTREME MAKEOVER HOME EDITION

23.00 THE UNIT 24.00 LAS VEGAS
1.00 The Stables of Erietta Zaimi (R)
2.00 FILM: THE GREAT GATSBY,
US/UK, 2000, period drama with Mira Sorvino, Paul Rudd

his antics on screen never gets tiring,

even at five in the morning.
Comedy based on the BBC series created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant and developed for American
television by Greg Daniels, starring
Steve Carell, Rainn Wilson, John
Krasinski, Jenna Fischer, Angela Kinsey and Ed Helms.
The US version of The Office is
airing on Star channel this Friday
at 5.15 a.m., Saturday at 5.45 a.m.,
Sunday at 5.15 a.m. and Tuesday at 5.45
a.m.

State channel ET3 has turned its attention to American cinema this
summer season, with a tribute that
began on July 18 and runs for the
next two Saturdays, while over on the
free-to-air digital channel Cine+
the last Sunday of this month is dedicated to Iranian talent.
ET3s Saturday late-night pick
this week is Michael Almereydas
2000 take on Shakespeares late
16th-century drama of intrigue
Hamlet, where the director streamlines the action and keeps the language intact. Ethan Hawke is cast in
the title role and transplanted into
modern-day New York, where Hamlet is a film student tortured by the
need to avenge his fathers murder.
Hawke is joined by Kyle MacLachlan
as the scheming Claudius, Julia Stiles
as Ophelia, Diane Venora as the
fickle Gertrude, Sam Shepard as the
Ghost and Bill Murray as Polonius.
The following Saturday, on August
1, the tone is more comical with Paul
Mazurskys 1996 crime comedy drama Faithful, starring Cher, Chazz
Palminteri (who has written the play
on which the movie is based as well
as the screenplay), the director himself as the abetting Doctor Susskind
and Ryan ONeal as the cheating husband who orders a hit on his wife.
Over on Cine+ this Sunday, the focus is on the blossoming cinema of

Interview with the Vampire

Award-winning horror drama
directed by Neil Jordan, with Tom
Cruise, Brad Pitt, Kirsten Dunst,
Christian Slater and Antonio
Banderas.
A distraught plantation owner who
cannot deal with his wifes death
accepts an offer to be turned into a
vampire a decision that haunts him as
he becomes immortal and is forced to
watch the centuries go by.

CINE+
Tel. 210.770.1911/15

7.30 Yu-Gi-Oh 8.00 Pokemon 8.30 The

Life and Times of Juniper Lee 9.00 A
Pup Named Scooby-Doo 9.30 Camp
Lazlo 10.00 Legion of Super Heroes
10.30 Captain Flamingo 11.00 Urban
Vermin 11.30 The Smurfs 12.00
Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries 12.30
The Road Runner Show 13.00 News
13.45 Fort Boyard (R) 14.45
SMALLVILLE 15.45 CHARMED 16.45
CLOSE TO HOME 17.45 MONK 18.40
News in sign language 18.45 ER
19.45 News 21.00 NCIS 22.00 FILM:

(R) 14.00 BEVERLY HILLS 90210

16.00 BAYWATCH 17.00 News in sign
language 17.05 THE KING OF QUEENS
18.00 EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND
19.00 News 20.00 THE NANNY 21.00

THE FOUR FEATHERS, US/UK,

2002, war drama with Wes Bentley,
Heath Ledger, Djimon Hounsou, Kate
Hudson 0.45 FILM: INTERVIEW WITH
THE VAMPIRE, US, 1994, award-winning horror drama with Tom Cruise,
Brad Pitt, Christian Slater, Kirsten
Dunst 3.15 FILM: YES, US/UK, 2004,
romantic drama with Joan Allen,
Sam Neill

6.00 BBC Live 6.30 CLICK ON LINE 7.00

BBC@Skai 9.00 The Oprah Winfrey
Show 10.00 Cooking Show 11.00 TEN
YEARS YOUNGER 12.00 PILOT GUIDE
13.00 QUEER EYE FOR THE STRAIGHT
GUY 14.00 WHAT NOT TO WEAR
15.00 Nanny 911 16.00 Our Charly
17.00 Greek Show on Pets 17.15 Ninja Warrior Sasuke 17.45 Greek Documentary: Wandering in Greece 18.30
UNTOLD STORIES OF THE ER 20.00
BRAINIAC 21.00 News 21.45 Financial
Show 22.00 AMERICAN CHOPPER
23.00 Documentary: MegaStructures 24.00 News 0.05 Documentary:

STAR

ALPHA
Tel. 212.212.4000

6.00 Atom 6.30 Peter Pan and the Pirates 7.00 Krypto the Super Dog

6.00 Greek Series 10.00 Best of Coffee with Eleni 13.00 News 13.15 Shots

Iran with a double feature starting

at 10 p.m. with Majid Majidis awardwinning The Color of Paradise, in
which a blind Iranian boy needs to
find a way to approach or stand up
to his father when he is told that
rather than living in his beloved village with his grandmother he will be
sent off to become a carpenters apprentice. Following right after this
screening at 11.30 p.m. is Ebrahim
Forouzeshs The Jar, a study of village life and solidarity that centers
on a community pooling all of its resources so that the water jug that
provides the schoolchildren with
clean, accessible water is replaced after it is found to be broken. Both these
films are in Farsi and will have Greek
subtitles.

drama with Adam Baldwin, Steve Guttenberg, Alex Kingston 0.30 Auto Alter 0.45 FILM: MANS BEST FRIEND,
US, 1993, horror with Lance Henriksen 2.45 FILM: Undiscovered Tomb,
Hong Kong, 2002, adventure with
Yoko Shimada

Star 0.45

Tel. 211.189.1000

A blind boy struggles with his

disability in the face of his fathers
shame in Majid Majidis The Color of
Paradise.

FILM: UNDER PRESSURE, US, 2000,

adventure with Rob Lowe 23.00
Greek Series 0.15 LAW & ORDER: SVU
1.15 Greek Series 2.15 Change It (R) 3.15
Telemarketing 3.30 Gossip (R)

SKAI
Tel. 210.480.0000

Mars Revealing 1.00 MOST DARING

2.00 MotoGP Highlights 3.00 Documentary: Linea Blu

MAKEDONIA TV
Tel. 2310.504.300

9.00 Latin American Series 10.00

CHARLIES ANGELS (R) 11.00 VIP
12.00 Telemarketing 14.00 MARRIED
WITH CHILDREN (R) 16.00 Telemarketing 19.00 News 19.45 News in sign
language 20.20 MARRIED WITH
CHILDREN 21.05 WHOS THE BOSS?
21.30 BEWITCHED 22.00 CHARLIES
ANGELS 23.05 BIRTH STORIES 24.00

Telemarketing

ALTER
Tel. 210.570.7000

6.45 Alter Kids 8.30 News 9.15 In the

Kitchen (R) 9.55 Best of Greece Is Playing 12.35 Best of Blah Blah 15.45 News
in sign language 16.10 Best of Showbiz News 17.10 Look Ahead (R) 18.45
Today 20.00 News 20.55 Auto Alter
21.00 FILM: THE POSEIDON

ADVENTURE, US, 2005, adventure

6.00 Documentary: Ruggero Raimondi 7.00 Documentary: Rudolf

Nureyev 8.00 Concert 9.00 Documentary: Hollywood on Set 9.30 Greek
Films 14.00 Greek Series 17.00 Documentary: Desert Blues 18.00 Documentary: Ravels Bolero 19.00 Documentary: Hollywood on Set (R) 19.30
FILM: THE GAY DIVORCEE, US, 1934,
musical with Fred Astaire, Ginger
Rogers 21.20 FILM: MRS BROWN,
UK/Ireland/US, 1997, biography drama with Judi Dench, Billy Connolly, Gerard Butler 23.10 Choose Your Friday
Night Film 0.50 FILM: NOTES FROM
UNDERGROUND, US, 1995, drama
with Henry Czerny, Sheryl Lee 2.20
FILM: Identificazione di una donna, Italy/France, 1982, romantic drama directed by Michelangelo Antonioni
4.30 FILM: Viva Voz, Brazil, 2003,
crime romance comedy with Vivianne
Pasmanter, Betty Gofman

PRISMA+
Tel. 210.770.1911/15

13.00 Childrens Shows 15.00 News

15.05 Greek Film 16.30 BECKER (R)
17.00 Greek Cooking Show 17.30 Documentary: Electric Science 18.00
Health for All 19.00 Today at 7 20.00
Mother and Son 21.00 News 22.15 Documentary: All European 22.30 FILM:

Une Femme de menage, France,

2002, comedy drama directed by
Claude Berri 24.00 ABSOLUTELY
FABULOUS

CHRISTINE STURMEY

NOVASPORTS 1
Tel. 210.660.2100

9.00 A1 Water Polo 2008-09 10.30

BTCC Racing 12.30 Airsports World
13.00 A1 Basketball 2008-09 15.00 Argentinean Soccer 2008-09 17.00 Total Rugby 17.30 FIFA Mundial Soccer
18.00 GT Academy Highlights 19.15 Volleyball: FIVB World League 21.30 IAAF
Super Grand Prix: London 0.30 WWE
Raw 1.30 Volleyball: FIVB World League

NOVACINEMA 1
Tel. 210.660.2000

6.40 SUBURBAN GIRL 8.20 CINE

NEWS 8.55 WHAT HAPPENS IN
VEGAS 10.35 DADDY DAY CAMP
12.05 LEATHERHEADS 14.00 27
DRESSES 15.55 THE ABYSS 18.20
PARK 19.50 THE LIFE BEFORE
HER EYES 21.25 HOLLYWOOD ONE
ON ONE 22.00 IMPACT POINT 23.20
FACTORY GIRL 1.05 ALIEN 3 3.00
Adult Film 4.50 VANTAGE POINT

TV5MONDE - EUROPE
Tel. 0033-1.4418.5555

9.45 Le Journal de Radio-Canada 10.10

Flash 10.15 TiVi5 10.45 Silence ca
pousse 11.10 Flash 11.15 Le plus grand
musee du monde 11.45 Des Chiffres
et des lettres 12.10 A bon entendeur
13.00 Flash 13.05 Escapade gourmande 13.30 Fiction 14.00 Fiction
14.25 Les 10 ans du cabaret 14.30 Le
Journal de la RTBF 15.00 Fiction
17.00 TV5Monde le journal 17.30

Documentaire: Jai vu changer la

terre 18.30 Questions pour un champion 19.00 TV5Monde le journal
19.30 Fiction 20.00 C dans lair 21.00
Le Journal de la TSR 21.30 Le Journal
de France 2 22.00 Fiction 24.00
TV5Monde le journal 0.10 TV5Monde
le journal Afrique 0.25 Fiction 2.00
Tous a la brocante 2.30 TV5Monde le
journal 3.00 Fiction

ATHENSPLUS FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2009

TELEVISION

Saturday
July 25

ET1
Tel. 210.776.1000

8.00 Educational Television 10.00

Greek Land 10.30 Mediterraneo (R)
11.00 Greek Documentary 12.00

World Aquatics Championship: Synchronized Swimming 13.30 Remake

(R) 14.30 Safety Belt (R) 15.00 Greek
Show 16.00 Greek Film 17.45 Greek
Documentary 18.15 Art Forms 19.00
European Under-20 Basketball Championship 20.00 Documentary: Chinas
National Opera House 21.00 Lotto
Draw 21.05 LOST (R) 22.00 CRIMINAL
MINDS 23.00 News 24.00 FILM:
Piedras, Spain, 2002, award-winning comedy drama written and directed by Ramon Salazar, with Antonia
San Juan, Vicky Pena

NET
Tel. 210.606.6000

5.50 Weekend on NET 10.00 Disney

Festival 12.00 News 12.30 Disney
Festival 13.30 FILM: The Three Ca-

balleros, US, 1944, dubbed animation 15.00 News 16.00 Health for All
(R) 17.00 Traveling (R) 18.00 News
19.00 Greek Film 21.00 News 22.00
FILM: La vita e bella, Italy, 1997, Oscar-winning war comedy drama, directed by and starring Roberto Benigni, with Nicoletta Braschi, Giustino Durano 24.00 At the Edge (R)

ET3
Tel. 2310.299.400

7.00 Documentary: Building Green

7.30 Documentary: The Habitable

Planet: A Systems Approach to Environmental Science 8.00 Documentary: Evolution 9.00 Documentary: Chasse en Europe 10.00 Greek

Sunday
July 26

ET1
Tel. 210.776.1000

8.00 Mass 10.30 Archondariki (R) 11.30

Music Tradition (R) 12.30 Greek Parliament 13.30 With Virtue and Boldness 14.00 Greek Show 15.00 LAventuriere (R) 16.00 Greek Film 17.15
Greek Documentary 17.45 European

Under-20 Basketball Championship

19.00 World Aquatics Championship:
Swimming 20.00 Documentary: Chinas National Opera House 20.30
Greek Documentary 21.00 European
Under-20 Basketball Championship
Final 23.00 News 24.00 World Water
Polo Championships 0.15 International
Aegean Sailing Rally 0.30 FILM: THE
SHAPE OF THINGS, US/France/UK,
2003, romantic comedy drama with
Paul Rudd, Rachel Weisz 2.00 Music
and Freedom

NET
Tel. 210.606.6000

5.50 Weekend on NET 10.00 Disney

Festival 12.00 News 12.30 Disney
Festival 13.30 FILM: 3 MEN AND A

LITTLE LADY, US, 1990, romantic comedy with Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, Ted Danson 15.00 News 16.00
Health for All (R) 17.00 Traveling (R)
18.00 News 19.00 Greek Film 21.00
News 22.00 FILM: TRAFFIC, Germany/US, 2000, Stephen Soderbergh Oscar-winning crime drama
with Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Benicio Del Toro 0.30 FILM:
THE SUBSTANCE OF FIRE, US, 1996,
drama with Sarah Jessica Parker

Show 11.00 True Scripts (R) 12.00 Documentary: Engineered 13.00 News
13.30 Diaspora (R) 15.00 Greek Show
15.30 Sunday at the Village (R) 18.00
Greek Film 20.00 Greek Show 21.00
Balkan Express (R) 22.00 News 23.00
Greek Film 0.30 FILM: HAMLET, US,
2000, modern-day adaptation of
the Shakespeare drama with Ethan
Hawke, Kyle MacLachlan, Julia Stiles,
Bill Murray 2.30 Circo Massimo

MEGA
Tel. 210.690.3000

6.00 Greek Series 13.00 Mega Star (R)

14.00 News 14.50 A Month or So (R)
15.50 Do I Know You? (R) 16.30 Theres

Something About the Neighbors (R)

17.15 News 17.20 Eat Your Chocolate
(R) 18.00 Sweet Alchemy (R) 19.00 So
Delicious (R) 20.00 News 21.00 Up in
the Air (R) 22.00 My Adorable Neighbors Backstage 23.00 Greek Series
(R) 0.15 News 0.30 FILM: LAST RUN,

UK/Hungary, 2001, action adventure with Armand Assante 2.30 FILM:

STRAIGHT RIGHT, US, 2000, drama

ANTENNA
Tel. 210.688.6100

6.00 Starship Troopers Chronicles 7.10

Greek Series 11.00 Best of Greeces
Got Talent 13.00 News 13.15 Crimes
(R) 14.15 Formula 1 16.15 FILM:

AMERICAS PRINCE: THE JOHN F.

