POLARIZATION IN GREEK POLITICS

ΠΑΣ ΜΗ ΣΥΡΙΖΑΙΟΣ ΦΑΣΙΣΤΑΣ.
ANYONE NON SYRIZA IS A FASCIST

From an article by Yiannis Ampatzoglou 

in PRONEWS

IN GREEK...

"...Στις 14 Δεκεμβρίου ο ΣΥΡΙΖΑ διοργάνωσε ομιλία στο Παλέ ντε Σπορ της Θεσσαλονίκης με κύριο ομιλητή τον πρωθυπουργό. Το θέμα της ομιλίας ήταν «Ναι στη Μακεδονία της Δημοκρατίας και της Αλληλεγγύης. Όχι στο μίσος και τον Εθνικισμό».

Όπως είχε ανακοινωθεί στη συγκεκριμένη ομιλία θα υπήρχε ελεύθερη είσοδος, ωστόσο τα πράγματα εξελίχθηκαν τελείως διαφορετικά. Απαγορεύθηκε η είσοδος σε Έλληνες πολίτες, πολλοί από τους οποίους μάλιστα προσήχθησαν στα αστυνομικά τμήματα για εξακρίβωση των στοιχείων τους, ενώ είχαν μαζί τους τις αστυνομικές ταυτότητες τις οποίες άλλωστε επέδειξαν στους αστυνομικούς.

Έχει την αξία της η μαρτυρία ενός φίλου μου: «Μόλις εισήλθα στον προαύλιο χώρο του Παλέ ντε Σπορ με περικύκλωσαν πέντε αστυνομικοί της ασφαλείας. Ο ένας από αυτούς μου ζήτησε την ταυτότητα και αφού του την παρέδωσα με οδήγησε σε κάτι αστυνομικούς των ΟΠΚΕ. Ταυτόχρονα, με την ίδια διαδικασία συλλαμβάναν και άλλους πολίτες που βρίσκονταν σε εκείνο τον χώρο.

Μας επιβίβασαν όλους μαζί σε κλούβες της αστυνομίας και μας μετέφεραν στην αστυνομική διεύθυνση. Εκεί μας υπέβαλαν σε σωματική έρευνα αφού πρώτα κατεβάσαμε ένας-ένας το παντελόνι μας μέχρι τα γόνατα, πήραν τα προσωπικά μας αντικείμενα και τα έβαλαν σε μία σακούλα και στη συνέχεια μας οδήγησαν σε μία επιτροπή η οποία μας ρώτησε τα στοιχεία μας (επίθετο, όνομα, σταθερό και κινητό τηλέφωνο, διεύθυνση κατοικίας). Αφού υπογράψαμε το έγγραφο με τα στοιχεία μας και περιμέναμε ακόμα 1.5 ώρα, μας άφησαν να φύγουμε»...

AND IN ENGLISH

"...On December 14, SYRIZA organized a speech at the Palace of Sports in Thessaloniki with Prime Minister Speaker. The subject of the speech was "Yes in Macedonia of the Republic and Solidarity. Not hate and nationalism. "

As announced in this speech, there would be free admission, but things turned out to be completely different. It was forbidden to enter Greek citizens, many of whom were even brought to the police stations to check their details, and they had with them the police IDs they showed to police officers.
My friend's testimony is worthwhile: "As soon as I entered the courtyard of the Palace of Sports, I surrounded five security police. One of them asked for my identity, and after I handed it to him, he led me to some police officers from the OSCE. At the same time, in the same process, other citizens who were in that area were captured.They all took us together in police clutches and took us to the police station. There we have been subjected to physical research after we first pulled our trousers up to our knees, took our personal items and put them in a bag and then led us to a committee that asked us our details (surname, name, fixed and mobile phone, home address). After signing the document with our data and waiting for another 1.5 hours, we were let to go. "

GOD HELP US

How expensive are Europe's capitals?

 So where will you find the cheapest cappuccino?

