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AS GREECE enters its sixth year of re- cession, it is clear by now to all but a few that the Troika’s policy in Greece is not working. And if it even- tually does — it’s difficult to predict what will remain standing. German leaders have repeatedly urged Greece to stay the course of austerity as the only way out of the recession. But Greece resembles a group of swimmers out at sea strug- 12 gling to make it to shore. They may have worked out the right swimming method that will lead to safety but they are doomed because they are simply out of breath. Greece has been swimming for a long time now and perhaps the 20-21 shore is in sight but it is now gasp- ing for breath and there are no guar- antees that it will make it. Unem- ployment is creating a lost generation and a brain drain, neo- Nazi nonsense has monopolised 5 and demeaned the public debate while the homeless are piling up on the streets of the capital. So far, the Greeks have managed to withstand 22 the worst effects of the recession without imploding by relying on a tradition of strong family bonds. But these bonds cannot carry the burden forever. The road of austerity has lost its al- lure even among northern Euro- peans while even Obama joined a growing chorus of critics last week pressing home the point that tough 26-27 fiscal adjustments alone are not enough to put Greece back on the path of recovery. The end of fiscal adjustment does CONTENTS not justify the means of social and Politics Hospital directors to be screened for potential fraud under economic disintegration in order to an overhaul of healthcare spending put the country on firm fiscal ground. Usain Bolt intensifies dispute over ERT shutdown G Pages 4-5 Ahead of next month’s federal elec- Diplomacy tions, the German government has Premier urges Greek-Americans to invest in Greece G dismissed any talk of writing off an- What Samaras got from his visit to Washington Pages 6-7 other chunk of Greek debt. But Ger- Digest Immigrants in detention centre clash with police G Page 11 many’s leadership and the ideal of Culture Jurgen Habermas on the rocky road to a political constitution for European solidarity will suffer on a world society and Umberto Eco’s New Realism G Page 12 moral grounds if a fellow European nation is allowed to come apart un- Under the full moon The August full moon and the nocturnal activities at archaeological G der an unsustainable debt burden. sites across the country Pages 14-15 Planning ahead Euripides and how people define themselves when the world around them falls to pieces G Pages 20-21 Travel Why pilgrims and visitors throng to the church of Panagia on the ATHENS VIEWS Cycadic island of Tinos every year on August 15 G Page 22 G PUBLISHER: GA ORAMA-Communication Shipping Why the world would freeze and starve without shipping Page 23 EDITOR: Paris Ayiomamitis OFFICE: 107 Solonos str, Athens 106 78 Community Holy month of Ramadan comes to an end but capital’s immigrants EMAIL: [email protected] still pray in basements G Page 25 WEBSITE: athensviews.gr TEL.-FAX: 211 407 6988 Sports New football season kicks off featuring a revamped 18-team top flight G Pages 26-27

4 ATHENS VIEWS POLITICS FRIDAY 16 AUGUST 2013 ‘The‘The party’sparty’s over’over’

Hospital directors screened for fraud as Greece grapples with health cuts

By George White each year,» Georgiadis said. «There was a party going on in TATE HOSPITAL directors the health sector ... But we must and senior administrators view public money as sacred. will be screened for po- We have taken money away from Stential fraud cases under pensioners. And as soon as we an overhaul of healthcare spend- can, we must correct this,» he ing announced by the govern- told Mega television. ment. Georgiadis said he had asked Adonis Georgiadis, the health the Finance Minister to re-exam- minister, said the country was ine tax and income declarations now forced to address the «party» of hospital directors going back of mismanagement and over- to 2000. spending at state hospitals for Healthcare reform, along with

more than a decade as it struggles major changes in public sector to make long-term spending cuts, staffing rules, and spending con- with most of the EU-IMF bailout trols on local government are money already paid out, and any seen by bailout lenders as key

new fiscal austerity measures un- areas that will help Greece keep

likely to have a serious impact. as balanced budget as European «Do you know how much state allies decide on how to deal with

spending on medicine was a year its national debt, still widely con- before the bailout? €7 billion. Do sidered to be unsustainable with- you know much it is now? €2.3 [ out further relief. billion. That’s €5 billion in savings Georgiadis, 40, was one of three [ ministers brought in by the con- Most Greeks know servative government leadership «There was a party going on in the health sector ... LAOS party - and late-night pitch- in June to usher in a more con- es on television, selling books Georgiadis for his frontational approach to reforms But we must view public money as sacred. We have on ancient Greece for the family far-right politics and - together with Interior Minister taken money away from pensioners. And as soon as publishing business. late-night pitches Yiannis Michelakis and Public we can, we must correct this» Cabinet colleagues regard him

on television, selling Administrative Reform Minister to be a hard-working eccentric, Kyriakos Mitsotakis. [ whose presence keeps the con- books on ancient After being a few weeks in his of strikes and claims by the po- to the private sector. servative New Democracy party Greece for the family new position, Georgiadis an- litical opposition that reforms Most Greeks know Georgiadis in touch with its largely dissatisfied

publishing business nounced a major hospital merger were also being used as a pretext for his far-right politics - he was rightist voters. programme for state facilities na- to close hospitals and hand pa- a former lawmaker and But critics argue the new minister [ tionwide, spurring a new round tients and state resources over spokesman for the nationalist is presiding over the dismantling Greece stuck in recession, bailout targets at risk [

By Harry Papachristou and Renee Maltezou «Recession will decelerate in the third quarter, helped GREECE’S recession eased slightly in the second quarter but not nearly enough by tourism, and in the to boost tax revenues to levels the gov- fourth, helped by base ernment needs to meet its bailout tar- effects,» said Dimitris gets, figures showed this week. The data follows a magazine report say- Maroulis, an Athens-based ing Germany’s central bank saw risks economist with Alpha Bank to the rescue package aimed at keeping Greece afloat and expects the euro member to need more aid in 2014 after [fort for Greeks, who are facing a sixth it scrapes through the last aid review. consecutive year of recession in 2013, As Europe’s largest economy, Germany as austerity measures have crippled pri- has funded a chunk of the bailout but vate consumption, the main engine of there has been resistance from German its economy. voters who are also facing tight budg- The slump, one of the biggest peace- ets. The subject of Greek aid has played time recessions recorded in history, is into the campaign for elections next undermining the ability of firms and Reuters month. households to pay taxes, separate The Greek data showed the economy The economy shrank at annual pace of 4.6 percent in the second quarter, budget figures showed on August 12. contributing to a slump of more than 20 percent in real terms since 2008 shrank at an annual pace of 4.6 percent Gross tax revenues lagged targets by in the second quarter, according to the about 1.5 billion euros in the first seven country’s statistics agency Elstat. enues and making it hard to meet tar- The figure was slightly better than econ- months of the year, hit by record unem- The economy has slumped 23 percent gets agreed with international lenders omists’ average forecast for a 5 percent ployment of nearly 28 percent and a in real terms since 2008, hurting tax rev- who backed the 2010 bailout. contraction, but that will be cold com- wave of corporate bankruptcies.

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[ Gambling firm «Red mortgages» rattle government [ Opap privatised «It is workers at CONTROVERSIAL plans to hospitals, with their ease restrictions on the We have a clear self-sacrifice, who are auction of homes with position. keeping the system unpaid mortgages have rattled the government, And that is: going - working with with promiment mem- the ban must the full knowledge bers of the coalition not be lifted that reforms and openly opposing the THE GOVERNMENT completed the sale measure planned to take [ of a major stake in state-controlled rationalization of effect next year. gambling firm Opap on August 12 to the system are in The conservative-led Greek-Czech fund Emma Delta, a con- fact being used to government is planning dition of the country’s ambitious asset to begin dismantling sales programme under its multi-billion break it up» blanket protection which international bailout. Syriza statement has been in effect since “I am delighted that 652 million euros the recession started in covery. Protection supporters say the will flow into state coffers,” said Fi- late 2008, worried that the rising number measure must remain in effect during the nance Minister Yannis Stournaras. “It of failing loans - currently one-in-four - is resounding message to outside of of the welfare state, with long- recession and with the number of jobs be- could soon trigger a broader credit and Greece, showing the country’s deci- [standing labour and benefit rights ing lost still exceeding 1,000 per day in real estate crisis. siveness, competence and settlement already vanished or under threat. April. But Evangelos Venizelos, the deputy prime of differences, meaning that Greece is Patient associations have report- Government spokesman Simos minister and Socialist leader, confirmed entering a progress track.” ed that members are recently Kedikoglou said the changes to protection suspicion that the plan has split the coali- Athens sealed a deal to sell its 33 per- having greater difficulty receiving rules would target people who deliberately tion. «We have a clear position. And that cent stake in OPAP to Emma Delta for approval from doctors’ panels avoided payments. «Those who can pay, is: the ban must not be lifted,» Venizelos 652 million euros in May but rows for expensive treatments, while will pay,» he said. told the Proto Thema among opposing investors over the health care is already in crisis newspaper. «Homes of fees OPAP would pay its partners for from the surge in number of poor and middle-in- technology and printing services de- long-term unemployed have left come households must You’re layed the deal. an estimated 2 million Greeks not be put in danger. It I overreacting sir. OPAP is one of Europe’s biggest listed without full medical insurance. wouldn’t help the lost my job, From what gambling companies, with turnover of «It is workers at hospitals, with I see here, we’re leav- banks, which would my money, my car, about 4 billion euros. Its prospects their self-sacrifice, who are keep- ing you with a big prefer to restructure the my wife…. have been clouded by a court appeal ing the system going - working Are you going to take chunk of debt loans and keep them against its sports gambling monopoly with the full knowledge that re- my house as being serviced instead and sharp tax increases imposed by forms and rationalization of the well? of killing off the government.

system are in fact being used to houses.» Greece is un- Czech investor Jiri Smejc, who controls break it up,» the opposition Syriza der pressure limit mort- the Emma Delta fund, told Reuters in party said, adding «Mr. Geor- gage protection from July that he would go ahead with the giadis insults our intelligence

EU-IMF rescue lenders, deal but would later review the terms when he says that the changes who argue the measure of a separate, OPAP-led lottery con- to the National Health System is slowing down the tract and whether they could harm the have nothing to do with the country’s economic re- Eleftherotypia Papavassileiou, Vangelis company. (Reuters) bailout agreements.» [ TV battle heats up A TRANSITION state broadcaster has The government managed to plug the The Greek economy is expected to re- begun airing live sporting events _ with budget hole by cutting spending, with- Gross tax revenues lagged cover at an anemic pace of 0.6 percent coverage of the 2013 World Athletics holding tax refunds, freezing public in- targets by about 1.5 billion next year and accelerate after 2015. Championships in Moscow _ intensi- fying a dispute over shutdown ERT. vestment and cashing in a much higher euros in the first seven The forecasts help determine the coun- amount of European Union subsidies try’s future finance needs and whether The government closed ERT in June than initially planned. months of the year, hit by Athens might need even stricter auster- and fired its 2,600 employees, prom- But Athens will not sustainably fix its fi- record unemployment of ity to meet its bailout targets. ising a replacement TV and radio nances unless it boosts tax revenue, nearly 28 percent and a wave Greece, the EU and the IMF will update channels with a smaller staff within a the EU and the International Monetary growth forecasts when they meet for a few months. It later conceded that Fund have said. of corporate bankruptcies round of bailout talks in September and new broadcaster will not be opened Greece may fall short of its budget tar- October. until the end of the year. gets this year because a large part of The outcome of these talks will deter- But a transition channel, labeled only [ as «public television» and which fills planned tax revenues has not been fourth, helped by base effects,» said mine whether Athens will needs to cashed in yet, lenders warned last Dimitris Maroulis, an Athens-based adopt harsher austerity measures to programming with documentaries and month. economist with Alpha Bank. keep receiving bailout funds — a old movies, began coverage of the Athens aims to have a primary budget Manufacturing expanded at its fastest prospect which its fragile coalition gov- IAAF Championships, including Ja- surplus, before interest payments, in pace in five years in June and tourism ernment has repeatedly rule out. maican sprinter Usain Bolt’s 100 me- 2013, to qualify next year for additional revenues in May also jumped more than Positive growth rates and a potential ter victory at Moscow’s Luzhniki Sta- debt relief promised by its euro zone expected. primary surplus would allow Athens to dium. partners. «That means that recession will not ex- return to bond markets, from which it Pantelis Kapsis, a deputy minister in ceed 4.2 percent this year,» Maroulis has been excluded for four years, charge of the state TV transition, said Silver linings added. Greece’s finance minister Yannis 80 percent of the 600 staff to be hired However, economists said the second- That would be in line with a current fore- Stournaras has said. by the new broadcaster in the initial quarter GDP figures may show that the cast by the government and its lenders, The Greek statistics service does not stages would come from ERT, adding worst of the recession may be over. who have provided Athens with about provide seasonally adjusted figures or that the number of the state TV chan- «Recession will decelerate in the third 240 billion euros in bailout funds since data on quarter-on-quarter changes. nels would likely be reduced from quarter, helped by tourism, and in the mid-2010. (Reuters) three to two. 6 ATHENS VIEWS DIPLOMACY FRIDAY 16 AUGUST 2013 «Greece is America’s best ally in the region » Invigorating the relationship with expatriate investors was a top priority for the premier during his visit to the US

By Misyrlena Egkolfopoulou

uring a luncheon in New York City’s Met- ropolitan Club, Greek DPrime Minister Sama- ras sent a clear message to Greeks of the diaspora about the need for investing in Greece, the significance of his policies, and the light at the end of the tunnel for the Greek economy and peo- ple. Invigorating the relationship with Reuters Greek expatriates and reiterating their crucial role on Greece’s eco- Obama insisted that growth and job creation are the way of out of the recession nomic revival seemed to be a pri- ority for Samaras during his trip bassador to the United States, luncheon was Elias Tsekeridis, “He took the time to individually to New York last week. After a Vassilis Kaskarelis. president of the Federation of shake hands with everybody meeting with US President Addressing many Greeks and Hellenic Societies of Greater New there,” said Tsekeridis. “I think he Barack Obama in Washington, Greek-Americans, including sen- York. He reiterated that the pur- was very satisfied.” DC on August 8, the Greek prime ior executives of large investment pose of the meeting was for Samaras was not the only one minister spent Friday in New York funds, Samaras described the Samaras to strengthen his con- acknowledging the power of City where he met separately with next steps that need to be taken tacts and discuss investment op- Greeks in the US, as a day earlier Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the in order to exit the crisis. The portunities in Greece. President Obama expressed his editorial staff of the New York Greek prime minister called on Times, and Archbishop expats to invest in Greece and ‘We are the best ally that the United States ever had Elias Tsekeridis presented his government’s Demetrios at the headquarters of in the region, especially now. If we get out of our the Archdiocese. plans. respect for the Greek-American Notably, Samaras took time out “We will fulfil our obligations, we problems and reach economic stability soon, it community in the US by saying of his busy schedule to attend a will achieve a primary surplus and would be golden for Greek-American relations. “they are incredible businesspeo- then we will invest in the market,” luncheon as the guest of honour A stable Greece means a lot to the United States’ ple and political leaders and com- at the Metropolitan Club in New he said. munity leaders and great friends York, hosted by the Greek am- Among the guests attending the [ ] of mine.” What the papers said Eleftheros Typos Avgi Double message from The government Ta Nea Obama. Support to crash lands after Wash- Obama:The debt Greece, sharp on ington visit as the Germany cannot be paid off unemployed climb to 1,381,088 just with auster- Rizospastis

ity More impoverishment Kathimerini and participation Obama: Not just auster- in imperialist plans ity. The American presi- Eleftherotypia dent gives support to Athens and expresses Clear instructions certainty that it will to Samaras Dimokratia overcome the Efimerida to continue the Troika crisis ton Syntakton prescription. The White House’s Obama’s message Obama: Shut up ultimatum to Merkel to Europe and dig and Schauble

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Mission accomplished?

