3ZZZ Greek Programs

08/08/2022

#Comment #Greece #PhoneTapping #PM

ΤΗΛΕΦΩΝΙΚΕΣ ΥΠΟΚΛΟΠΕΣ
Σχόλιο: Κώστας Καραμάρκος

Παλαιοκομματικού τύπου άλλων εποχών η τοποθέτηση του πρωθυπουργού Κυριάκου Μητσοτάκη, για τις τηλεφωνικές υποκλοπές πολιτικού προσώπου, δημοσιογράφου και ποιος ξέρει και ποιών άλλων, σήμερα...

Ο σεβασμός του δημοκρατικού πολιτεύματος και της λειτουργίας των θεσμών μετονομάστηκε σε απλή υποβάθμιση της πολιτικής διάστασης της υποκλοπής από το διοικητή της ΕΥΠ!

Πολιτική, δημοκρατία, διαφάνεια, θεσμοί, ξεχάστηκαν, ή αναφέρθηκαν ως απαράδεκτη παραβίαση της ιδιωτικότητας!

Έξι και λεπτά διαγγέλματος για να τονιστεί η ανάγκη προστασίας και μεταρρύθμισης της ΕΥΠ! Που προστατεύει την ακεραιότητα της πατρίδας από αυτούς που την επιβουλεύονται, όπως μας υπενθύμισε ο Κυριάκος Μητσοτάκης!

Αλαζονεία, αλλά και προσβολή της συλλογικής νοημοσύνης των πολιτών, ήταν η τοποθέτηση Μητσοτάκη σήμερα. Προσβολή των δημοκρατικών αγώνων του λαού μας ήταν! Προσβολή και απαξίωση των δημοκρατικών θεσμών της Ελλάδας είδαμε και ακούσαμε στο διάγγελμα του Έλληνα πρωθυπουργού, σήμερα.

08/08/2022

#Antiquity #Art #Mythology #Greece

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08/08/2022

#GOCMV #History #Lecture #GreekAustralians

Coming up next Thursday, 18 August 2022, at 7pm, at The Greek Centre (Mezzanine) in Melbourne.

SEMINAR: NEGOTIATING IDENTITY:​ GREEK AND ARMENIAN ASPIRATIONS FOR A PONTO-ARMENIAN FEDERATION

A lecture entitled Negotiating Identity: Greek and Armenian Aspirations for a Ponto-Armenian Federation will be presented by lawyer and writer Dean Kalimniou, on Thursday, 18 August 2022, 7 pm, at the Greek Centre and online, as a part of the Greek History and Culture Seminars, offered by the Greek Community of Melbourne.

Much is made of the proposed Ponto-Armenian Federation as provided for by US President Wilson in the aftermath of the First World War. This lecture discusses how feasible this prospect could have been, given the facts on the ground, the competing interests of World Powers, and of course the attitudes of the key stakeholders themselves, the Greeks of Pontus and the Armenians.

Dean Kalimniou is a lawyer, poet, and short story writer within the Greek community. He has published seven poetry collections in Greek and translated the works of many local Greek authors into English. He has also published translations of Papadiamantis’ short stories in the critical anthology​ “The Boundless Garden. Selected Short Stories.” His most recent book, “Simela and the Magic Kemenche”, is also his first bilingual children’s book.
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When: Thursday 18 August 2022, 7 pm

Where: Mezzanine level, The Greek Centre, 168 Lonsdale Street

Online Platforms: Facebook and Youtube
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ΣΕΜΙΝΑΡΙΟ: ΔΙΑΠΡΑΓΜΑΤΕΥΟΜΕΝΗ ΤΑΥΤΟΤΗΤΑ:​ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΕΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΡΜΕΝΙΚΕΣ ΦΙΛΟΔΟΞΙΕΣ ΓΙΑ ΜΙΑ ΠΟΝΤΟ-ΑΡΜΕΝΙΚΗ ΟΜΟΣΠΟΝΔΙΑ

Διάλεξη με τίτλο «Διαπραγματευόμενη Ταυτότητα: Ελληνικές και Αρμενικές φιλοδοξίες μια για Ποντο-Αρμενική Ομοσπονδία» θα παρουσιαστεί από τον δικηγόρο και συγγραφέα Κωνσταντίνο Καλυμνιό, την Πέμπτη 18 Αυγούστου 2022, στις 7 μ.μ., στο Ελληνικό Κέντρο και διαδικτυακά, ως μέρος των Σεμιναρίων Ελληνικής Ιστορίας και Πολιτισμού, που προσφέρονται από την Ελληνική Κοινότητα Μελβούρνης.