 This burning question can be answered by just reading the following review.
 This is a review done recently by Wanderu and it reveals some interesting facts about European lifestyle through the cost of living of the European capitals. Through the eyes of the tourist obviously!

Be-haaave.

 1  SKOPJE                                    25 KIEV
 2  PRISTINA                                26 MADRID
 3  PODGORICA                           27 LUXEMBURG             
 4  CHISINAU                               28 PRAGUE
 5  TIRANA                                   29 RIGA
 6  MINSK                                     30 PRAGUE
 7  SOFIA                                      31 VADUZ
 8  BELGRADE                            32 ROME
 9  BUCHAREST                          33 BERN
10 SARAJEVO                             34 TALLINN
11 ANKARA                                35 VIENNA
12 BRATISLAVA                        36 ATHENS  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
13 ZAGREB                                 37 LISBON
14 NICOSIA                                 38  OSLO
15 WARSAW                               39 STOCKHOLM
16 VILNIUS                                 40 VALLETTA
17 ANDORA LAVELLA            41 HELSINKI
18 TBILISI                                   42 COPENHAGEN
19 SAN MARINO                        43 PARIS
20 MOSCOW                               44 LONDON
21 LJUBLJANA                           45 AMSTERDAM
22 BERLIN                                   46 DUBLIN
23 BRUSSELS                              47 REYKJAVIK
24 BUDAPEST                             48 MONACO

 What was taken into account:

One night hotel stay for one person.
Three course meal in a mid range restaurant.
Taxi fair for 1km drive.
One museum entry.
1/2 litre of beer.
One cup of cappuccino.
One way public transport ticket.

 WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT Eeee?

IS IT ALL GLOOM AND DOOM?

WHAT KEEPS GREECE AFLOAT?

In the land that gave birth to Democracy inhabitants spend endless hours contemplating who is really responsible for the plight of their country.
The country, some will tell you, has come to a stand still, production is at a minimum and moral is at an all time low.
And yet there is something happening, some wheels ARE turning and despite everything, Greece is the number 49 economy in the world according to GDP (PPP) per capita.

So what keeps Greece afloat?

well, a sector of the Greek economy is indeed going full ahead with production and export of goods which are in demand worldwide and here are a few.

PRODUCT                        WORLD  SHARE %      WORLD POSITION        % INCREASE

1. Canned Peaches:                              20                                 1                                     2
2. Farmed Fish                                     17                                 1                                    32
3. Olives                                               26                                 2                                  110
4. Olive Oil                                            8                                  3                                    84
5. Marble                                               7.5                               5                                   185
6. Yogurt                                               7                                  4                                   204

VALUES ARE FOR THE PERIOD 2009 TO 2017

These products represent 30% of all Greek Exports and are categorised in two groups:

• The first 4 along with cotton (15%), fur (34%), feta (101%), cement (15%), Tabaco (11%) and aluminium (121% of increase), are the basic exports and constitute 27% of all Greek exports and
• the rising stars  Yogurt, Monkey nuts (187%), smoked fish (192%), meat (243%), electricity meters (190%), elevators (130%) and ice cream (131% of increase).

The BIG question, of course, is whether Greece can sustain the levels of production, quality and supply in order to satisfy emerging markets. Sustainability of all these factors has been a problem of Greek producers since time immemorial so...

 the future will show.

 

TRAITORS OF GREECE

                                                                                   

                          