Government hails image-making ] visit to Washington a success as Obama pledges support, In an attempt to promote stressing that austerity Greece’s political stability, Sama- ‘They can’t do can only go so far to ras referred to the recent coalition anything right now that of two otherwise long-term polit- tackle Greece’s ical rivals, New Democracy and would tick off the Iron crippling debt crisis. Pasok, saying that they have Lady,’ Tsekeridis reached a joint consensus on added, referring to rime Minister Antonis austerity and growth focus, as German Chancellor Samaras left Washing- ways to lead the country out of ton this week with ex- its downward spiral. Angela Merkel. ‘I’m Pactly what he wanted - “He acknowledged that they are hoping that something an endorsement from US Presi- working together for the good of will change after they dent Barack Obama for his gov- the country, which is something ernment’s effort to implement its that has not happened in Greece are done with the fiscal adjustment programme before,” Tsekeridis observed. “I elections, something and bring pressure to bear on hope they stick together, be- The White House that will be for the Germany to ease its austerity cause that will be the road to sta- policies. bility.” greater good of “In dealing with the challenges Under increasing pressure from other autumn standoff. And the Samaras also took time to justify Greece.’ that Greece faces, we cannot an exasperated electorate - last thing the eurozone needs is his policy decision-making by ad- simply look to austerity as a gasping for breath in an un- for Greece to plunge back into mitting that while it may seem strategy,” Obama said. precedented fifth year of reces- political instability. unfair it is crucial to resuscitate “It’s important that we have a sion - the government has been The stakes couldn’t be higher, good of Greece.” the nation. plan for fiscal consolidation to desperately trying to convince the American president said, Tsekeridis said that Obama] and “We collect taxes from people manage the debt, but it’s also creditors to cut it some slack. stressing the global significance the US Secretary of Treasury who have nothing more to give,” important that growth and jobs Obama acknowledged that of Greece’s financial predica- Jack Lew are sincere in their in- he noted but stressed that most are a focus,” he stressed. countries experiencing growth ment. vitation to help the Greek nation, citizens are now swayed on the The purpose of Samaras meet- and low unemployment “have “The stakes are high not only for mainly due to geopolitical signifi- necessity of these measures and ing at the White House was to an easier time reducing their Greece but also for Europe and cance. sacrifices in search for a better boost his government’s image debt burdens than countries the world economy,” he warned. future. where people are feeling hope- No one in the government ex- The best ally in the region as an agent of reform and a bas- “Samaras said that he is doing tion of stability in a volatile re- less.” pects anything to change before things that he really doesn’t want “We are the best ally that the gion. Without an easing of austerity, next month’s federal elections to do,” Tsekeridis added, referring United States ever had in the re- Obama praised the conservative the two-party coalition - hanging in Germany. to the austerity measures that gion, especially now,” he ex- leader for “some very bold and on to a slight majority in a frac- Berlin, which has praised have led to more job and pension plained. “If we get out of our difficult decisions to initiate the tured parliament - will face an Greece’s fiscal adjustment cuts as well as increased taxes problems and reach economic structural reforms that can help uncertain future as unions and progress, has repeatedly made for the majority of Greeks. Sama- stability soon, it would be golden Greece reduce its debt burden.” opposition parties brace for an- it clear that another debt reduc- ras also noted that more such for Greek-American relations. A tion is not on the table. measures could mean a surplus stable Greece means a lot to the Reclaiming Greece’s credibility is seen as essential But the governing coalition in for the Greek economy as soon United States,” he added. Greece is optimistic and sees as 2014. In an effort to focus and push for in convincing lenders to cut it some slack. Without that the results of the Washing- “I think the surplus is realistic and increased Greek-American coop- an easing of austerity, the coalition will face an ton visit will inject further ur- it will happen precisely because eration, Samaras will return to the uncertain future as unions and opposition parties gency to the IMF’s call last Samaras is going after people US capital in less than 45 days, month for another write-down who are not paying taxes, and this time bringing with him brace for another standoff of Greece’s debt to sustainable there are a lot of them in Greece,” Deputy Prime Minister Evangelos levels. Tsekeridis added. Venizelos, who will partake in [ ] Even though the messages sent several meetings with foreign out by President Obama regard- ministers as part of the UN Gen- What the parties said ing the philosophy behind the cri- eral Assembly meeting that kicks sis and the questionable use of off September 23. “The visit yielded «The only prime minister in austerity to overcome it were op- While the Greek prime minister nothing good for the world who is hailing the timistic, the possibility of influ- will not be having a follow-up Greek society or failure of his policy, the pol- encing the EU to act otherwise meeting with Obama, he will use the economy» icy of austerity» still remains uncertain. Tsekeridis this trip as an opportunity to meet SYRIZA INDEPENDENT GREEKS explained that the German fed- with members of the US Senate eral election, which is scheduled and House of Representatives, for September, is going to be a both of which were in recesses priority, placing any attempts by during his visit. The topics on the the Obama administration to in- agenda include a possible free “Obama’s opposition «Those celebrating Obama’s fluence the EU lower on the trade agreement between the EU to excessive auster- comments that development agenda. and the US as well as the Greek ity confirms that the will supposedly act as a “They can’t do anything right now economic crisis and the role of path that our coun- counterbalance to the policy that would tick off the Iron Lady,” the International Monetary Fund. try, and many other of austerity being imple- Tsekeridis added, referring to Samaras’ attempts to bring in in- European countries, mented and those who are German Chancellor Angela vestments will be reinforced dur- are following, will not calling on the people to Merkel. “I’m hoping that some- ing his second trip, as he will con- lead to an exit from choose between wolves (the thing will change after they are tinue his fight to attract more the crisis» DIMAR US and Germany) are having the Greek people on» done with the elections, some- Greek-American money in KKE thing that will be for the greater Greece. 8 ATHENS VIEWS INTERVIEW FRIDAY 16 AUGUST 2013 Is tourism the way to recovery?

Minister Olga Kefalogianni explains the government’s plan to spur tourism and why she believes it will work

By George Gilson or decades Greek tourism has been viewed as the country’s Fheavy industry. Yet as in other sectors, strategy and long- term planning have been lacking in developing this crucial area of entrepreneurship. The tales of huge amounts of red tape faced by large prospective investors has been considered a key im- pediment to development. In an exclusive interview with Athens Views, Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni outlines the gov- ernment’s plans to spur tourism, largely with EU-subsidised infra- structural funding programmes, which exploiting Greece’s com- petitive advantages. Athens Views: Unemployment in Greece is approaching 30 percent. What is the govern- ment doing, and what are you doing to create jobs in the Minister Tourism Olga Kefalogianni tourism industry? Olga Kefalogianni: The govern- percent if you combine direct How will the tourism law just teristics and on the rules of en- protections will apply. and indirect jobs. Tourism devel- passed facilitate large tourist vironmental and city planning ment and the ministry have set For months press reports opment will certainly create new investments? laws. Clearly, organised tourism as their top priority fighting un- have spoken of the number of jobs, giving solutions to a large investment projects are built on employment. Tourism can play tourists going up. What is the segment of the population. We We saw to it that the law avoids large tracts of land. Naturally an important role; it’s already May-July 2013 data compared

are creating training and em- unjustified restrictions on invest- that includes special regimes, contributing to employment to a to the two previous years on ployment programmes, in a ment projects. Each investment such as wetlands or an archae- significant degree. About 13-14 arrivals and on the amounts multi-pronged plan to bolster proposal will be reviewed inde- ological site. The new law pro- percent of the labour force is di- tourists spent? rectly employed in tourism, 20 tourism and the labour market. pendently, based on its charac- vides that such special They confirm our projections and show that efforts by the

state and by those in all parts of the tourism sector can pay off. The results have been positive to now, with an increase in both the number of tourists and in rev- enues. We can further bolster this trend with initiatives to intro- duce] competitive prices. What are the competitive ad-

We hope all will help to make the VAT reduction permanent so as to boost catering and tourism and reduce the overall tourist package taxes. There are also other areas of tourism in which we would like to see tax cuts in the future ‘We live in the richest country in the world’. Part of a campaign to promote Greece to Greeks themselves ] FRIDAY 16 AUGUST 2013 INTERVIEW ATHENS VIEWS 9

2020) is an important tool which tourism ad campaigns with through our planning and pro- dubious results, years ago. posals will offer much to What are the ad strategies tourism. Under the new law, and slogans now and how will condo hotels and youth hostels they help grow tourism and are introduced to create new revenues? types of facilities. Thus down- Each period had its own condi- graded units can be restruc- tions and choices. What is cer- tured and that can also help tain is that we are not in the era revitalise urban centres. of large, costly campaigns. We How have Greece’s ancient, are proceeding in a targeted Byzantine and modern cul- manner, with extensive use of tural traditions been used to the internet, with ads to sensi- attract tourists? tise the Greek public and to project the brand name They have been greatly ex- “Greece”, which on its own is a ploited. They are so well known strong brand name. In tandem around the world that now our

with academic institutions such work must be very specialised, as the University of Vancouver, the way we promote cultural el- we are adopting “smart applica- ements should be different than

tions” that allow tourists to keep the past. We are focusing on re- informed through a mobile ligious tourism and promoting phone or other electronic de- our monuments, and projecting Symi island [ vices. We are organising forums modern Greek history through with academics and foreign or- local societies. We must not ganisations. We want to be very vantages of Greek tourism overlook our other works, such careful in ad development, since compared to Turkey, Bulgaria About 13-14 percent of the labour force is directly as the Acropolis Museum, there is no money to waste or and other neighbouring employed in tourism, 20 percent if you combine Athens airport, the Metro, our time to lose in experimental ef- countries? super-modern hotels, all of direct and indirect jobs. Tourism development will forts. We want to be sure what which show a Greece of growth Our country is unique in all that certainly create new jobs, giving solutions we do will produce results. it offers. No one disputes it, and and progress. to a large segment of the population How much does state-sub- all of us involved in tourism What has your ministry done sidised “social tourism” help focus on upgrading and project- to promote agrotourism? the sector, and what are the ing our competitive advantages. [ not just linked to the VAT tax, but year-round apartments? Agrotourism housing is being problems in implementing it? They are many – sites, monu- is affected by the wider eco- supported by NSRF funds. For ments, beaches, culture, antiq- Through the National Strategic Social tourism is directed at so- nomic situation. We hope all will the 2014-2020 funding period, uities, museums, history, Reference Framework (NSRF) cial groups that need such sup- help to make the VAT reduction we will draft new programmes tradition, monasteries and and other programmes, money port. Tourism is a right for permanent so as to boost cater- with specific legislation. The churches, sports, and alternative was, is and will be spent on everyone, and the state is ing and tourism and reduce the ministry already has a draft law tourism. We have everything, so hotel units. Modernising infra- obliged to be socially sensitive overall tourist package taxes. we are reviewing for when the we do not see our neighbours as structure, equipment, technol- and to care for those in need. There are also other areas of time comes for the infrastruc- competitors. On the contrary, ogy and quality are key growth Social tourism stimulates the tourism in which we would like tural funds to be absorbed in we can supplement each other’s factors for any business. Our domestic tourism market, and it to see tax cuts in the future. agrotourism. tourism sector, to benefit the ministry is collaborating with is certainly an institution with a sector and our national What are the greatest obsta- other ministries and agencies on Past press reports have spo- supplementary role in growing economies. We are in touch with cles for Greek tourism? What NSRF. The new NSRF (2014- ken of hugely expensive state the sector. Turkey on facilitating movement is being done to modernise of visitors between our coun- tourist facilities and services tries. We do the same with in various regions where they Kefalogianni with countries like China, India and are lacking? Finance Minister Yiannis Stournaras Japan. I will speak of progress, not ob- The government has stacles. Under the new law, we succeeded in reducing VAT took the first steps to create a tax on food and catering from more clear and flexible frame- 23 to 13 percent. How much work to develop tourism. Greek more tax revenue will that tourism can take a leap forward, bring, and how much was lost and everyone must contribute. by the super-high tax rate? With collective efforts and the organised plan we are imple- It is too soon to have a clear pic- menting, we can succeed. We ture. I don’t want to make snap created campaigns and used evaluations. But the measure is technology to promote tourism. in place and we are in a crucial We created job training pro- month, when foreign and do- grammes, a new legislative mestic tourism peak, so the framework, and much more. Not consumption of items with this all problems have been re- lower VAT tax will rise. We will solved. But we are on the right tally the results later. Now it is track and soon there will be no extremely important to reduce shadows or grey zones. prices in practice, to see the re- duction in the final price offered How will EU-subsidised in- and to use it to promote our frastructural funds mod- tourism. We can’t pinpoint ernise Greek tourism? Will losses from the higher tax rate, you remodel old units, or since a drop in consumption is allow them to be turned into 10 ATHENS VIEWS ENERGY FRIDAY 16 AUGUST 2013 Redrawing Europe’s energy map

Greece, Cyprus and Israel sign historic agreement to create A new support pillar new energy routes that could of the EU’s energy security eventually cover half of Europe’s needs

ENVIRONMENT and Energy Minister By Costas Papachlimintzos Yiannis Maniatis insisted on the sig- nificance of the trilateral Memoran- dum of Understanding. he grand vision of Greece, Cyprus The agreement, Maniatis told the and Israel forming an “energy axis” Athens Views, «signifies the creation to channel their gas reserves to of a pole of stability in the wider area the rest of Europe received a T and of a new pillar of support of the boost last week with the signing of a mem- European Union’s energy security». orandum of cooperation, underscoring their Maniatis, who serves also as an as- ultimate goal of redrawing Europe’s energy sociate professor at the University

map. Although the relevant details have yet been of Piraeus, argued that «the mineral

disclosed, the Greek government insists wealth, the hydrocarbon reserves, that in the near future half of the energy the pipelines, the liquified natural needs of the European Union could be met gas plants and the underwater by the combined energy supply of the three [ power cable, are development pro- countries. grammes which contribute to the According to Elias Konofagos, an energy Cypriot Energy, Commerce, Industry and ‘Greece will be able to exploit prosperity of the people of the three expert and former general director of ex- Tourism Minister Yiorgos Lakkotrypis and its natural gas reserves 10-15 countries, as well as to the strength- Greek Environment, Energy and Climate ening of their geopolitical role». ploration and production at Hellenic Petro- years from now but can start leum (Elpe), time is of the essence. “This Change Minister Yiannis Maniatis. Maniatis described Greece’s in- axis will be formed at a time when Europe The opportunities opening up to Greece in benefitting before that period’ volvement in the trans-Adriatic is thirsty for cheap energy”, he told the the energy game also topped the agenda pipeline (TAP) project a «significant of recent talks between Premier Antonis [ success». «The promotion of rele- Athens Views. cubic metres of gas are located in Greece. Samaras and US President Barak Obama. vant important energy investments “It is much cheaper to transfer gas to cen- Speaking on Skai TV on August 9, govern- Washington has grown increasingly wary sends a message of optimism to tral and southern Europe from the reserves ment spokesman Simos Kedikoglou re- of Russia’s grip on European energy mar- Greek society, but also a message off Greece’s shores than, for example, from vealed that Samaras told Obama that the kets and lauded last month’s decision of abroad that our country is politically the ones in Siberia, where most of the estimated combined reserves of Israel, the group developing Azerbaijan’s gas re- stable and investment friendly”.

Russian gas comes from,” Konofagos ar- Cyprus and Greece are enough to cover serves to choose the Trans Adriatic Pipeline Maniatis was appointed Environ- gues. 50 percent of the EU’s (energy) needs for (TAP) via Greece to link to Europe as an ment, Energy and Climate Change The three-party energy memorandum of the next 30 years.

important achievement. Minister in June, after the govern- understanding (MoU) was signed on August Greece’s emerging role in the energy market 8 in Nicosia, Cyprus, by Israeli Energy and “I told the president that we have found ment reshuffle. He served as deputy huge energy resources in our greater re- was also noted by European Commission Water Resources Minister Silvan Shalom, [ minister at the same ministry from President Jose Manuel Barroso, who in- gion”, Samaras said speaking to the press 2009 to 2012. after his meeting with Obama. cluded the Israel-Cyprus-Greece corridor “This axis will be formed at a “Cyprus, Israel and Greece can realign in the new hydrocarbon transport routes during his presentation of the continent’s time when Europe is thirsty those resources in order to be able to sat- isfy European demand, especially for natu- energy priorities to the European Council ested companies that “seismic data includ- for cheap energy” ral gas,” he explained. on May 22. ing marine gravity and magnetic data can According to government aides, Samaras The three energy ministers issued a joint Elias Konofagos be obtained by contacting the PGS Multi- [ told Obama than an estimated 4.7 trillion communiqué regarding the MoU, in which Client team”. special emphasis is given to the project for Konofagos gave credence to the govern- the electricity interconnection of Israel, ment’s claim, insisting that “there is indeed Cyprus and Greece via a subsea cable. a 50 percent chance that the three countries Samaras presses Putin on gas prices Shalom called the agreement a historic one, will be able to cover half of the EU’s energy which “demonstrates the strong and tight- needs.” He added, “This is statistical data Prime Minister Antonis Samaras ening relations between the countries.” He reportedly sent a letter to Russian for political use.” added that the “electric conduit can easily president Vladimir Putin, asking for Konofagos, who is currently executive vice a reduction of the price at which become a cable that will supply and export president for hydrocarbons development Gazprom supplies gas to Greece - electricity to the European energy market, at Flow Energy, explains:“For example, the highest for any EU country. and provide us with energy security.” when Obama discusses with [Russian Pres- Samaras stressed that cheaper energy Natural gas has been discovered offshore ident Vladimir] Putin the oil and gas explo- prices would boost Greek of Israel and Cyprus, while in Greece the ration in the Arctic region, he also uses a competitiveness. The letter was sent Norwegian PGS has conducted seismic re- preliminary estimate of the undiscovered after Gazprom backed down from the searches for hydrocarbons in the Ionian reserves.” acquisition of state gas monopoly Depa Sea and south of Crete. According to Konofagos, Greece will be and after a series of meeting Greek In a press release on July 4, PGS an- industrialists who cited high energy able to exploit its natural gas reserves 10- prices as the biggest obstacle they face nounced that “the first fast-track datasets” 15 years from now, “but can start benefit- are available and notified potentially inter- ting before that period.” FRIDAY 16 AUGUST 2013 NEWS DIGEST ATHENS VIEWS 11

THE HALL tures fromdedicated the temple to ofsculp- the Parthenon inside the Acropolis Museum. According to data from the country’s statistics service ELSTAT, 19 percent more people visited Greece’s museums and 35.4 percent more visited its archaeological sites in the first four months of the year compared to 2012.

Santorini blacks out after power station blaze

SANTORINI, one of the coun- try’s most popular tourist destinations, was left without lights on August 13 when a power station blaze cut off Suspect in Pakistan building collapse detained electricity to the entire island. Mayor Nikos Zorzos said on AN ARCHITECT sought on an international arrest warrant August 14 that power was over a building collapse in Pakistan was detained on Au- being gradually restored to gust 12 by police on the island of Zakynthos. Shaikh Ab- the island. dou Hafeez, 71, who has both British and Pakistani na- The fire started at a power tionalities, was the architect of the Margalla Towers station in Monolithos, some residential complex in Islamabad that came tumbling 9 kilometres southeast of down came, tumbling down killing 78 people following Fira, at around noon and was an earthquake in 2005. 84 people were also injured. doused before it could cause He faces charges of homicide, destruction of public as- major damage or injuries. sets and corruption, according to Greek police. A navy vessel and a passen- He was reportedly due to appear before prosecutors on ger ferry were dispatched to August 14. carry two power generators to the island for use until the power station is fully opera- tional.