Πολλά γίνονται για την προτεινόμενη Ποντο-Αρμενική Ομοσπονδία όπως προβλέφθηκε από τον Πρόεδρο των ΗΠΑ Γουίλσον μετά τον Πρώτο Παγκόσμιο Πόλεμο. Αυτή η διάλεξη εξετάζει πόσο εφικτή θα μπορούσε να ήταν αυτή η προοπτική, δεδομένων των γεγονότων στην περιοχή, των ανταγωνιστικών συμφερόντων των Παγκόσμιων Δυνάμεων και φυσικά των στάσεων των ίδιων των βασικών ενδιαφερομένων, των Ελλήνων του Πόντου και των Αρμενίων.

Ο Κωνσταντίνος Καλυμνιός είναι δικηγόρος, ποιητής και διηγηματογράφος. Έχει εκδώσει επτά ποιητικές συλλογές στα ελληνικά και έχει μεταφράσει τα έργα πολλών ντόπιων Ελλήνων συγγραφέων στα αγγλικά. Έχει επίσης δημοσιεύσει μεταφράσεις διηγημάτων του Παπαδιαμάντη στην κριτική «The Boundless Garden. Selected Short Stories». Το πιο πρόσφατο βιβλίο του, «Simela and the Magic Kemenche», είναι επίσης το πρώτο δίγλωσσο παιδικό του βιβλίο.
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Πότε: Πέμπτη 18 Αυγούστου 2022, 7 μ.μ

Πού: Ημιώροφος, The Greek Centre, 168 Lonsdale Street

Διαδικτυακές πλατφόρμες: Facebook και Youtube

08/08/2022

Nick Kyrgios continues career-best form, winning key tournament on road to US Open

#Sport #Tennis #Australia #NickKyrgios

"Aussie tennis star Nick Kyrgios has won the Washington Open title — his first in three years at the same event, and seventh of his career.

Kyrgios won in straight sets win in 6-4, 6-3 over Japan's Yoshihito Nishioka in just one hour, 21 minutes, while his ATP ranking will move up from 63rd to 37th, pocketing a cool $496,460 prizemoney for the title."

Read more: 👉 https://ab.co/3SAwQXV

Nick Kyrgios has defeated Yoshihito Nishioka in the final of the Washington Open to secure his first ATP title in three years. He held service 64 times in the tournament without being broken.

07/08/2022

#Greece #Sport #Basketball #Identity

Yes! Ναι!

07/08/2022

New Australians learning English

#Australia #Migration #Language #History

Once upon a time (1959) in Australia. Migrants, including Greeks, while learning English in order to assimilate, as the narrator states again and again and in order to find better jobs.

07/08/2022

Greek PM under pressure over tapping of opponent’s phone

#Greece #Government #TappingScandal

"The Greek prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, is facing his toughest hour in office following the discovery that the mobile phone of his political opponent, the leader of the country’s third largest party, was tapped by order of EYP, the intelligence service that reports directly to his office."

Government accused of ‘darkest practices’ in eavesdropping scandal that evokes worst days of country’s military rule

07/08/2022

Foreign students get taste of Greek culture | eKathimerini.com

#Greece #Education #Culture #University

"A total of 54 students from 17 countries and 29 universities attended the Athens University summer course in modern Greek studies this year. The aim of the program is to familiarize foreign students with the modern Greek language and culture, as well as literature, history and art. It includes visits to archaeological sites and other places of cultural interest."

A total of 54 students from 17 countries and 29 universities attended the Athens University summer course in modern Greek studies this year.