 ΚΑΤΡΑΝΤΖΗ ΜΟΥΣΤΑΦΑ                                 KATRANZI MOUSTAFA
 ΙΜΠΡΑΜ ΑΧΜΕΤ                                                 IBRAM AHMET                            
ΧΟΥΣΕ ΜΟΥΣΤΑΦΑ ΙΣΜΑΗΛ                            HUSE MOUSTAFA ISMAIL
ΧΑΤΖΗΓΚΕΝΕ ΙΡΦΑΝ                                          HAGIGENE IRFAN
ΜΟΥΣΤΑΦΑ ΜΕΤΙΝ                                             MOUSTAFA METIN
ΜΟΥΛΤΑΖΑ ΤΑΡΚΑΝ ΜΟΥΛΤΑΖΑ                 MOULTAZA TARKAN MOULTAZA
ΙΝΤΖΕ ΜΕΜΕΤ ΜΠΙΡΟΛ                                     INTZE MEMET MPIROL
ΚΟΤΖΑ ΜΟΥΜΙΝ ΡΙΤΒΑΝ                                  KOTZA MOUMIN RITVANΜΕΧΜΕΤ ΟΥΣΤΑ ΧΟΥΣΕΙΝ                              
ΜΟΥΜΙΝ ΟΝΤΕΡ                                                  MOUMIN ONTER

Κατά την διάρκεια της αιχμαλωσίας των δύο Ελλήνων στρατιωτών ένα παράξενο συμβάν έλαβε χώρα που απέδειξε τα προβλήματα μεταξύ των δύο χωρών.

Απουσίασαν και οι 10 Μουσουλμάνοι Περιφερειακοί Σύμβουλοι της Ανατολικής Μακεδονίας και Θράκης, από την συνεδρίαση του Περιφερειακού Συμβουλίου, όπου πρώτο θέμα συζητήθηκε για να εγκριθεί ψήφισμα υπέρ των δύο Ελλήνων στρατιωτικών, που κρατούντο αιχμάλωτοι από τους Τούρκους  στις φυλακές της Αδριανούπολης.
Αυτοί ήταν Ελληνες πολίτες εκλεγμένοι στην Περιφέρεια Ανατολικής Μακεδονίας και Θράκης.
Αν αυτό γινόταν στην Τουρκία θα υπηρχαν θύματα.

Οχι παίζουμε.

During the hostage taking of the two Greek soldiers by Turkey a strange event took place that proved the problems between the two countries.

All ten Muslim Regional officers in East Macedonia and Thrace were absent from the committee meeting of the Regional Office, where the first matter of discussion was the issue of of a resolution on the two Greek soldiers, who were kept hostage by Turkey.
These  counselors were elected Greek citizens!
If this had happened in Turkey there would be victimizations.

I think...

Do Greeks know who their friends are?

UZAY BULUT

Turkish journalist and Greek friend. She currently writes on ethnic and religious minorities issues  in Turkey and elsewhere including Christian persecutions.
She is said to be sponsored by  Jewish money through an organisation called.THE PHILOS PROJECT  in which she is an associate fellow. 
The Philos Project is said to be a Christian Anti-Iran Group, by Eli Clifton editor to RIGHT WEB , an organisation which monitors other organisations and individuals that promote militarist U.S. policies.

Are you following so far?

The Right Web, in turn was taken over in 2010 by the "Institute for Policy Studies" a highly influential think tank that "that consistently supported policies that facilitated the foreign policy goals of the Soviet Union and weakened the position of the United States" (KeyWiki).
The Right Web is closely aligned with THE NATION.

Back to Uzay Bulut.

She has recently written about Turkish activities in The Aegean and its policies towards Greece. Her article is worth reading. It is entitled 

Turkey Targeting Greece - Again

• With the illegal seizures and occupation of northern Cyprus in 1974 and the Syrian city of Afrin this March -- with virtually no global reaction -- Turkey apparently feels unchallenged and eager to continue; this time, it seems, with the oil-and-gas rich islands of Greece.
• "To take an interest in Iraq, Syria, Libya, Crimea, Karabakh, Bosnia and other brotherly regions is both the duty and the right of Turkey. Turkey is not just Turkey. The day we give up on these things will be the day we give up on our freedom and future." — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, 2016.
• Turkish needs are in reality supplied by its association with the US. Turkish officials usually get whatever they want from the West, but they seem to have chosen to align themselves with Iran and Russia, possibly in attempt to blackmail the West for more.

Read the full article in the source HERE.

Having considered the merits of the information above and the reality of the article 
I ask you  OH DANAANS.