Banks cut 5,500 branches Immigrants in detention centre clash with police across Europe in 2012 DOZENS of illegal immigrants being held in a detention cen- BANKS cut 5,500 branches across the European Union last year, tre hurled stones at police 2.5 percent of the total, leaving the region with 20,000 fewer guards and set mattresses on outlets than it had when the financial industry was plunged into fire on August 11 in protest crisis in 2008. Last year’s cuts come after 7,200 branches were over the extension of their de- axed in 2011, according to data tention. More than 50 out of analysed by Reuters from Euro- 1,620 migrants held at the de- pean Central Bank statistics. tention centre of Amygdaleza, Banks across Europe have been near Athens, were arrested closing branches in a bid to trim over the clashes, which broke operating costs and improve out late on August 10. The de- their battered earnings. Con- tainees hurled water bottles sumer take-up of online and and stones at guards and set telephone banking services has garbage bags and mattresses accelerated the trend. on fire, injuring 10 police The data show EU banks cut 8 guards. There were no reports percent of branches in aggre- of injured migrants. Riot police gate in the four years to the end fired teargas to disperse the of 2012, leaving 218,687 crowds, ending the unrest. branches, or one for every 2,300 people. Greece saw one of the Police said 10 migrants had biggest contractions in 2012, shedding 5.7 percent of its outlets, escaped, eight from Pakistan and two from Afghanistan. as mergers of local banks led to 219 branch closures. The trend Greece has been long criticised by human rights groups over the poor conditions at reception is expected to continue into 2013 as Piraeus shuts some of the centres and a very low rate of asylum application approvals, which makes its treatment of illegal 312 branches it snapped up from (Reuters) migrants one of the toughest in the EU. (Reuters) 12 ATHENS VIEWS CULTURE FRIDAY 16 AUGUST 2013 The philosopher’s corner

n the course of my philosophical car- the refusal of the past tradition, returning ather than spinning out the technocracy that is tailoring the indi- rier I was informed about an Old or to a sort of revisiting classic heritage and idea of a political constitution vidual member states without the in- Strong Realism, mainly because my retelling it under many forms of ironical for a world society without a volvement of their populations to the Idoctoral dissertation was on the quotations. Rworld government further, I format of “consolidated” democracies, aesthetics of Thomas Aquinas and the If so, what had these artistic forms of would like to use the example of the that is, of democracies adjusted to un- main problem of that research was not post-modernism to do with the so-called EU crisis to show how rocky the road controlled markets. only what beauty philosophical post-modernism extolled leading to such a constitution is. I am Under the leader- was for Aquinas by philosophers like Lyotard? interested in the stumbling block ship of the Ger- but rather by Certainly the post-modern philosophies posed by the lack of political solidarity, man government, which cognitive celebrated the end of the Great Narra- hence the narrow horizon within which, the European mechanisms we tions, of a transcendental notion of for the present, citizens can be re- Council is adher- perceive beautiful meaning and truth, welcoming multiplic- quired to take the perspectives of their ing to a crisis objects as such – ity and disenchantement, advocating fellow citizens into consideration as agenda that in- taking for granted forms of fragmented or ‖weak‖ thought, well. sists on the prior- that these objects but it seems to me that these currents Let me proceed without further expla- ity of each indi- are really in front were not directly concerned with the nation from the premise that the struc- vidual state of us and are not problem of realism. As a matter of fact tural imbalances between the national balancing its na- a figment of our your thought can be polymorphous and economies of the euro zone are forcing tional budget on imagination. disenchanted, you can give up with the the member states of the European its own. In the crisis-stricken Aquinas was certainly an old re- Global Narration in order to cultivate only Monetary Union to take further steps countries, this policy is adversely alist and, as we could say today, local forms of descripton, without casting toward political integration. The crisis affecting the social security sys- an External Realist: for him the in doubt the existence of an external has taught us that the European Mon- tems, public services, and col- world is there outside us, and it is world that stands in front of your in- etary Union cannot be stabiliσed in the lective goods, which means that such as it is independently of our it is being implemented at the ex- knowledge. pense of the strata of the popu- But Aquinas was also advocating lation that are disadvantaged in a correspondence theory of truth: any case. Changing this requires Umberto Eco we are able to know the world as breaking with the political self-in- our mind were its mirror, by adae- terpretation of nation states ac- quatio rei et intellectus. Such a kind of cording to which each member

realism was extolled by many other state is formally sovereign and Jurgen Habermas philosophers and what always flabber- takes decisions in questions of gast me is that the same position was budgetary, social, and economic policy also maintained by Lenin in his Material- without regard for their side effects on ism and empiriocriticism. Aquinas was other member states, hence, exclu- not certainly a Marxist and it seems hard sively from a national perspective. With to believe that Lenin was a Thomist, but this fiction of national sovereignty, the it simply means that the ideas of the Old governments of the so-called donor Realism were circulating during the cen- countries above all are avoiding requir- turies among various thinkers. ing their electorates to exhibit the req- In opposition to the Old or Strong Realism uisite degree of political solidarity. I met during my life various forms of Tem- A cooperative project undertaken from perate Realism, from Holism and Onto- a joint European perspective to pro- logical Relativity to Internal Realism. But mote growth and competitiveness in at this point it would still be embarrassing the eurozone as a whole would require to recognize and define a New Realism. these countries to accept, in their If I had to explain the attempts to pro- longer- term self-interest, redistribution pose a New Realism to a student I would effects that would be to their disad- say that the appeal to a so-called new vantage in the short and medium realism is a way to react to so-called terms. Political parties avoid the issue post- modern philosophy. But there we of the reasonableness of requiring po- are facing a new conundrum: I confess evitably ―weak‖ interpretations. Simply medium term without a joint fiscal and litical solidarity. I take this as a sign of (and I wrote at least thirty years ago you can be philosophically post-modern economic policy that would extend to political timidity, if not of sheer oppor- about that) that I never clearly under- by assuming that we cannot have a com- other policy fields such as taxation and tunism, in the face of a challenge of stood what is the philosophical post- prehensive and global vision of an unat- social policy. In the long run it will not historical dimensions. Perhaps even a modernism, since it has nothing to do tainable Ding als sich. In this sense a be sufficient to provide loans to the dry philosophical analysis of the con- neither with the literary post-modernism post-modern philosophy is simply a Kan- over-indebted states so that each of cept of solidarity can contribute some- of John Barth, Donald Barthelme and tism without the guarantee of a transcen- them can improve its competitiveness thing to clarifying what is at stake.

Leslie Fiedler nor with the architectural dental form of knowledge. The difference on its own. However, a deepening of

post-modernism of Charles Jenks or is certainly very important but it cannot institutionalized cooperation would de- Robert Venturi. eliminate the ghost of a Thing in Itself. mand more democracy in Europe and 

The literary or architectural post-mod- a corresponding change in the Treaties. Excerpts from the chapter entitled

 ernism was a way to react to the Modern Excerpts from his speech to the In fact, we are witnessing a develop- «The trend towards technocracy and conceptions, mainly those of the avant- Athens Philosophy Congress this ment that is stoking the conflicts be- the lack of solidarity», his speech to gardes of the 20th century: the post- month entitled «Some remarks on a tween the peoples. Europe is being the Athens Philosophy Congress ear- [ modern artists were trying to liquidate New Realism» [ drawn into the slipstream of a form of lier in the month

The literary or architectural post-modernism was a way Under the leadership of the German government, the European Council is to react to the Modern conceptions, mainly those of the adhering to a crisis agenda that insists on the priority of each individual avant-gardes of the 20th century: the post-modern artists state balancing its national budget on its own. In the crisis-stricken were trying to liquidate the refusal of the past tradition, countries, this policy is adversely affecting the social security systems, returning to a sort of revisiting classic heritage and retelling public services, and collective goods...at the expense of the strata [ it under many forms of ironical quotations [of the population that are disadvantaged in any case in-thenews.com 14 ATHENS VIEWS ARTS FRIDAY 16 AUGUST 2013 Under the full moon LL HAIL the full moon of August, the most special night under the sighted low on the horizon, the only reflects 7% of the sunlight, the most charming and colourful starry sky. And there’s a pretty moon appears to be hiding be- due to its irregular surface. Still, astral view of the year, to be cel- good explanation for it too: “A hind trees, antennas and various that’s bright enough to draw out A ebrated with a plethora of noc- lot of people believe that the buildings and this contrast can a large portion of the stars in the turnal activities at archaeological biggest full moon actually takes create an optical illusion that night sky. sites across the country on Au- place in August, but that’s just makes the moon seem even big- Press Rewind, and you’ll find the gust 21. an optical illusion,” says physi- ger.” The constant companion- full moon is associated with dif- But before we get all romantic, cist and astronomer Dionysis ship of the moon, as well as its ferent agricultural tasks every it’s best to set the record Simopoulos, director of the Eu- shape-shifting nature, has al- month, not to mention it was

straight: August 21 is not the so- genides Foundation Planetarium. ways had an almost metaphysi- worshipped as divinity. For an- called supermoon, the biggest “What’s happening is that during cal influence on the human race, cient Greeks and Romans, Se-

full moon of the year. That phe- the summer months, the sun evident in folk songs, supersti- lene, the goddess of the moon, nomenon already sailed past on reaches the highest point above tions and age-old beliefs that are was often identified with June 23, when a slightly bigger the horizon, while the moon does often impossible to shake. And Artemis, who was in the habit of and brighter lunar display sig- the exact opposite. When that’s despite the fact the moon [ illuminating the night for her nalled the moon’s arrival at beloved hunters. The goddess perigee, its closest distance from Carrying on a recent tradition that seems to have of the hunt was Homer’s ideal Earth. But that will not stop the taken deep root, 71 archaeological sites, museums when it came to female beauty, city of Athens, along with dozens while Selene/Artemis was also of other archaeological sites on and cultural spaces will be welcoming the most credited for the refreshing tem- the Greek islands and beyond, peratures that cooled the earth By Despina Pavlaki popular full moon of the year on August 21 from celebrating August 21 as [ down after the scorching Sun

ATHENS conductor Dimitris Mitropoulos the opportunity to shine before get- ting scooped up by the international symphonic community. The orchestra’s current art director is Dimitris Michas. The Acropolis Museum  For more information, visit: www.cityofathens.gr THE ACROPOLIS Museum is the The Numismatic Museum first in line to open its doors to nocturnal visitors on Wednesday, August 21, at 9:30pm, throwing a live music bash featuring the historic Army Band of Athens with a mixed repertory of local and international tunes. The Army Band was founded in 1825 and for years it was the only or- chestra in the country, con- ducted by celebrated maestros, such as Maggel, Kalomiris and Kessaris, while nurturing some very talented soloists. The band sets all notable military events to music and has been repeatedly distinguished in army band fes- tivals around the world. Captain Mike Hasouris will be conducting the orchestra. The Acropolis Museum will remain open from 8am to midnight (free entry for all visitors from 9pm onwards), giving people the opportunity to stroll through the manicured gardens un- der the charming moonlight. WHETHER a happy coincidence or part of the city’s organised noc-  For more information, visit: www.theacropolismuseum.gr/en turnal worship of the full moon, lyricist Lina Nikolakopoulou has chosen the Numismatic Museum’s secret garden to present a hand- picked selection of her favourite songs, as well as popular local The Philopappos Hill melodies from the past few decades, performed by Argyro Kaparou, on August 21. This mini-summer tour, starring our cultural heritage, THE BRASS Ensemble of the her love affair with the Greek language and the fleeting nature of Athens State Orchestra will memory, has been exclusively performed on museum grounds with sweep you off your feet in a night a little help from Yannis Tsolkas on the piano and Panayotis Tsevas full of orchestral music with ele- on the accordion. ments from Greek folk rhythm  For more information, visit: www.nma.gr and melody. The performance will take place at Andiro Pikioni, on Philopappos Hill, at 9:30pm, and entrance is free of charge. The Athens State Orchestra (KOA), first established in 1893, is the principal symphony or- chestra in the history of Greek music. It has been the leading institution to promote the works of local composers, often pro- viding important figures such as FRIDAY 16 AUGUST 2013 ARTS ATHENS VIEWS 15

donesia, where she is still the most popular full moon of the object of tribal worship, recog- year on August 21, a number nized as a force of nature. In that seems to expand exponen- classical times, ancient Greek tially, according to the Central philosophers were able to dis- Archaeological Council. Many solve a lot of the mystery were expecting the government shrouding the volatile moon and to veto opening archaeological determine the cyclical nature of sites across the country for the the lunar phases. They realised upcoming festivities due to fi- the light the moon emanated nancial strains, but Maria An- was nothing but a reflection of dreadaki-Vlazaki, the Culture sunlight, which constantly Ministry’s acting deputy general changed depending on which director of Antiquities and Cul- portion happened to be facing tural Heritage, proved them the Earth at any given time. wrong: “Despite adversity, we Yet, despite the theatrics, the want to offer everyone a fun moon never quite lost its astral night near the monuments. We mystique. Carrying on a recent believe that the full moon festiv- tradition that seems to have ities ought to take place this (who happened to be her her sanctuaries and temples, es- find remote locations in the Aus- taken deep root, 71 archaeolog- year, just like any other, bringing brother, by the way) and often pecially in Arcadia, were usually tralian Outback and the African ical sites, museums and cultural people closer to antiquities un- made it rain. That explains why near lakes or rivers. You can still wilderness, not to mention In- spaces will be welcoming the der the August moon”.

ELEFSINA or collectively observing rare natural phenomena in what has come to be known as “astroparties”. Entrance to the Castle and use of The archaeological site of Eleusis telescopes is free of charge. IF YOU feel like hailing the moon The Archaeological Museum from a different geographical lat- itude with equal archaeological of Thessaloniki gravitas, then you can always try THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL Eleusis, home to the Eleusinian Mu- Mysteries, one of the most fa- seum of Thessaloniki has mous religious events of the an- opted to take it down a cient Greek religion, and the notch with a much more birthplace of Aeschylus. On Au- low-profile performer, sere- gust 21 the famous Eleusis ar- nading the full moon with chaeological site will play host the gentle sound of his gui- to an idiosyncratic quartet made tar. Notis Mavroudis will be up of two singers and two song- strumming the chords to a writers, Melina Kana and Vassilis musical memoir that spans Lekkas opposite Yiorgos An- his entire career with a little dreou and Yiorgos Kazantzis, help from Yiorgos Tosikian combining piano skills and vocal (second guitar) and Morpho acrobatics in a night to remem- Tsaireli (vocals). This com- ber. The two pairs cross-polli- munion of moonlight and nate in a creative encounter that sometimes singles them out, at music will take the audi- other times relying on their combined talent in a repertory that ences on a lyrical journey doesn’t exclusively originate in their own releases, but scales the all the way to Latin America and back, opening a direct channel of heights of recent Greek discography. communication with the stars up above. The concert starts at 9:30pm.  For more information, visit: www.amth.gr THESSALONIKI TINOS The Heptapyrgion The Museum of Marble Crafts

Castle THE CYCLADES Orchestra, led by composer Nikos Kypourgos, will THE 9TH EPHORATE of Byzantine Antiquities present a multi-layered musical evening entitled “Inside the Mu- will be joining the festivities by opening seum”. The first part will feature popular songs from favourite movie the gates of the Heptapyrgion Castle from soundtracks, penned by celebrated Greek songwriters, while the 8pm to midnight, while the Friends of As- second half is dedicated to the well-loved «Edo Lilipoupoli” (Lilliput tronomy Club of Thessaloniki will be Here) children’s radio programme, transmitted by Greek radio be- throwing in a few telescopes for some tween 1976 and 1980 under the artistic direction of Manos Hadji- state-of-the-art stargazing. The site, pop- dakis, a mammoth success and a lasting influence on Greek pop- ularly known by its Ottoman Turkish name ular culture. The music was composed by Kypourgos himself with lyrics by Marianina Kriezi. Entrance is free of charge. Yedi Kule, is a Byzantine- and Ottoman-  era fortress situated on the northeastern For more information, visit: www.piop.gr corner of the acropolis of Thessaloniki. Interestingly, despite its name translating to «Fortress of Seven Towers», it actually features Last but not least, all participating archaeological sites in the Cycladic Islands will synchronize their ten, and was probably named after the Yedikule Fortress in Con- watches to Federico García Lorca’s poetry, as they have all agreed to transmit the recording of the stantinople. As for The Friends of Astronomy Club (est 1997), it’s a “Lament for Ignacio Sanchez Mejias” between 10 and 11pm, as read by Manos Katrakis. staple in local schools and public spaces, organising workshops 16 ATHENS VIEWS ARCHAEOLOGY FRIDAY 16 AUGUST 2013 The Marathon dam: A forgotten tribute to One attraction in the Athens area that until the 1940s and ’50s was considered the second most-popular place after the Acropolis for out-of-town visitors was the Marathon Dam, located just 12km inland from the historic battlefield at ancient Marathon

ence Dam (Switzerland) and, most recently, the Three Gorges Dam (China). What makes the Marathon Dam stand apart from these other man-made edifices, however, are its unusual design, distinctive local materials and singular construction history - all By John Leonard of which look, not forward to cre- ate a striking symbol of modern uring these hot Au- times and technological gust days of Mediter- progress, but backward to evoke ranean summer, even Greece’s Classical past and the Dthe sun at midday inspiration that many Greeks and does not appear to dissuade foreigners alike once took so Athens’ dedicated visitors from deeply from that heritage. seeking out the ancient Acrop- Philhellenism, as it has touched olis and other celebrated histor- upon the history and archaeolog- ical or cultural sites in the city ical monuments of Greece, in par- centre. The Acropolis and its ticular, has taken many forms. Classical monuments - just as German amateur archaeologist they already did for Hellenistic Heinrich Schliemann’s devotion Hoplites, from the and Roman travellers more than to ancient and modern Greece Athens Museum 2,000 years ago - represent the drove him not only to excavate perpetual keystones of Greek important sites described in of various national backgrounds, Lion of Amphipolis were recov- Philanthropy, or Political Conven- tourism. Throughout Greece, the Homer’s epics, but also to con- launched major land reclamation ered, and subsequently restored, ience? American Archaeology in most frequently visited archae- tribute to the Greek state’s plans projects in northern Greece. They to become one of northern Greece, organized by then-direc- ological sites today also include for the public presentation of the drained lakes, straightened rivers, Greece’s most recognizable land- tor Jack Davis and archivist Na- Delphi, Olympia, Knossos and Acropolis - by providing at his cut canals, and constructed marks. talia Vogeikoff-Brogan; then Cape Sounion. The Greek Na- own expense the funds neces- dykes, roads and bridges The philhellenism of American ar- through the release of Susan tional Tourism Organization sary to remove a conspicuous throughout central and eastern chaeologists in Greece during the Heuck Allen’s gripping book,

