Kymi

The old coal loader at the port of Kymi (Kimi) in Evia, Greece.
The coal mines of Kymi were used from 1830 till 1962. You may still find some of the lignite extraction and transportation facilities in the area.

Ο "Ρίχτης" στο λιμάνι της Κύμης στην Εύβοια.

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Rillet

Eretria, Evia - Greece.

[ FujiFilm FinePix HS10 ]

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Old Tugboat

Achilli, Skyros Island – Greece.
Αχίλλι – Σκύρος.

A tugboat (tug) is a boat that maneuvers vessels by pushing or towing them. Tugs move vessels that either should not move themselves, such as ships in a crowded harbor or a narrow canal, or those that cannot move themselves alone, such as barges, disabled ships, or oil platforms. Tugboats are powerful for their size and strongly built; some are ocean-going. Some tugboats serve as icebreakers or salvage boats. Early tugboats had steam engines; today diesel engines are used.

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BMW 2002 Neue Klasse

BMW 2002 Neue Klasse (New Class)
1968 – 1976

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[Fujifilm Finepix HS10]

Acrididae - Macro Photography

The Acrididae are the predominant family of grasshoppers, comprising most of the species of the suborder Caelifera.

Experimenting on macro photography with my new FujiFilm FinePix HS10.

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U2 - 360° Tour 2010 - 2011

U2
360° Tour 2010 - 2011

3 September 2010.
Live at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece.

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Aliakmon River

Aliakmon River
(Aliakmonas / Haliacmon - Αλιάκμονας / Αλιάκμων)
Kozani, Macedonia – Greece

Aliakmon is the longest river in Greece, with a total length of 322 km (200 miles). The river runs in the prefectures of Kastoria, Grevena, Kozani, Imathia, and Pieria. It rises in the northern Pindus mountains in northern Greece on the border with Albania, before flowing southeast then northeast through the Greek peripheries of West and Central Macedonia. It waters an extensive area, making it of great importance to agriculture in the region.

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Kevrekidis Photography - August 2010

Title: Thespians
Seta Amphitheater, Evia - Greece.
Actresses preparing for a theatrical play at the dressing room.

The first recorded case of an actor performing took place in 534 BC when the Greek performer Thespis stepped on to the stage at the Dionysia Festival and became the first known person to speak words as a character in a play or story. Prior to Thespis' act, stories were only known to be told in song and dance and in third person narrative. In honor of Thespis, actors are commonly called Thespians.

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Title: Solitude
Amarynthos (Vatheia), Evia – Greece.
Αμάρυνθος (Βάθεια) – Εύβοια.



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Title: Basilica Sancti Petri
Vatican City
Rome – Italy

The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter (Latin: Basilica Sancti Petri), officially known in Italian as the Basilica Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano and commonly known as St. Peter's Basilica.







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Trehantiri

“Trehantiri”, traditional Greek fishing boat.
Eretria, Evia – Greece.

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Fujifilm Finepix HS10

Testing my new Fujifilm Finepix HS10 camera.


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Yliki Lake

Λίμνη Υλίκη – Βοιωτία

Yliki Lake, Boeotia (Viotia) – Greece

Yliki is a natural lake in Viotia, north of the city of Thebes. It’s also named Likeri and has a surface area of 25 square kilometres. In antiquity Yliki was named after the town of Yli, which was built in her banks, as the city Akraifia. Close to ancient Yli there was a temple of Apollo named “Ptoos” from the neighboring mountain.
Yliki Lake used to supply with water the city of Athens. It was almost totally drained, with disastrous side-effects for farmers in the neighboring Kopaida plain. Yliki got back to almost normal water level after Athens found an alternative way to provide water to its more than 4 million inhabitants.

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Thessaly

Thessaly – Greece

Thessaly (Thessalia) is geographically the central section of mainland Greece. It is surrounded by high mountain ranges encircling a low plain. It borders with the regions of Macedonia to the north, Sterea Ellada to the south, Epirus to the west, and its eastern shoreline is on the Aegean sea. It has the highest percentage of flatland than any other district in Greece.

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The Photographer

Skyros Island, Greece.

That's me shooting at the ancient quarry of Skyros.
Photos by my wife.

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Turkish Family

Kusadasi, Turkey.
A Turkish family is enjoying the sea at the Aegean coast of Anatolia.

Turkey is a secular country and the people are overwhelmingly Muslim. By some estimates, more than half of Turkish women wear a headscarf. The right of women to wear the Islamic headscarf is at the heart of a fierce debate. It has resulted in a clash between those favoring the secular principles of the state, such as the Turkish Army, and those who are more conservative with their religious beliefs.

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Παρένθεση

Skyros Island

Skyros Island – Greece.

Skyros is the southernmost island of the Sporades in the Aegean Sea. The island's capital is also called Skyros (Chora) and has a castle that dates from the Venetian occupation (13th to 15th centuries) and the Byzantine monastery of Saint George.

