TRT (Turkish Radio Television) has a new website with the translation of foreign newspapers. Ta Nea from Greece is chosen to be the Greek newspaper of the website. You may reach the special page here. Of course it is useless if you do not know Turkish BUT a Greek can easily understand what type of […]
Posts from 2006
Our Second Daughter is born…
Today, at 10:10 our second daughter is born. Mother and she are very fine. Here is a picture of her. I love you koricaki mou!… Tweet
Oh, Greece how much I missed you !
Since I met my wife we were spending at least 2 weeks in Greece in summer time. Since last year things are changing. Our first baby was born in February 2011 and even we spend a long summer in Athens, we barely went out and enjoy the summer. Previously, every year we were going to […]
Greece Election 2012
Greece is very close to one of the most important election in its time. On 17th of June people are going to polls to decide the next government. I wish my fellow Greeks best of luck to be able to form the government they deserve. The light at the end of tunnel has shown itself, […]
Wind Day in Greece
Global Wind Day (June 15, 2012) celebrations began with Monday, June 11 at the beginning of children’s painting exhibition and children’s events at The Mall Athens. There were Karagiozis for kids also. Here are the pictures. Tweet
Simit & Koulouri
Our Turkish and Greek friends found a new topic to fight; Simit or Koulouri. Let’s start with the definition of these words from WikiPedia: Simit (Turkish), Aramaic qeluro/qelora, koulouri (Greek: κουλούρι), đevrek (Serbian: ђеврек), gjevrek (Macedonian: ѓеврек), gevrek (Bulgarian: геврек), covrig (Romanian: covrig) (the last four, from “gevrek” in Turkish, meaning “crisp”, which is, in […]
Petrol, electric and natural gas prices are rising. In Greece? No, no, no in TURKEY !
As a Greek you might think that the prices are rising in Greece very fast. Well, Greece is not alone. Here is the price compassion from daily data sources on 04 April 2012. Judge yourself… Product in Turkey in Greece Gas Unleaded 95 / litre € 1.98 € 1.84 Diesel / litre € 1.68 € […]
I want to kick TROIKA ASS !
This morning I wake up with the news that the Troika is pressuring Greek politics about the election and the possible results. So, I wanted to write an article with the title you see above “I wanna kick Troika ass”. My Greek wife said “Welcome to the club” and added “if they have you by […]
Greece, during the time of crisis and 5 rules for Greeks in crisis
These days when ever I want to add a new post I remember the fact that the country is in economic crisis and any topic I will write is kind of “not in correct time and space”. Today, I decided to get over this and write a short comment about economic crisis based on my […]
Lefter Küçükandonyadis (Λευτέρης Αντωνιάδης) has died…
The biggest player ever came to Turkish leagues has died on 13 January 2012 at 87 years old (born 22 December 1925 in Istanbul). He was a Turkish football player of (paternal) Greek descent, who was recognised as one of the greatest footballers to play for Turkey. Early life and club career Born as the […]