KENNEDY JR STORY, US, 2003, biography drama with Kristoffer Polaha 18.15 News in sign language 18.20
Greek Film 20.00 News 21.00 The XFactor Live (R) 0.40 Red Bull Air Race
World Championship 1.45 FILM:
RETURN TO THE BATCAVE: THE
MISADVENTURES OF ADAM AND
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lettre

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TELEVISION

Wednesday
July 29

18.15 The Sixth Sense 18.30 Documentary: Be a Predator 19.30 Documentary: Ecological Battles 20.30 Documentary: The Kabuki Theater 21.40
News 23.00 Greek Film 0.30 Docu-

ET1

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MINDS 23.00 News 24.00 Greek
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Documentary: Magically Simple 16.30
Documentary: The Zoo 17.00 News

Thursday
July 30
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UGLY BETTY 20.00 News 21.00
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EXTREME MAKEOVER HOME EDITION

23.00 THE UNIT 24.00 LAS VEGAS
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Bulletproof Monk
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The Road Runner Show 13.00 News

13.45 Fort Boyard (R) 14.45
SMALLVILLE 15.45 CHARMED 16.45
CLOSE TO HOME 17.45 MONK 18.40
News in sign language 18.45 ER
19.45 News 21.00 NCIS 22.00 FILM:
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crime thriller with Ashley Judd, Samuel L. Jackson, Andy Garcia 24.00
ELEVENTH
HOUR
1.00
SUPERNATURAL 2.00 FILM:
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HOLLYWOOD SIGN, US/Germany/Netherlands, 2001, crime comedy with Tom Berenger, Burt Reynolds

Chow, Seann William Scott, Jaime King

23.00 Greek Series 0.15 LAW &
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2.15 Change It (R)

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6.00 BBC Live 6.30 OUR WORLD

7.00 BBC@Skai 9.00 The Oprah Winfrey Show 10.00 Cooking Show 11.00
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HER FAMOUS 12.00 PILOT GUIDE
13.00 QUEER EYE FOR THE STRAIGHT
GUY 14.00 WHAT NOT TO WEAR
15.00 Nanny 911 16.00 Our Charly
17.00 Greek Show on Pets 17.15 Ninja Warrior Sasuke 17.45 Wandering in
Greece 18.30 UNTOLD STORIES OF
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21.45 Financial Show 22.00 Documentary: Party Animals 24.00 News
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1.00 Most Shocking 2.00 Documen-

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9.00 Swedish Soccer 11.00 Russian

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6.00 Atom 6.30 Peter Pan and the Pirates 7.00 Krypto the Super Dog
7.30 Yu-Gi-Oh 8.00 Pokemon 8.30 The
Life and Times of Juniper Lee 9.00 A
Pup Named Scooby-Doo 9.30 Camp
Lazlo 10.00 Legion of Super Heroes
10.30 Captain Flamingo 11.00 Urban
Vermin 11.30 The Smurfs 12.00
Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries 12.30

6.00 Greek Series 10.00 Best of Coffee with Eleni 13.00 News 13.15 Shots
(R) 14.00 BEVERLY HILLS 90210
16.00 BAYWATCH 17.00 News in sign
language 17.05 BAYWATCH (cont)
18.00 KITCHEN NIGHTMARES 19.00
News 20.00 THE NANNY 21.00 FILM:
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logical Battles 20.30 Documentary:

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Documentary: Be the Creature 24.00
Cinemania (R) 1.00 Documentary: The
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Detections (R)

Stranger than Fiction

tary

16.10 Best of Showbiz News 17.10 Look

Ahead (R) 18.45 Today 20.00 News
21.00 FILM: TREMORS 4: THE
LEGEND BEGINS, US, 2004, sciencefiction adventure with Billy Drago
23.00 CSI: LAS VEGAS 24.00 MAD MEN
1.00 Auto Alter 1.15 FILM: TERMINAL
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Perry, Tim Owen

Star 22.00
Fantasy comedy drama
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6.10 My Sweetest Lie (R) 6.50 Seven

to 11 11.00 Greek Series 13.00 News
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(R) 16.15 Haras Cafe (R) 17.20 News
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LIFE 18.00 PROJECT RUNWAY 19.00
UGLY BETTY 20.00 News 21.00
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Yu-Gi-Oh 8.00 Pokemon 8.30 The Life
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Named Scooby-Doo 9.30 Camp Lazlo 10.00 Legion of Super Heroes
10.30 Captain Flamingo 11.00 Urban
Vermin 11.30 The Smurfs 12.00

Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries 12.30

The Road Runner Show 13.00 News
13.45 Fort Boyard (R) 14.45
SMALLVILLE 15.45 CHARMED 16.45
CLOSE TO HOME 17.45 MONK 18.40
News in sign language 18.45 ER 19.45
News 21.00 NCIS 22.00 FILM:
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Thompson, Maggie Gyllenhaal 0.15
ELEVENTH
HOUR
1.15
SUPERNATURAL 2.15 FILM: DIRTY
DEEDS, Australia/Canada, 2002,
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Collette, John Goodman, Sam Neill 4.15
FILM: Born to Defense, Hong
Kong/China, 1986, action adventure
with Jet Li

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Series 0.15 News 0.30 War Zone (R)
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ISLAND 3.50 Telemarketing

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13.00 BBC Documentary: In the Night

Garden 13.30 Childrens Shows 15.00
News 15.05 Greek Film 16.30 BECKER
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Documentary: Greece: 10 Painting
Eras 18.00 BBC Documentary: How
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7 20.00 Mother and Son 21.00 News
22.15 Documentary: All European
22.30 KINGDOM 23.30 ABSOLUTELY
FABULOUS

Tel. 211.189.1000

MEGA

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6.45 Alter Kids 8.30 News 9.15 In the

Kitchen (R) 9.55 Best of Greece Is Playing 12.35 Best of Blah Blah 15.45 News
16.00 News in sign language 16.10
Best of Showbiz News 17.10 Look
Ahead (R) 18.45 Today 20.00 News
21.00 FILM: EXCESSIVE FORCE 2, US,
1995, action thriller with Stacie Randall 23.00 CSI: LAS VEGAS 24.00 MAD
MEN 1.00 Auto Alter 1.15 FILM:
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STAR

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12.00 Telemarketing 14.00 MARRIED

WITH CHILDREN (R) 14.30 Greek
Show 16.00 Telemarketing 19.00
News 19.45 News in sign language
20.20 MARRIED WITH CHILDREN
21.05 WHOS THE BOSS? 21.30
BEWITCHED 22.00 CHARLIES ANGELS
23.05 BIRTH STORIES 24.00 Tele-

8.00 Concert: Cat Power 9.15 Documentary: Hollywood on Set 9.45

FILM: RETURN OF THE BIG CAT, US,
1974, family adventure with Jeremy
Slate 11.00 FILM: SMOKE SIGNALS,
US/Canada, 1998, comedy drama
with Evan Adams 12.30 FILM: O
Casamento de Romeu e Julieta,
Brazil, 2005, romantic comedy with
Luana Piovani 14.00 Greek Series
17.00 Documentary: The Marvelous
History of the Dollar 18.00 Documentary: Isadora Duncan 19.00
Documentary: Hollywood on Set
(R) 19.30 FILM: THE MAGNIFICENT
AMBERSONS, US, 1942, awardwinning drama directed by Orson
Welles, with Joseph Cotten, Dolores
Costello, Anne Baxter 21.00 FILM:
MYSTERY TRAIN, US/Japan, 1989,
drama written and directed by Jim
Jarmusch, with Nicoletta Braschi,
Steve Buscemi, Tom Waits 23.00
UNIT ONE 24.00 Greek Film 1.45 FILM:
WICKED MINDS, Canada, 2002,
thriller with Angie Everhart 3.20
Concert: Best of Electro: RDR 2004
4.30 FILM: IN TOO DEEP, US, 1999,
crime drama with Omar Epps, Nia
Long

16.00 BAYWATCH 17.00 News in sign

language 17.05 BAYWATCH (cont)
18.00 KITCHEN NIGHTMARES 19.00
News 20.00 THE NANNY 21.00 FILM:

Wild 23.00 Documentary: Final Report

24.00 News 0.05 Documentary: Panic 1.00 WORLDS WILDEST POLICE
VIDEOS 2.00 Documentary

AGENT RED, Canada/US, 2000,

action adventure with Dolph Lundgren
23.00 Greek Series 0.15 LAW & ORDER:
SVU 1.15 Greek Series 2.15 Change It
(R)

MAKEDONIA TV

SKAI
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6.00 BBC Live 6.30 REPORTERS 7.00

BBC@Skai 9.00 The Oprah Winfrey
Show 10.00 Cooking Show 11.00 10
YEARS YOUNGER 11.30 STYLE HER
FAMOUS 12.00 PILOT GUIDE 13.00

QUEER EYE FOR THE STRAIGHT GUY

14.00 WHAT NOT TO WEAR 15.00 Nanny 911 16.00 Our Charly 17.00 Greek
Show on Pets 17.15 Ninja Warrior Sasuke 17.45 Wandering in Greece 18.30
UNTOLD STORIES OF THE ER 20.00
BRAINIAC 21.00 News 21.45 Financial
Show 22.00 Documentary: Man vs

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9.00 Latin American Series 10.00

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WITH CHILDREN (R) 16.00 Telemarketing 19.00 News 19.45 News in sign
language 20.20 MARRIED WITH
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21.30 BEWITCHED 22.00 CHARLIES
ANGELS 23.05 BIRTH STORIES 24.00

Telemarketing

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News 16.00 News in sign language

* All programs listed in capital letters are broadcast in English.

* All schedules are correct at the time of going to press but may be subject to last-minute changes by the television stations.

FAMILY, US, 1986, fantasy comedy

11.00 FILM: Mother India, India, 1957,
award-winning drama directed by
Mehboob Khan, with Nargis, Sunil Dutt
14.00 Greek Series 17.00 Documentary: Looking North 18.00 Documentary: Douglas Kennedy 19.00
Documentary: Hollywood on Set (R)
19.30 FILM: LUCKY PARTNERS, US,
1940, romantic comedy with Ginger
Rogers, Ronald Colman 21.15 FILM: Il
sindaco, Italy, 1996, drama with
Anthony Quinn, Anna Bonaiuto 22.45
Concert: Synch 2009 23.00 UNIT
ONE 24.00 FILM: THE MAPMAKER,
UK/Ireland, 2001, thriller 1.30 FILM:
OUTSIDE PROVIDENCE, US, 1999,
teen comedy drama with Alec Baldwin 3.00 FILM: SUSANS PLAN,
US, 1998, black comedy with Nastassja
Kinski, Billy Zane

2008-09 15.00 Best of Argentinean

Soccer 2008-09 17.00 Panhellenic
Beach Soccer: Patra 19.00 Transworld
Sports 20.00 WPPA Class 1 Norwegian
GP 20.30 Brazilian Championship
Highlights 21.00 American Baseball
23.30 Russian Championship Highlights 24.00 Horse Races: Glorious
Goodwood Day 2 2.30 Swedish Soccer 4.30 MLS Soccer

NOVACINEMA 1
Tel. 210.660.2000

5.25 IMPACT POINT 6.50 PS I

LOVE YOU 8.55 MAD MONEY
10.40 Jardins en automne 12.40
SUBURBAN GIRL 14.20 THE
HUDSUCKER PROXY 16.10 PIRATES

OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLDS

END 19.00 Safe Sex 19.50 CINE
NEWS 20.15 BABY MAMA 22.00
MORE OF ME 23.30 THE WALKER
1.20 SCENT OF A WOMAN 3.55
Adult Film

TV5MONDE - EUROPE
Tel. 0033-1.4418.5555

9.45 Une Brique dans le ventre 10.15

La Vie en vert 10.45 Une Brique
dans le ventre 11.10 Flash 11.15 La Vie
en vert 11.45 Des Chiffres et des lettres 12.05 Destinations gouts 13.00
Flash 13.05 Destination gouts 13.30
Fiction 14.30 Le Journal de la RTBF
15.00 Pekin express 16.30 Docu-

mentaire: Les plus belles plages du

monde 17.00 TV5Monde le journal
17.30 Documentaire: Bleu blanc pub
18.30 Questions pour un champion
19.00 C dans lair 19.30 Fiction 20.00
C dans lair 21.00 Le Journal de la TSR
21.30 Le Journal de France 2 22.00 Fiction 23.30 Documentaire: Les plus
belles plages du monde 24.00
TV5Monde le journal 0.10 TV5Monde
le journal Afrique 0.30 Fiction 2.30
TV5Monde le journal 3.00 Documentaire: Bleu, blanc, pub

NOVASPORTS 1
Tel. 210.660.2100

9.00 Swedish Soccer 11.00 Russian

Soccer 13.00 Best of A1 Basketball
2008-09 15.00 Best of Argentinean
Soccer 2008-09 17.00 US PGA Tour
Canadian Open 18.00 Panhellenic
Beach Volleyball 2009 Juniors 20.00
Nascar Highlights 21.00 IndyCar
Series 22.00 MLS Soccer 24.00 Horse
Races: Glorious Goodwood 2.30 Finnish Soccer 4.30 Red Bull X-Fighters

NOVACINEMA 1
Tel. 210.660.2000

5.35 THE SHEPHERD: BORDER

PATROL 7.10 A Casa de Alice 8.45
LAvion 10.20 HORTON HEARS A
WHO! 11.45 TWINS 13.30 BEE
MOVIE 15.00 ATONEMENT 17.05
FOOLS GOLD 19.00 Safe Sex 19.50
CINE NEWS 20.10 IRA AND ABBY
22.00 MR 73 0.10 ALIEN 3 2.05
CINE NEWS 2.35 Adult Film 4.40

CAPTIVITY

TV5MONDE - EUROPE
Tel. 0033-1.4418.5555

13.00 Childrens Shows 15.00 News

15.05 Greek Film 16.30 BECKER (R)
17.00 Greek Cooking Show 17.30 Documentary: Mare TV 18.30 Documentary: A Shop In 19.00 Today at 7 20.00
Mother and Son 21.00 News 22.15 Documentary: All European 22.30
KINGDOM 23.30 ABSOLUTELY

9.45 Jardins et loisirs 10.10 Flash 10.15

TiVi5 Monde 10.40 Jardins et losirs
11.10 Flash 11.15 Chroniques den
haut 11.45 Des Chiffres et des lettres
12.10 Tout le monde veut prendre sa
place 13.00 Flash 13.05 Mixeur, les
gouts et les idees 13.30 Fiction 14.30
Le Journal de la RTBF 15.00 Fiction
15.55 Fiction 17.00 TV5Monde le journal 17.30 Documentaire: Les Ailerons
du lagon 18.30 Questions pour un
champion 19.00 C dans lair 20.00 C
dans lair 21.00 Le Journal de la TSR
21.30 Le Journal de France 2 22.00 Film
23.40 Court metrage 24.00
TV5Monde le journal 0.10 TV5Monde
le journal Afrique 0.30 Au Clair de la
lune 2.30 TV5Monde le journal 3.00

FABULOUS (R)

Documentaire: Les Ailerons du lagon

PRISMA+
Tel. 210.770.1911/15

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LISTINGS
CLASSIFIEDS
BOATS
IONIAN, Lefkas, yachts and motor boats for
sale, 21-foot yachts for charter and RYA tuition, breakdown service throughout the
Ionian by established, British-run company.
Ionian Boat Assistance, www.ibagreece.com,
26450.93.020. (HT7434)
RENT, buy or sell your yacht through www.seahorse.gr, since 1971. Call Van Seggelen,
210.89.52.212, info@seahorse.gr. (HT6409)

COMMERCIAL REAL
ESTATE FOR RENT
KOLONAKI, unique 75 sq.m. shop, close to the
square, available for rent from October. Tel.
6977.612.167. (HT7549)

LAWYERS
ATHINA TSAKIRAKIS, English-speaking
lawyer, experienced in property, construction/
taxation, inheritance, wills, family law.
Tel./Fax (+30)210.93.19.411, e-mail atslaw@internet.gr. (HT490)
MATTHEW A. PEPONAS, English/Frenchspeaking lawyer, immigration, property
management, inheritance, wills, taxation. 3840 Zoodochou Pigis St, tel 0030210.33.01.950, 0030-6946.445.444, e-mail
mpeponas@mac.com. (HT3177)

REAL ESTATE FOR RENT

A GREAT VARIETY of luxury properties in the
best areas of Athens, furnished and unfurnished, office premises, property management
and furniture rentals are the services provided
by HELENS REAL ESTATE, tel 210.77.90.783,
6932.439.170, 6944.844.415, or visit www.helens.gr. (HT7146)
A UNIQUE choice of properties on www.mobilia.gr. Our international team has more than
10 years of experience in providing properties in southern, northern and central Athens
(French, English, Spanish, Greek and Dutch
spoken). MOBILIA ESTATE, 210.75.63.200.
(HT7509)

AGHIA PARASKEVI, close to French school,

117 sq.m., 2-story flat in excellent condition,
2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1 WC, living room,
open-plan kitchen, independent heating,
security system, parking, in a quiet building
with 5 flats, garden with BBQ, facilities,
1,000 euros. Tel. 6979.726.353. (HT7564)
AGHIA PARASKEVI, close to French school,
150 sq.m. 2-story flat in excellent condition,
3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1 WC, living room,
open-plan kitchen, independent heating,
security system, parking, in a quiet building
with 5 flats, garden, with BBQ, facilities, 1,300
euros. Tel. 6972.860.297. (HT7563)
AGHIA PARASKEVI, 240 sq.m. house with garden and nice verandas, large living room with
wooden floor, fireplace, dining room, large
kitchen, 3 bedrooms (1 master with own bathroom), laundry room, playroom and garage
for 2 cars, within walking distance of main
street and shopping center. MOBILIA ESTATE,
210.75.63.200, www.mobilia.gr. (HT7582)
AGHIA PARASKEVI, luxurious 180 sq.m.
maisonette with garden, 3-4 bedrooms, 3
bathrooms, garage, big rooms, close to
French school. HELENS REAL ESTATE,
www.helens.gr, tel 210.77.90.783. (HT7578)
AGHIA PARASKEVI, semi-detached house,
250 sq.m., with garden, 3-4 bedrooms, nice
open-plan kitchen, living room, fireplace, modern style, view, within walking distance of the
French school, garage for 2 cars. MOBILIA
ESTATE, 210.75.63.200. (HT7567)
AMBELOKIPI, near Athens Tower, luxuriously
furnished renovated 4th-floor penthouse
for rent, 90 sq.m., 2 bedrooms. All About Property +30-6972.585.852, info@allaboutproperty.gr. (HT7581)
ANAKTORA, excellent apartment, 210 sq.m.,
penthouse, in top-quality block of flats, excellent condition, 3 reception areas, 3 bedrooms, maids room, 2 bathrooms, WC, veranda, 3,900 euros monthly. STATUSPAPATHANASIOU, 16 Nikis, Syntagma, tel
210.32.38.868, 210.32.35.583. (HT6921)

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ATHENS, center, Faliro, unique furnished and

unfurnished apartments and offices.
METROPOLITAN REAL ESTATE AGENCY,
210.72.21.031, www.e-metropolitan.gr. (HT6869)
FURNISHED, Aghia Paraskevi, 3 bedrooms,
2 bathrooms, a/c, garage; Vrilissia, 160
sq.m., 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, veranda,
internet, satellite dish; Pefki, 1 bedroom, modern. HELENS REAL ESTATE, www.helens.gr,
tel 210.77.90.783, 6932.439.170. (HT7577)
FURNISHED apartments in Kolonaki, Hilton,
Pangrati, Kifissia, Voula, high-quality, renovated or brand-new, close to metro. HELENS
REAL ESTATE, www.helens.gr, tel
210.77.90.783. (HT7576)
GLYFADA Golf, luxury apartment, 200 sq.m.,
3rd floor, amazing sea and golf course view,
3 bedrooms, maids room with bathroom,
bathrooms, WC, fireplace, alarm, air conditioning, parking, storage, nice area.
SAKALIDOU REAL ESTATE, tel 210.89.44.949,
6932.442.111, e-mail ssakal1@otenet.gr.