(www.visitgreece.gr) similarly re- Frankish-era tower in 1875 that Macedonia - to provide further first half of the 20th century has Classical Spies: American Ar- ports, based on visitor feedback until then had partly obscured the agricultural land for Greek lately become a subject of vigor- chaeologists with the OSS in polled on Facebook, “Delphi, 5th century BC Propylaea and refugees from Asia Minor and to ous discussion at the American World War II (University of Michi-

Knossos, the Acropolis of Athena Nike temple. reduce the threat of malaria. It School of Classical Studies at gan Press, 2011); and most re- Athens and Olympia are among Some 50 years later, American was during American dredging of Athens (ASCSA): first through a cently through the publication of the archaeological sites that left and British businessmen, as- the Strymonas River that the mar- workshop held at the school in the 2010 workshop’s papers (un- the most lasting impression on sisted at times by archaeologists ble remains of the monumental May 2010, entitled Philhellenism, [ der the same title) in a special is- those who visited them…” sue of the journal Hesperia (vol. In Athens itself, the most popular Greece in the late 1920s, much like today, was heavily burdened with foreign 82.1, 2013). attractions for visitors, besides Archaeologist Betsey Robinson, the site of the Acropolis, include debt, while also struggling to improve the everyday lives of its burgeoning one contributor to the workshop, the New Acropolis Museum, the citizenry. The great esteem held by Western countries for Greece’s ancient relates that American archaeolo- National Archaeological Museum, heritage seems to have been exploited by powerful parties on both sides of this gists excavating at ancient the Plaka, the Athenian Agora, Corinth became active propo- the Zappeion and surrounding struggle: by the Greek government itself and by foreign companies seeking nents, at least as early as 1913, National Gardens, the Temple of favourable public relations angles in a long-term drive to improve Olympian Zeus and the Pana- the quality of the local village’s thenaic Stadium (often called “the [ Kallimarmaro”, or “beautifully- marbled one”) - home to the first modern Olympics in 1896. Yet nowhere in any of these lists is mentioned one attraction in the Athens area that until the 1940s and ’50s was considered the sec- ond most-popular place (after the Acropolis) for out-of-town visi- tors: Marathon Dam, located just 12km inland from the historic bat- tlefield at ancient Marathon. Such enormous engineering mar- vels, first appearing in the early decades of the 20th century, are still regularly admired all over the world - the Hoover Dam (USA), Aswan Dam (Egypt), Grande Dix-

FRIDAY 16 AUGUST 2013 ARCHAEOLOGY ATHENS VIEWS 17 Greek heritage and American philhellenism[

more than 5,000 Greek workers What makes Marathon Dam stand apart from other man-made edifices, are its unusual (many of them refugees) had design, distinctive local materials and singular construction history - all of which look, fought a modern battle at not forward to create a striking symbol of modern times and technological progress, Marathon and won. In the end, the Marathon Lake and Dam be- but backward to evoke Greece’s Classical past and the inspiration that many Greeks came a much-beloved, scenic and foreigners alike - once took so deeply from that heritage park, outfitted with shady picnic grounds, far from the heat and [ noise of urban Athens. ers capitalized on their country’s reputation as the birthplace of Nevertheless, Ulen’s greater con- Western civilization, both to tribution to Athenian life was the build an identity for the new na- new municipal water system. tion and to attract external in- When the new waterworks were terest and investment.” inaugurated in Athens on June 3, Ulen & Company and John 1931, beside a temporary foun- Monks & Sons were two of the tain erected near the temple of well-connected American com- Olympian Zeus, the ceremony panies that secured contracts to marked an exhilarating, emotional improve Greece’s infrastructure. moment in the formative stages Between 1925 and 1931 Ulen of Greek-American relations. completed the Marathon Water- As a band played the Greek na- works. Beginning in 1929 - on tional anthem and the American the eve of the American Great “Star Spangled Banner”, Prime Depression - it also joined forces Minister Eleftherios Venizelos with Monks in the widespread turned on the tap. Robert P. effort to rehabilitate northern cated US ambassador to Greece ments, made blueprints and ulti- Skinner, then US ambassador to Greek lands. Lincoln MacVeagh (1933-1941). mately produced an exact Greece (1926-1932), later Ulen’s Marathon project included Erected between 1927 and 1929, replica. recorded: «The Athenians had construction of the dam, an the Marathon Dam did not re- The symbolism inherent in the never seen or dreamed of such aqueduct system between semble modern, smooth-sided Marathon Dam’s design - recall- a spectacle. It was too wonder- Marathon and Athens, a network dams being built elsewhere, ing Athenian victory over the Per- ful. I expected to hear roars of of urban water mains and a water Robinson notes, but instead the sians at Marathon in 490 BC, as applause, but there was no ap- treatment plant. Ulen also stepped auditorium of an ancient memorialized by the Athenian plause, only emotion. The Athe- water supply and consequently cleaned, repaired and amplified Greek theatre. Furthermore, treasury at Delphi and the monu- nians were too astonished at its public health. the Roman emperor Hadrian’s Gausmann sheathed the dam’s mental, Pentelic-marble buildings their good fortune to cheer. The fascinating details behind original aqueduct, on which the exterior surfaces with a distinctive of the Athenian Acropolis - ame- Many were weeping.» the construction of Marathon city of Athens had relied for more “mosaic” pattern of polygonal liorated Ulen’s difficult position in The large hexagonal fountain vis- Dam and the recovery and than 1,800 years. As a further marble blocks quarried from Greece. As a foreign company, ible today in Athens opposite the restoration of the Amphipolis measure to conserve fresh water, nearby Mt. Penteli, which bring with unfamiliar business prac- entrance to the Zappeion, with Lion, also reported by Robinson, Ulen installed a salt-water distri- to mind the white Pentelic marble tices, perceived publicly as re- its signature polygonal masonry recall a richly productive, now- bution system for sewer flushing, also employed in the 5th c. BC sponsible for the additional “Ulen distinctive to Ulen constructions, nearly-forgotten era in early 20th street sprinkling and firefighting. Parthenon and other monuments tax” required by the Greek gov- was a gift to the Greek State in c. Greece when archaeologists, The design and ornamentation of built on the Athenian Acropolis ernment to pay for the new wa- 1932 from Henry Ulen, founder antiquarians, Big-Business ty- Marathon Dam was largely the during Pericles’ leadership. terworks, Ulen’s popularity wa- of the company, who wished to coons, politicians, diplomats, product of Roy W. Gausmann, Lastly, Gausmann created a mon- vered during the course of the commemorate the service per- hydraulic engineers and other Ulen’s leading engineer on the umental entrance-building for ac- Marathon project. formed by his many Greek em- members of the Greek and for- Marathon project, who, having cess to the dam’s internal plumb- Whether a product of Gaus- ployees during the Marathon wa- eign public - all inspired or mo- developed a great respect for ing, which stands at the dam’s mann’s antiquarian interests, his terworks project. tivated in their own ways by Greece and its heritage, contin- eastern, downstream foot and is philhellenic impulse, or a calcu- Marathon Dam is currently ex- Greece’s venerable past - ued to live and work in Athens identical to the Athenian Treasury lated public relations strategy, periencing a revival of public in- worked together to achieve ad- until forced to flee the Nazi inva- at ancient Delphi. Ulen’s conspicuous embrace of terest. Although the original park mirable goals. In the 1920s and sion of 1941. Over the course of Gausmann reveals in his memoirs classical imagery and symbol- with the replica of the Athenian ’30s, for both personal and pub- 15 years Gausmann acquired a that the inspiration behind the de- ism - amplified by the world me- Treasury at the dam’s foot is now lic gain, they reshaped the Greek circle of friends that shared his sign of the Marathon Dam en- dia - played well to both Greek closed, the southern picnic landscape, brought water to a interest in ancient Greece, includ- trance came from a tourist visit and American audiences. Like grounds remain accessible and “thirsty Athens” and reduced ing archaeologists from the to Delphi by Ulen engineers. On the ancient Greeks before them, a cool, pleasant café overlooks disease within the borders of the ASCSA and the classically-edu- a return visit, they took measure- Ulen’s engineers and army of the dam’s northern end. newly crowded modern Greek state. Greece in the late 1920s, much like today, was heavily burdened with foreign debt, while also struggling to improve the every- day lives of its burgeoning citi- zenry. The great esteem held by Western countries for Greece’s ancient heritage seems to have been exploited by powerful par- ties on both sides of this strug- gle: by the Greek government it- self and by foreign companies seeking favourable public rela- tions angles. According to Robinson, “As Greece aspired to become a modern nation, and Athens a world city, Greek lead- 18 ATHENS VIEWS ARTS FRIDAY 16 AUGUST 2013 The storms in the soul of Odysseus, the king of Ithaca

Homer’s hero, the ideal man, represents a symbol derived from ancient Greek patrimony, which the poet’s spirit decoded, analysed with remarkable craftsmanship, and delivered to perpetuity

Odysseus’ personality in order to rein in his passion, to moderate the storms of his soul. But Homer per- sonally identifies with his hero, and he himself succumbs to the same ambivalence. Hard as he tries to idealize Odysseus’ personality and ethos, he describes many ele- By Panos Sykiotis ments that reveal the intense con- tradictions of his own psychic con- omer begins the dition. Odyssey as follows: It is not by chance that Homer se- “Tell me, Muse, lects the goddess Athena to assist H about the artful man and advise him. who wandered so far after man- For the ancient Greeks, Athena aging to take the holy city of Troy, was not only the goddess of wis- saw the lands of many people and dom, arts and letters, but also the became familiar with their cus- goddess of war. These character- toms, and heartrendingly suffered istics represent a portrait and like- ness incarnate of the ideal many sorrows at sea as he tried Penelope and one of her suitors. Insert: Homer to save himself and bring his com- man, “kalou kagathou”, upstand- panions back to their native land”. ing and virtuous, beautiful in body We notice from the very beginning and soul. logical analysis, but also in strength ning, scheming, arrogant, timid. that Homer sketches the person- This ideal man, therefore, the man and pathos. Homer defends every- But at the end of his tragedy he ality of Odysseus in a generous of Homer, the hero Odysseus, rep- where the moral picture of portrays him as virtuous, magnan- way. He is clever, crafty. However, resents a symbol of the people Odysseus. He presents him as re- imous and wise. In the tragedy the equilibrium of his psychic con- and the poet. It is a symbol de- spectful of the gods and the laws. Philoctetes, Sophocles describes dition will undergo many trials. rived from ancient Greek patri- His attitude towards others is por- him as hard, unhesitating, of base

Sometimes he will be enthusiastic, mony, which the poet’s spirit de- trayed usually as amicable, hu- morality …. Again he presents him brave, euphoric, eager to try, to coded, analyzed with remarkable mane and compassionate. as the illegitimate son of Sisyphus, conquer, to fall in love, and other craftsmanship, and delivered to In contrast, the tragic poets do not who was bought by Laertes. times he will suffer much bitter- perpetuity. accept the embellished portrait of Euripides, in the tragedy Iphigenia ness, disappointment and frustra- This man/hero became the repre- Odysseus. They, as skillful analysts in Aulis, introduces Odysseus as tion. sentative of the Greek nation, who and explorers of the subconscious, forcefully pressuring for the sacri- [ herald declares the decree to An- From the beginning of the always believed in contemplation, are concerned in their works not fice of Iphigenia when the rest, ie dromache. Odyssey, therefore, Homer pre- Agamemnon her father, Talthivios: “They will kill your son. pares us for the ambivalence that Clytemnestra her mother, Homer personally identifies with his hero, and he See how you are informed of bad will plague the heart of his hero. Menelaus and Achilles, try to save tidings”. But the name “Odysseus’’ is not himself succumbs to the same ambivalence. Hard as her. In this play Odysseus is again Andromache: “Alas, it is yet worse given by chance; it comes from the revealed demeaningly as an illegit- he tries to idealize Odysseus’ personality and ethos, than my new wedding”. verb odysomai, which means, I feel imate son of Sisyphus. Sisyphus he describes many elements that reveal the intense Talthivios: “In the conference of the pain; in other words, I am grieving, is a hero of Greek mythology, fa- Greeks, the opinion of Odysseus I am afflicted, I am much suffering. contradictions of his own psychic condition mous for his cunning. According prevailed”. Homer tries to embellish to the myth, he managed to cheat [ both Death and Hades. In the Hecuba, mourning her grandson only with the hero’s outward rep- tragedy The Trojans, Euripides por- Astyanax, says, “You deserve more resentation, but more so with what trays Odysseus as hard and un- honour than the weapons of the is hidden in the depth of his soul, feeling. The Trojans refers to the wicked and wise Odysseus”. in his subconscious, whereas aristocratic women of Troy, who, In another tragedy of Euripides, Homer is kind towards Odysseus. after the defeat, were destined to Hecuba, the chorus declares to He tries to hide the catastrophic be divided as slaves among the Hecuba the decision to and instinctive impetuousness of Greek conquerors. sacrifice her daughter Polyxeni on the hero. Odysseus successfully Hecuba, wife of Priam, king of Troy, the tomb of Achilles. Chorus: repels his aggression, according and mother of Hector, is given to “Those who discussed the matter to the disposition of Homer. Odysseus. Cassandra, his daugh- came out equal–minded, until the The tragic poets, and especially ter, is given to Agamemnon. An- opinionated Odysseus, flatterer of Sophocles and Euripides, accus- dromache, wife of Hector, is given the masses, long–winded, sweet– tomed to analyzing the conditions to Neoptolemos, son of Achilles. talker, convinced the whole army of the soul of the heros in their At the urging of Odysseus, Polyx- not to slight the first among the tragedies, discover hidden in the eni, another daughter of Priam, is Achaeans over the slaughter of a behaviour of Odysseus the uncon- sacrificed on the tomb of Achilles slave. And soon Odysseus will scious clashes and paradoxes of and Astyanax, the young son of come here to forcefully take from Odysseus his personality. Sophocles, in the Hector and Andromache, is thrown your embrace your tender daugh- and the tragedy “Ajax”, presents him as the over the city walls and killed. ter”. In this tragedy, Odysseus is Sirens illegitimate son of Sisyphus: cun- From The Trojans, Talthivios the portrayed as a great talker, manip- FRIDAY 16 AUGUST 2013 ARTS ATHENS VIEWS 19