Skyros was mentioned in the prehistoric Greek mythology, while its presence was evident throughout the entire course of Greek history. The great heroes that are connected with Skyros in Greek mythology are Theseus, Lycomedes, Achilles, and his son Neoptolemus. Skyros has been inhabited since the Neolithic period (5500 – 2800 BC) as proved by findings in various areas on the island. It was a very prosperous city during the copper period (2800 – 1900 BC) and also during the geometric and archaic period. In 475 BC the island was conquered by the Athenians and in 323 BC by the Macedonians. In 197 BC it was conquered by the Romans and later by the Byzantines, the Franks, the Venetians and the Ottomans. During the Greek Independence War of 1821, in the revolution against the Turkish ruling, Skyros was an important and great supporter of the idea. The island contributed in financial ways and also in people, by sending it's excellent sailors to the national navy, offering shelter to war leaders, as well as offering refuge to thousands refugees from cities around Greece.













Linaria is the port of Skyros on the west side of the island. There are two versions on the name of the port. The first is related to the cultivation of linen and processing of linen fabrics in the old days. The second is related to the Nymph Lino (Ληνώ) and maybe this area was a place of worship of the Nymphs in ancient times.

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Mendrese

Η πύλη του Μενδρεσέ.

Athens – Greece.

Opposite the Roman Agora is the doorway of Mendrese or Medrese (from Arabic: Madrasah) originally a Muslim religious school founded in 1721 by Mehmet Fahri.
100 years later, in 1821 during the Greek War of Independence the Turks used it as a prison and hung many Greeks from a maple tree (platanos) and after the war the Greeks used it for the same purpose. In the minds of the Athenians it became a cursed place. In 1914 during archaeological excavations in the area the building was demolished except for the door.

I would like to thank the archaeologists Maria Leni and Alexandra Kostarelli for their assistance.

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Greece

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The Journalists (the Siemens Scandal)

Eretria, Greece. March 6, 2010.

Greek journalists Kostas Vaxevanis and Tassos Telloglou in the presentation of the book “The Network. The Siemens File” by Tassos Telloglou. The book presents the biggest corporate corruption case in Europe, known as “the Siemens Scandal”.

Three years of investigation in Germany, Switzerland, Lichtenstein and Greece. Two hundred pages of German and Greek legal briefs. Thousands of hours of discussion with the “slush funds” administrators, Siekaczek and Neidl, and the accused in Munich and Athens. The money conduits, the secret meetings, the complicity of the World Banking System, the surprises and the responsibility of the Greeks and the Germans. Who were the people behind the Siemens case? Who were the politicians involved? Which were the motives for some to break their silence? How deep was the hypocrisy within the firm? How did Siemens try to hide the offences of its CEOs? Which were the mistakes that lead the Greek investigation to a dead end? These are only some of the evidence revealed by Tassos Telloglou on the biggest Greek scandal in the 21st century.


Ερέτρια, 6 Μαρτίου 2010.

Οι δημοσιογράφοι Κώστας Βαξεβάνης και Τάσος Τέλλογλου στην παρουσίαση του βιβλίου “Το Δίκτυο. Φάκελος Siemens” του Τάσου Τέλλογλου. Το βιβλίο παρουσιάζει τη μεγαλύτερη υπόθεση εταιρικής διαφθοράς στην Ευρώπη, γνωστή ως “Σκάνδαλο Siemens”.

Τρία χρόνια έρευνας σε Γερμανία, Ελβετία, Λιχτενστάιν και Ελλάδα. Διακόσιες χιλιάδες σελίδες γερμανικής και ελληνικής δικογραφίας. Πολύωρες συζητήσεις με κατηγορούμενους σε Μόναχο και Αθήνα και τους διαχειριστές των “μαύρων ταμείων”, Σήκατσεκ και Νηντλ. Οι διαδρομές που ακολούθησαν τα “μαύρα χρήματα” της Siemens, οι μυστικές συναντήσεις, η συνενοχή του διεθνούς τραπεζικού συστήματος, οι αναπάντεχες εκπλήξεις και οι ευθύνες Γερμανών και Ελλήνων. Ποιοι είναι οι άνθρωποι που βρέθηκαν πίσω από την υπόθεση Siemens; Για ποιους πολιτικούς υπάρχουν στοιχεία; Ποια ήταν τα κίνητρα που οδήγησαν κάποιους να σπάσουν τη σιωπή τους; Πόσο βαθιά ήταν η υποκρισία μέσα στην ίδια τη μητρική εταιρεία; Με ποιους τρόπους προσπάθησε η Siemens να κρύψει τις παρανομίες των στελεχών της; Ποια λάθη οδήγησαν την ελληνική έρευνα σε αδιέξοδο; Αυτά είναι λίγα μόνο από τα στοιχεία που αποκαλύπτει ο Τάσος Τέλλογλου στην περιγραφή του πρώτου μεγάλου ελληνικού σκανδάλου του 21ου αιώνα.

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UEFA Europa League

Olympic Stadium - Athens, Greece.
UEFA Europa League - February 18, 2010.
Panathinaikos - Roma (3 - 2).

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