ESTATE, 210.89.44.949, 6932.442.111,

e-mail ssakal1@otenet.gr. (HT7142)

HELENS REAL ESTATE, www.helens.gr, tel

210.77.90.783. (HT7580)

GLYFADA, Voula, Vouliagmeni, Lagonissi, Saronida, unique furnished/unfurnished apartments, houses and offices. METROPOLITAN
REAL ESTATE AGENCY, 210.72.21.031, www.emetropolitan.gr. (HT6870)

KOLONAKI, furnished penthouse, 110 sq.m.,

2 bedrooms, veranda, fireplace, cozy, Acropolis view. HELENS REAL ESTATE, www.helens.gr, 210.77.90.783, 6944.844.415. (HT7505)

GLYFADA, brand-new 300 sq.m. apartment,

minimalist construction, swimming pool, interior design, excellent location. IMMOBILIUM,
210.89.80.109, 6944.567.015. (HT7424)

LYCABETTUS, unique 120 sq.m. penthouse

maisonette, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, minimalist design, a/c, spectacular view of the
hill, garage. HELENS REAL ESTATE, www.helens.gr, 210.77.90.783, 6944.844.415. (HT7506)

KAVOURI, unique 230 sq.m. penthouse,

sea view, 60 sq.m. balcony, 3 bedrooms, parking, storage, swimming pool, amazing area;
70 sq.m. indepedent apartment, near the sea.
SAKALIDOU REAL ESTATE, 210.89.44.949,
6932.442.111, e-mail ssakal1@otenet.gr.

LYCABETTUS, furnished 70 sq.m. flat, 1

bedroom, wooden floors, nice balcony, quiet area. MOBILIA ESTATE, 210.75.63.200,
www.mobilia.gr. (HT7527)

(HT7588)

GLYFADA, modern 280 sq.m. penthouse, 4

bedrooms, excellent sea view, private terrace,
swimming pool. IMMOBILIUM, 210.89.80.109,
6944.567.015. (HT7422)
GLYFADA, seaside, unique 350 sq.m. apartment, sea view, 2 levels, 5 master bedrooms, garden, maids room, 3 bathrooms,
WC, fireplace, alarm, cooling/heating systems,
parking, storage, amazing neighborhood.
SAKALIDOU REAL ESTATE, 210.89.44.949,
6932.442.111, e-mail ssakal1@otenet.gr.

(HT7400)

HILTON, 140 sq.m., furnished, facing park,

3-4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a/c, Internet,
5 mins from metro, long or short lease.
HELENS REAL ESTATE, 0030-210.77.90.783,
6944.844.415. (HT7529)

(HT7554)

GLYFADA (GOLF), all brand-new apartments, very high-quality construction, 110

sq.m., 125 sq.m., 140 sq.m., 160 sq.m. and
170 sq.m. available, with 2, 3 or 4 bedrooms,
swimming pool, 1- and 2-car parking spaces,
storage. MOBILIA ESTATE, 210.75.63.200,
www.mobilia.gr. (HT7526)

KOLONAKI, 150 sq.m. duplex, roof garden,

swimming pool, 3 bedrooms, nice living room
with fireplace, 2 parking spaces, MOBILIA
ESTATE, 210.75.63.200, www.mobilia.gr.

KEFALARI, 300 sq.m., 4 bedrooms, garden;

Dionysos, 5 bedrooms, pool, new. Many
more at ATHENS HOMES (ALICE),
6944.465.231, www.athenshomes.gr. (HT7585)
KIFISSIA (POLITEIA), nice semi-detached
house, 390 sq.m. with garden and nice, large
verandas, fantastic view, 4 bedrooms (3 master), 2 service bedrooms, playroom, large living room and dining room, new kitchen, within walking distance of Politeia. MOBILIA
ESTATE, 210.75.63.200, www.mobilia.gr.
(HT7583)

KIFISSIA, luxurious, furnished house, 2-3 bedrooms, a/c, 2 luxurious bathrooms, spa, parking, huge garden, can accommodate up to
6 people, ideal for short lease. HELENS REAL
ESTATE, www.helens.gr, tel 210.77.90.783,
6944.844.415. (HT7579)

MAROUSSI, fully furnished apartments in a

modern building with swimming pool, close
to The Mall Athens and metro, 3 bedrooms,
garage, veranda. HELENS REAL ESTATE,
www.helens.gr, tel 210.77.90.783. (HT7495)
MAROUSSI, new apartments, in a modern
building with swimming pool, 2 bedrooms,
2 bathrooms, a/c, independent heating,
garage, veranda. HELEN'S REAL ESTATE,
www.helens.gr, 210.77.90.783, 6932.439.170.
(HT7587)

MELISSIA, for rent, 3-bedroom apartment,

top (4th) floor, view of all Athens, tennis
courts, market nearby, fully equipped
kitchen. Tel. 6937.362.399. (HT7548)
PALAIO FALIRO, fantastic fully furnished 8thfloor apartment with big veranda and fantastic sea view, two bedrooms, a/c, paking
space. MOBILIA ESTATE, 210.75.63.200.
(HT7569)

(HT7591)

GLYFADA, VOULA, VOULIAGMENI, our international team will show you the best apartments and houses for short- and long-term
lease, furnished or not. Please dont hesitate
to have a look at our site. MOBILIA ESTATE,
210.75.63.200, www.mobilia.gr. (HT7511)
GLYFADA (seaside), simply unique apartment
of 240 sq.m., 5th and top floor, 3 bedrooms
with own bathrooms, great living room
with wooden floor, fireplace and amazing sea
view. MOBILIA ESTATE, tel 210.75.63.200,
www.mobilia.gr. (HT7494)
GLYFADA, near commercial center, 180
sq.m. fully furnished apartment, 3 bedrooms, excellent sea view. IMMOBILIUM,
210.89.80.109, 6944.567.015. (HT7425)
GLYFADA, Diadochou Pavlou St, unique
apartment, 140 sq.m., 2 bedrooms, bathroom, WC, spacious, amazing area, waterfront; 190 sq.m., top floor, 4 bedrooms, 2 living rooms, unique sea view. SAKALIDOU REAL

KIFISSIA (KEFALARI), within walking distance

of shopping area, brand-new luxurious
apartment, 200 sq.m., 1st floor, large living
and dining room, all wooden floors, fireplace,
3 bedrooms (1 master), 2 parking spaces.
MOBILIA ESTATE, 210.75.63.200 www.mobilia.gr. (HT7451)
KIFISSIA- POLITEIA: a) 380 sq.m. maisonette,
5 bedrooms, 3,800 euros (ID 230491044-11);
b)380 sq.m. maisonette, 4 bedrooms, 2,700
euros (ID 230491044-8); c) 360 sq.m.
maisonette, 6 bedrooms, 2,000 euros (ID
230491044-5); d) 260 sq.m. maisonette, 3
bedrooms, 2,950 euros (ID 230491044-2);
e) 170 sq.m. maisonette, 3 bedrooms, 1,900
euros (ID230491044-13). REMAX BEST
CHOICE, tel 210.62.50.303. More details
and photos at www.remax.gr. (HT7584)

KOLONAKI unique 200 sq.m. penthouse

maisonette, 2 bedrooms (50 sq.m. master), maids room, 100 sq.m. private terrace, Acropolis and Lycabettus views.

PALAIO PSYCHICO, 220 sq.m. house, independent entrance, big garden, 5 years old,
elevator, 4 bedrooms, also guest apartment of 50 sq.m., garage, a/c, spectacular
view. HELENS REAL ESTATE, 210.77.90.783,
6932.439.170. (HT7530)

VARKIZA Fleming St, modern detached

house, 350 sq.m., 3 bedrooms, 1 master,
maids room, guest room, underground
parking, alarm system, storage, sea view, private swimming pool and garden. SAKALIDOU
REAL ESTATE, tel 210.89.44.949,
6932.442.111, e-mail ssakal@otenet.gr. (HT7491)
VOULA BEACH, 200 sq.m. fully furnished
apartment, unique style, amazing decor, 3
bedrooms (1 master), separate dining room,
possibility for independent maids apartment
and guest room, alarm, underground parking, storage, unique sea view, big swimming
pool. SAKALIDOU REAL ESTATE,
210.89.44.949, 6932.442.111, e-mail
ssakal1@otenet.gr. (HT7268)
VOULA, Pigadakia, 280 sq.m. maisonette, luxurious construction, private garden, view,
cooling/heating systems on each level,
alarm, 3 bedrooms, guest room, laundry, playroom, parking, storage. SAKALIDOU REAL
ESTATE, 210-89.44.949, 6932-442.111, e-mail
ssakal1@otenet.gr. (HT7590)

Classified rates
10 euros for first 15 words,
0.20 euros for each
additional word

ANAKTORA, Rigillis St, 230 sq.m. apartment,

1st floor, in a classy, central block of flats with
high security, fully renovated, well lit, view
over greenery, 2-3 bedrooms, maids room,
2 bathrooms, WC, available for purchase after up to 3 years with the correspondant rent
payment (1,725,000 euros). STATUS
PAPATHANASIOU, 16 Nikis St, Syntagma,
210.32.38.868, 210.32.35.583. (HT7408)
ATHENS, close to Athens International Airport, on Artemida Beach, group of
maisonettes, on the waterfront, 160 sq.m.
to 238 sq.m., 3 levels, with 3 bedrooms, fireplace, playroom, garden, from 400,000
euros. Tel. 210.66.30.144, 6945.490.979.
(HT7586)

(HT7423)

GLYFADA, luxurious 500 sq.m. villa in 650

sq.m. garden, 4 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms,
guest room, office, laundry room, 5-car
garage, view, elevator, 1,500,000 euros.
ATHENS REAL ESTATE, 41 Athinas St, Vouliagmeni, 210.96.70.956-7, 6944.386.246,
6940.518.085. (HT7129)

VOULA, excellent location 200 m from

beach, 200 sq.m., entire floor, 3 bedrooms
(2 masters), 72 sq.m. living room, view,
2,600 euros per month, or 1,400,000 euros
to buy. Call owner at 6945.593.070. (HT7367)

GLYFADA, Voula, Vouliagmeni, Lagonissi, Saronida, islands, unique houses, apartments,

offices, plots. METROPOLITAN REAL ESTATE
AGENCY, 210.72.21.031, www.e-metropolitan.gr. (HT6956)

VOULA, PIGADAKIA, 350 sq.m. detached

house with private swimming pool and garden, luxurious construction, cooling/heating systems on each level, alarm, 3 bedrooms,
guest room, maids room, covered parking
space, storage. SAKALIDOU REAL ESTATE,
210.89.44.949, 6932.442.111, e-mail
ssakal1@otenet.gr. (HT7267)

LAVRIO, near Sounio, 74 sq.m., 78 sq.m. and

91 sq.m. apartments with sea view and
close to sea, garage, storage, Italian kitchen
and tiles, independent heating, alarm and a/c
installations. Tel. 6944.655.700. (HT7198)

VOULA, 200 sq.m. luxurious apartment, 3rd

floor, equipped kitchen, excellent sea view.
IMMOBILIUM, 210.89.80.109, 6944.567.015.

VOULIAGMENI, new 400 sq.m. detached

house, 2 living rooms, 2 kitchens, 3 bedrooms,
guest room, maids apartment, amazing, quiet location with green surroundings, nice garden, swimming pool. SAKALIDOU REAL
ESTATE, 210.89.44.949, 6932.442.111,
e-mail ssakal1@otenet.gr. (HT7589)

PANGRATI, fully furnished flat, 70 sq.m., 4th

floor, 1 bedroom, modern equipment, a/c,
Internet connection, close to metro station, within walking distance of the center.
MOBILIA ESTATE, 210.75.63.200 www.mobilia.gr. (HT7456)

VOULIAGMENI: a) 500 sq.m. villa in 1,000

sq.m. garden, 5 bedrooms, swimming pool,
view, garage, 4,000 euros; b) 200 sq.m.
apartment, 2nd floor, 4 bedrooms, swimming
pool, garage, 2,800 euros. ATHENS REAL
ESTATE, 41 Athinas St, Vouliagmeni,
210.96.70.956-7, 9644.388.246. (HT7521)

PAPAGOU, 220 sq.m. house, 200 sq.m. garden, 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, garage, living/dining room, study, parking. HELENS
REAL ESTATE, www.helens.gr, 210.77.90.783,
6944.844.415. (HT7461)

VOULIAGMENI, 350 sq.m. maisonette, minimalist, luxurious construction, 4 bedrooms,

equipped kitchen, swimming pool, private
garden, big garage, IMMOBILIUM,
210.89.80.109, 6944.567.015. (HT7421)

POLITEIA, unique 300 sq.m. villa, excellent

location, beautiful garden, swimming pool,
luxurious construction. IMMOBILIUM,
210.89.80.109, 6944.567.015. (HT7426)

AEGINA ISLAND, PACHIA RACHI, newly

built villa in two separate buildings: 120 sq.m.
main residence and 40 sq.m. guesthouse,

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

PLACE A CLASSIFIED

Telephone 210.480.8165-7
Fax 210.480.8168-9

with panoramic sea view, 10 mins from

port, fully furnished, swimming pool, garden
with 420 plants, water purification system
etc. Tel. 6976.258.427. (HT5618)

E-mail
mikres.aggelies@kathimerini.gr

Classified
box rates
15 euros per centimeter
(excluding taxes)
Frequency discounts
are available.