07/08/2022

#GreekAustralians #AntipodesFestival

The Greek-Australian 1990s in #Melbourne. An Antonios Baxevanidis photo depicting from left to right former Labor PM of Australia the late Gough Whitlam, Jeff Kennett, Liberal Premier of Victoria, George Fountas, President of the Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne and Victoria (#GOCMV) and Elias Rallis, Chair of the Antipodes Festival.

Σχετικά με την ιστορία της ελληνικής ομογένειας της Μελβούρνης κατά τη διάρκεια της δεκαετίας του 1990. Μια φωτογραφία του Αντώνη Μπαξεβανιδη, μάλλον από βραδιά εγκαινίων του Φεστιβάλ Αντίποδες.

07/08/2022

Δημήτρης Τζιόβας: «Θέλουμε να ζούμε με μύθους και ένας από αυτούς είναι ότι έχουμε την ομορφότερη χώρα» | LiFO

#Interview #Greece #Identity #Culture

"Ο καθηγητής στο Πανεπιστήμιο του Μπέρμιγχαμ, που τιμήθηκε με το φετινό Μεγάλο Βραβείο Γραμμάτων, μιλά στη LiFO για την εποχή μας, την τριτοβάθμια εκπαίδευση, τις συλλογικές αντιλήψεις και τις αγκυλώσεις του παρελθόντος."

07/08/2022

#Greece #Hydra #Travel

Summertime in Greece.

#benakisummer (Following in English)
#καλημέρα!
Ανακαλύπτοντας Το Καλοκαίρι μέσα από τις Συλλογές του Μουσείου Μπενάκη
📸Φωτ. Ιωάννης Λάμπρος, Ύδρα, 1971.
© Μουσείο Μπενάκη / Φωτογραφικά Αρχεία
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#DiscoveringSummerThroughBenakiMuseum
#GoodMorning!
📸Photo by Ioannis Lambros, Hydra, 1971.
© Benaki Museum / Photographic Archives

07/08/2022

#Melbourne #Festival #Books #Ideas #Writing

Coming up next month in the big Babel of the South.

🎉 Tickets are now on sale for Melbourne Writers Festival!

This year, we’re celebrating the wild ambition of more than 270 of the world’s most exciting storytellers. But we're also celebrating you.

Reading is the ultimate act of ambition; the boundless ambition of the curious mind. Ambition to learn, to inhabit another person’s life and experience the world from their point of view. To grasp the limitless possibilities that literature affords us, the solace it has given, the joy it still has to offer.

For you, our community of readers and writers, our shared ambition to come together and revel in books, stories and ideas is finally here.

Welcome back.

Book now: https://mwf.com.au/

#MWF22

Image description: A tile divided diagonally in half into blue and cream triangles. The word 'AMBITION' is in the centre, the font colour split into a cream half and dark grey half. Along the top in black font is 'Melbourne Writers Festival 8–11 Sep 2022.

07/08/2022

#Comment #Exhibition #GreekAustralians

Comment: Kostas Karamarkos

About the social history of the Greek-Australian community in Victoria.

As stated before though, work and politics, a major component in the life of our community, were not represented in the Open Horizons exhibition.

Σχετικά με την κοινωνική ιστορία της Ελληνοαυστραλίας, έτσι όπως παρουσιάζεται στην έκθεση του Μουσείου της Μελβούρνης Ανοιχτή Ορίζοντες, μαζί με αξιόλογα εκθέματα από το Εθνικό Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο της Ελλάδας.

Η απεικόνιση της παρουσίας της Ελληνουστραλίας σε αυτήν την έκθεση όμως, δυστυχώς, δεν ανέδειξε την εργασιακή και πολιτική ιστορία της ομογένειας στη Βικτώρια.

Η έκθεση κλείνει στις 14 Αυγούστου.

06/08/2022

#Melbourne #Newspaper

Today's front page of Melbourne's daily The Age.

06/08/2022

#Melbourne #GreekAustralians #Exhibition

About the presence of the Greek-Australian community in Victoria.

06/08/2022

PM Mitsotakis feels the heat as two top Greek officials quit in spy scandal

#Greece #Scandal #Government #Democracy

"Two top Greek government officials resigned on Friday amid growing pressure on the administration of Greek Prime Minister #KyriakosMitsotakis over an espionage scandal in which an opposition leader's phone was tapped.