In search of Mona Lisa

RESEARCHERS opened a centuries-old Florence tomb last week in a search for remains that could confirm the identity of the woman whose enigmatic smile Leonardo da Vinci immortalised in the «Mona Lisa», one of the world’s most famous paintings. A round hole, just big enough for a person to wriggle through, ulator of the peo- was cut in the stone church floor above the family crypt of Flo- psychological ple, unhesitating, rentine silk merchant Francesco del Giocondo, whose wife balance. How- hard, forceful and Lisa Gherardini is thought to have sat for the Renaissance ever, under this graceless. master in the early 16th century. precarious bal- Homer, although Theories abound about who the real Mona Lisa was, but Silvano ance are hidden avoiding judgment Vinceti, a writer and researcher who heads Italy’s National doubt and anxiety. on many of Committee for the Promotion of Historic and Cultural Heritage, After the return to Odysseus’ actions, plans to test DNA in the bones in the dank space and try to Ithaca, Odysseus which in keeping with match it with those of three women buried at a convent nearby. again leaves his family prevailing morality would Historians say Gherardini - whose married name ‘Gioconda’ is and continues his wander- come under censure, neverthe- used in Italy to refer to the Mona Lisa - spent her last years at ing. It is almost certain that man less describes them in detail, and the Saint Orsola convent, a dilapidated building where the hunt throughout his entire life continues on occasion justifies them as the for her bones began last year. Other to seek, and tries to realize, the result of the will of the gods, or passions prevail: hate, murder, re- ideal mother of his childhood that even the pronouncement of the or- venge, destruction. In the soul of he never knew. The storms within acle. Therefore, manifestations of the hero, the time has come for the soul of the small child carry on the unconscious clashes in the the Apollonian order to be re- thoughout his whole life. The soul of Odysseus guide the hero’s placed by the Dionysian disorder. storms in the soul of the ordinary actions, but when they could be Odysseus becomes intoxicated person, however, are manifest dif- condemned by common logic and with the desire for revenge and ferently from those of the heroes morals, then the poet stresses that punishment of the suitors. The such as Odysseus or the poets it is not the fault of the hero but of storms of his soul, which for so such as Homer. some god or oracle. many years he has tried to restrain, Certainly the subconscious Reading the Homeric epics we unleash themselves uncontrollably. clashes of the soul, the contrasts notice that Odysseus is associated He is overcome by frenzy. Nothing and paradoxes, are the with various female characters in moves him, not even the pleading common element of the works of different ways. At the beginning of of the suitors. All who tried to be- the great creators, poets, writers the expedition, at Aulis, only he in- come lover-husbands of Penelope, and artists. It is the archtypical el- sists and succeeds in the in his mind hateful paternal sub- ement of the collective subcon- killing/sacrifice of Iphigenia. After stitutes for the cunning treachery scious that is expressed in the the conquest of Troy, he insists on and faithlessness of Sisyphus, works of these creators and which killing Polyxeni. He takes as Vinceti believes one of the three could be Lisa Gherardini. must die. But this vengeful mania emanates from their talent. About slave Hecuba, although she saved «For centuries, historians the world over have been coming up of Odysseus does not stop. After this ability of the creators, Freud

his life when he sneaked into Troy. with various theories about who this enigmatic, mysterious the killing of the suitors comes the writes in his book Psychoanalysis From Odysseus’ behaviour to- woman could have been,» he told journalists outside the San- punishment of the unfaithful and Literature, “Our method, that wards these women, we note an tissima Annunziata basilica in Florence. maids, the maternal or conjugal is psychoanalysis, consists of the

unjustified and deadly aggression Vinceti hopes some of the bones lying in the cramped under- faithless substitutes. These will be conscious observation of the ab- towards the female race emanat- ground room behind the Santissima Annunziata’s main altar killed by his son Telemachus. Not, normal proceedings of the soul to- ing from his soul. Subsequently, will belong to at least one blood relation of Leonardo’s muse, however, with his phallic-like arms wards others in order to guess and [ probably her son Piero. he is attached amorously to Circe such as sword, spear or arrow, but formulate the laws that govern Once a DNA match is made, Vinceti says an image of Gherar- them. The creator surely follows dini’s face can be generated from the Saint Orsola skull and in another way: he guides his at- Manifestations of the unconscious clashes in the soul compared with the painting, the biggest attraction in the Louvre tention to the unconscious inside museum in Paris. of Odysseus guide the hero’s actions, but when they his own soul, watches vigilantly «When we find a match between mother and child - then we could be condemned by common logic and morals, the possible developments and will have found the Mona Lisa,» he said. (Reuters) gives them an artistic expression, then the poet makes plain to stress that it is not the instead of suppressing them with fault of the hero but of some god or oracle conscious criticism. So he derives from himself what we learn study- [ ing others, that is which laws must for one year; then follows the sea by decapitation, characteristic the function of the unconscious Dylan to exhibit artwork in London voyage Nekia, which ends up in symbolism in keeping with the pro- follow, but he does not need to Hades. There, amongst others, he hibition of incest. express these laws, nor does he NEW PASTEL portraits by American singer sees his mother Antikleia, who in- The disposition of Odysseus to- know them with scientific assur- Bob Dylan will go on show for the first forms him that she died of a wards female persons or maternal ance, as they are embodied in time at London’s National Portrait Gallery broken heart at his delayed return substitutes is analogous to his their works on account of their tal- next month, the gallery said this week. to Ithaca. This brings him grief. identities. That is, he identifies ent”. The 12 new works in the «Bob Dylan Face When he meets Calypso his sor- them with the good or bad experi- We, who specialize in the health Value» exhibition in September represent row is dispelled and replaced by ences of his childhood. In these of the mind and are preoccupied the latest portrait studies from the «Blowin’ in the Wind» singer euphoria. He enjoys a passionate female personas he seeks the with the mysteries of the human who has sketched and drawn since childhood, but only began affair with her for seven years. imaginary good mother of his soul, have a vision and a purpose exhibiting six years ago. After seven years he is again over- childhood, the ideal standard of for our fellow men, which is ex- «Bob Dylan is one of the most influential cultural figures of our whelmed with sadness. He wishes faith and devotion. At the end of pressed in the ancient Greek Del- time,» National Portrait Gallery Director Sandy Naime said in a to return to Ithaca, near his wife every relationship, however, there phic maxim, “Know thyself”. statement. and son. After the island of Ca- is disappointment and disillusion- The portraits represent characters, with an amalgamation of fea- lypso he arrives at the island of ment. The homesickness, the tures Dylan has collected from life, memory and his imagination  Phaiakos, where the king’s daugh- longing for the return to Ithaca to Panos Sykiotis, Md, Phd, and fashioned into people, some real and some fictitious. ter Nausicaa falls in love with him. the good and fantasized mother is a neurologist, psychiatrist Dylan, 72, has exhibited previous art collections of sketches, But Odysseus does not recipro- Penelope, and to the narcissistic and psychoanalyst, a member gouaches and watercolours in the past in other cities around cate this love. As he approaches substitute of his son, are the main of the American Psychological the world. Ithaca, his amorous instincts wane. factors which help him sustain his Society 20 ATHENS VIEWS PLANNING AHEAD FRIDAY 16 AUGUST 2013 Gas it up!

Adding some industrial light and magic to your standard ancient Greek ruin itinerary at the Industrial Gas Museum

or those of you looking for sight- seeing variety, the Industrial Gas Museum is a great way to add Fsome industrial light and magic to your standard ancient Greek ruin itin- erary. It’s been a few months since the Athens Gasworks reopened its gates to the pub- lic, 30 years after operations closed down. The company was established in

1857, in order to facilitate the urban de- mand for public lighting. Along with the

Douroutis silk mill (est 1854), they were Athens’ first two industrial plants and subsequent landmarks for the city’s fi- nancial development. They even lent their [ names to the surrounding neighbour- hoods: Metaxourgio (ie silk mill) and working conditions and old/new forms of Gazohori (ie gas village). The gasworks energy unfolds before the visitors’ very was the first energy production unit in all The building complex once hosting this powerhouse operation was eyes through original objects, equipment, of Greece and its key location soon restored in 2004 and handed over to the City of Athens for cultural photographs, audio testimonials and spurred further growth, rendering Pireos events, renamed the “Technopolis Park at Gazi video projections that will change the way Street the city’s largest industrial zone you perceive industry forever. for several decades. Some 30 years after [  The Industrial Gas Museum shutdown, the plant’s impressively well- erhouse operation was restored in 2004 now known as the Industrial Gas Mu- (100 Pireos St, Gazi, tel 210-347- preserved facilities have come to life and handed over to the City of Athens seum. A quick visit before you rejoin the 5518, 210-345-3548) is open year- again, forming a part of the Industrial Mu- for cultural events, renamed the “Tech- standard sightseeing circuit will convince round. Summertime opening hours seum’s rich collection, along with several nopolis Park at Gazi”. In 2011 a group of you it was well worth the wait. A decade- (April-October) are: Tue – Sun, 10am objects harvested from the plant. The top-tier museum experts, engineers and by-decade narrative, showcasing indus- -6pm. For more information, building complex once hosting this pow- historians was hired to create what is trial heritage, entrepreneurship, factory visit www.technopolis-athens.com

THEATRE The Trojan Women

 August 23 & 24 at the ancient theatre of Epidaurus (www.greekfestival.gr) HOW does life go on after a major defeat? How do people define themselves when the world around them falls to pieces? Euripides’ Trojan Women serves as a warning act in the dead calm that follows every major disaster. 32 musicians and 14 actors perform a musical reading of the ancient Greek classic, charting the triumph of the victors through the suffering and devastation of the defeated

ARCHAEOLOGY Bréal Cup

 August 28 at the Acropolis Museum (15 Dionysiou Areopagitou St, tel 210-9000- 900, www.theacropolismuseum.gr). THE ACROPOLIS Museum presents the historic ‘Bréal Cup’ awarded to Spyros Louis, the winner of the marathon race at the inaugural Modern Olympic Games in 1896. The silver cup, donated by the famous philhellene and linguist Michel Bréal, was acquired by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation at an auction held at Christie’s. The Cup will be displayed in the Acropolis Museum foyer with free entry during Museum opening hours

ART Passages of Substance

 till September 8 at the Byzantine and Christian Museum (22 Vas. Sofias Ave, tel 213-2139-572, www.byzantinemuseum.gr) THE INSTALLATION «Passages of Substance» by Kalliopi Lemos engages in a mental di- alogue with Soren Kierkegaard, the father of Christian existentialism. A long wooden boat carries twelve, semi-abstract haunted heads as a symbol of the lonely search for self- awareness. This work was created to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Danish philosopher and religious thinker’s birth FRIDAY 5 AUGUST 2013 PLANNING AHEAD ATHENSVIEWS 21

Time, Form, Concept

 till September 1 at the National Archaeological Museum (1 Tositsa St, tel 210-8217-724, www.namuseum.gr)

THIS AGGELIKA Korovessi showcase includes a retrospective selection of the artist’s works from the late 1980s to the present day, as well as works specifically created for the museum halls. Exploring the relationship between contemporary and ancient Greek sculpture, it provides the visitor with an opportunity to compare and contemplate art, not only International Classical from an artistic point of view but also from a sociological, philosophical Music Festival of the Cyclades and historical perspective

 till August 24 at the Apollo Theatre (Ermoupolis, Syros, tel 22810-85192, www.festivalcyclades.com)

THE 9TH International Classical Music Festival of the Cyclades will be showcasing some of the world’s top talent on the island of Syros with a view to mobilizing classical music lovers to visit Greece, turning this trip into an annual pilgrimage. 50 Years Since The festival’s programme includes a three-day tribute to Giuseppe Verdi, to be hosted at the Apollo Theatre, once a wooden house serving military troupes, now Grigoris Lambrakis’ transformed into Syros’ crown jewel Assassination  till December 31 at the Hellenic Parliament Foundation’s Exhibition Hall (14 Amalias Ave, http://foundation.parliament.gr).

THE HELLENIC Parliament Foundation presents an exhibition depicting the violent attack against two Greek MPs, Grigoris Lambrakis and George Tsarouhas, on May 22 1963, in Thessaloniki. The life and times of the two MPs are illustrated through digital photos, newspapers, journals, letters, handwritten notes, artworks and films. The exhibition sheds light on the literary, artistic and media aspects of the events and their significance, then and now

Deste Prize 2013 Bedrooms  till September 30 at the Museum of Cycladic Art (4 Neofytou Douka  till September 2 at Metamatic:taf (5 Normanou St, Monastiraki, St, Kolonaki, tel 210-722-8321, tel 210-323-8757, www.theartfoundation.gr). www.cycladic.gr).

BEDROOMS is an archive of twenty-four bedrooms photographed between June THE SIX shortlisted artists for the Deste Prize 2013 - Marianna Christofides, Elias and July 2012 by decaArchitecture, documenting the prevalent typologies of Papaeliakis, Michail Pirgelis, Kostas Sahpazis, Maria Theodorakis, Alexandros Athenians’ sleeping quarters along with the emerging cultural diversity hidden Tzannis - will present work in an exhibition hoping to engage a younger audience, inside the generic framework of the city fabric. The installation was first presented bring the public up to date with developments in contemporary cultural production at the 13th Venice Architecture Biennale and open up a dynamic space for the exchange of ideas

Modern Greek Art:

Treasures from the THE SOFITEL Athens Airport Averoff Museum is hosting works from the “Connections” collection of  till September 20 at the B&M internationally renowned Theocharakis Foundation (9 Vass Sofias Ave Greek artist Mark Hadjipa- & 1 Merlin St, tel 210-361-1206, www.thf.gr). teras. His works are exhib- Connections ited throughout the hotel TREASURES from the excellent Evangelos Averoff (lobby, entrance, bar), while  till the fall at Sofitel Athens collection, along with the museum’s latest acqui- the famous Jongleur sculp- Airport (Athens International sitions, reveal a new aspect of Greek painting from ture is displayed outside Airport “Eleftherios Venizelos”, the 19th century until today. Ancient artefacts, the front entrance, greeting Spata, tel 210-354-4000, icons, post-Christian and religious items, jewellery, hotel guests and travellers www.sofitel.com) guns and books are a few of the collectibles re- passing through Athens In- vealing Evangelos Averoff’s love for Greek culture ternational Airport 22 ATHENS VIEWS TRAVEL FRIDAY 16 AUGUST 2013 TheThe MiracleMiracle WorkerWorker

Pilgrims throng to the island of Tinos on August 15 to seek the blessing of the Virgin Mary

By Maria Paravantes

he arrival of a ferryboat to any Greek island has always been good Tcause for celebration. In the late ’60s and ’70s, it meant foodstuffs and goodies from rel- atives in Athens. In the ’80s and early ’90s it transported tourists, their odd habits, fresh outlook and, of course, money. And to- day, the “vapori” (the ship) signi- The Church of the Panagia (Virgin Mary) fies change, something that will break the day’s routine and offer Theotokou, meaning Her “falling deep in the backyard of Tinos lo- church on your left, barely visible Holy Foundation of the Evagge- a welcome distraction from the asleep” and ascension). cal Antonis Doxaras’ yard. It was under the dedications (“tamata”), listria, founded in 1825, is a self- often unbearably slow-paced life Orthodox Christians across the a miracle... is the small unassuming icon. governed and self funded char- of the isle. globe venerate the Holy Mother. The news spread like wildfire Around it hang thousands of vo- itable institution. Utilising The only shipload of people that On Tinos, this day has added sig- throughout a country enveloped tive offerings made of gold, sil- dedications, contributions and begs to differ pulls into the har- nificance as it is here, under the in a bloody revolution against ver, bronze, and wood. The of- donations, it is active in charity bour of the Cycladic island of massive marble church, that her 400 years of Ottoman rule. It was ferings are in the shape of arms, work, education, scholarship Tinos early in the morning of Au- icon was found. seen as a divine sign. The vil- legs, eyes and any other failing and welfare and is run by a com-

gust 15. lagers immediately began build- human organ that needs a mir- mittee made up of Orthodox The vision

This is no ordinary day and these ing a temple in her honour on the acle to be healed. Some are Tinians and presided over by the spot where the icon was found artsy, others plain, and few are Metropolitan Bishop of the Cy- are not your usual tourists. As the On July 1822, a nun, Pelagia from and Independence fighters kitschy. But all humbly ask for clades. vessel’s flap door drops open, the “Our Lady of Angels” (Kyra [ rushed to the island to worship the same thing. For the Virgin G On the road again… Ships to swarms of people, many dressed ton Aggelon) monastery in the vil- Tinos depart daily from the in black, others dragging whining lage of Kechrovouni, had a vision ports of Rafina, Piraeus or children, some in wheelchairs and of the Virgin who revealed the Believers crawled all the way up from the port Lavrio. The trip lasts anywhere others with canes, barely able to location of the icon. Legend has to the church as a “tama” (a sign of devotion) between three to five hours de- walk, emerge in an eager thrust. it that she asked Pelagia to notify to the Virgin in return for a miracle pending on the ferry service. Hardcore believers get down on authorities where to excavate. [ Visiting Tinos is best in Sep- their knees, one behind the other, Pelagia was reluctant at first but the icon and receive its blessing. to work her wonder. tember or June or during Or- and take their place on a dark red the Virgin appeared again in two Construction work was com- The devout come here from all thodox Easter. carpet that runs along the port, more visions and she was finally pleted in 1880 with marble over the country. Diaspora G Settle down… in any of the spiraling through town up the convinced to take action. Months brought in from the neighbouring Greeks make a pilgrimage during seaside villages of Tinos, in- main road to the church of the of digging went by but no icon islet of Delos. their summer visit to the home- cluding Ysternia, Agios Yiannis Panagia (Virgin Mary). was to be found. land. They ask for a cure, help in Porto, Agios Romanos, Agios This Virgin Mother is unlike others Instead, ancient ruins of the tem- August 15 find a missing relative (usually Sostis, Agios Fokas. found in Greece. She is the Mira- ple of Dionysus surfaced. The sailors), guidance, or simply to G Indulge in … “kopanisti” cle Worker. This is the “Panagia digging would stop amid disap- On this day, the church, the sur- thank the Holy Mother for an- cheese, “louza” ham, baby ar- tis Tinou”, which since 1823, pointment and then again divine rounding streets and homes are swering their prayers. Some of tichokes with eggs (“froutalia”), when her icon was discovered, revelations would prompt new at- elaborately decorated. The cen- the offerings are inspired works tomato fritters (“tomatokeft- has allegedly performed count- tempts. tral road paved with white marble, of art. edes”), dishes with capers and less miracles. Finally, on the morning of January named “Megalocharis” (The Gift One such token of gratitude is a of course fresh fish. For the On this day, a feast is held com- 30, 1823, the icon, broken in two, Giving), overflows with visitors silver orange tree one sees upon sweet tooth: sweet cheese memorating the Dormition of the partially burnt and covered in soil, while the faithful stand patiently entering the church. It is said that pies, fritters with thyme honey, Virgin Mary (Koimisis tis was unearthed. The Panagia lay in line to worship the icon of the Panagia. Beside them are the the man who made this master- “amygdalota” (Greek maca- kneeling believers who have piece in her honour was blind. roons), Tinos’ famed “pastel” crawled all the way up to the The Virgin answered his prayers (sesame and honey bar) church as a “tama” (a sign of de- and he offered an exquisitely wrapped in lemon tree leaves. G votion) to the Virgin in return for crafted orange tree of silver as it Don’t forget to buy… capers, Her miracle. was the first thing he saw upon baby artichokes, sun dried The word “tama” derives from the gaining his eyesight. tomatoes, “kopanisti” cheese, verb “tazo” which means to vow Many of the dedications (votives) “louza” ham, “pasteli”, “amyg- or promise something. Tiny are located in a specially created dalota”. Local producers sell in shops lining the main thorough- museum in the courtyard of the the open-air market (“laiki”) in fare are crammed with hanging church. The museum also houses Tinos town. Ask for directions. G tokens and votive candles in dif- the medals of Olympic champi- Truth or dare… make sure to ferent shapes and sizes. Worship- ons Stelios Miyiakis (wrestling) go to at least one “panigyri” - pers stop here to carefully select and Pyrros Dimas (weightlifter) open-air fair held usually in the the votive that best represents who dedicated them to the Pana- church courtyard or central their needs. gia for her divine “intervention”. square with traditional instru- At the end of the staircase, lead- Besides serving as a temple of mentalists, song, island dance, Pilgrims on their way... ing to the main entrance of the prayer, the Panagia of Tinos-The food and wine. FRIDAY 16 AUGUST 2013 SHIPPING ATHENSVIEWS 23 Spyros Polemis: ‘Without shipping, the world would freeze and starve’