VRILISSIA (ANO), fantastic unobstructed

views of all Athens down to the to Saronic
Gulf, rare opportunity, 2 large entire-floor
apartments offered together or separately:
a) 173 sq.m., mirrored entrance hall, living/dining room with large fireplace, 3 bedrooms, parquet floors, 2 bathrooms, huge
kitchen, dining area, laundry room with washer-dryer, storage, 2 closed parking spaces,
fully furnished hall, new living/dining room
furniture by Varagis, Miele, Amana appliances, new double-glazed windows, floor-toceiling closets/cabinets in all rooms and many
architectural details; b) 69 sq.m., living/dining, 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, large kitchen/dining area, storage, 1 closed parking, same
amenities. Both in pristine move-in condition,
practically unusued. Prices: a) 500,000 euros, b) 195,000 euros. By owner, tel/fax
210.80.41.620, 6982.260.396, e-mail alexmastoras@aol.com. Must see. (HT7592)

SUMMER HOME
RENTALS
ATTICA COAST, bungalow, 70 sq.m., fully
equipped, private garden, private beach, 36
km from Athens, 15 minutes from airport.
Available now. Contact George at
(+30)6944.719.792. (HT7551)
MYCONOS (Ano Diakofti area), traditional, fully furnished villa, master bedroom and bathroom, 2 bedrooms plus bathroom, living/dining area, a/c, shared pool, fantastic view, 5
mins drive from Ornos beach, 7 mins from
town, ideal for couple or family. Available until the end of August, 19,000 euros for season or August 13,000 euros. Information: +306947.773.720, 6937.454.438. (HT7594)
PAROS, luxury stone-built villas, 5,4 and 3 bedrooms, in the best location on the island, only 50 m from a unique windless sandy beach
with turquoise waters, private spa, private
pool, jacuzzi, pool bar, BBQ, traditional oven.
Tel. +30-6944.563.063, info@mythicalvillas.com, www.mythicalvillas.com. (HT7209)

SUMMER HOME SALES

PAROS, stone-built luxury villas in the best
location on the island, only 100 m from a
unique sandy beach, unblocked panoramic
view, garden (1,500 sq.m.), wooden floors and
ceilings, heating, fireplace, swimming pool,
white goods, service company. Tel. +306944.563.063, krotiri@tee.gr, info@mythicalvillas.com, www.mythicalvillas.com. (HT905)

ATHENSPLUS FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2009

DVD & GAMES

Home entertainment
Games
Tales of
Monkey Island

New DVD releases

Sukiyaki Western Django
Try to top this example of cross-cultural influences:
Sukiyaki Western Django is a movie in English, with a
Japanese director and cast, modeled on the spaghetti
western A Fistful of Dollars, which was in turn based
on an even earlier samurai movie, Yojimbo. As the
icing on the postmodern cake, there is a cameo by none
other than Quentin Tarantino. Fans of westerns, action
and Asian films will be heartily entertained but more
casual viewers might be overwhelmed. The scene: a
late-1800s rural Nevada town ruled by two warring
factions. The story: a lone gunman stumbles into a
frenzied search for a legendary mountain treasure and,
along with it, the bitter quarrel between the red and
white clans.
Action directed by Taskashi Miike, starring Hideaki
Ito, Masanobu Ando, Koichi Sato, Kaori Momoi,
Yusuke Iseya and Quentin Tarantino.
DVD special features: Deleted scenes, making-of
featurette, trailers and film clips

The adventures of pirate

Guybrush Threepwood are
transplanted into a new era in
this five-episode saga. The
game offers an explosive
storyline as Guybrush
accidentally unleashes a
disease that transforms the
buccaneers of the Caribbean
into pirate monsters. Humor,
romance and action are some
of the intriguing plots core
elements the same ones
that have made Monkey
Island a successful franchise
across all platforms the past
years.
Available formats: PC,
Nintendo Wii
ESRB rating: Teen

3 What Just Happened

Battlefield 1943
This first-person shooter video game takes
players back to World War II to experience some of
the legendary battles that characterize the
Battlefield franchise. The main attraction is the
multiplayer action for up to 24 players, over three
locations: Wake Island, Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima.
The most impressive and realistic element of the
game is the way environments gradually turn into
scarred battlefields, constantly creating or
destroying elements that can be used either for
cover or to perform strategic moves to flank and
gain advantage in the battle.
Available formats: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC
ESRB rating: Teen

Night Train

Which is worse? An unstable

marriage or a full-scale attack
by a demonic Mother Nature?
It seems like the latter would
be the easy answer, but Long
Weekend forces one to
reconsider. Peter and Carla
are young but already in a
loveless marriage. Its a bad
idea from the outset for the
two to venture out on a
camping trip in the Australian
wilderness, in order to make
use of Peters thoughtlessly
purchased expensive camping
gear. Carla and Peter dont
realize theyve stirred up a
dark force of nature until its
too late. Based on a critically
acclaimed 1978 Australian
film of the same title.
Thriller directed by Jamie
Blanks, starring James
Caviezel and Claudia Karvan.
DVD special features:
Interactive menus, scene
selection

Tom Tykwer of Run Lola Run is at the helm of

this thriller about global corporate banking
conspiracies. Clive Owen plays an Interpol
agent who teams up with a New York City
lawyer (Naomi Watts) for eye-gripping
Hitchcockian chases around world
metropolises.

Odette Yustman, Gary Oldman, Carla Gugino

and Idris Elba star in this horror flick that
manages to pack in every scary scenario the
genre has known: Nazis, head spinning, giant
insects, ghosts, exorcisms. The list goes on.

Movie thrillers

Long Weekend

1 The International

2 The Unborn

Faith Like Potatoes

Based on a true story. Angus Buchan, a Zambian
farmer of Scottish origins, takes a big risk when he
moves with his family to South Africa. While there,
Angus becomes increasingly volatile after life hits him
with draughts, political instability, violence and worse.
The hardships, though, provide the impetus for a
spiritual awakening. Angus relearns that the key to his
physical and spiritual survival is to have faith and
patience, anticipating the rewards at the end of the
harvest.
Drama based on a memoir by Angus Buchan, directed
by Regardt van den Bergh, starring Frank
Rautenbach, Jeanne Neilson, Hamilton Dlamini, Sean
Cameron Michael and Dylan Roberts.
DVD special features: Short documentary with the
Buchan family and community, behind-the-scenes
footage, video breakdown of cast, documentary of
soundtrack and special feature on technicalities of
filming

RENTALS OF THE WEEK

A salesman and a young medical student are

riding a late-night train. Along with their
conductor, the three are in for much more than a
journey home. The trio get in touch with their
greedy sides, starting from the moment they
happen upon diamonds and a just-deceased
passenger in their cabin. Deciding to keep the
valuables for themselves, their selfishness
snowballs as they take an increasingly sadistic
plan of action. Unsurprisingly, the conspirators
start to become paranoid, suspicious that one will
have no qualms about turning against the other.
Action thriller directed by Brian King, starring
Danny Glover, Leelee Sobieski, Steve Zahn,
Matthias Schweighofer, Takatsuna Mukai and
Togo Igawa.
DVD special features: Making-of featurette

A look at Hollywood from the inside out, based

on a memoir by Art Linson. Robert De Niro
plays a producer juggling difficult movie
projects and even more difficult actors. Sean
Penn, Catherine Keener, Bruce Willis, Robin
Wright Penn and Stanley Tucci also star.

4 Doubt
Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman
square off in this film set in a 1960s Bronx
Catholic school. The schools first black student
(Joseph Foster), a wide-eyed young nun (Amy
Adams) and the students quietly defiant
mother (Viola Davis, who won an Oscar) are
stuck in the middle.

5 The Curious Case of Benjamin

Button
David Fincher (Se7en, Fight Club, Zodiac)
directs Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett in this
fantasy drama about a man who ages backward,
which has drawn comparisons to Forrest
Gump (both films were written by Eric Roth).

6 Valkyrie
Tom Cruise plays a doomed-to-fail general in
Hitler-led Germany. A thriller with an otherwise
mostly British cast: Kenneth Branagh, Bill
Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, Carice van Houten and
Eddie Izzard.

7 Slumdog Millionaire
From slums to riches. Danny Boyle directs this
eight-Academy Award-winning film about a
tea-boy who makes it big by getting question
after question right on the Indian version of
Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

8 The Reader
Watch for Kate Winslets Oscar-winning
performance as a woman in post-World War II
Germany with a past she is determined to keep
hidden. Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot, The
Hours) directs this adaptation of Bernhard
Schlinks novel.

9 Apartment 1303
House hunting will never be the same again
after watching Apartment 1303. This
Japanese horror flick has a young woman land
a great apartment for an unbelievably great
deal a great deal that quickly morphs into a
nightmare.

10 The Spirit
Based on the comic series by Will Eisner, Frank
Miller writes and directs this painfully stiff film
adaptation. Gabriel Macht, Samuel L. Jackson,
Scarlett Johansson, Eva Mendes and Paz Vega
star. Re-rent Sin City or 300 instead.
These are the 10 most popular movie rentals at
Videoramas 32 outlets (www.videorama.gr).

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TRAVEL

Halkidiki

Halkidiki

A riviera for everyone

Perhaps no other area offers so much variety in terms of
beaches and infrastructure plus a sense of space
BY DINOS KOUSIS

Halkidiki, the three-pronged peninsula

southeast of Thessaloniki in Macedonia, might aptly be described as the
northern Greek riviera: It has ample
tourism infrastructure for all tastes and
income ranges from picturesque little tavernas to gourmet restaurants
and deluxe resorts. Its beaches, dotting the 550-kilometer coastline, are
countless and among the countrys
best; 46 were awarded the Blue Flag
for meeting strict environmental standards in 2008 thats more than onetenth of Greeces total.
To be sure, this number excludes the
many beaches on the third, easternmost prong of Mount Athos, home of
the semi-autonomous, male-only
monastic community. A visit to Ouranoupoli, the small coastal town
just outside Mt Athos, is recommended, both to see the well-preserved Tower of Porfirios and take a
small boat for a coastal tour of the
peninsula. Even from the distance of
500 meters, which must be kept by
boats carrying women, the views are
breathtaking.
The western part of Halkidiki has
two main highlights: Petralona Cave
(see Page 43), adorned with stalagmites and stalactites, which is known
for being the site of findings related
to the presence of some of Europes
earliest hominids, as well as the ruins
of ancient Olynthus where visitors
can see some of the earliest surviving
floor mosaics in Greece.
The two other prongs of Halkidiki
Kassandra and Sithonia are also
rich in history, sights, natural beauty and tourism infrastructure. Kassandra is the rather more developed
of the two but both have more or less
the same landscape: pine forests covering the greatest part, right down to
beautiful beaches. Despite the sometimes overgrown tourist developments, there is an unmistakable feeling of ample space. The highlights:

A tour of the peninsula starts on

the western side, with the stretch from

Nikiti to Neos Marmaras a busy resort. Nikiti is the seat of the districts
municipality and perhaps Sithonias
most attractive village. Like
Parthenonas, a traditional mountainous village inland from Neos Marmaras, it has several beautiful old
houses.
Porto Carras has been the foremost luxury resort in Halkidiki and
Greece as a whole for more than
three decades. It hosted an EU leaders summit in June 2003.
Porto Koufo is a picturesque,
protected bay, reminiscent of a Norwegian fjord and dotted with little fish
tavernas by the water.
Armenistis is Sithonias largest
and best beach, with superb waters
and a vibrant social scene, both day
and night. Manassu, a few kilometers
past Vourvourou, was unknown until a few years ago, when a new beach
bar opened access to a shady, deep-water bay ideal for swimming.
Bousoulas, a beach with amenities offered by the Sani hotel resort, is
right for you if you prefer shallow waters.
Finally, Tristinika, one of Sithonias
most interesting beaches with deep
waters, is usually quite peaceful, with
a beach bar that plays world music.

known for its fresh garden produce

and beaches.
Aghia Paraskevi a mountainous
village of architectural interest, with a
superb view of the Thermaikos Gulf.
The known thermal and therapeutic
baths of Aghios Nikolaos are 4 km away.
The ruins of ancient Mende, near
Kalandra; Mende, whose emblem
was a sexually aroused donkey, was
well known for its wines.

Mt Athos
Even from the distance of 500
meters, which must be kept
by boats carrying women,
the views are breathtaking
Mavrobara a small lake and important wetland for two endangered
turtle species (Emys orbicularis and
Mauremys caspica) which can be
seen sunbathing together.
Paliouri is a picturesque resort
with cobblestone alleyways, also

In Sithonia

In Kassandra

Transport & basic info

Where to stay

Where to eat

What to see

The Isthmus of Nea Potidea, which

connects the Thermaikos and Toroneos gulfs. The bridge is the gateway
to the peninsula, offers especially
good views and is worth a stop for an
ouzo and mezedes.
Athitos (the ancient name, now
sometimes referred to as Afitos) a
busy resort with many traditional and
restored houses. A stroll through its
alleyways is very rewarding.
The ruins of the Temple of Ammon
Zeus in Kallithea an important place
of worship in antiquity, built in the
Doric style in the 4th century BC.

Thessaloniki is the main gateway to

Halkidiki. Olympic Airways
(210.966.6666) and Aegean Airlines
(801.11.20000) offer several flights a
day from Athens. A good option is to
rent a car at Thessaloniki Airport. From
the port of Igoumenitsa in the west,
Halkidiki is a four-hour drive. Hellenic
Railways (tel 1110, www.ose.gr) also
has several departures daily from
Athens, sleeper cars being the most
convenient. There are 10 intercity bus
departures daily from Athens
(210.822.5148). Thessaloniki bus
station: 2310.316.555/595.408.

Possidi Holidays Resort & Suites, fivestar, fine views (tel 23740.42103,
www.possidi-holidays.gr); Athena
Pallas in Elia, five-star (23750.23000);
Palladium Hotel in Kryopigi, lovely
setting (23740.24500); Philoxenia in
Psakoudia, three-star (23710.51960/
51700); Porto Valitsa, fine guesthouse
in Paliouri (23740.92007); Villa
Alexandra in Polychrono, studios &
apartments (23740.52110); Elia Beach
apartments in Nikiti (23750.81250). In
Nea Fokaia, Kassandra: Hotel
Alexandros (23740.81500/1/2); Hotel
Kiwi (23740.81855).

Sousourada in Afitos excellent Greek

nouvelle cuisine; Grada Blue in Nikiti
a branch of Thessalonikis best
restaurants; Trizoni in Kryopigi
excellent seafood; Villa Stasa in
Loutra Aghias Paraskevis excellent
value for money; Boukadoura at Elia
beach fine setting and top food;
Salliaris in Nea Triglia old classic
grill; Agioneri, outside Polygyros,
excellent cuisine and setting; Ta
Kymata in Nea Fokaia for great
seafood try the local speciality,
mussels with pilaf; Haris in Neos
Marmaras for fresh fish.

Visit two of Greeces largest wineries

(both by appointment): Tsantali, in
Aghios Pavlos (23990.61394/8), and
Porto Carras, near Neos Marmaras
(23750.71221), with a 400-hectare
vineyard which grows seven French and
four Greek varieties; the archaeological
museums of Polygyros (23710.24976)
and Olynthus (23710.21330) the latter
has excellent presentations with audiovisual equipment; the Museum of
Fishing Vessels and Equipment in Nea
Moudania; the folk history museums at
Polygyros and Afitos; the antiquities at
Toroni.

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AROUND GREECE
BY HARIS ARGYROPOULOS

ESCAPES & DIVERSIONS

Halkidiki
Petralona Cave

Petralona Cave in western Halkidiki, some 50 kilometers

south of Thessaloniki, rose to anthropological prominence
in 1960 following the discovery of a fossilized skull
belonging to an early hominid which was subsequently
named Archanthropus europaeus petraloniensis.
The skull, intact except for the jaw bone, has been
variously dated to between 70,000 and 700,000 years
old. The most recent dating, conducted according to the
ESR (electron spin resonance) method, provides a range
of 160,000-240,000 years.
Whatever the true date, the skull is certainly one of the
earliest human finds in Europe. Found attached to a
stalactitic column, the skull is thought to be from a
transitional type between Homo erectus and Homo
sapiens and appears to be at least partly related to the
Neanderthal in structure. It is believed to have belonged
to a male, aged 25-35.
The cave, named after the nearby village of Petralona and
amply adorned with stalagmites and stalactites, also
contained fossils of lions, hyenas, bears, panthers,
elephants, rhinos, bisons, equids and various species of
deer including megacerines, as well as 25 bird species, 16
types of rodents and 17 kinds of bats.
There were also traces of human-lit fire and ashes, which
are also estimated to be among the oldest ever found.
he cave is about 1,500 meters long, only one part of
which is open to the public. Visitors are given guided tours
along paths totaling some 700 meters in length, which
lead to several chambers, including the one in which the
fossilized skull was found. There are a number of
representations in the cave of the life of early humans, at
the beginning of the last glacial period.
he main bulk of the findings are exhibited in the
Anthropological Museum, adjacent and connected to the
cave. Both are open daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. (4 p.m. in
winter).

Sithonia

Kalamata

Campsite

Museums

Kalamitsi Thalatta Camp, in a

lush spot on the southeastern tip
of Halkidikis Sithonia peninsula
in Macedonia and with views of
Mt Athos, is the epitome of
organized camping, ideal for
families with children. It is in fact
a small village, with a
supermarket and minimarket
(open 24 hours), tobacco and
press outlet, self-service and grill
restaurants, an ouzerie, a medical
facility with a doctor on call round
the clock, launderettes and
common kitchen areas. Other

Lefkada
Country retreat

amenities include a brand-new

swimming pool, two soccer fields,
a basketball court, a beach
volleyball area, gift shop, snack
bar and beach bar, games/
Internet cafe, games room and
kids fun club. Rates range from
4.50 to 8 euros for a tent, 5.40 to
7 euros for adults and 3 to 4 euros
for children. Bikes are available
for rent. The camp also accepts
caravans.
Kalamitsi Thalatta Camp,
tel 2310.501.457, 23750.41410.