WHO IS YOUR FRIEND?

HELLENIC AIR INDUSTRY

Is this vital industry been deliberately pushed to failure?

Despite positive signs of future orders no action is taken for the employment of new workers.

This can only affect negatively the sustainability of the company in a time when Greece needs  hot income from foreign orders. 

A large part of Greek defence industry at the moment  is the programme of modernisation of the

Orion P3-C aircraft four of which EAB ( Hellenic Aerospace Industry) has undertaken to modernise.

                                                      

                                                                                                                                         Tsakalotos and Tsipras are deep in thought. Why?

Unfortunately work cannot continue without the employment of ninenty specialist workers. This can only go ahead with the signing of the appropriate order by the Economic Minister Mr Tsakalotos.

At times when employment is used by the ruling Syriza Party as a means of political  manipulation, it seems quite short sighted to allow the Defence Industry to wither and possibly fall in the hands of foreign capital.

Mr Tsakalotos has not given reasons for the delay nor has he objected to the need for the replacement of workers who have left for various reasons such as pensioning and mass exits.

He has , however, put the signing on ice.

On the other hand, the need for 118 positions in the OTA (Local Government organisations)  have just been announced by Government.
Knowing the past record of this government in using employment for political reasons, we can only assume that these positions will be filled by relatives, friends and all sorts of other potentially electorally useful people.

The above picture is from an Orion P3-C parts info board from the USAN.

For the record, Mr Tsakalotos replaced Giannis Varoufakis as Finance Minister.

 

GOOD GRIEF!

WHERE DOES THE MONEY GO?

Straight from WIKI this is this latest list of countries by credit ratings

Only grahics are included for simpler viewing. A complete list can be obtained from the source.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_credit_rating

Standard and Poor's

AAA

AA+

AA

AA-

A+

A

A-

BBB+

BBB

BBB-

BB+

BB

BB-

B+

B

B-

CCC+

CCC

CCC-

CC

C

D

Greece

B

Positive

2018-01-19

Fitch 

Greece

B

Positive

2018-02-16

Moody's[edit]

Greece

B3

Positive

2018-02-21

DO YOU THINK THERE IS A LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL?

No Sir, not arthour evans

MINOS KALOKAIRINOS                        REAL DISCOVERER OF KNOSSOS

I was completely surprised to discover and embarrassed not have known that there has been another Discoverer of Knossos.
For decades Arthur Evans has been credited with the discovery of the palace of Knossos in Crete.
But the person who first set foot and excavated the ruins was Cretan  merchant and scholar Minos Kalokairinos.
The chain of events of this extraordinary part of Greek history is as follows:
1843    Minos Kalokairinos is born, fifth child of merchant Andreas Kalokairinos.
1862    Minos starts studies at the Law School in Athens. At 20 h.e has lost his mother and 3 brothers. His father died in 1864. This forces him to return to Crete and get involved with the family extensive business. In 1869 he marries Skevo Kriezi with whom he had five children.
1878    Kalokairinos has read Homer and other classical writers, mainly from Korais' library, so he decides that he will dig to find Minos' palace as it was described by Homer. He finds the store rooms of the palace where the royals kept their olive oil, wine etc. He also finds the corridor leading to the Royal throne.
The (Christian!) Pasha stops the dig fearing that international recognition will promote Cretan liberation.
Kalokairinos sends samples of the findings to the biggest European museums. Arthur Evans, curator of the Oxford Museum goes to Crete and works with Kalokairinos to get permission for more digs to no avail.
1898 25th August   During the 25th August events, Turks kill the brother and son of Kalokairinos. They burn his house and with it all artefacts and treasures he had found. Kalokairinos is ruined financially.
Crete is freed this year and Evans gets approval from the Cretan National Assembly for more digs but keeps Kalokairinos out of the picture.

 And there you have it.
Whom do you blame for this injustice? 
The Turkish rulers?
Arthur Evans?
The Crete National Assembly?
God?
Aliens?

Talk soon