Special Olympics Athens 2011

Special Olympics World Summer Games
June 25 – July 4, 2011
Athens, Greece.














Special Olympics is the world's largest sports organization for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, providing year-round training and competitions to more than 3.1 million athletes in 175 countries. This year, 7,500 Special Olympics Athletes from 185 nations competed in 22 Olympic-type sports in Athens, Greece.



























Eretria, Evia – Greece.
June 10, 2011.
The Law Enforcement Torch Run (LETR), is run by Police Officers and other law enforcement professionals from around the world. Currently, close to 90,000 police professionals in over 35 countries participate in this worldwide effort to raise money and awareness for Special Olympics.

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Live at Lycabettus

27 June 2011.
Lycabettus Hill Theater – Athens, Greece.

Popular Greek singers Yiannis Kotsiras and Dimitris Mitropanos live in concert at Likavitos amphitheater.












27 Ιουνίου 2011 - Θέατρο Λυκαβηττού, Αθήνα.

Ο Γιάννης Κότσιρας και ο Δημήτρης Μητροπάνος στη σκηνή.
Μαζί τους ο Δημήτρης Μπάσης.

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The Indignant Movement

Syntagma square, Athens – Greece.

Tens of thousands of Greeks have gathered peacefully for 2 weeks in central Athens and other cities to demand change, after a year of painful austerity measures। Organized through social-networking sites (Facebook & Twitter) and copying similar mass protests in Spain, the evening rallies have attracted mostly young people, including many who are jobless in a country where the unemployment rate is nearly 16 %. Many also point to the decades of corruption and misrule that brought the country to its knees, and are calling for a radical change. In a proclamation uploaded onto the Internet, the “Indignant” movement - which takes its name from the original Spanish campaign “Los Indignados” - said that it would keep going until the politicians and technocrats it blames for the current situation “go away.”




The protests come as the Greek government is planning to impose a new austerity package in efforts to secure the new International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout installment। Greece received a 110 billion Euro EU - IMF bailout loan last year, as it faced a massive debt crisis. Greece was obliged to implement a strict austerity package, including the cutting of public sector salary and pensions, increasing taxes and overhauling the pension system, to survive.

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Αγανακτισμένοι στο Σύνταγμα.

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ΑΓΑΝΑΚΤΙΣΜΕΝΟΙ ΕΛΛΗΝΕΣ

ΑΓΑΝΑΚΤΙΣΜΕΝΟΙ ΕΛΛΗΝΕΣ

Στο δρόμο που χάραξαν οι Ισπανοί διαδηλωτές βαδίζει μία ελληνική ακτιβιστική ομάδα με την επωνυμία "Αγανακτισμένοι στο Σύνταγμα" η οποία καλεί τον κόσμο για ειρηνική διαδήλωση μέσω του ιστότοπου κοινωνικής δικτύωσης Facebook.

«Η λέξη 'Αγανακτισμένοι' δεν θέλει με τίποτα να υποκινήσει ή να υποδείξει τον τρόπο, απεναντίας, δηλώσαμε από την αρχή ότι θέλουμε να βρεθούμε ειρηνικά και αυθόρμητα, χωρίς σχέδιο και πλάνο. Μόνο να δηλώσουμε την ειρηνική διαμαρτυρία μας» αναφέρει η ομάδα.

Η διαδήλωση θα πραγματοποιηθεί την
Τετάρτη 25 Μαΐου 2011, από τις 18.00 μέχρι 23.30.

Παρόμοιες διαδηλώσεις έχουν προγραμματιστεί για την ίδια μέρα σε πολλές πόλεις της Ελλάδας.

Facebook Events:

