Sunday, November 18, 2012

Download the November 18 Ta Yp' Opsin podcast

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Friday, November 16, 2012

The "Dirty Harry" approach?

The dynamite baguettes

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The Economist's Europe Editor has now defended the newspaper against the wrath of the French government.
John Peet insisted that they were simply trying to be helpful by using a bunch of baguettes as sticks of dynamite, and suggesting that Paris wasn't serious about making reforms.
-The Guardian

Monday, November 12, 2012

Download the November 11 Ta Yp' Opsin podcast

The November 11 Ta Yp' Opsin (Consider These) news roundup podcast (in Greek) available for download:
(Podcasting is the new face of radio journalism; a podcast is similar to a news radio program, delivers information on a regular basis and can even be listened to directly on your computer or smartphone. To listen to our Ta Yp’Opsin podcast, simply click the link to the podcast and choose to download it to your computer safely from Google in mp3 format, ready to listen to and replay at any time)

In the First Hour of Ta Yp' Opsin:
- “post-election stress syndrome”
- what we learned on election night
- Europe and the waiting game for Greece
- The future of the “bubble of the post-dictatorship era”
- A moderate to lead Syrian opposition
- China's next communist party chief and president

Plus, in the Second Hour:
- "Overdose" via the U.S. Postal Service
- the human vocabulary of Koshik the elephant
- $1 a minute for cuddling sessions
- breastfeeding dolls and transgender surgeries
- the regulars in bad dreams
- end the Christmas lists

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Thursday, November 8, 2012

Image from Greek mythology on new euro note

A new €5 banknote unveiled by ECB president Mario Draghi features Europa. In Greek mythology, Europa was seduced by Zeus in the form of a bull and ended up as the first queen of Crete.
Europa already features on the Greek €2 coin.


Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Castle seized in tax probe


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The Financial Times is reporting that this is the castle that was seized in Italy in a tax probe
involving the €5.3bn sale of fashion houses Hugo Boss and Valentino in 2007.
Police said on Monday they had confiscated real estate, including the 15th century castle, land and corporate holdings of 13 people "linked to one of Italy's most important families in the fashion and textile sector".
The probe is apparently linked to the Marzotto family, which sold Valentino Fashion Group - then including both the Valentino label and Hugo Boss - to private finance group Permira in 2007.
-The Telegraph

Anti-austerity protests in Greece


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Police patrol in front of a closed archaeological site of the Roman Agora in Athens.Picture: AFP

Mourning the vanishing Greece of my childhood

Monday, November 5, 2012

Ακούστε το podcast Τα Υπ΄ Οψιν της 4 Νοεμβρίου 2012

Στα Υπ’Όψιν της 4 Νοεμβρίου, συζητάμε:
-Εκλογές Η.Π.Α: Ποιόν θα βοηθήσει η «Σάντυ»; Τι αλλάζει την επόμενη μέρα;
-Ελλάδα - Ευρωζώνη: η συνοχή της κυβέρνησης στο ναδίρ, η ανεργία στην Ευρώπη στο ζενίθ: η  λύση αργεί και  το οικονομικό  πολυνομοσχέδιο που δείχνει το πολιτικό μέλλον
-Συρία: Το πρώτο όνομα για ηγεσία ενωμένης αντιπολίτευσης: θα τον αφήσουν;
-Κίνα:: η σκέψη του Μάο υποχωρεί, ο φιλελευθερισμός προχωρεί: αλλαγή ηγεσίας και καταστατικού στη  χώρα των εκατομμυρίων ηλικιωμένων
Και στη δεύτερη ώρα:
-Κίνα ξανά: η κυβέρνηση που φοβάται τα ..μπαλόνια
-Καπέλλα Σιστίνα:  τουρίστες εναντίον Μικελάντζελο
-Η «Πράβδα του Βατικανού» ξυπνά στον 21ο αιώνα
-Τί είναι ο Μοβέμβριος;
-Μηχανή για κομπλιμέντα:  όταν χρειάζεστε κάποιον να σας θαυμάσει..αμέσως!

Τα Υπ’όψιν για ενημέρωση, συζήτηση και πολλή μουσική!

 «Τα Υπ’ Όψιν»  είναι  η εκπομπή (podcast)μας στο νέο, ιντερνετικό ραδιόφωνο  που μπορείτε να  ακούσετε όλο το εικοσιτετράωρο, όλη την εβδομάδα από τον υπολογιστή και το τηλέφωνό σας:  κάντε κλικ στην ηλεκτρονική διεύθυνση, επιλέξτε  με ασφάλεια  τo  φορμάτ  mp3 στο Google  και  το ιντερνετικό ραδιόφωνο  είναι στη διάθεσή σας , όσες φορές και όποτε ταιριάζει στο πρόγραμμά σας! Αυτή την εβδομάδα μας βρίσκετε στο:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1KU27prGcwUVi0taUpES19oLVk/edit

Sunday, November 4, 2012

Download the November 4 Ta Yp' Opsin podcast

The November 4 Ta Yp' Opsin (Consider These) news roundup podcast (in Greek) available for download:
(Podcasting is the new face of radio journalism; a podcast is similar to a news radio program, delivers information on a regular basis and can even be listened to directly on your computer or smartphone. To listen to our Ta Yp’Opsin podcast, simply click the link to the podcast and choose to download it to your computer safely from Google in mp3 format, ready to listen to and replay at any time)

In the First Hour of Ta Yp' Opsin:
- The post- Sandy devastation in the East Coast
- Getting voters displaced by Sandy to polling stations
- What’s on the line on Tuesday’s election
- Crucial votes in Greek Parliament on austerity measures
- Strikes and disruptions expected in Athens
- Overhauling the Syrian opposition leadership
- A generational leadership change in China

Plus, in the Second Hour:
- Beijing lockdown: The 10 craziest new rules
- Vladimir Putin’s “sports injuries”
- Sweat and carbon dioxide in the Sistine Chapel
- The "Catholic Pravda" has come a long way
- Pets and Superstorm Sandy
- Movember … and MoBros
- Internet rolls into Bangladesh on a bike
- The 'Emergency Compliment' Generator


Download here:


Ta Yp’Opsin (Consider These) weekly podcast with Greek Chicago journalists Elena Spilioti and George Zorbas. Discussion, analysis and great music!

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