The Pavezzo Country Retreat is a group of

tastefully renovated 19th-century cottages in
a tranquil setting at Katouna, a village in the
hills 5 kilometers from the capital of the
Ionian island of Lefkada. In the local dialect,
pavezzo means shelter, or safe haven.
The cottages have been converted into
maisonettes, apartments and villas, each
with its own distinct character. Some
accommodate up to four people and come
with private pools. Each has its own unique
style, decorated with elegant antiques,
engravings and items of everyday use from
times of old. They offer sweeping views over
the surrounding hills dominated by olive
hues. The place has a romantic ambience
and one of the cottages is named Villa
Honeymoon.
All units are fully equipped with modern
comforts, including kitchen and refrigerator.
here is also wi-fi Internet access throughout
the complex. Guests can also take advantage
of a restaurant serving cold plates and a fine
spa facility with a hot tub, hamam and gym
equipment. Aromatherapy, massage and
beauty salon services are also available.
Other amenities include a book and DVD
library and an indoor meeting area for up to
50 people.
There is a beach just 2.5 kilometers away and
the airport is at a distance of 20 km.
Accommodation rates for two people
(including breakfast) range from 100 to 370
euros, depending on the season. There is a 15
percent surcharge per each additional guest.
Pavezzo Country Retreat, tel 26450.71782,
mobile 6972.410.141, www.pavezzo.gr.

Extensive use was made of Parian marble and

imports from Italy but the main construction
material was locally quarried stone, widely
varied in color from yellow ocher to dark red
which gave impressive results. Equally
impressive and ornate were the arched gates
and doors.
Many of the old manors were destroyed in a
devastating earthquake in 1881, but a few still
survive in varying states of repair. Those built
after the earthquake have neoclassical and
eclectic elements.
Many have been renovated and now function
as guesthouses or restaurants. Its worth
taking the time to wander around Kampos,
taking pictures of the arched gates or stopping
to enjoy a meal at one of the manor house

bar-restaurants. The villages in the district are

also worth a visit. At Vasileoniko, 2 kilometers
from Hora, the island capital, there is an
annual fete on St Panteleimons Day, July 27.
Further south, at Vavyli, the ornate doors each
have different emblems or coats of arms.

Petralona Cave, tel 23730.71671, fax 23730.71677.

Chios
Kampos
Full of brilliant green orchards and centuriesold manor houses, Kampos stretches for about
10 kilometers along the east coast of the island
of Chios in the eastern Aegean.
Rich in underground waters, the valley is the
islands most fertile region, whose vibrant
beauty works its magic on every visitor just
as it did on the wealthy Genoese noblemen
who started building manors here in the 14th
century. They brought citrus trees to the area
and erected high walls around the orchards to
protect them from the strong winds and the
dust. On the edge of each orchard they built a
two- or three-story country house. Within the
enclosures were wonderful combinations of
gardens, courtyards, arches and cobblestone
patios.

Visitors drawn to Kalamata by the International

Dance Festival which ends on Sunday, July 26, will
enjoy a number of interesting museums in this
southern Peloponnesian city.
The privately run Historical and Folklore Museum of
Kalamata (12 Aghiou Ioannou & Kyriakou, tel
27210.28449) is housed in a finely restored old
mansion and provides an excellent overview of the
economic and social development of this historic city
long a regional hub.
The ground floor has small thematic units focusing on
rural life, traditional workshops (such as weaving and
pottery) and city occupations, which provide a vivid
picture of local
life in preindustrial times.
Another series of
exhibits sheds
light on the
everyday life of
the inhabitants.
The first floor
hosts an
impressive unit
dedicated to
printing and
bookbinding. The
first printing
press of liberated
Greece in the
1820s operated in
Kalamata.
There are also
reconstructions of an upper-middle-class house at
the beginning of the 20th century and of a traditional
coffeeshop. A large room on the right displays
material from the 1821-29 War of Independence.
Other rooms have traditional costumes and objects of
ecclesiastical art.
The museum is open Tuesdays to Sundays from 9
a.m. to 1 p.m. and admission costs 2 euros.
Kalamata also has an interesting Railway Park, an
outdoor museum of about a dozen 19th- and 20thcentury steam engines and carriages, located near
the old Kalamata port terminal, a five-minute walk
from the city center. A footbridge provides good
views of the exhibits from above.
he old station has a cafe on the ground floor and the
5-hectare park offers playgrounds for children as well
as basketball and volleyball courts. For more
information on the Kalamata Railway Park, call
27210.26464/29909 (ask for details about the Parko
OSE).
Also worth a visit are the Kalamata Archaeological
Museum (6 Papazoglou, tel 27210.26209) and the
Municipal Gallery (5 Papazoglou, tel 27210.88991).

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RECREATION

Attica beaches

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Limni Vouliagmenis
Brief description:
A brackish lake in an
impressively scenic spot 21 km
from the city center on the
southern coastal road. Formed
when the roof of a cave
collapsed some 2,000 years
ago, its waters, which have
therapeutic properties,
maintain average temperatures
of 22-25 degrees Celsius
throughout the year.

Brief description:
Very long, sandy beach next to a pine
wood, 44 km northeast of the city
center, on Atticas eastern coast.
Access is free and the beach never
gets too crowded. There are sun beds
and umbrellas (9 euros) as well as
watersports facilities.
How to get there:
Orange KTEL buses (tel
210.880.8080) run five times daily
from Pedio tou Areos, first at 7.30
a.m., last at 6 p.m. They stop at
Ambelokipi and Ethniki Amyna
metro stations. Last bus back leaves
Schinias at 8.30 p.m.
Extra info: The bay is protected
and the sea is usually calm. The
beach is dotted with beach bars and
the broader area around Marathon
offers good tavernas.

rief description:
Long, sandy, fully organized
beach next to coastal Poseidonos
Avenue at Alimos, it is located 8
km from the center of Athens; it
is the closest and most easily
accessible beach to the city
center but the waters are not the
clearest in the region. The best
section is on the left, near the
cafe-restaurant Ble, where you
pay for (optional) sun beds.
Usually crowded.
How to get there:
The best option is the Kalamaki
tram stop on the line to Voula. It
is also served by buses E22, A2
and B2 from Athens and 101 and
E1 from Piraeus (3rd
Kalamakiou stop).
Extra info: Tickets: Mon-Fri 6
euros, Sat-Sun 8 euros (halfprice for senior citizens). A
section on the right is free of
charge. There are three canteens
serving refreshments and snacks
and a small kiosk. Open 8 a.m 8 p.m. Tel. 210.985.5169.

Brief description:
A sandy beach a few hundred
meters long, 37 km from Athens on
the road to Sounio. About 15 m wide
and with deep and clear blue
waters, its furthest end is rocky and
suitable for snorkeling. Popular
with young people for beach sports
but generally uncrowded. Acccess is
free.
How to get there:
Public bus E22 from Athens.
Extra info: There are two bars,
one playing rock, the other soft
ambient music, offering tasty
snacks. There is also a fish taverna
at the furthest end. A good place for
an afternoon swim and watching
the sunset with a drink.

LAVRIO

CAPE SOUNIO

Cape Sounio
rief description:
Small, sandy beach in a protected
cove a few hundred meters north of
the Temple of Poseidon, at Atticas
southern tip, 68 km from Athens
center. Fine setting, access is free
and the beach gets crowded, so it is
best to go early or on weekdays.
There is a little sandy space beside
the sun beds and umbrellas (10
euros) in front of the Aegeon Hotel.
How to get there:
Orange KTEL buses (tel
210.880.8080) to Sounio leave
from Pedio tou Areos in Athens
every hour on the half-hour. The
journey takes about 90 minutes.
Extra info: There is a canteen and
a few tavernas in the area. The
water is not deep and the area is
good for snorkeling.

How to get there:

Public buses E22 from Athens,
G1 from Piraeus, 114 and 116
from Glyfada. Taxis from Athens
center cost about 8 euros.
Extra info: The beach of the
lake is well organized, with
sunbeds, chairs and umbrellas.
Facilities include a cafe and a
hydrotherapy center.
Tickets: 8 euros.
Tel. 210.896.2237.

Further afield
Kinetta
Brief description: Long, sandy beach on the northern shore of the
Saronic Gulf in western Attica, some 55 km from Athens, at the end
of the area known as Kakia Skala. Access is free. The area alongside
is wooded with pines and dotted with attractive summer villas. There
are sun beds and umbrellas and it is suitable for beach games.
How to get there: By the Proastiakos suburban railway, which
runs hourly (tel 1110, 210.527.2000; info@proastiakos.com.gr).
Extra info: The beach and the area around it offer various
alternatives for accommodation and the place is well known for the
good restaurants and fish tavernas on the seafront, so it attracts
many visitors, especially on weekends.

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ATHENS
INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT

Astir Beach
Vouliagmeni
Brief description:
Long and sandy, 20 km south of
the city center. The beach is
fully organized with facilities
for swimming, sunbathing
(umbrellas, sun beds, showers),
watersports and other beach
activities. One of the most
expensive and cosmopolitan
beaches in Attica, but services
offered are high-quality.
How to get there:
Public bus 114 from Glyfada,
reached with E22 from Athens
and G1 from Piraeus. Taxis from
Athens center cost about 7.50
euros.
Extra info: Open 8 a.m. - 9
p.m. Tickets: Monday-Friday 15
euros, children up to 12 years 8
euros. Sat-Sun 25 euros,
children 13 euros. Facilities
include a restaurant, shops, a
press center, wireless Internet
access, beauty center, spa and a
first-aid station. There are also
accommodation and catering
facilities. Tel. 210.890.1621,
www.astir-beach.com.

Schinias Marathon

Legrena
Yabanaki Varkiza
Limanakia Vouliagmenis
Brief description:
A number of small coves, tiny
beaches with sand and wide flat rocks
by the coastal road just after the
organized beaches and marinas of
Vouliagmeni, between 23 and 26 km
from Athens. The beaches have free
access and clean and deep waters.
How to get there:
Buses E22 from Athens, G1 from
Piraeus and 115 and 149 from
Glyfada. Taxis from Athens center
cost about 10 euros.
Extra info: Motorists can park on
the roadside. Follow the steep
downhill paths that lead to the sea.
The area gets quite crowded at
weekends, mostly with people who
are nudist-tolerant. Not ideal for
families. No food and drink facilities
but there are a couple of canteens
selling snacks and refreshments.

Brief description: Long and sandy, with shallow waters,

fully organized and suitable for all age groups, 27 km from
city center. It includes ample facilities for children. Other
free provisions: wide variety of beach activities and
watersports, beauty center, parking, sun beds and umbrellas
(Monday-Thursday), Ladies Place (weekdays except
Thursday) with yoga, pilates and cooking classes.
How to get there: Buses E22 from Athens, G1 from
Piraeus, 115, 116 and 149 from Glyfada and 125 from Ethniki
Amyna metro station. Also by orange KTEL bus the fastest
from Pedio tou Areos goes past Syntagma Square. Taxis
from the city center cost about 11 euros.
Extra info: There is a restaurant, cafe bar and ouzeri.
Sixteen bungalows (each for four
people) are available 8 a.m. - 8
p.m. There is a constant beach
rescue watch. Tickets cost 7
euros on weekdays, 8
euros on weekends,
children up to 6 years
enter free. Reduced rates
for students.
Tel. 210.897.2414,
www.yabanaki.gr.

Brief description:
A free-access long and sandy
beach 60 km from Athens and 3
km from Cape Sounio on Atticas
southern tip. It has an isolated
island feel.
How to get there:
Orange KTEL buses (tel
210.880.8080) to Sounio leave
from Pedio tou Areos in Athens
every hour on the half-hour. The
journey takes about 90 minutes.
Extra info: There are several
restaurants and fish tavernas in
the area. The number of visitors
rises on weekends, when both
Athenians and local residents
tend to go, but the beach is almost
never crowded.

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GETTING AROUND

Public transport
Tickets
Tickets must be purchased at ticket
offices, kiosks or automatic ticket
machines before boarding the vehicle,
except for Sightseeing Bus 400 and
airport buses. Ninety-minute tickets
are valid for multiple journeys. For
more information, visit the Athens
Urban Transport Organization website
(www.oasa.gr).
90-minute ticket for all modes*
1.00
90-minute reduced ticket for all modes*
0.50
24-hour ticket for all modes*
3.00
3-day Tourist Ticket for all modes
15.00
7-day ticket for all modes *
10.00
Athens Sightseeing Bus 400 (on the vehicle) 5.00
Airport bus (one way)
3.20
Metro/Suburban Railway to Airport

6.00

* Except for: Airport Express Buses;

Bus E22 in Zone 2 from Varkiza to Saronida;
Metro Line 3 from Doukissis Plakentias to
Airport. Regarding suburban rail, this ticket
provides only for travel along the urban section
(i.e. from Magoula - Larissis Station - Plakentias
station). ** Except for: Airport Express Bus (X92,
X93, X94, X95, X96, X97); Bus E22 in Zone 2 from
Varkiza to Saronida.

95 Syntagma Airport
SYNTAGMA SQUARE
RIGILLIS ST
HILTON
ILISIA
MAVILI SQUARE
GALAXIAS CINEMA
ZAGORA
SCHOLI ASTYNOMIAS
ETHNIKI AMYNA STATION
7TH HOLARGOU
AGHIA PARASKEVI SQUARE
PANAGITSA
PYRGOS
S.E.A.
ATTIKES DIADROMES
KTIRIO DIOIKISIS
AIRPORT CUSTOMS
AIRPORT (DEPARTURES)
PYLI OKTO (GATE 8)
AIRPORT (ARRIVALS)

X92 Kifissia - Athens International

Airport (average travel time 45)
Airport - from Platanos Sq, Kifissia.
X93 Kifissos Intercity Bus Station - Athens
International Airport (average travel time
65). Airport - intercity bus stations on
Kifissou and Liosion avenues.
X94 Ethniki Amyna Metro Station Athens International Airport (average
travel time 45-50).
Airport - Ethniki Amyna Metro Station
(Metro Line 3).
X95 Syntagma - Athens International
Airport (average travel time 70). Airport Syntagma Square in the city center
(connection with Metro Lines 2 and 3)
X96 Piraeus - Athens International
Airport (average travel time 90)
Airport - Piraeus Port (connection with
ferry routes and Metro Line 1)
X97 Dafni Metro Station - Athens
International Airport (average travel time
70). Airport - Dafni Metro Station.

Downtown Athens

Other buses to Airport

45

ATHENSPLUS FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2009

GETTING AROUND

Metro closure

Athens Metro

The metros Line 3 currently stops at Ethniki Amyna.

There will be no service to Athens International Airport
for the duration of construction work on three new
stations between Ethniki Amyna and Halandri. The work
is due to take until August. Two express bus routes are
serving commuters traveling between Ethniki Amyna and
Halandri or to Doukissis Plakentias until the line reopens.
The X5 line travels between Doukissis Plakentias and
Ethinki Amyna and stops at Halandri. Buses on this line
are scheduled to depart every 10 minutes. Buses on line
X6 leave every five minutes for Ethniki Amyna from
Doukissis Plakentias and vice versa.

Discover Athens
Athens Sightseeing Bus Line
Bus 400. The Sightseeing public bus, Line 400,
tours the highlights of the City of Athens, with
ancient and modern landmarks on its route.

TRANSPORT DISRUPTIONS

BUS STOPS

Due to works on the electric railway (ISAP)

tracks, please take note of the following
disruptions:
Iraklio station will be closed between July
25 and August 30.
Aghios Eleftherios and Petralona stations
are closed until further notice. The 012 bus
will serve the Petralona-Tavros section.
Also expect severe disruption to OSE and
Proastiakos suburban railway services on
Friday, July 24, due to work stoppages.

1. NATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM

2. OMONIA (THE CITYS COMMERCIAL HEART)
3. PSYRRI (TRENDY NIGHTSPOTS)
4. KERAMEIKOS (THE ANCIENT CEMETERY)
5. THISEIO (ENTRANCE TO THE ANCIENT AGORA)
6. MONASTIRAKI (FLEA MARKET)
7. MARKET (VARVAKEIOS AGORA)
8. KLAFTHMONOS SQUARE
9. SYNTAGMA (PARLIAMENT)
10. BENAKI MUSEUM
11. NATIONAL GALLERY (ETHNIKI PINAKOTHIKI)
12. AMBELOKIPI
13. NATIONAL GALLERY (ETHNIKI PINAKOTHIKI)
14. PANATHENAIC STADIUM
(BIRTHPLACE OF THE MODERN OLYMPICS)
15. PLAKA
16. ACROPOLIS
17. TEMPLE OF OLYMPIAN ZEUS (NAOS OLYMPIOU DIOS)
18. GREEK PARLIAMENT (VOULI TON ELLINON)
19. UNIVERSITY (PANEPISTIMIO)
20. OMONIA

FREQUENCY
JUNE-SEPTEMBER
07.30-21.00
30
OCTOBER & MAY
09.00-18.00
30
NOVEMBER-APRIL
10.00-16.00
60
Line starts and ends at Athens Archaeological
Museum (on Vas. Irakleiou Street). The duration of
the round trip is about 80-90 minutes. At every stop
on this line you can find the exact schedules.