Αγανακτισμένοι Στο Σύνταγμα (Αθήνα)
https://www।facebook.com/event.php?eid=218838154801328
ΑΓΑΝΑΚΤΙΣΜΕΝΟΙ ΣΤΟΝ ΛΕΥΚΟ ΠΥΡΓΟ (Θεσσαλονίκη)
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=206334352736094
Patras Greek Revolution
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=211318218901137
ΑΓΑΝΑΚΤΙΣΜΕΝΟΙ ΣΤΗΝ ΧΑΛΚΙΔΑ
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=193605550686452
Αγανακτισμένοι στην ΚΑΒΑΛΑ
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=216186515067297
ΑΓΑΝΑΚΤΙΣΜΕΝΟΙ ΣΤΗΝ ΚΕΡΚΥΡΑ
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=131891936888567
ΑΓΑΝΑΚΤΙΣΜΕΝΟΙ ΣΤΗ ΒΕΡΟΙΑ
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=122171981198379
ΑΓΑΝΑΚΤΙΣΜΕΝΟΙ ΣΤΟ ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΟ
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=227286857281483
Αγανακτισμένοι στην Κόρινθο
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=204652216237648
ΑΓΑΝΑΚΤΙΣΜΕΝΟΙ ΤΗΣ ΡΟΔΟΥ
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=121295251287226
ΑΓΑΝΑΚΤΙΣΜΕΝΟΙ ΣΤΟ ΡΕΘΥΜΝΟ
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=218137431544142
Αγανακτισμένοι στο Αγρίνιο
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=203693339673918
Αγανακτισμένοι πολίτες Κομοτηνής
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=220546774640164
ΑΓΑΝΑΚΤΙΣΜΕΝΟΙ ΣΤΙΣ ΣΕΡΡΕΣ
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=131958483548756
ΑΓΑΝΑΚΤΙΣΜΕΝΟΙ ΣΤΗΝ ΚΑΡΔΙΤΣΑ
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=213214948701593
ΑΓΑΝΑΚΤΙΣΜΕΝΟΙ ΣΤΑ ΤΡΙΚΑΛΑ
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=221782997850017
Αγανακτισμένοι στην Ξάνθη
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=204654076236382
Αγανακτισμένοι στην Καστοριά
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=223624667663513
ΑΓΑΝΑΚΤΙΣΜΕΝΟΙ ΣΤΑ ΧΑΝΙΑ
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=230324293650316
ΑΓΑΝΑΚΤΙΣΜΕΝΟΙ ΣΤΗ ΛΑΜΙΑ
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=122404917841885
ΑΓΑΝΑΚΤΙΣΜΕΝΟΙ ΣΤΗΝ ΚΑΛΑΜΑΤΑ
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=171390206255744
Αγανακτισμένοι στο Φάρο Αλεξανδρούπολης
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=163688917029298
ΑΓΑΝΑΚΤΙΣΜΕΝΟΙ ΣΤΗ ΛΑΡΙΣΑ
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=176496465736826
ΑΓΑΝΑΚΤΙΣΜΕΝΟΙ ΣΤΗ ΚΟΖΑΝΗ
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=105239686234125
ΑΓΑΝΑΚΤΙΣΜΕΝΟΙ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΔΑΣ
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=218076168210844
Αγανακτισμένοι στα Γιάννενα (Ιωάννινα)
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=203010336407621

The Acropolis of Athens, Greece.

South view of the Parthenon.

The temple of Parthenon was dedicated to goddess Athena, protector of the Ancient city of Athens। Parthenon is one of the most famous buildings in the world। Its unique architecture inspired the architectural style of the western world। It was built in 438 BC during the Golden Era of Athens under Pericles administration by the architects Iktinos and Kalikrates. The Parthenon is regarded as an enduring symbol of Ancient Greece and of Athenian democracy and one of the world's greatest cultural monuments. This temple replaced an earlier temple in the same location, built before the Persian War and destroyed by the Persians in 480 BC. While much of the structure remains intact, the Parthenon has suffered considerable damage over the centuries.

The Caryatids (Karyatides) from the south porch of the Erechtheion.

The Erechtheion is a complex marble building in the Ionic order. The name ''Erechtheion'' derives from Erechtheus, the mythical king of Athens, who was worshipped there. The area around the Erechtheion was considered the most sacred of the Acropolis.
The roof was supported by six statues of maidens known as the Caryatids, instead of the typical columns. A building inscription of the Erechtheion refers to the Caryatids simply as Korai (maidens), while the name Caryatids was assigned at a later time. The second Korai from the western section was removed by Lord Elgin in 1801 and is today located in the British Museum. Several interpretations about the Caryatids have been put forth. The most convincing one supports the view that they constituted the visible portion of the grave of the first King of Athens, Kekrops and were the libation bearers (choephoroi) who paid tribute to the glorious dead.

Ο ναός της Αθηνάς Νίκης (ή Απτέρου Νίκης).


The temple of Athena Nike stands at the southeast edge of the sacred rock atop a bastion, which in Mycenaean times protected the entrance (Propylaea) to the Acropolis. The Classical temple, designed by architect Kallikrates and built in 426-421 BC, succeeded earlier temples also dedicated to Athena Nike. The first one of these, a wooden temple was destroyed by the Persians in 480 BC.
Nike means "victory" in Greek, and Athena was worshiped in this form, as goddess of victory in war. The temple was an expression of Athens' ambition to be the leading city state in Greece and the Mediterranean. There the citizens worshipped the goddess in hope of a prosperous outcome in the long war fought on land and sea against the Spartans and their allies. Ancient writer Pausanias refers to this temple as that of the Apteros Nike (Wingless Victory) and mentions that the cult statue of the goddess had no wings so that she would never leave Athens.

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