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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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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