TICKETS
The ticket costs 5 euros and can be purchased ONLY
on the vehicle. It is valid for 24 hours and provides for
unlimited travel on the Athens Sightseeing public bus
line and all other modes of public transport (except
the Airport and Saronida express bus lines and the
Metro and Suburban Railway lines from Doukissis
Plakentias Station to the Airport). No other public
transport ticket is accepted on this line. Tickets
should be validated on the first ride and be kept and
shown to the bus attendant every time you board the
bus or to inspectors who may ask for them on other
means of public transport.

46

Metro
You can buy tickets using the automatic ticket issuing machines (ATIMs) in all metro stations and from ticket offices. ATIMs accept banknotes (5,
10 and 20) and give change. See instructions for use on each ATIM.
Check to see if you are entitled to a reduced fare and always ensure that you hold the correct ticket for your destination.
Before proceeding to the platforms for boarding, validate your ticket at a ticket validating machine.
Authorized metro employees carry out inspections. If a passenger is found to be traveling without a valid ticket, pass or travel card, a penalty
fare 60 times the price of the ticket is imposed.
Validate your ticket once at the station of your first boarding and hold on to it until leaving the station at your destination.

ATHENSPLUS FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2009

LISTINGS
FERRYDEPARTURES
FROM PIRAEUS
(Harbor master tel 210.414.7800)
For daily sailings to Aegina, Hydra, Poros
or Spetses, call 210.412.5250; for Aegina
only, call 210.412.6181.

FRIDAY
SPEEDRUNNER 4 7.05 Sifnos, Milos 17.30
Serifos, Sifnos, Milos SUPERJET7.15 Milos,
Folegandros, Santorini, Amorgos, Koufonisi HIGHSPEED 3 7.15 Santorini, Ios
18.00 Serifos, Sifnos, Milos AGHIOS
GEORGIOS7.25 Kythnos, Serifos, Sifnos, Kimolos, Milos HIGHSPEED 5 7.25 Syros, Tinos, Myconos16.30 Paros, Naxos BLUE STAR
NAXOS / BLUE STAR PAROS7.25 Paros, Naxos, Santorini 17.30 Paros, Naxos, Irakleia,
Schinousa, Koufonisi, Katapola HIGHSPEED
4 7.30 Paros, Naxos 17.15 Syros, Myconos,
Tinos BLUE STAR ITHAKI7.35 Syros, Tinos,
Myconos21.00 Paros ELYROS/LATO12.00,
21.00 Hania KNOSSOS / FESTOS PALACE
14.00, 22.45 Iraklio ADAMANTIOS KORAIS
14.30 Kythnos, Serifos, Sifnos, Milos, Kimolos SUPERFAST XII15.30 Iraklio MEGAJET
15.45 Santorini, Iraklio IERAPETRA L.
16.00 Patmos, Leipsoi, Leros, Kalymnos,
Kos, Symi, Rhodes SPEEDRUNNER 216.00
Ios, Santorini SPEEDRUNNER 3 16.30 Syros, Myconos, Tinos MYTILENE19.00 Chios,
Mytilene BLUE STAR 1 / BLUE STAR 219.00
Syros, Kos, Rhodes V. KORNAROS 19.00
Kythera, Rethymno NISOS MYCONOS19.45
Paros, Naxos, Evdilos, Karlovasi, Vathi
NISOS CHIOS 20.00 Chios, Mytilene KRITI
1 / KRITI 221.00 Iraklio PREVELIS22.00 Milos, Santorini, Iraklio, Siteia, Kasos,
Karpathos, Rhodes RODANTHI 22.30 Paros,
Naxos, Ios, Santorini MARINA23.59 Syros,
Myconos, Aghios Kirykos, Fournoi, Karlovasi,
Vathi

SATURDAY
SPEEDRUNNER 4 7.05 Sifnos, Milos 17.30
Serifos, Sifnos, Kimolos, Folegandros
SUPERJET7.15 Milos, Folegandros, Santorini,
Amorgos, Koufonisi HIGHSPEED 3 7.15
Santorini, Ios
18.00 Sifnos,
MilosHIGHSPEED 5 7.25 Syros, Tinos, Myconos 16.30 Paros, Naxos BLUE STAR
NAXOS / BLUE STAR PAROS 7.25 Paros, Naxos, Santorini 17.30 Paros, Naxos, Donousa,
Aigiali, Astypalaia AGHIOS GEORGIOS7.25
Kythnos, Serifos, Sifnos, Milos HIGHSPEED
4 7.30 Paros, Naxos 17.15 Syros, Myconos,
TinosBLUE STAR ITHAKI7.35 Syros, Tinos,
Myconos SPEEDRUNNER 28.00 Sifnos, Ios,
Santorini SPEEDRUNNER 38.00 Syros, Tinos, Myconos BLUE STAR 1 / BLUE STAR 2
9.00 Santorini, Kos, Rhodes 23.55 Katapola, Patmos, Leros, Kos, Rhodes
ADAMANTIOS KORAIS 9.30 Kythnos, Serifos, Sifnos, Milos, Kimolos, Folegandros,
Sikinos, Ios, Santorini KRITI 1 / KRITI 210.00,
21.00 Iraklio KNOSSOS / FESTOS PALACE
11.00, 22.00 Iraklio ELYROS/LATO 12.00,
21.30 Hania SUPERFAST XII 15.30 Iraklio
MEGAJET 15.45 Santorini, Rethymnos
NISOS MYCONOS19.45 Paros, Naxos, Evdilos, Karlovasi, VathiNISOS CHIOS20.00 Sy-

ros, Myconos, Chios, Mytilene RODANTHI

0.59 Paros, Naxos, Ios, Santorini

SUNDAY
SPEEDRUNNER 4 7.05 Sifnos, Milos 17.30
Serifos, Sifnos, Milos SUPERJET7.15 Milos,
Folegandros, Santorini, Amorgos, Koufonisi HIGHSPEED 3 7.15 Santorini, Ios
18.00 Sifnos, Milos AGHIOS GEORGIOS
7.25 Kythnos, Serifos, Sifnos, Kimolos, Milos HIGHSPEED 57.25 Syros, Tinos, Myconos
16.30 Paros, Naxos BLUE STAR NAXOS /
BLUE STAR PAROS7.25 Paros, Naxos, Santorini 17.30 Syros, Paros, Naxos, Irakleia,
Schinousa, Koufonisi, Katapola HIGHSPEED
4 7.30 Paros, Naxos 17.15 Syros, Myconos,
Tinos BLUE STAR ITHAKI7.35 Syros, Tinos,
Myconos21.00 Paros SPEEDRUNNER 28.00
Ios, Santorini SPEEDRUNNER 38.00 Syros,
Tinos, Myconos KRITI 1 / KRITI 210.00, 21.00
Iraklio KNOSSOS / FESTOS PALACE 11.00,
22.45 Iraklio ELYROS/LATO12.00, 21.30 Hania SUPERFAST XII 15.30 Iraklio MEGAJET
15.45 Santorini, Iraklio MARINA 18.00
Myconos, Aghios Kirykos, Fournoi, Karlovasi,
Vathi BLUE STAR 1 / BLUE STAR 2 19.00 Santorini, Kos, Rhodes LISSOS19.00 Chios, Mytilene IERAPETRA L.22.00 Santorini, Anafi,
Kasos, Karpathos, Diafani, Halki, Rhodes

3 7.15 Santorini, Ios 18.00 Sifnos, Milos

HIGHSPEED 5 7.25 Syros, Tinos, Myconos
16.30 Paros, Naxos BLUE STAR NAXOS /
BLUE STAR PAROS7.25 Paros, Naxos, Santorini 17.30 Syros, Paros, Naxos, Donousa,
Aigiali, Astypalaia AGHIOS GEORGIOS 7.25
Kythnos, Serifos, Sifnos, Milos HIGHSPEED
4 7.30 Paros, Naxos 17.15 Syros, Myconos,
Tinos BLUE STAR ITHAKI7.35 Syros, Tinos,
Myconos SPEEDRUNNER 2 8.00 Ios, Santorini SPEEDRUNNER 3 Syros, Tinos, Myconos SUPERFAST XII15.30 Iraklio LISSOS
19.00 Chios, Mytilene BLUE STAR 1 / BLUE
STAR 2 19.00 Santorini, Kos, Rhodes NISOS
MYCONOS 19.45 Paros, Naxos, Evdilos,
Karlovasi, Vathi NISOS CHIOS 20.00 Syros,
Chios, Mytilene ELYROS/LATO21.00 Hania
KRITI 1 / KRITI 2 21.00 Iraklio IERAPETRA
L.22.00 Patmos, Leipsoi, Leros, Kalymnos,
Kos, Symi, Rhodes KNOSSOS / FESTOS
PALACE22.00 Iraklio RODANTHI23.00 Ios,
Santorini

WEDNESDAY

SPEEDRUNNER 4 7.05 Serifos, Sifnos, Milos 17.30 Serifos, Sifnos, Milos SUPERJET
7.15 Milos, Folegandros, Santorini, Amorgos, Koufonisi HIGHSPEED 3 7.15 Santorini, Ios AGHIOS GEORGIOS7.25 Kythnos, Serifos, Sifnos, Milos
HIGHSPEED 5 Syros, Tinos, MyMONDAY
conos BLUE STAR PAROS7.25 Paros,
SPEEDRUNNER 4 7.05 Sifnos,
Naxos, Santorini HIGHSPEED 47.30
Milos 17.30 Serifos, Sifnos, KiParos, Naxos BLUE STAR ITHAKI7.35
molos,
Folegandros
Syros,
Tinos,
Myconos
HIGHSPEED 37.15 Santorini, Ios
For
latest
SPEEDRUNNER 2 8.00 Serifos,
18.00 Sifnos, Milos SUPERJET
information
Sifnos, Milos SPEEDRUNNER 38.00
7.15 Milos, Folegandros, Sanon ferries, Syros, Tinos, Myconos KNOSSOS /
torini, Amorgos, Koufonisi
please
call
FESTOS
PALACE 11.00, 22.00 IrakHIGHSPEED 57.25 Syros, Tinos,
lio V. KORNAROS14.00 Kythera, AnMyconos 16.30 Paros, Naxos
tikythera, Kissamos ADAMANTIOS
BLUE STAR NAXOS / BLUE STAR
KORAIS 14.30 Kythnos, Serifos,
PAROS7.25 Paros, Naxos, SanSifnos, Milos, Kimolos, Folegandros,
torini 17.30 Paros, Naxos, Aigiali, Astypalaia
AGHIOS GEORGIOS 7.25 Kythnos, Serifos, Sikinos, Ios, Santorini SUPERFAST XII15.30
Sifnos, Milos HIGHSPEED 47.30 Paros, Nax- Iraklio MEGAJET15.45 Sifnos, Santorini, Irakos 17.15 Syros, Myconos, Tinos BLUE STAR lio SUPERFAST XII15.30 Iraklio DIAGORAS
ITHAKI 7.35 Syros, Tinos, Myconos 16.00 Paros, Naxos, Astypalaia, Kalymnos,
SPEEDRUNNER 2 8.00 Serifos, Sifnos, Mi- Kos, Nisyros, Tilos, Rhodes BLUE STAR
los SPEEDRUNNER 38.00 Syros, Tinos, My- NAXOS 17.30 Paros, Naxos, Irakleia, Schiconos DIAGORAS 15.00 Paros, Naxos, Ka- nousa, Koufonisi, Katapola MYTILENE
lymnos, Kos, Nisyros, Tilos, Rhodes, 19.00 Chios, Mytilene BLUE STAR 1 / BLUE
Kastelorizo SUPERFAST XII 15.30 Iraklio STAR 2 19.00 Syros, Patmos, Leros, Kos,
MEGAJET 15.45 Santorini, Iraklio Rhodes NISOS MYCONOS 19.45 Paros,
ADAMANTIOS KORAIS17.00 Kythnos, Ser- Naxos, Evdilos, Karlovasi, Vathi NISOS
ifos, Sifnos, Milos, Kimolos, Folegandros, CHIOS 20.00 Syros, Myconos, Chios, MytiSikinos, Ios, Santorini PREVELIS 16.00 lene KRITI 1 / KRITI 2 21.00 Iraklio
Santorini, Iraklio, Siteia, Kasos, Karpathos, ELYROS/LATO21.30 Hania PREVELIS22.00
Rhodes MYTILENE 19.00 Chios, Mytilene Santorini, Anafi, Kasos, Karpathos, DiBLUE STAR 1 / BLUE STAR 219.00 Syros, Pat- afani, Halki, Rhodes RODANTHI 23.59
mos, Leros, Kos, Rhodes NISOS MYCONOS Paros, Naxos, Ios, Santorini, Anafi
19.45 Paros, Naxos, Evdilos, Karlovasi,
THURSDAY
Vathi NISOS CHIOS 20.00 Syros, Chios, Myti- SPEEDRUNNER 4 7.05 Sifnos, Milos
lene RODANTHI 20.00 Paros, Naxos, Ios, SUPERJET 7.15 Milos, Folegandros, Santorini,
Santorini KRITI 1 / KRITI 2 21.00 Iraklio Amorgos, Koufonisi HIGHSPEED 3 7.15
ELYROS/LATO 21.00 Hania KNOSSOS / Santorini, Ios 18.00 Sifnos, Milos AGHIOS
FESTOS PALACE 22.00 Iraklio
GEORGIOS7.25 Kythnos, Serifos, Sifnos, Mi-

14541

TUESDAY
SPEEDRUNNER 4 7.05 Serifos, Sifnos, Milos SUPERJET 7.15 Milos, Folegandros,
Santorini, Amorgos, Koufonisi HIGHSPEED

los HIGHSPEED 57.25 Syros, Tinos, Myconos

16.30 Paros, Naxos BLUE STAR PAROS /
BLUE STAR NAXOS7.25 Paros, Naxos, Santorini 17.30 Syros, Paros, Naxos, Donousa,

DUTYHOSPITALS
Aigiali, Astypalaia HIGHSPEED 4 7.30
Paros, Naxos 17.15 Syros, Myconos, Tinos
BLUE STAR ITHAKI 7.35 Syros, Tinos, Myconos SPEEDRUNNER 28.00 Serifos, Sikinos, Santorini SPEEDRUNNER 3 8.00 Syros, Tinos, Myconos BLUE STAR 1 / BLUE
STAR 2 9.00 Patmos, Leros, Kos, Rhodes
ELYROS/LATO 12.00, 21.00 Hania
SUPERFAST XII15.30 Iraklio MARINA16.00
Paros, Naxos, Ios, Sikinos, Folegandros, Santorini LISSOS 17.00 Chios, Mytilene, Lemnos, Thessaloniki NISOS MYCONOS 19.45
Paros, Naxos, Evdilos, Karlovasi, Vathi
NISOS CHIOS 20.00 Syros, Chios, Mytilene
KRITI 1 / KRITI 2 21.00 Iraklio KNOSSOS /
FESTOS PALACE22.00 Iraklio ADAMANTIOS
KORAIS 23.00 Serifos, Sifnos, Milos BLUE
STAR 1 / BLUE STAR 223.55 Santorini, Kos,
Rhodes

FROM RAFINA
Harbor master tel 22940.28888,
22940.22300

FRIDAY
THEOLOGOS7.05, 18.00 Andros, Tinos, Myconos FLYING CAT 3 7.30 Syros, Myconos,
Naxos, Ios, Santorini HIGHSPEED 2 Tinos,
Myconos, Paros 16.45 Tinos, Myconos
PENELOPE 7.35 Andros, Tinos, Myconos
19.00 AndrosSEAJET27.40 Tinos, Myconos,
Paros 15.15, 20.15 Tinos, Myconos
SUPERFERRY2 8.05 Andros, Tinos, Myconos
AQUA JEWEL 17.30 Andros, Tinos, Myconos SUPERFERRY2 19.30 Andros, Tinos,
Myconos ARTEMISIA / EVIA STAR8.30, 12.15,
14.45, 17.00, 18.30, 20.00, 21.30 Marmari

SATURDAY
THEOLOGOS7.05, 18.00 Andros, Tinos, Myconos AQUA JEWEL 7.20 Andros, Tinos 17.00
Andros, Tinos, Myconos HIGHSPEED 2 7.30
Tinos, Myconos, Paros 16.45 Tinos, Myconos
FLYING CAT 3 7.30 Syros, Myconos, Naxos,
Ios, Santorini PENELOPE 7.35 Andros, Tinos, Myconos SEAJET 2 7.40, 15.15 Tinos,
Myconos, Paros SUPERFERRY 2 8.05 Andros, Tinos, Myconos ARTEMISIA / EVIA
STAR8.15, 9.30, 11.15, 13.00, 14.45, 16.30,
18.00, 20.00 Marmari