There is no question that during a downturn there are opportunities to be had and Greek shipowners have already demonstrated they can navigate stormy seas - according to Spyros Polemis, chairman and managing director of Seacrest Shipping, whose family involvement in the industry stretches back over 200 years. A former chairman of the International Chamber of Shipping, Polemis stresses the industry’s crucial role in global economy and is upbeat about the future of Greek shipping

What is the status of the ship- ping industry today, particularly Greek shipping? The shipping industry is the biggest in the world. It transports over 90 percent of all raw materi- als and finished goods that the By Angeliki Xylaki world’s citizens need. For exam- ple, I often say that without ship- ping, half the world would freeze, and the other half would starve. Athens Views: Your family has Globalisation would not have been involved in the maritime been possible without shipping, tradition for more than 200 and this has helped to improve years. What business model cause, as I said previously, the about the so-called new eco ships the standards of living for millions did your ancestors have, and Greeks are flexible and can adapt that people have not considered of people throughout the world is it still applicable today? to circumstances. Although China properly the huge CO2 footprint of and also created wealth. is a world economic power, it may building a new ship. From an en- Spyros Polemis: My family does In terms of Greece, sailors and not feature in shipping to the same vironmental point of view, the CO2 indeed have a history in shipping shipowners have obviously helped extent it did in the past. This is emissions in creating this new of over 200 years, from both their country to a very great ex- because of the recent phenome- vessel will be much higher than sides of the family, my father’s tent. From the battle of Salamis in non of reverse globalisation, ie the the difference in fuel consumption and mother’s families. The busi- 480 BC, to the War of Independ- shifting of some manufacturing between an existing ship and a ness model in the early years ence in 1821, to the First and Sec- closer to the wealthy consumers new, more economical vessel. was that they would invest as a ond World Wars, Greek shipping of the West. This charge for new eco ships has family but they would also invite has played a very important role. been driven by some people who other seafarers to participate. Greek shipowners spent all their The replacement of existing have a different agenda. As I said, The male members were almost fortunes during the War of Inde- vessels with new vessels, tech- it is to everyone’s advantage to always captains; brothers would pendence, and Greek shipping continue to be successful. nologically improved and envi- continue to improve ship effi- sometimes serve together, rotat- has been contributing very large ronmentally friendly, looks like ciency, as has always been the ing the position of master be- sums of money to Greece over re- What is the future of Greek ship- a new necessity. Do you agree? case over the past few decades, tween them on different voyages, cent years, reaching USD25 billion ping and what role will China You have touched upon a rather but this must be done gradually and whenever they could they and more at times, and about play as a leading power in the serious problem. Of course there and as each existing vessel be- USD180 billion during the last ten would invest in a new vessel. global economy? is no question that a ship’s effi- comes obsolete. Junking perfectly years. The crew were almost always I am optimistic about the future of ciency will continue to improve, good existing vessels is totally In addition, many shipping families from the same island or area as the Greek shipping industry, be- but there has been so much hype wrong. We should rather be con- the family, and this made for a have quietly been involved in centrating on improving their effi- many land-based projects in very close-knit, small community ciency for the rest of their useful Greece, and have done much onboard. life, as we progressively replace charitable work which is not very This business model served our Who’s who them with more efficient vessels. family well, and it has continued well known to the wider public. until today. BORN IN GREECE, Polemis was educated in Can the shipping industry help Do the Greeks have the same Athens, London and the United States, where put Greece back on the road to You have been chairman and dynamic they had in previous he obtained a Degree in Mechanical Engineering, recovery? managing director of Seacrest decades to get ahead and make majoring in Naval Architecture. As I said earlier, Greek shipping Shipping since 1970. How has the most out of the recession? Before forming Seacrest Shipping in 1970, he served with the has supported our country over it been affected by the finan- Greek shipping people are indeed Greek Coast Guard and later joined the family business. He is many centuries, and this is some- cial crisis? very dynamic and very entrepre- chairman and board member of several global maritime organisa- thing which has continued even Everyone has been affected by neurial, and the realities and sys- tions, including the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and during these difficult last five the financial crisis, and this tem allow them flexibility to take the International Shipping Federation (ISF). years; and it will not stop. What meant that we had to diversify initiatives and adapt to the finan- Polemis conceived and spearheaded project “Hellas Liberty”, to has not been publicised and is not from the type of investment that cial crisis. There is no question save one of the last remaining Liberty ships in the world, originally was more common in previous that during a downturn there are donated to Greece by the US government, that was fully refur- widely known is the extent to years. We had to move into a opportunities, and this is some- bished to serve as memorial to all Greek sailors who died during which Greek shipping people more niche-market type of ship thing at which the Greeks excel. the Second World War. have helped local economies that was not affected to the Overall, they have already demon- In 2009, Polemis was elected to the Board of Trustees of Stevens around the country. This is some- same extent. We had to adapt strated that they can manoeuvre Institute of Technology, his alma mater, and in 2012 he was inducted thing that has always been the to the new realities and circum- well through these stormy waters to the International Maritime Hall of Fame in New York. case and will continue to be the stances. and I have no doubt that they will case in the years to come. 24 ATHENSVIEWS LIFE FRIDAY 16 AUGUST 2013 WalkingWalking onon waterwater

The disabled get to swim on their own thanks to a solar- powered chair and a fixed-track mechanism

By Karolina Tagaris and Yorgos Karahalis

aralysed from the waist down, Lefteris The- ofilou has spent nearly P half his life bound to a wheelchair and recalls as if it were a dream the first time a so- lar-powered chair enabled him to swim on his own in the Greek sea. «It was unreal,» Theofilou, 52, a burly mechanic with greying hair, said as he lifted himself off his wheelchair one warm summer evening, sat on the chair and with the push of a button rode, unassisted, 20m to the shore Matoula Kastrioti, 46, who suffers from multiple sclerosis, enters the sea with a «Seatrac», a solar-powered device that allows people with and into the water. kinetic disabilities to enter and get out of the sea autonomously, at a beach in Alepochori, west of Athens «It makes you feel free and able to do things you could not imag- ine you could do on your own,» each year. Currently, 11 devices dles in Greece, where facilities and uses a wheelchair. bought the device for 30,000 eu- he said. operate in Greece and there are for the disabled are poor. Seatrac’s founders have taken ros each and are responsible for Founded by a team of Greek plans to expand the network. In the capital Athens, bumpy advantage of Greece’s climate - maintenance after the first year. scientists in 2008 and covered But despite Seatrac’s growing pavements and potholed roads the country is drenched in sun Engineer Ignatios Fotiou, one of by European and US patent appeal - it has already been ex- make moving around difficult. almost year-round - meaning the inventors, likened the lack laws, the «Seatrac» device op- ported to Cyprus and the team Wheelchair ramps had to be in- that the devices can be set up of support to «building a pent- erates on a fixed-track mecha- are in talks with architects in stalled during a July visit by Ger- easily on beaches without an house apartment without a nism which allows up to 30 Croatia, France, the United Arab man Finance Minister Wolfgang electric line to hand and taken building underneath it». wheelchairs to be moved in and Emirates] and Israel - it faces hur- Schaeuble, who is paralysed down at the end of the season, At a busy beach in the coastal out of the water a day - all pow- all without damaging the envi- town of Alepochori near Athens, ered by solar energy. ronment. vandalism and theft of the solar In a country with one of the These guys have created an incredible thing The team hope the device could panel are common. If something world’s longest coastlines and and we stumble across problems from the state. boost tourism, the Mediter- breaks, locals say it could take thousands of islands, it has ranean country’s biggest indus- days for the municipality to fix come as a welcome relief for This is Third-World sloppiness try, but lament a lack of support it, sometimes delayed by striking many Greeks, boosting demand ] by the local authorities which workers.

Laying the tracks

The rails of the Seatrac Reuters

FRIDAY 16 AUGUST 2013 ATHENS VIEWS 25 [ COMMUNITY

The country is drenched in sun almost year-round - meaning that the devices can be set up easily on beaches without an electric line to hand and taken down at the end of the season, all without damaging the environment Reuters Muslim faithful pray inside a makeshift mosque during Friday prayers [Often, parents watch as their teenage children use the ma- chine as a diving board. «These guys have created an Still waiting for a mosque incredible thing and we stumble across problems from the state,» Theofilou said. «This is Golden Third-World sloppiness.» As the Muslim holy month of Dawn’s Ilias Minas Georgakis, whose wife Ramadan comes to an end, the Kasidiaris Matoula Kastrioti, 46, suffers has from multiple sclerosis and is in capital’s immigrant worshippers threatened to a wheelchair, said he had to still pray in basements take action if take matters into his own hands plans for a because help from the local ad- By Kathy Tzilivakis mosque in ministration «simply does not Athens go exist». undreds of immigrant Muslims ahead With wooden planks, he built an celebrated Eid al-Fitr, the end additional ramp to allow access of Ramadan, a holy month of to the Seatrac as wheelchairs Hfasting, at the Peace and could not be driven over sand. Friendship Stadium in Athens last week. Even so, the path leading to the The event was organised by the ministry device is often blocked by of education and religious affairs and was parked motorcycles and uncol- attended by the ministry’s general secre- lected garbage. tary, Giorgos Kalatzis, who took the op- «I feel bitter,» Theofilou said of portunity to stress the government’s com- the lack of support to nods of mitment to diversity and shed the country’s The city’s estimated 120,000 Muslim im- tion MPs (with the exception of Golden agreement by Kastrioti who image of xenophobia and anti-immigrant migrants currently have to squeeze into Dawn deputies) are in agreement about the waited for her turn to board. sentiment. basements and other rented spaces, which need to have an official mosque in the cap- «We have thousands of “We welcome the cooperation with people have been converted into unofficial ital. beaches, the most beautiful in of other religions who respect our society mosques. There are more than 100 unoffi- In fact, the New Democracy party was the the world, and to still not be and our laws,” said Kalatzis. “As we Chris- cial mosques scattered around the city, ac- first to propose establishing a mosque in able to swim in them?» he tians say, come with love and you shall cording to the Muslim Association of Eleonas, two kilometres west of central

asked as he emerged from the find love.” Greece. Athens, back in 2006. But even before that, crystal blue waters. (Reuters) According to the latest official tally, an es- Last August, Muslims were allowed to cel- former New Democracy leader and prime timated 150,000 Muslim immigrants reside ebrate the end of Ramadan in an indoor minister Constantine Mitsotakis had pub- in Athens; about half of them are from Pak- hall of the Olympic Complex in Athens. licly defended the plans for the mosque. istan. In 2011, the state allowed Muslim immi- He had said that even a public debate on

Sayed Mohammed Jamil, leader of the lo- grants to hold open-air prayers in public the matter would expose the country to cal Pakistani community organisation who squares in Athens. But some groups were condemnation. “As people of the diaspora, has been living and working in Greece for reportedly harassed by members of Golden we build Orthodox churches from Australia more than 30 years, said: “Our philosophy Dawn (Chryssi Avghi), a party which now to America and even South America and and duty is to respect the traditions of our holds 18 seats in parliament. Some mem- Korea,” Mitsotakis argued in 2000. second homeland.” bers of this ultranationalist group reportedly Construction firms, however, are showing “It is exactly this close cooperation that tried to remove one group of Muslims, but little[ interest to bid on the one-million-euro serves to marginalise extremism in they were stopped by police. tender that is up for grabs for the construc- Greece,” added Kalatzis. The government and most of the opposi- tion of a mosque in Eleonas. The Greek Speaking about Greece’s immigrants, who media are reporting the reason not a single make up about 10 percent of the country’s construction firm has expressed interest in population, Kalatzis said: “The crisis is forc- «The crisis is forcing many of a bid is fear of a backlash. ing many of them [immigrants] to emigrate them [immigrants] to emigrate Golden Dawn, for instance, has vowed to once more - a consequence of the unfor- once more - a consequence of mobilise its members to prevent construc- tunate events [the economic crisis and ris- tion. “If a mosque is constructed for Is- ing unemployment] in our country... An- the unfortunate events [the lamist criminals in Greece, a front of other problem is that we are losing the economic crisis and rising 100,000 Greeks headed by Golden Dawn immigrants who have integrated into our unemployment] in our will be created,” party spokesman Ilias Ka- society.” sidiaris told supporters at a protest rally country... Another problem is against the mosque held in Athens in May. In basements and stadiums that we are losing the Protesters included young men dressed all Athens is one of the few European capital immigrants who have integrated in black and elderly Greek women dressed cities without a mosque, even though the in nun’s habit. They chanted: «We don’t local Muslim community has been request- into our society» want sharia, we want Greece and Ortho- ing one for nearly three decades. [ doxy». 26 ATHENS VIEWS SPORTS FRIDAY 16 AUGUST 2013 LetLet thethe madnessmadness beginbegin

The fortunes of the Athens ‘Big Three’, Olympiakos Piraeus, Panathinaikos and AEK Athens, could not be more contrasting ahead of the start of the new football season which features a revamped 18-team top flight

By Graham Wood activity to Panathinaikos’ rebuild- [email protected] ing on a shoestring budget, and AEK Athens’ fall from grace into long with a summer the third tier. sojourn to a Greek is- Starting at the top, aside from land coupled with changes in coaching and playing

A sumptuous seafood staff, along with the expanded for- and copious amounts of ouzo, if mat, it is difficult to see anything

there’s one other thing that can other than Olympiakos adding yet help to escape the everyday real- another title to their bulging trophy collection. ity of the troubled financial cli- ] mate, fill us with false hope and The Red and Whites took the ho- get one all misty-eyed and opti- nours at a canter last season, game, where it deserves to be.” mistic, it is of course the dawn of wrapping up their 40th league Olympiakos are perhaps the only team in the division “From the first moment I set my a new football season. crown with six matches to spare, on a sound financial footing with shipping magnate foot in Greece, I have been very Finally the waiting is over and the finishing 13 points ahead of sec- Vangelis Marinakis continuing to delve into his deep happy and I want to continue like new 2013/14 campaign is upon us. ond-placed PAOK Salonica and a this.” The revamped Super League kicks massive 35 points in front of pockets to support Spanish coach Michel Although Panathinaikos have ar- off this weekend and the challenge Panathinaikos, who ended up ] guably never been as weak in for the teams, players and fans is down in sixth spot. mer’s Hollywood signing with the rival here, the truth is that I never comparison to their bitter rivals for clear – kick the economic crisis into The Pireaus club are perhaps the arrival of Argentina international expected such a warm and loud decades, there is still plenty of in- touch and give the sporting public only team in the division on a Javier Saviola, while a host of welcome,” he said. trigue in seeing how their new set- something to cheer. sound financial footing with ship- other Latin-orientated players “I have never experienced any- up under Giannis Anastasiou There have been plenty of talking ping magnate Vangelis Marinakis have been brought in, such as thing like that at any of the clubs I based on home-grown talent will points for Greece’s insatiable continuing to delve into his deep midfielder Miguel Torres and goal- have played for so far. I hope I can develop. sports media ahead of the new pockets to support Spanish keeper Roberto from Spain, Ar- reciprocate the fans’ passion with Can the Greens recover from last season, from reigning champions coach Michel. gentine midfielder Alejandro my football on the pitch and try to season’s embarrassing campaign Olympiakos’ annual busy transfer Marinakis has provided the sum- Dominguez and Brazilian defender keep Olympiakos at the top of the when they failed to qualify for Eu- Leondro Salino. The 31 year-old Saviola, who Olympiakos will reportedly pay Saviola €1.5 million annualy, was given a hero’s welcome by over 2,500 fans on his arrival in Athens. The diminutive striker admitted he was taken aback by the greeting. “I’m so happy with the reception I received from the fans on my ar-

Panathinaikos coach Yiannis Anastasiou

Olympiakos fans expect to wrap up another title this season

Disallowed goal raises technology issue

A CONTROVERSIALLY disallowed goal in say too much,» Hoffenheim coach Markus their opening Bundesliga match left Hof- Gisdol told reporters. «The ball was in but fenheim fuming last week and triggered I cannot change that decision, can I? renewed calls for goal-line technology in «If this comes (technology) then that would Germany. help towards a fair game,» he said. Hoffenheim, leading Nuremberg 1-0, looked to have scored a second on the Members of the media watch referee Anthony stroke of halftime when Kevin Volland skill- Taylor during the Goal Decision System (GDS) fully chipped the ball over goalkeeper presentation at the Emirates Stadium in Raphael Schaefer and into the goal. London. A text message saying «goal» sent to Replays showed that the ball landed well the referee’s watch will end disputes over behind the goal-line before bouncing back whether the ball has crossed the line in the out and into play, Nuremberg players English Premier League this season. The turned away in disappointment and Volland Premier League will become the first domestic was on his way to celebrate when referee competition to adopt the camera-based Thorsten Kinhoefer waved play on. technology when it kicks off on August 17 «For the 2-0 (lead) that wasn’t, I cannot Reuters FRIDAY 16 AUGUST 2013 SPORTS ATHENS VIEWS 27

Panathinaikos’ star signing Basketball Marcus Berg National team shine ahead of Eurobasket

THE MEN’S basketball team showed they are in fine fettle ahead taking over and with former of next month’s Eurobasket in Slovenia by claiming victory on Greece star Traianos Dellas – one French soil in the Strasbourg Friendly Tournament, beating of Greece’s Euro 2004 heroes - France in the climax on August 11. Andrea Trinchieri’s (photo) as head coach.