The government’s General Secretary Grigoris Dimitriadis, a top aide and nephew of Mitsotakis, stepped down, followed by the resignation of Greece’s National Intelligence Service (EYP) chief Panagiotis Kontoleon, after being accused of "incorrect actions" by the prime minister's office.

The double resignation followed revelations about the attempted hacking of MEP #NikosAndroulakis' mobile phone with spyware named Predator. Androulakis is the leader of the third-largest party in the Greek parliament, #Pasok, while Mitsotakis hails from the center-right #NewDemocracy party."

The phone of an opposition leader was bugged.

06/08/2022

#OTD #Anniversary #History #HiroshimaDay

Atomic bomb explosion, Hiroshima, Japan, 8.15am, August 6, 1945... Because U.S. strategists wanted to flatten an entire city with a single atomic bomb and Hiroshima was the right size...

In the spring of 1945, the US military convened a Target Committee, a mix of officers and scientists, to decide where the bomb should fall.

The minutes of this committee, declassified years ago, show that the Target Committee considered some far less deadly targets. The initial list included a remote military installation and Tokyo Bay, where the bomb would have been detonated as a demonstration.

But at the end the committee decided that they needed to demonstrate to the world the power of the new weapon. They also needed to scare the Japanese into unconditional surrender...

The other two photos, showing the aftermath of the explosion, are from September 15th and November 17th, 1945.

05/08/2022

#Greece #Identity #Sport #Basketball

Yes! The Antetokounmpo brothers as players of the national basketball team of Greece. Yes!

05/08/2022

#Athens #Greece #Travel #Acropolis

Αθήνα! Athens, Greece!

Photo: @kostasicebar/#AthensByLocals

05/08/2022

Voice debate reminds me of controversy before I delivered the apology

#Australia #Referendum #Constitution

The #PM’s proposal to establish an Indigenous Voice to #parliament is modest and appropriate. Yet still some stoke anxiety and fear. | #OPINION by #KevinRudd

The PM’s proposal to establish an Indigenous Voice to parliament is modest and appropriate. Yet still some stoke anxiety and fear.

05/08/2022

Is British Museum’s stance shifting on Parthenon marbles return?

#ParthenonMarbles #BritishMuseum #Greece #Acropolis

Interesting read!

"Displayed at the London museum since 1832, their return has been demanded by Greece for much of that time, leaving the two countries stuck in a sometimes testy stalemate. It is now time “to do something qualitatively different”, Williams told the Sunday Times.

But what? Given the recent comments by the chair of trustees, George Osborne, that there was “a deal to be done” with Greece, the museum appeared to be hinting at a change of its stance on the marbles. So are we likely to see the marbles on display in Athens soon, or perhaps even given back permanently to Greece?
Not quite. Pressed on the detail of the proposed partnership, the British Museum was unequivocal: “We will loan the sculptures, as we do many other objects, to those who wish to display them … provided they will look after them and return them.”

Similarly, comments by Boris Johnson that returning the marbles was a matter for the British Museum were widely interpreted as the UK softening on repatriation. The government now insists he meant only loans – and that the museum is still legally barred from giving anything back.

" Almost 60% of Britons now think the Parthenon marbles belong in Greece, with only 18% believing they should stay in London.

There are plenty in the heritage sector who are sympathetic to the British Museum’s ambition to be “a museum of the world, for the world”. Among them is the archaeologist Mike Pitts, who says that debate about the marbles has “become more about politics and mudslinging than anything else … It’s much more helpful to think about the present and the future, rather than what happened in the past.

“That’s not to say that nothing should ever be returned. But I think we need a … wider conversation rather than a few headline, simplistic representations.”

As for one possible way forward, says Pitts, “the British Museum is saying we’re happy to loan material, and they don’t seem to be putting any kind of limits on how long that loan might be. So one can imagine that some really significant part of the Parthenon collection could end up effectively on permanent display in Athens. But as a loan.”

Changing public attitudes have made issues of repatriation and decolonisation harder to ignore