SUNDAY
FLYING CAT 3 7.30 Syros, Myconos, Naxos,
Ios, Santorini HIGHSPEED 2 7.30 Tinos, Myconos, Paros 16.45 Tinos, Myconos
PENELOPE 7.35 Andros, Tinos, Myconos
19.00 Andros SEAJET 2 7.40 Tinos, Myconos,
Paros 19.40 Myconos, Tinos SUPERFERRY
2 8.05 Andros, Tinos, Myconos 19.30 Andros SEAJET 214.45 Myconos, Tinos AQUA
JEWEL 17.50 Andros 22.15 Tinos, Myconos
THEOLOGOS17.30 Andros 22.45 Andros, Tinos, Myconos ARTEMISIA / EVIA STAR
8.15, 11.15, 14.50, 16.20, 17.50, 19.20,
20.50, 22.15 Marmari

MONDAY
FLYING CAT 3 7.30 Syros, Myconos, Naxos,
Ios, Santorini HIGHSPEED 2 7.30 Tinos, Myconos, Paros 16.45 Tinos, Myconos
PENELOPE 7.35 Andros, Tinos, Myconos
SEAJET 2 7.40, 15.15 Tinos, Myconos, Paros
SUPERFERRY 28.05 Andros, Tinos, Myconos
AQUA JEWEL 17.00 Andros, Tinos, Myconos
THEOLOGOS17.30 Andros, Tinos, Myconos
ARTEMISIA / EVIA STAR 5.45, 8.30, 10.15,
12.15, 14.45, 17.45, 20.30 Marmari

TUESDAY
FLYING CAT 3 7.30 Syros, Myconos, Naxos,
Ios, Santorini HIGHSPEED 27.30 Tinos, Myconos, Paros 16.45 Tinos, Myconos
PENELOPE 7.35 Andros, Tinos, Myconos
19.00 Andros SEAJET 27.40 Tinos, Myconos,
Paros16.00 Tinos SUPERFERRY 28.05 Andros, Tinos, Myconos AQUA JEWEL 17.00
Andros, Tinos, Myconos THEOLOGOS17.30
Andros, Tinos, Myconos ARTEMISIA / EVIA
STAR8.30, 11.45, 14.45, 17.45, 20.30 Marmari

WEDNESDAY
FLYING CAT 3 7.30 Syros, Myconos, Naxos,
Ios, Santorini HIGHSPEED 2 7.30 Tinos, Myconos, Paros PENELOPE7.35 Andros, Tinos,
Myconos SEAJET 2 7.40 Tinos, Myconos,
Paros 15.15 Tinos, Myconos, Paros
SUPERFERRY 28.05 Andros, Tinos, Myconos
19.30 Andros AQUA JEWEL 17.00 Andros,
Tinos, Myconos THEOLOGOS 17.30 Andros, Tinos, Myconos ARTEMISIA / EVIA
STAR 8.30, 12.15, 15.15, 17.45, 20.30 Marmari

THURSDAY
FLYING CAT 3 7.30 Syros, Myconos, Naxos,
Ios, Santorini HIGHSPEED 27.30 Tinos, Myconos, Paros 16.45 Tinos, Myconos
PENELOPE 7.35 Andros, Tinos, Myconos
19.00 Andros SEAJET 2 7.40, 15.15 Tinos,
Myconos, Paros SUPERFERRY 2 8.05 Andros, Tinos, Myconos AQUA JEWEL 17.00
Andros, Tinos, Myconos THEOLOGOS17.30
Andros, Tinos, Myconos ARTEMISIA /
EVIA STAR 8.30, 11.45, 14.45, 17.45, 20.30
Marmari

IKA (SOCIAL SECURITY

FOUNDATION)

AIRPORTS
International
Athens
+30 210.353.0000
Iraklio
+30 2810.397.800
Cephalonia
+30 26710.29900
Kos
+30 22420.56000
Rhodes
+30 22410.88700
Samos
+30 22730.87800
Thessaloniki
+30 2310.985.000
Zakynthos
+30 26950.29500
Domestic
Leros
+30 22470.22275
Milos
+30 22870.22090
Myconos
+30 22890.79000
Naxos
+30 22850.23969
Paros
+30 22840.91256
Santorini
+30 22860.28401
Siteia
+30 28430.24424

PORTS
Piraeus (TZELEPI):
210.414.7800
Alexandroupoli
25510.26468
Volos
24210.76710
Elefsina
210.554.3504
Igoumenitsa
26650.29235
Iraklio
2810.244.912
Thessaloniki
2310.531.645
Kavala
2510.223.716
Corfu
26610.32655
Lavrio
22920.25249
Mytilene
22510.40827
Patra
2610.341.002
Rafina
22940.28888
Rhodes
22410.22220
Halkida
22210.28888
Hania
28210.98888
Chios
22710.44433-4
Ag. Constantinos
22350.31759
Lefkada
26450.22322
Oropos
22950.32270
Rio 2610.991.203
Zakynthos
26950.28117

Athens 210.646.7811, Piraeus 210.413.1280

FIRST AID
Emergency Hospitals: (Athens) 1434 (recording)
Ambulance Service: 166

FRIDAY ATHENS
KAT .................................................(210.628.0000)
Andreas Syngros ........................(210.726.5000-1)
Sotiria ............................................(210.777.8611-9)
Ippocrateio ...............................(210.748.3770-93)
Aiginiteio ........................................(210.728.9500)
Alexandra ........................................(210.338.1100)
Aretaieio ........................................(210.728.6000)
Elena Venizelou ............................(210.640.2000)
Aglaia Kyriakou Childrens ...........(210.772.6000)
Childrens Psychiatric ....................(22940.72350)

FRIDAY PIRAEUS
Geniko Kratiko Nikaias ..................(213.207.7000)
Asclepieio Voulas ...........................(210.895.8301)
Friday duty hospitals for H1N1 virus
Attiko ...............(8 a.m. - 2.30 p.m., 210.561.3566)
Sismanogleio ..(2.30 p.m. - 8 a.m., 210.803.9911)

SATURDAY ATHENS
Geniko Athinon .............................(210.770.1211-5)
Constantopouleio Aghia Olga .......(210.277.6612)
Aghios Savvas ..............................(210.640.9000)
Andreas Syngros ........................(210.726.5000-1)
Sotiria ............................................(210.777.8611-9)
KAT .................................................(210.628.0000)

Police

Ambulance

Fire dpt

Coast Guard

Road Assist.

Directory

SATURDAY PIRAEUS
Asclepieio Voulas ...........................(210.895.8301)
Thriaseio Elefsinas .........................(210.553.4200)
Saturday duty hospitals for H1N1 virus
Attiko ...............(8 a.m. - 2.30 p.m., 210.561.3566)
Sotiria ............(2.30 p.m. - 8 a.m., 210.777.8611-9)

SUNDAY ATHENS
Evangelismos .................................(210.720.1000)
Sismanogleio ..................................(210.803.9911)
Andreas Syngros ........................(210.726.5000-1)
KAT..................................................(210.628.0000)
Sotiria ............................................(210.777.8611-9)
Aiginiteio ........................................(210.728.9500)
Constantopouleio Aghia Olga ........(210.277.6612)
Alexandra ........................................(210.338.1100)
Elena Venizelou ............................(210.640.2000)
Aghia Sophia Childrens ...............(210.746.7000)
Childrens Psychiatric ....................(22940.72350)

SUNDAY PIRAEUS
Tzaneio .............................................(210.451.9411)
Metaxa ...........................................(210.428.4444)
Thriaseio Elefsinas .........................(210.553.4200)
Asclepieio Voulas ...........................(210.895.8301)
Sunday duty hospitals for H1N1 virus
Attiko ...............(8 a.m. - 2.30 p.m., 210.561.3566)
Sismanogleio ..(2.30 p.m. - 8 a.m., 210.803.9911)

DESTINATIONS IN NORTHERN GREECE

MODIANO MARKET
IN THESSALONIKI
The market was the center of activity for
the large Jewish community living in the
city. It was rebuilt by the architect Eli Modiano in 1922 and is still operational today.
Ermou Street.
MONASTIC COMMUNITY
OF MOUNT ATHOS
The monastic community consists of 20
Orthodox monasteries (17 Greek, one
Russian, one Bulgarian and one Serbian)
in a setting of untouched natural beauty;
the monks retain the pace of a strongly spiritual and traditional existence.

Mount Athos, Karyes.

Tel. 23770.23314.
Male visitors only.
Open daily from sunrise to sunset.
Free accommodation can be provided.
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE
OF PELLA
The capital of the Macedonian kingdom in
the 4th and 5th centuries BC, Pella contains
monuments such as the palace and the agora. Finds are on display at the museum.
Tel. 23820.31160.
Open Tuesdays-Sundays 8.30 a.m.- 7.30
p.m., Mondays 12.30-7.30 p.m.
Admission 6 euros, reduced admission
3 euros; EU students and children free.

TOURIST ATTRACTIONS OPENING HOURS

ACROPOLIS
Mondays . . . . . . . . . . . 11 a.m. - 7.30 p.m.
Tuesdays-Sundays . . . 8 a.m. - 7.30 p.m.

ACROPOLIS MUSEUM
Tuesdays-Sundays . . . . . . . 8 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Mondays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . closed

NATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL
MUSEUM
Mondays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.30-7 p.m.
Tuesdays-Sundays 8.30 a.m. - 7.30 p.m.

BYZANTINE & CHRISTIAN MUSEUM

Mondays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . closed
Tuesdays-Sundays . . . 8 a.m. - 7.30 p.m.

ILIAS LALAOUNIS
JEWELRY MUSEUM

Mon, Thur-Sat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Wednesdays . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Sundays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Tuesdays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . closed
MUSEUM OF GREEK
CHILDRENS ART
Tuesdays-Saturdays . . . . 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Sundays . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Mondays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . closed

MUSEUM OF CYCLADIC ART

PHILATELIC MUSEUM
Mondays-Fridays . . . . . . . . 8 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Saturdays-Sundays . . . . . . . . . . . . closed

Mon, Wed, Fri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Thursdays . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Saturdays . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Tuesdays & Sundays . . . . . . . . . . . closed

EPIGRAPHICAL MUSEUM
Tuesdays-Sundays . . .8.30 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Mondays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . closed

KERAMEIKOS
ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM
Mondays-Sundays . . . 8 a.m. - 7.30 p.m.

100
166
199
108
10400
11888

Sismanogleio ..................................(210.803.9911)
Elena Venizelou ............................(210.640.2000)
Alexandra ........................................(210.338.1100)
Aghia Sophia Childrens ...............(210.746.7000)
Childrens Psychiatric ....................(22940.72350)

MUSEUM OF POPULAR INSTRUMENTS

Tue, Thur-Sun . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Wednesdays . . . . . . . . . . . . noon - 6 p.m.
Mondays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . closed

NATIONAL WAR MUSEUM

Tuesdays-Sundays . . . . . . . 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Mondays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . closed

NATIONAL HISTORICAL MUSEUM

Tuesdays-Sundays . . . . . . . 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Mondays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . closed

MUSEUM OF GREEK FOLK ART

Mon, Wed-Sun . . . . . . . . . . 9 a.m. - 2.30 p.m.
Tuesdays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . closed

NUMISMATIC MUSEUM
Tuesdays-Sundays . . . . 8.30 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Mondays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . closed
GOULANDRIS NATURAL
HISTORY MUSEUM
Mondays-Saturdays . . . 9 a.m. - 2.30 p.m.
Sundays . . . . . . . . . . 10 a.m. - 2.30 p.m.
BENAKI MUSEUM
Mon, Wed,
Fri-Sat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Thursdays . . . . . . . . . . . 9 a.m. - 10 p.m.
Sundays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Tuesdays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . closed

BENAKI MUSEUM OF ISLAMIC ART

Tue, Thur-Sun . . . . . . . . . . 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Wednesdays . . . . . . . . . . . 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.

47

ATHENSPLUS FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2009

CROSSWORD

LAST PAGE

Edited by Will Shortz

No. 0619

WEATHER
Kavala
37

Preveza
41

Athens
Thessaloniki
Iraklio
Ioannina
Patra
Kalamata
Corfu
Larissa

24

5-6

Ioannina
38

40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
-5

Friday

Alexandroupoli
35

Florina
39 Thessaloniki
38
Volos
39

Mytilene
34

24

Lamia
39

21

23

Patra
41

Athens
38

6-7

Saturday

23

3-4

Kalamata
40

Myconos
31

25

24

Rhodes
35
26

5-6
7

5-6
7

25

Iraklio
33

25

Next days
City

THE NEW YORK TIMES

ACROSS

DOWN

1 South-of-the-border sign-off
12 Consumption meas.
15 Babettes Feast author,
1950
16 Cause an interception, e.g.
17 Carry on
18 Where the wild things are?
19 Round number, maybe:
Abbr.
20 Piddling
21 Market surpluses
23 Cassette components
25 Speaks about gravely?
28 Miss Pym Disposes
mystery novelist
29 Husband of a sorceress, in
myth
30 Calendar unit
31 Big name in radio
33 They may go forward or
backward
35 Present day demand?
38 Origin
39 Reached the age of
41 See 56-Across
42 Horse-pulled vehicle
43 First name of two first
ladies
45 Mil. authority
48 Actor who said Only the
gentle are ever really
strong
50 Get around
52 Direct deposits, e.g.
53 Earthy deposit
55 Fed. agency with an annual
almanac
56 With 41-Across, it makes
short hops
57 1950 movie on which the
musical Applause is
based
61 Verdis ___ giardin del
bello
62 Setting of many New
Yorker cartoons
63 Jacksonville-to-Daytona
Beach dir.
64 Something to pass in

1 Engaging sort
2 How dishes are often sold
3 South Carolina river to the
Atlantic
4 Conductors request: Abbr.
5 ___ apple
6 Elevator locale
7 Two-time Greek P.M.
Papandreou
8 Mythical Aegean Sea dweller
9 Civil-rights leader ___ Philip
Randolph
10 Home of the Black Rock
Desert: Abbr.
11 Lay ___
12 Jewish parchment scrolls
put on doorposts
13 She has a personal trainer
14 Least refined
22 Contents of a cylindrical
case
24 What you cant hide per
a 1975 Eagles hit
26 LAPD division?
27 Out, in a way

Sunny
spells
Partly
cloudy

Rain

26/42
28/37
23/38
21/37
26/38
26/40
26/38
23/41

Wind
direction

No wind

2 9 4
3
8 4 7

Last weeks solution

174A

8
2
9
3
5
4
7
1
6

4
5
1
6
8
7
9
2
3

6
3
7
9
2
1
8
4
5

7
8
4
2
1
3
6
5
9

1
6
5
7
4
9
3
8
2

2
9
3
5
6
8
4
7
1

5
7
2
8
3
6
1
9
4

9
4
6
1
7
2
5
3
8

3
1
8
4
9
5
2
6
7

Tuesday

24/34
26/30
22/31
18/30
24/33
25/34
24/33
20/33

Athens
Thessaloniki
Iraklio
Ioannina
Patra
Kalamata
Corfu
Larissa
Wednesday

23/33
24/29
22/30
18/31
23/33
23/34
21/31
19/32

25/41
24/40
27/35
20/40
25/40
24/42
25/40
22/42
Thursday

22/33
24/30
21/31
17/31
23/33
23/34
20/31
19/33

Overview
mal levels for the time of year across the country on Monday. There
is also a possibility of showers on Sunday in eastern Macedonia and
Thrace. Northerly winds will continue to be quite strong on Friday,
reaching 7 Beaufort in parts, before easing over the weekend and
then picking up again as of Monday.

World
Reykjavik
12

Helsinki
20
Copenhagen
23

Dublin
19

Moscow
24

Warsaw
Amsterdam
21
23 Berlin
Brussels
21
21
Prague
Paris
Bucharest
21
25
Belgrade
38
30 Sofia
Rome
38
36
Tirana
Madrid
31
36
Istanbul
Athens
36
Lisbon
41
Algiers
30
34
Nicosia
Tunis
Rabat
39
42
39

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Fill the grid so that every row, column,

3x3 box and shaded 3x3 box contains
each of the numbers 1 to 9 exactly once.

26/35
27/33
24/31
18/31
26/34
26/35
26/34
22/34

A hot weekend starting on Friday is forecast for all of Greece, especially the Ionian and the mainland, where steadily rising temperatures
are expected to reach as high as 42 degrees Celsius. The heat wave,
however, is expected to be brief and will subside beginning on Sunday evening in western and northern Greece, reaching more nor-

Oslo
19

Fog

9
2

Monday

Heavy
cloud

Ice

4
48

Light
clouds

Athens
Iraklio
Thessaloniki
Ioannina
Patra
Kalamata
Corfu
Larissa

London
23

THE NEW YORK TIMES 17A B

Sunshine

Snow

SUDOKU
5 6 1

Sea
temperature

Storm

Solution to last weeks puzzle - 0612

29 Stuck (out)
32 Morning or night lead-in
34 Dumass La Dame ___
Camlias
35 They may be patched
36 Crimes on the high seas
37 Saint of acting
40 Shout to someone in
danger of getting stuck
41 Sound
44 Strange woman player in
The Strange Woman,
1946
46 2001-06 secretary of
transportation
47 Motivated
49 Straighten (up)
50 Not-always-taken tokens
51 1995 Bon Jovi album ___
Days
54 Artist Lichtenstein and
others
58 Big Apple ave.
59 Provider of PC support
60 Que ___? (Joses Hows it
going?)