team followed up an 87-85 win over Croatia and 80-52 triumph Melissanidis, 61, has pledged to over Germany with a powerful performance against the French, restore the club’s tarnished repu- running out 79-67 winners. Trincheri said: “It’s still early to draw tation following relegation and conclusions from such friendly matches but the important thing [ bankruptcy, as it prepares to start afresh in Greece’s third division, is the fact that we played with the right mindset and clarity. I Football League 2. could say that it is something we have done in all three games Can the Greens «Our aim is to proceed by building in this tournament so I’m happy, the signs are good but we still a team with young players who need to work harder.” Eurobasket takes place in Slovenia from recover from last can grow with us in our new en- September 4-22. season’s embarrassing deavours and the stadium. The campaign, when they point is to focus on laying a solid Mike Batiste returns ‘home’ failed to qualify for foundation for the new team,» Melissanidis said. Europe for the first «Of course, although I want to be- GREEK basketball welcomed time since 1997? lieve that in two years we will be back one of its most popular back in the top flight, if it takes players and characters with [ six years, then what can we do?» the news that Mike Batiste rope for the first time since 1997? As usual, the best of the rest in has re-joined Panathinaikos New technical director Nikos the Super League will be headed for the 2013/14 season. The Dabizas, the former Greece star Olympiakos’ Spanish by PAOK Salonica, who have had 36-year-old American power with experience of England’s Pre- coach under pressure to an eventful start to their new era forward, spent one year in mier League during his time at deliver another title under president Ivan Savvidis, a Turkey with Fenerbachce last Newcastle United from 1998 to millionaire Russian politician. year after ending a nine-year 2004, is hoping the new regime ting for the Greens. He jettisoned coach George Do- previous association with the can make them at least a com- Panathinaikos have also brought nis in the summer despite the Greens where he collected petitive force. in Croatia international defender ending the 2012/13 season run- three Euroleague titles in 2007, 2009 and 2011, as well as nine “We want to see Panathinaikos Gordon Schildenfeld and 21-year- ners-up, bringing in experienced league titles and five Greek Cup successes. The 2.03-meter competitive again, this is our main old Algerian midfielder Mehdi Dutchman Huub Stevens. player from Long Beach, California averaged 5.4 points and 2.7 goal,” he said in a press confer- Abeid, on loan from Dinamo Stevens has managed to survive rebounds in 23 Euroleague games with Fener last season. ence presenting the club’s sum- Moscow and Newcastle United, despite PAOK falling to Metalist mer signings. respectively. Kharkiv in the Champions League Football “We want people to leave the sta- Across the capital, AEK will be qualifiers, but it will be interesting dium after matches feeling happy conspicuous by their absence to see if Savvidis gives the vet- Tough European draws for Greek sides and content. The style of player from the top flight for the first time eran coach time to mould the and abilities that we ask for in our in their illustrious 89-year history. team to his liking. GREECE’S UEFA Europa League representatives received awk- players are non-negotiable. We The darkest chapter of that history PAOK’s main summer arrivals in- ward draws in the play-offs with PAOK Salonica to face Maccabi have secured a high level of player was complete last season when clude exciting Slovakian winger Tel Aviv and Atromitos pitted against Dutch club AZ Alkmaar. in each of the deals we have done the cash-strapped Yellows were Miroslav Stoch on loan from PAOK, who crashed out of the Champions League preliminary to go with the promising younger relegated and with massive debts Fenerbahce, Spanish midfielder rounds last week after losing out to Metalist Kharkiv, will play players already here.” reportedly reaching 170 million Lucas and Spanish central de- the first match against their Israeli opponents in Tel Aviv. Maccabi Panathinaikos have followed a euros ($219 million) in taxes, fender Inigo Lopez. have a good record against Greek teams as they have knocked low profile approach in their sum- opted to file for bankruptcy and Asteras Tripolis and Atromitos, both Panathinaikos and Olympiakos out of European competi- mer rebuilding, bringing in mainly ‘reformat’ the club in the third tier who finished third and fourth re- tions in recent seasons. Peristeri outfit Atromitos will play their loan deals in order to try and cut similar to the move Scottish club spectively last season, are also first game in Athens before travelling to the Netherlands for the costs. Rangers undertook last season. expected to be battling at the top return leg. First-leg matches will be played on August 22 with Their highest profile arrival is Swe- It appears the club is now in end of the table as they look to the return legs on August 29, with the winners advancing to the den striker Marcus Berg, who will good hands with ultra-rich oil punch above their modest means group stage which will be drawn in Monaco on August 30. shoulder the burden of goal-get- magnate Dimitris Melissanidis against the traditional order. Bolt made to look human

Hoffenheim did score a second goal in the them look bad. He took a decision to the second half but squandered their lead to best of his abilities.» draw 2-2. Germany has ruled out adopting any goal- «Whenever people have to decide there line technology until at least 2015 despite can be mistakes,» Kinhoefer told reporters, being at the heart of major disputed goal admitting he took a wrong decision. incidents. «This was one such mistake. We referees World football’s ruling body FIFA, which would welcome not having to deal with bowed to pressure and approved the use this but that is not the case, so we have to of goal-line technology last year, chose a take the decision and today it was wrong.» system produced by German-based Goal- The disallowed goal also triggered calls Control for this year’s Confederations Cup from Nuremberg players to introduce the and the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

technology needed to avoid such mis- England’s Premier League will become the Reuters takes. first domestic competition to adopt the «If there was technical help then that would camera-based technology when it kicks Usain Bolt (R) of Jamaica crosses the finish line to win gold in the men’s 100 metres be a help for the referees,» said Nuremberg off on August 17. race during the IAAF World Athletics Championships at the Luzhniki stadium in keeper Schaefer. «This is not about making (Reuters) Moscow on August 11. Bolt was made to look human by a combination of a Russian rainstorm and a fired-up Justin Gatlin (2nd R) but the Jamaican superstar was still good enough to regain his world 100m title in a surging 9.77 seconds 28 ATHENS VIEWS Weekly TV Guide FRIDAY 16 AUGUST 2013

Friday 16 August Saturday 17 August Sunday 18 August Monday 19 August

05.45 Eden’s Secrets, GR series 06.45 Morning 06.00 Eden’s Secrets, GR series 07.00 Don’t be 06.00 Eden’s Secrets, GR series 07.00 Don’t be 05.45 Eden’s Secrets, GR series, 06.45 Morning MEGA, GR current affairs 10.00 My Morning, GR Afraid Of Fire, GR series 07.50 Women GR series Afraid Of Fire, GR series 07.50 Women GR series MEGA, GR current affairs 10.00 My Morning, GR entertainment 12.00 The Good Time, GR series 09.00 Oh Eleni, GR series 10.00 So Delicious, GR 09.00 Oh Eleni, GR series 09.40 So Delicious, GR entertainment 12.00 The Good Time, GR series 13.10 Small Middle Class, GR series 14.00 News cooking 11.00 Sweet Alchemy, GR cooking 12.00 cooking 10.40 Travelling, GR 12.00 The Good 13.10 Small Middle Class, GR series 14.00 News 15.00 Men No Longer Exist, GR series 15.50 Un- The Good Time GR series 13.20 Small Middle Time, GR series 13.10 Small Middle Class, GR se- 15.00 Men No Longer Exist, GR series 16.00 usual Suspects, GR series 17.00 News in Brief Class, GR series 14.00 News 14.50 My Name Is ries 14.00 News 14.50 My Name Is Vangelis, GR Deadly Beauty, Turkish series 17.00 News in Brief 17.10 Oi Autheretoi, GR series 18.00 Irthe kai Vangelis, GR series 15.50 L.A.P.D., GR series series 15.50 L.A.P.D., GR series 16.45 News in 17.10 Oi Autheretoi, GR series 17.50 Irthe kai Edese, GR series 19.00 A Star Is Born, Turkish se- 16.25 News in Brief 16.50 Family Hurts, GR series Brief 16.50 Family Hurts, GR series 18.00 The Red Edese, GR series 18.50 A Star Is Born, Turkish se- ries 20.00 News 21.15 Fatal Beauty, Turkish series 18.00 The Red Room, GR series 20.00 News Room, GR series 20.00 News 21.15 Seven Deadly ries 20.00 News 21.15 Clinical Case, GR series 22.30 50/50 GR series 23.40 Justified, US series 21.15 Dr Cook, GR cooking 22.30 Safe Sex, GR Mother-in-Laws, GR series 24.00 Protagonists, 22.30 50/50, GR series 23.40 Justified, US series 00.50 News 01.00 Unbelievable and Greek, GR series 00.30 News 00.45 Burn The Script, GR en- GR documentary 01.15 News 00.50 News 01.00 Unbelievable and Greek, GR satirical tertainment satirical

06.00 A Woman And A Car, GR series 07.00 06.00 Waves of Love, Croatian series 07.00 06.00 Waves of Love, Croatian series 07.00 06.00 A Woman And A Car, GR series 07.00 Morning ANTENNA, GR current affairs 11.00 Friends, GR series 08.00 Lifting, GR 09.00 My Friends, GR series 08.00 Lifting, GR 09.00 My Morning ANTENNA, GR current affairs 11.00 st FTHIS, GR lifestyle 13.00 News 13.30 Family Life, Sweetest Lie, GR series 10.00 Greek Film 12.00 Sweetest Lie, GR series 10.00 Greek Film 12.00 FTHIS, GR lifestyle 12.50 TV Quiz(1 part), GR nd GR series 14.30 Constantine and Helen’s, GR se- You Will Find Your Teacher, GR series 13.00 News You Will Find Your Teacher, GR series 13.00 News 13.00 News 13.30 TV Quiz(2 part), GR 13.40 rd ries 15.30 Hara’s Cafe, GR series 16.50 Karadayi, 13.30 Coneheads, US film 15.20 Litsa.com, GR 13.30 Mother, US film 15.40 Litsa.com, GR series Family Life, GR series 14.40 TV Quiz(3 part), Turkish series 18.00 News with Sign Language series 16.50 Horoscope Wars, GR series 17.50 16.50 Horoscope Wars, GR series 17.50 News GR 14.50 Constantine and Helen’s, GR series 18.10 Blind Date, Argentinian series 19.10 Crimes News with Sign Language 18.00 Working Woman, with Sign Language 18.00 Working Woman, GR 15.50 Hara’s Cafe, GR series 17.00 Karadayi, 20.00 News 21.00 BAM, GR entertainment 22.15 GR series 20.00 News 21.00 Greek theatre 00.45 series 20.00 News 21.15 Dabangg, India film, Turkish series 18.00 News with Sign Language Wedding Rehearsal, GR series 23.15 X-Factor Au- Entourage, US series 23.50 The Godfather, US film 18.10 Blind Date, Argentina series 19.10 Crimes, dition, GR 24.00 All Hot, GR entertainment GR series 20.00 News 21.00 BAM, GR enter- tainment 22.15 Greek series 23.15 X-Factor Au- dition, GR 24.00 All Hot, GR entertainment

06.00 Office: An American Workplace, US series 06.40 Pokemon 07.00 Pirates Of Dark Water 06.40 Pokemon 07.00 Pirates Of Dark Water 06.20 F+M Live, GR entertainment 08.20 Duck 07.30 Xiaolin Showdown 08.00 Thomas And 07.30 Xiaolin Showdown 08.00 Thomas And Dodgers 08.45 Tom And Jerry Kids 09.10 Krypto Friends 08.10 Polly Pocket 08.15 Firehouse Tales Friends 08.10 Polly Pocket 08.15 Firehouse Tales 06.00 Office: An American Workplace, US series The Super Dog 09.40 Baby Looney Tunes 10.20 08.45 Peppa Pig 09.00 Tom And Jerry Kids 09.30 08.45 Peppa Pig 09.00 Tom And Jerry Kids 09.30 06.20 F+M Live, GR Entertainment 08.20 Duck Xiaolin Showdown 11.00 Pokeman 11.10 A Pup Lazy Town 10.00 Baby Looney Tunes 10.30 Lazy Town 10.00 Baby Looney Tunes 10.25 Bar- Dodgers 08.45 Tom And Jerry Kids 09.10 Krypto: Named Scooby Doo 11.40 Batman:The Brave Scooby Doo 11.00 Thundercats 11.30 Bayblade bie: Life In The Dream House 10.30 Scooby Doo The Super Dog 09.40 Baby Looney Tunes 10.20 And The Bold 12.10 Sylvester And Tweety Mys- Metal Fury 12.00 Max Adventures 12.30 Ben 10 11.00 Max Steel 11.30 Beyblade Metal Fury 12.00 Xiaolin Showdown 11.00 Pokemon 11.10 A Pup teries 12.40 Ben 10 Alien Force 13.00 Generator Alien Force 13.00 Bugs Bunny 13.30 Wallace And Transformers Prime 12.30 Ben 10 Alien Force Named Scooby Doo 11.40 Batman: The Brave Rex 13.30 Road Runner Show 14.00 News 14.30 Gromit: The Cruise Of the Were-Rabbit, UK film 13.00 Bugs Bunny 13.30 The Goonies, US film And The Bold 12.10 Sylvester And Tweety Mys- The Scarecrow, US film animation 16.00 Fresh animation 15.15 Friends, US series 16.30 $ *! My 15.15 Friends, US series 16.30 $ *! My Dad Says, teries 12.40 Ben 10 Alien Force 13.00 Generator Prince Of Bel Air, US series 16.30 Mike And Molly, Dad Says, US series 17.30 News with Sign Lan- US series 17.30 News with Sign Language 18.00 Rex 13.30 Road Runner Show 14.00 News 14.30 Superman Doomsday, US film animation 16.00 US series 17.30 News with Sign Language 17.45 guage 17.45 Gossip Girl, US series 18.45 House National lampoon’s Senior Trip, US film 19.45 Fresh Prince Of Bel Air, US series 16.30 Mike And Christine, US series 18.45 Joey, US series 19.45 M.D., US Series 19.45 News 21.00 Take The News 21.00 Killer Wave, US film 00.45 Frantic, Molly, US series 17.30 News with Sign Language News 21.00 Without A Trace US series 22.00 Lead, US film 23.30 Batman, US film US film 17.45 Christine, US series 18.45 Joey, US series Spartacus, US film 19.45 News 21.00 Without A Trace US series 22.00 We Were Soldiers Once, US film 00.45 Cold Case, US series 06.00 MacGyver US series 08.00 Akata Makata 06.00 American Idol, US talent show 07.00 Mac- Me Ta Zouzounia, GR children’s 10.00 Happiness, 06.00 MacGyver US series 08.00 Akata Makata Gyver US series 07.45 TV Sales 08.00 Akata GR Entertainment 14.00 News 14.15 How Clean Me Ta Zouzounia, GR children’s 10.00 Happiness, Is Your House? UK series 15.00 30’Meals, UK GR Entertainment 14.00 News 14.10 How Clean Makata Me Ta Zouzounia, GR children’s 09.45 TV 06.00 American Idol, US talent show 07.00 Mac- Is Your House? UK series 15.00 30’ Meals. UK Sales 10.00 La Patrona, US/Mexican series 11.00 cooking 16.00 Mr Bean, UK comedy 17.00 News Gyver US series 07.45 TV Sales 08.00 Akata cooking 16.00 Mr Bean, UK series 17.00 News Avenida Brasil, Brazilian series 12.00 News 12.50 with Sign Language. 17.05 Ping, UK film 19.00 Makata Me Ta Zouzounia, GR children’s 09.45 What Are We Eating Today Mum? GR cooking News 20.00 The Nanny, US series 21.00 Greek with Sign Language. 17.05 Greek Film 19.00 TV Sales 10.00 La Patrona, US/Mexican series 14.00 Glee, US series 15.00 Pedes, GR entertain- Film 22.45 Resurrecting The Champ, US Film News 20.00 The Nanny, US series 21.00 Frac- 11.00 Avenida Brasil, Brazilian series 12.00 ment 17.25 News with Sign Language. 17.30 ture, US film 23.00 Constantine, US film News 12.50 What Are We Eating Today Mum? Family Stories, GR reality 18.30 News 20.00 GR cooking 14.00 Glee, US series 15.00 Pedes, Avenida Brasil, Brazilian series 21.00 Two And A GR entertainment 17.25 News with Sign Lan- Half Men, US series 22.00 Glee, US series 23.00 guage. 17.30 Family Stories, GR reality 18.30 Real Love Stories, GR series 24.00 Constable 07.00 Planet Earth, BBC documentary 08.00 News 20.00 Avenida Brasil, Brazilian series Bekas’ Stories, GR series Megastructure Breakdown, NG documentary 07.00 Planet Earth, BBC documentary 08.00 21.00 Two And A Half Men, US series 22.00 09.00 Evolutions, BBC documentary 10.00 Holi- Megastructure Breakdown, NG documentary Glee, US series 23.00 Real Love Stories, GR se- days In the Danger Zone, BBC documentary 09.00 Famous Greeks, GR documentary 10.00 ries 24.00 Constable Bekas’ Stories, GR series 11.00 60’ Online, GR technology 12.00 Goal With- The New Files, GR documentary 11.30 Battles of 06.00 Animal Kingdom Tour, documentary 07.00 out Borders, GR sport 14.00 Repairing, GR doc- The Greeks, GR documentary 12.30 In Action, GR Planet Earth, BBC documentary 08.00 Predator umentary 15.00 The World Upside Down, GR current affairs 13.20 Bike Action, GR entertain- X, BBC documentary 10.00 World’s Toughest entertainment 16.00 Travel, GR documentary ment 14.00 Tastes Of Nature, GR cooking 15.00 06.00 Front Line, GR current affairs 10.00 Fixes, NG documentary 11.00 Lonely Planet, BBC 17.00 Joy, GR magazine 19.00 Oceans BBC doc- Top Chef, Just Deserts, US cooking 16.00 Travel, World’s Toughest Fixes, NG documentary 11.00 documentary 12.00 How Clean Is Your House? umentary 20.00 Lonely Planet, BBC documentary GR documentary 17.00 Joy, GR magazine 19.00 Lonely Planet, BBC documentary 12.00 How UK reality 13.00 Top Chef, US cooking 14.00 It’s 21.00 News 22.00 I Shouldn’t Be Alive, documen- Oceans BBC documentary 20.00 Wonders Of The Clean Is Your House? UK reality 13.00 Top Chef, Me Or The Dog, UK/US reality 15.00 Mr Bean, UK tary 23.00 Galapos, BBC documentary 24.00 Solar System, BBC documentary 21.00 News UK cooking 14.00 It’s Me Or The Dog, UK/US comedy 15.45 Mythbusters, UK series 16.45 Ex- Deadly Women, Documentary 22.00 Goal, GR athletic 23.00 Nature’s Great reality 15.00 Mr Bean, UK comedy 15.45 Myth- cellent Kitchen, GR cooking 17.50 Chef on Air, GR Events , BBC documentary 24.00 Ascent Of busters, UK series 16.45 Excellent Cooking, GR cooking 18.45 Traction, GR series 19.30 Big, Big- Money, BBC documentary cooking 17.50 Chef on Air, GR Cooking 18.45 ger, Biggest, UK series 20.30 Deadly 60, BBC se- Traction, Greek series 19.30 Big, Bigger, ries 21.00 News 22.00 Common Law, US series Biggest, UK documentary 20.30 Deadly 60, 23.00 NCIS Los Angeles, US series 24.00 The 07.15 Wonder Pets 07.40 Wonder Pets 08.05 BBC documentary 21.00 News 22.00 Common Good Wife, US series Dora The Explorer 08.30 Dora The Explorer 08.55 Law, US series 23.00 Sport’s Issues, GR Team Umizoomi 09.20 Go Diego Go 09.45 Bubble 07.15 Wonder Pets 07.40 Wonder Pets 08.05 Guppies 10.10 Winx 10.35 Monsuno 11.00 Fan Dora The Explorer 08.30 Dora The Explorer 08.55 Boy And Chum Chum 11.30 Tak And The Power Team Umizoomi 09.20 Go Diego Go 09.45 Bubble 07.40 Spongebob 08.05 Spongebob 08.30 Dora Of Ju Ju 11.55 El Tigre 12.20 Planet Sheen 12.55 Guppies 10.10 Winx 10.35 Monsuno 11.00 Fan 07.15 The Adventures Of Jimmy Neutron 07.40 The Explorer 08.55 Wonder Pets 09.20 Go Diego Sponge Bob 13.20 Kung Fu Panda 13.45 Teenage Boy And Chum Chum 11.30 Tak And The Power Spongebob 08.05 Spongebob 08.30 Dora The Go 09.45 Team Umizoomi 10.10 Bubble Guppies Mutant Ninja Turtles 14.15 Power Rangers Samu- Of Ju Ju 11.55 El Tigre 12.20 Planet Sheen 12.55 Explorer 08.55 Wonder Pets 09.20 Go Diego Go 10.35 Chalkzone 11.00 The Adventures Of Jimmy rai 14.45 Penguins Of Madagascar 15.15 Sponge Bob 13.20 Kung Fu Panda 13.45 Teenage 09.45 Team Umizoomi 10.10 Bubble Guppies Neutron 11.30 Mighty B 11.55 My Life As A Marathon. Hey Arnold 16.45 Supah Ninja 17.15 Mutant Ninja Turtles 14.15 Power Rangers Samu- 10.35 Chalkzone 11.00 The Adventures Of Jimmy Teenage Robot 12.20 Rugrats 12.55 Hey Arnold The Legend Of Korra 17.45 Teenage Mutant Ninja rai 14.45 Penguins Of Madagascar 15.15 Neutron 11.30 Mighty B 11.55 My Life As A 13.20 Penguins Of Madgascar 13.45 Tuff Puppy Turtles 18.10 Kung Fu Panda 18.35 Back At The Marathon. Hey Arnold 16.45 Supah Ninja 17.15 Teenage Robot 12.20 Rugrats 12.55 Hey Arnold 14.15 The X’s 14.45 Fan Boy And Chum Chum Barnyard 19.00 Fairly Odd Parents 19.30 Big Time The Legend Of Korra 17.45 Teenage Mutant Ninja 13.20 Penguins Of Madgascar 13.45 Tuff Puppy 15.15 Spongebob 15.45 Avatar 16.15 Monsuno Rush 20.00 Victorious 20.30 Bucket And Skinner’s Turtles 18.10 Kung Fu Panda 18.35 Back At The 14.15 The X’s 14.45 Fan Boy And Chum Chum 16.45 Kung Fu Panda 17.15 Teenage Mutant Ninja Epic Adventures 21.00 How To Rock 21.30 I Carly Barnyard 19.00 Fairly Odd Parents 19.30 Big Time 15.15 Spongebob 15.45 Avatar 16.15 Monsuno Turtles 17.45 Tak And The Power Of Ju Ju 18.10 22.00 Spongebob Squarepants 22.30 Monsuno Rush 20.00 Victorious 20.30 Bucket And Skinner’s 16.45 Kung Fu Panda 17.15 Teenage Mutant Tuff Puppy 18.35 Back At The Barnyard 19.00 23.00 Penguins Of Madagascar 23.30 Avatar Epic Adventures 21.00 How To Rock 21.30 I Carly Ninja Turtles 17.45 Tak And The Power Of Ju Ju Fairly Odd Parents 19.30 Big Time Rush 20.00 22.00 Spongebob Squarepants 22.30 Monsuno 18.10 Tuff Puppy 18.35 Back At The Barnayard Victorious 20.30 Bucket And Skinner’s Epic Ad- 23.00 Penguins Of Madagascar 23.30 Avatar 19.00 Fairly Odd Parents 19.30 Big Time Rush ventures 21.00 How To Rock 21.30 I Carly 22.00 20.00 Victorious 20.30 Bucket And Skinner’s Epic Spongebob Squarepants 22.30 Monsuno 23.00 Adventures 21.00 How To Rock 21.30 I Carly Penguins Of Madagascar 23.30 Avatar 22.00 Spongebob Squarepants 22.30 Monsuno 23.00 Penguins Of Madagascar 23.30 Avatar FRIDAY 16 AUGUST 2013 Weekly TV Guide ATHENS VIEWS 29

Tuesday 20 August Wednesday 21 August Thursday 22 August SATURDAY STAR 21.00 Take The Lead (Drama/Music) THE REAL story of a dance teacher who 05.45 Eden’s Secrets, GR series, 06.45 Morning 05.45 Eden’s Secrets, GR series, 06.45 Morning 05.45 Eden’s Secrets, GR series, 06.45 Morning believed in the talent of a group of MEGA, GR current affairs 10.00 My Morning, GR MEGA, GR current affairs 10.00 My Morning, GR MEGA, GR current affairs 10.00 My Morning, GR entertainment 12.00 The Good Time, GR series entertainment 12.00 The Good Time, GR series entertainment 12.00 The Good Time, GR series problem kids 13.10 Small Middle Class, GR series 14.00 News 13.10 Small Middle Class, GR series 14.00 News 13.10 Small Middle Class, GR series 14.00 News Starring: Antonio Banderas, Yaya 15.00 Men No Longer Exist, GR series 16.00 15.00 Men No Longer Exist, GR series 16.00 15.00 Men No Longer Exist, GR series 16.00 Deadly Alafia, Rob Brown Deadly Beauty, Turkish series 17.00 News in Brief Deadly Beauty, Turkish series 17.00 News in Brief Beauty, Turkish series 17.00 News in Brief 17.10 17.10 Oi Autheretoi, GR series 18.00 Irthe kai 17.10 Oi Autheretoi, GR series 17.50 Irthe kai Oi Autheretoi, GR series 17.50 Irthe kai Edese, GR Edese, GR series 19.00 Popular Lottery Draw Edese, GR series 18.50 A Star Is Born, Turkish se- series 18.50 A Star Is Born, Turkish series 20.00 SATURDAY ALPHA 22.45 19.10 A Star Is Born, Turkish series 20.00 News ries 20.00 News 21.15 Clinical Case, GR series News 21.15 Clinical Case, GR series 22.30 50/50, 21.15 Clinical Case, GR series 22.30 50/50 GR se- 22.30 50/50, GR series 23.40 Justified, US series GR series 23.40 Drop Dead Diva, US series 00.50 Resurrecting The Champ ries 23.40 Justified, US series 00.50 News 01.00 00.50 News 01.00 Unbelievable and Greek, GR News 01.00 Unbelievable and Greek, GR satirical (Drama/Sport) satirical Unbelievable and Greek, GR satirical UP AND COMING sports reporter rescues a homeless man ("Champ") only to dis- 06.00 A Woman And A Car, GR series 07.00 cover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend 06.00 A Woman And A Car, GR series 07.00 Morning ANTENNA, GR current affairs 11.00 06.00 A Woman And A Car, GR series 07.00 FTHIS, GR lifestyle 12.50 TV Quiz(1st part), GR believed to have passed away. What Morning ANTENNA, GR current affairs 11.00 Morning ANTENNA, GR current affairs 11.00 nd st st 13.00 News 13.30 TV Quiz(2 part), GR 13.40 begins as an opportunity to resurrect FTHIS, GR lifestyle 12.50 TV Quiz(1 part), GR FTHIS, GR lifestyle 12.50 TV Quiz(1 part), GR rd nd Family Life, GR series 14.40 TV Quiz(3 part), GR 13.00 News 13.30 TV Quiz(2nd part), GR 13.40 13.00 News 13.30 TV Quiz(2 part), GR 13.40 Champ's story and escape the shadow rd 14.50 Constantine and Helen’s, GR series 15.50 Family Life, GR series 14.40 TV Quiz(3rd part), GR Family Life, GR series 14.40 TV Quiz(3 part), GR of his father's success becomes a 14.50 Constantine and Helen’s, GR series 15.50 Hara’s Cafe, GR series 17.00 Karadayi, Turkish se- 14.50 Constantine and Helen’s, GR series 15.50 ries 18.00 News with Sign Language 18.10 Blind personal journey as the ambitious Hara’s Cafe, GR series 17.00 Karadayi, Turkish se- Hara’s Cafe, GR series 17.00 Karadayi, Turkish se- reporter re-examines his own life and ries 18.00 News with Sign Language 18.10 Blind Date, Argentina series 19.10 Crimes, GR series ries 18.00 News with Sign Language 18.10 Blind 20.00 News 21.00 BAM, GR entertainment 22.15 his relationship with his family. Date, Argentina series 19.10 Crimes, GR series Date, Argentina series 19.10 Crimes, GR series 20.00 News 21.00 BAM, GR entertainment 22.15 Greek series 23.15 X-Factor Audition, GR 24.00 Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Josh 20.00 News 21.00 BAM, GR entertainment 22.15 All Hot, GR entertainment Greek series 23.15 X-Factor Audition, GR 24.00 Greek series 23.15 X-Factor Audition, GR 24.00 Hartnett, Kathryn Morris All Hot, GR entertainment All Hot, GR entertainment

06.00 Office: An American Workplace, US series SUNDAY ANTENNA 13.30 06.20 F+M Live, GR Entertainment 08.20 Duck 06.00 Office: An American Workplace, US series 06.00 Office: An American Workplace, US series Mother (Comedy/Drama) 06.20 F+M Live, GR Entertainment 08.20 Duck Dodgers 08.45 Tom And Jerry Kids 09.10 Krypto: 06.20 F+M Live, GR Entertainment 08.20 Duck The Super Dog 09.40 Baby Looney Tunes 10.20 A NEUROTIC, twice divorced sci-fi writer Dodgers 08.45 Tom And Jerry Kids 09.10 Krypto: Dodgers 08.45 Tom And Jerry Kids 09.10 Krypto: Xiaolin Showdown 10.45 Pokemon 11.10 A Pup The Super Dog 09.40 Baby Looney Tunes 10.20 Xi- moves back in with his mum to solve The Super Dog 09.40 Baby Looney Tunes 10.20 Named Scooby Doo 11.40 Batman:The Brave aolin Showdown 10.45 Pokemon 11.10 A Pup his personal problems. Xiaolin Showdown 11.45 Pokemon 11.10 A Pup And The Bold 12.10 Sylvester And Tweety Mys- Named Scooby Doo 11.40 Batman:The Brave And Named Scooby Doo 11.40 Batman:The Brave teries 12.40 Ben 10 Alien Force 13.00 Generator Starring: Paul Collins, Laura Weekes, The Bold 12.10 Sylvester And Tweety Mysteries And The Bold 12.10 Sylvester And Tweety Mys- Rex 13.30 Road Runner Show 14.00 News 14.30 Albert Brooks 12.40 Ben 10 Alien Force 13.00 Generator Rex teries 12.40 Ben 10 Alien Force 13.00 Generator Daffy Duck’s Movie: Fantastic Island, US film an- 13.30 Road Runner Show 14.00 News 14.30 Rex 13.30 Road Runner Show 14.00 News 14.30 imation 16.00 Fresh Prince Of Bel Air, US series Scooby Doo And The Cyber Chase, US film anima- Batman: Gotham Knight, US film animation 16.00 16.30 Mike And Molly, US series 17.30 News with SUNDAY ANTENNA 23.50 tion 16.00 Fresh Prince Of Bel Air, US series 16.30 Fresh Prince Of Bel Air, US series 16.30 Mike And Sign Language 17.45 Christine, US series 18.45 Mike And Molly, US series 17.30 News with Sign Molly, US series 17.30 News with Sign Language Joey, US series 19.45 News 21.00 NCIS US series Language 17.45 Christine, US series 18.45 Joey, 17.45 Christine, US series 18.45 Joey, US series 22.00 The Blind Side, US film 00.30 Cold Case, US series 19.45 News 21.00 NCIS US series 22.00 US series 19.45 News 21.00 NCIS US series 22.00 True Miami Vice, US film 00.30 Cold Case, US series Crime, US film 00.30 Cold Case, US series

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Spongebob 08.05 Spongebob 08.30 Dora The Spongebob 08.05 Spongebob 08.30 Dora The Explorer 08.55 Wonder Pets 09.20 Go Diego Go Explorer 08.55 Wonder Pets 09.20 Go Diego Go Explorer 08.55 Wonder Pets 09.20 Go Diego Go 09.45 Team Umizoomi 10.10 Bubble Guppies Starring: Clint Eastwood, Isaiah 09.45 Team Umizoomi 10.10 Bubble Guppies 09.45 Team Umizoomi 10.10 Bubble Guppies 10.35 Chalkzone 11.00 The Adventures Of Jimmy Washington 10.35 Chalkzone 11.00 The Adventures Of Jimmy 10.35 Chalkzone 11.00 The Adventures Of Jimmy Neutron 11.30 Mighty B 11.55 My Life As A Neutron 11.30 Mighty B 11.55 My Life As A Neutron 11.30 Mighty B 11.55 My Life As A Teenage Robot 12.20 Rugrats 12.55 Hey Arnold Teenage Robot 12.20 Rugrats 12.55 Hey Arnold Teenage Robot 12.20 Rugrats 12.55 Hey Arnold 13.20 Penguins Of Madgascar 13.45 Tuff Puppy WEDNESDAY STAR 22.00 13.20 Penguins Of Madgascar 13.45 Tuff Puppy 13.20 Penguins Of Madgascar 13.45 Tuff Puppy 14.15 The X’s 14.45 Fan Boy And Chum Chum 14.15 The X’s 14.45 Fan Boy And Chum Chum 14.15 The X’s 14.45 Fan Boy And Chum Chum 15.15 Spongebob 15.45 Avatar 16.15 Monsuno Miami Vice (Crime) 15.15 Spongebob 15.45 Avatar 16.15 Monsuno 15.15 Spongebob 15.45 Avatar 16.15 Monsuno 16.45 Kung Fu Panda 17.15 Teenage Mutant Ninja BASED on the 1980's TV action/drama, 16.45 Kung Fu Panda 17.15 Teenage Mutant Ninja 16.45 Kung Fu Panda 17.15 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 17.45 Tak And The Power Of Ju Ju 18.10 this update focuses on vice detectives Turtles 17.45 Tak And The Power Of Ju Ju 18.10 Turtles 17.45 Tak And The Power Of Ju Ju 18.10 Tuff Puppy 18.35 Back At The Barnayard 19.00 Crockett and Tubbs as their respective Tuff Puppy 18.35 Back At The Barnayard 19.00 Fairly Odd Parents 19.30 Big Time Rush 20.00 Tuff Puppy 18.35 Back At The Barnayard 19.00 personal and professional lives become Fairly Odd Parents 19.30 Big Time Rush 20.00 Fairly Odd Parents 19.30 Big Time Rush 20.00 Victorious 20.30 Bucket And Skinner’s Epic Ad- Victorious 20.30 Bucket And Skinner’s Epic Ad- Victorious 20.30 Bucket And Skinner’s Epic Ad- ventures 21.00 How To Rock 21.30 I Carly 22.00 dangerously intertwined. ventures 21.00 How To Rock 21.30 I Carly 22.00 ventures 21.00 How To Rock 21.30 I Carly 22.00 Spongebob Squarepants 22.30 Monsuno 23.00 Starring: Colin Farrell, Jamie Foxx, Spongebob Squarepants 22.30 Monsuno 23.00 Spongebob Squarepants 22.30 Monsuno 23.00 Penguins Of Madagascar 23.30 Avatar Li Gong Penguins Of Madagascar 23.30 Avatar Penguins Of Madagascar 23.30 Avatar 30 ATHENS VIEWS CINEMA FRIDAY 16 AUGUST 2013 Playing this week! 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