Sunday

24/38
23/38
26/33
20/38
24/39
24/40
23/39
21/39

New York
San Francisco
Beijing
Tokyo
Seoul
Buenos Aires
Cairo
Quebec
Sydney
Tel Aviv
Istanbul
Prague
Hague
Rome
Lisbon
Madrid
Algiers
London
Dublin

22/29
12/25
22/32
23/28
20/28
1/12
26/37
15/25
8/18
23/35
24/36
15/21
16/20
21/36
20/30
19/36
22/34
13/23
9/19

July 2009

(3650kwh/capita*)

*page 26

Greek
Economy
& Markets

09

The growth
of the energy
sector
he existing national policy, regulatory,
institutional, financial and societal
frameworks for promotion of renewable
energy systems also differ between the
countries in the region. In general
national energy strategies that set the overall
framework for the support of renewables are either
already set or under development. Primary energy
laws are also established by most of the countries,
however not all have developed the secondary legislation that defines in detail the conditions and
processes (e.g. licensing, supporting scheme etc)
for the development of renewables.
It is evident that the potential for the development of renewables in the countries of the EnC is

How can
we make greener
the Energy
Community?

very significant. It is also true that many steps have

been undertaken towards the promotion of green
energy and that in the framework of the Energy
Community the CPs are working intensively with
the European Commission towards the implementation of the European acquis on renewable and sustainable development. Despite the fact there are
still important challenges and difficulties to overcome the time is right for the countries to move forward. Development of renewable energy is not only
part of the answer to the environmental concerns
but may also be the locomotive for economic development and growth.

Page 6

Is it necessary
to review
the role and the
structure of higher
education?

Greek Economy & Markets

In the new economy, College graduates must develop the necessary skills to be able to respond
to unexpected and sudden changes and challenges

The Future of Higher Education

n recent years a number of countries have
undertaken substantive reforms of their
higher education systems. The complexity of today's society, the rapid technological advancement and, more recently, the severe economic recession exemplify
the need to review the role and the structure of
higher education.
In the new economy, College graduates
must develop the necessary skills to be able to
respond to unexpected and sudden changes
and challenges, become comfortable with new
technologies, interact in multi-cultural environments and be ready to adjust to various careers during their life time. This can only be
achieved by developing skills for life-long learning, by cultivating the ability for independent
thought, by increasing the capacity for dealing
with change, by understanding and adjusting
to diversity, and by developing good communication skills.
Higher education institutions must also be
able to cope with global competition. The mobility of students and faculty, the increasing
number of inter-university affiliations and global programs, the pressure for adequate funding, and the expansion of on-line education are
few of the factors that shape the landscape of
higher education.
In the last few years we have seen a reform
in higher education systems, especially in
Europe, towards a decentralized system (which
appears to emulate the U.S. higher education
system), where issues of university autonomy
and accountability have moved to the top of
the European Higher Education Agenda. Autonomy is vital for universities to act quickly in
a fast changing globalized higher education environment and to be able to respond to demographic changes, to attract international students, and to raise the necessary additional
funding since state funding is progressively
shrinking. Institutions of higher education
should also become more accountable to various shareholders; including the government,
students and parents, business and the society at large. To accomplish this, institutions
need to adjust their governance model so as to
be able to set their strategic goals.
All the above factors have also led to the
emergence of Private Higher Education in
Europe. The private sector is now intrinsically
a part of European higher education, with
growing legitimacy as a respected post-sec-

Panos Vlachos, Ph.D

Dean of Faculty
American College of Thessaloniki
-A Division of Anatolia

ondary partner, and playing an increasingly important role, demanding the same responsibility, accountabilities and monitoring as the
public sector.
In Greece, the efforts to reform the higher
education system are not as significant. The
recent reform of the State higher education
framework did not address several of the current governance issues and has not addressed
at all curricular and pedagogical issues. In addition, the inability to reach a consensus to revise article 16 was clearly a setback. State universities continue to operate under the close
supervision of the ministry of education, with
governing boards that have limited power and
are unable to make strategic decisions. At the
same time private institutions are trying to undertake a role, operating, however, in a legal
framework that is not fostering development.
The recent law on private colleges is a step forward but needs to be supported by high qual-

ity standards that will give legitimacy to private higher education in Greece. Further steps
are needed towards the recognition of degrees
before Greece sees the full benefit that Cyprus,
Turkey and other countries have experienced in
our region. A handful of institutions, like the
American College of Thessaloniki (ACT), could
be used as an example of how the private sector can complement the public sector in reforming higher education. As a non-profit institution with special focus on quality having
a governing board of members from both the
United States and Greece with a special focus
on quality, with over 30 agreements with U.S.
institutions attracting hundreds of U.S. Study
Abroad students annually, with a diverse multi-cultural campus representing over 20 countries and with a curriculum attuned to current
needs, ACT is an example of how reform in
higher education can result in a direct benefit
to society.

Helector - based on its vast experience and its specialized know-how - possesses the capabilities to design and implement
complex projects by integrating complimentary technologies.

Leader of Renewable Power Generation

ELECTOR S.A. is responsible for the development of

the energy and environmental section of the
ELLAKTOR group and possesses a dominant role in
the waste management sector in Greece and Cyprus.
In particular, HELECTOR has constructed the largest
Sanitary Landfills in Attica and Thessaloniki, while it has undertaken the rehabilitation of old landfills in the same regions,
the construction of similar projects in Greece, as well as the
construction and operation of the sole Sanitary Landfill and
Waste Transfer Station in Pafos, Cyprus.
One of the most important projects completed by
HELECTOR, through its participation in BEAL S.A. (50%) is
the construction and operation of a private landfill gas
cogeneration plant in Ano Liossia of Attica, which is one of
the largest of its kind worldwide, with an installed capacity of 24 MWe. In parallel, HELECTOR has constructed and
operates a similar plant in Tagarades (Thessaloniki) landfill,
with an installed capacity of 5 MWe.
In the services sector, it is worth mentioning that the
company participates in the Joint Venture that operates the
Central Infectious Medical Incinerator in Ano Liossia, as
well as the project that includes the collection and treatment of packaging waste from 16 Municipalities in the Prefectures of Nicosia and Limassol in Cyprus. Moreover, by
the end of 2008 it is anticipated that a new private Material Recovery Facility for Commercial and Industrial waste
and recyclables with a capacity of 100,000 tonnes per
annum in the Municipality of Fyli (Attica) will have com-

Helector offers comprehensive solutions

catering to demanding requirements:
combining efficient operations, high technical performance, economic viability and
high environmental standards.

Christos Karagiannis

Commercial Director Helektor S.A

menced its commercial operation.

The presence of HELECTOR, as the leader in the waste
management sector, is enhanced through its German subsidiary company Herhof GmbH with its accepted, innovative and commercially proven waste treatment technologies
(In-Vessel Composting and Biological Drying) for world
wide marketing and further development in the area of
renewable energy resources, with more than 50 commercially operating plants worldwide. HELECTOR also participates in the company that has been operating a waste
treatment plant in the city of Osnabrck in Germany that
serves a population of 350,000 inhabitants, with a capacity of 90,000 tonnes per annum, while the main product
recovered during the waste treatment process is disposed
as substitute secondary fuel in energy consuming industries.
Another important project under development is the
construction and operation for 10 years of waste treatment
and disposal plants for the Prefectures of Larnaca and Famagusta in Cyprus, with a total capacity of 176,000 tonnes
per annum, using the technologies of the subsidiary company Herhof GmbH.
Finally, in the renewable energy sources sector, apart
from the landfill gas power production plants, HELECTOR
has constructed and operates three wind farms in the
islands of Rhodes, Kos and Patmos, while it is also active
in solar energy fields, as supplier and constructor of photovoltaic systems.

Greek Economy & Markets

For the countries of the Western Balkans that are in transitional phase, the energy sector is crucial in enabling their
economies to overcome the current difficulties and return to high growth rates through the assurance of continuous and
sustainable energy supply.

Greening the Energy Community

n these times of economic imbalance
and financial insecurity the energy
matter becomes more and more important in particular for the weak
economies of the planet.
In their attempt to resolve the major problems of the energy sector in the region in the
most efficient and effective way the Contracting Parties (CPs) of the Western Balkans,
Albania,
Bosnia-Herzegovina,
Croatia,
FYROM, Montenegro, Serbia and the UNMiK
along with the European Union have established the Energy Community (EnC) under the
Athens Treaty in October 2005.
The CPs are working together to address
the serious energy challenges in the region.
Despite the important steps towards the synchronization of the electricity sector of the
past years, the electricity supply gap is widening as major planned power sector capacity
additions are delayed. The role of green energy technologies to address these problems is
crucial. They provide unique development
opportunities. Renewable energy sector
attracts investments in short time period that
offer secured capital returns, and create significant job opportunities.
The acceleration of green investments in
the region is an urgent need, especially taking
into account that the EU has established an
overall target of 20% share of RES in energy
consumption by 2020, as well as specific
national ones for each EU member state, as
part of the Climate Action Package 20-20-20
by 2020 .
In this context a very important energy
project was recently launched in the region of
the Energy Community. Under the Greece-US
Economic and Commercial Cooperation Commission, Hellenic Aid, and the US Agency for

M. Damasiotis,
E. Karakatsani,
L. Panopoulou,
V. Papandreou,
D. Papastefanakis
Division of Development Programs,
Centre for Renewable Energy Sources
and Saving (CRES)

International Development (USAID) are jointly implementing the SYNENERGY work program , through their implementation bodies,
the Centre for Renewable Energy Sources and
Saving (CRES) and International Resources
Group (IRG) respectively, in order to assist the
EnC members to evaluate the technically and
economically available RES potential, to create an enabling environment for investment
as well as to improve energy planning procedures towards the integration of green technologies in energy systems.

Figure 1. Final energy consumption in the EnC by fuel type

(Data for 2006; Source: IEA)

Status and perspectives

of green energy
Although the countries of the Energy
Community region dispose significant potential of all kind of RES, and have huge potential for increasing energy efficiency, still energy intensity in the region is very high compared to EU 27 average. Also with the exception of big hydro plants, electricity generation
is based on centralized, solid fuel -fired highly polluting facilities.
Focusing on RES, as we mentioned there
is significant traditional utilization in the energy systems of most of the countries of the EnC
that is merely based on the traditional utilization of biomass in the residential sector as
well as the extensive power generation from
large hydro power plants. In 2006 renewables represented 15% of the total final energy consumption and almost 40% of the total
electricity generation in the CPs (Fig 1). Moreover the share of renewables in most of the
countries of the EnC is above the EU27 average as indicated in Fig. 2. The average electrification in the region (3650kWh/capita) is
still low compared to the EU27 average
(5733 kWh/capita), creating opportunities for
enhanced penetration of other promising
renewable underdeveloped technologies
(wind, small hydro, solar, biomass, geothermal).
Despite the significant utilization of hydro
power plants only limited portion of the total
potential is not utilized.
Wind energy has significant potential in
several countries of the region. There is
already great interest from investors in investigating the potential and developing projects
that is supported by recent legislative reforms
to promote wind energy in some countries.
Another important renewable source of

Coal and Peat 8%

Petroleum Products 44%
Gas 14%
Geothermal, Solar etc 0,04%
Combustible RES & Waste 7%

energy in the region is biomass, but the current utilization is almost entirely restricted to
the traditional uses for cooking and space
heating.
Solar energy is abundant in the region .
Solar photovoltaic (PV) installations require
significant support measures given the high
capital cost of the systems.
Finally, there is important potential for
low-temperature geothermal resources that
can be used for heating as well as electricity
production in some of the countries.

Status of
the electricity markets
Proper market conditions, legislative
reforms and effective support schemes are of
outmost importance in order to attract
investments in renewable projects. All the
countries in the region are engaged in a
process of electric sector market reform
under the Energy Community Treaty. This
process is intended to build the framework
for cooperation and create a climate that will
attract investment for rebuilding of the
regions energy network. In this respect all

Electricity (conv) 13%

RES-E 8%
Heat (conv) 6%
RES-Heat 0,03%

CPs have the obligation to integrate the EU

directives on energy and electricity markets
into their national system. In addition the
CPs have already prepared national action
plans for the implementation of the EU
acquis.
The existing national policy for promotion of
renewable energy systems differ between the
countries in the region. In general national
energy strategies that set the overall
framework for the support of renewables are
either already set or under development.
Primary energy laws are also established by
most of the countries, however not all have
developed the secondary legislation that
defines in detail the conditions for the
development of renewables.
It is true that many steps have been
undertaken towards the promotion of green
energy and that the CPs are working intensively towards the implementation of the
European acquis on renewable development.
Development of renewable energy is not only
part of the answer to the environmental concerns but may also be the locomotive for economic development and growth.

ACS Athens is Recognized by the American Association

of University Administrators for its Program of Innovative
School-University Partnerships
he ACS Athens Institute for Critical and Creative
Thinking has been awarded the prestigious
Nikolai N. Khaladjan International Award by the
American Association of University Administrators (AAUA). ACS Athens is recognized for its
pioneering programs promoting innovative teaching and
learning through the creation of authentic collaborations
with premier colleges and universities. The AAUA recognized this year's ACS Athens Summer Leadership Institute as a model of educational best practices.
At his congratulatory letter to ACS Athens, Dr. Dan
L. King, AAUA's Executive Director says: I am pleased
to inform you that your institution has been selected as
one of this year's recipients of the AAUA Khaladjan
International Award. As you know. this competitive
award recognizes outstanding educational
achievements/programs of an international nature. It
will be formally presented this coming November at the
annual assembly of the AAUA in Arlington, Virginia
(metropolitan Washington, DC). Congratulations on this
outstanding achievement! ACS Athens President, Dr.
Stefanos Gialamas expressed his excitement that a
higher education organization such as AAUA awards for
the first time a K-12 institution, for its innovative
programs that bridge secondary with higher education,
benefitting, most of all, the students themselves.
The program is offered in collaboration with the Jepson School of Leadership Studies at the University of
Richmond. The Khaladjan Award is bestowed to higher
educational institutions that foster international understanding, promote innovative teaching methods, widen
access to education, extend the use of teaching
resources, by widely using and developing learning
technology, and accelerating or deepening student
learning.
ACS Athens is the first ever JK-12 school to be so
recognized by the AAUA in its nearly forty-year history.
Past recipients of the Nikolai N. Khaladjan International
Award include: University of Kansas, Regensburg
University (Denmark), University of South Carolina,

University of London, Western Illinois University, California State University, Ohio State University.
Thirteen selected students participated in the 2009
Summer Leadership Institute from June 25 - July 10,
2009. Drawing on the talents and skills of ACS Athens
and University of Richmond faculty, the Institute provided students with a wide variety of pragmatic, hands-on
and academic learning experiences in which they
explored the concept of leadership and its relationship
to democracy, ethics and service to one's community -as they discovered and cultivated the leadership potential within themselves.
The Leadership Institute began with three days of
team-building activities and a series of workshops in
Athens. The second week of the program took participants to the campus of the University of Richmond for
a week-long college learning (and living) experience,
focusing on study of the foundations of leadership, the
Jeffersonian ideal of democracy and leadership in the
field of science and environmental affairs. Following

their academic experience, participants observed leadership in action and up-close, as they travelled to Washington, DC, to meet and learn from leaders in politics,
business, law, government service, the military, medicine, journalism and public interest lobbying, some
them being graduates of ACS Athens. Students
assessed their experiences as they reflected upon their
observations on leadership in action through a holistic,
harmonious and meaningful approach.
The American Association of University Administrators (AAUA) was founded in 1970 in Buffalo, New
York. The Association is chartered as a non-profit, educational organization in compliance with the laws of the
State of New York. AAUA was established as - and
remains - a professional organization. Membership in
AAUA is open to career administrators in any accredited
college, university, or other post-secondary organization.
The AAUA membership includes presidents, deans,
directors, department chairpersons, and individuals
working in a variety of other administrative positions.
Approximately 500 college and university administrators in the United States and several foreign countries
currently hold membership in AAUA.
ACS Athens offers its graduates an American high
school diploma, accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. Students in grades 1112 may also earn the International Baccalaureate Diploma or individual IB course certificates in a non-Diploma
program. The school also offers selected Advanced
Placement (AP) courses. Well over 90% of our graduates attend colleges and universities (many at highly
selective schools) in the United States, Canada, Europe
and other countries. The academic life of the threeschool campus (Elementary, Middle, Academy) is complemented by extensive opportunities for participation in
arts, music, theater, forensics, a highly competitive athletics program as well as in a variety of service, social
and cultural activities that enhance students' civic
responsibility, spirit and leadership qualities.

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