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 Dino & Anty - 123Dino & Anty - 123 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 2nd Opinion - 1242nd Opinion - 124 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 PersOnality DisOrders - 117PersOnality DisOrders - 117 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 Marching against or working for ObamaMarching against or working for Obama by Thanos Kalamidas
Seen on the news all those elements of the American conservative right to extreme right all the way to dangerously extreme right demonstrating in the very same place where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous “I have a dream” spe
 SnakeBoots - 118SnakeBoots - 118 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 Life Undercover - 121Life Undercover - 121 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 How you call Muslims who slaughter Muslims?How you call Muslims who slaughter Muslims? by Thanos Kalamidas
From the beginning of the invasion to Iraq we keep reading in the news about bombs and countless victims with young children a lot of times included in the victims; I suppose some think that these kids and their mothers are responsible for what ha
 Lift Spirits - 120Lift Spirits - 120 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 Show Bizz  - 122Show Bizz - 122 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 When help faces corruptionWhen help faces corruption by Thanos Kalamidas
To help the people in Pakistan it is one thing but how you can avoid the corruption is another altogether and days after the inhuman catastrophe that has hit the country nobody knows what is worst, the flood that took thousands of lives all the co
 Dino & Anty - 122Dino & Anty - 122 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 The German alchemical growth miracleThe German alchemical growth miracle by Thanos Kalamidas
Reading the achievement of the German economy to how a growth of 2.2 percent in the middle of the economic crisis filled everybody with hope and the European administrations with a thrill. Personally I missed the thrill and I went straight away to
 2nd Opinion - 232nd Opinion - 23 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 Life Undercover  - 120Life Undercover - 120 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 The Slovaks, Olli Rehn and the EU continuing failuresThe Slovaks, Olli Rehn and the EU continuing failures by Thanos Kalamidas
As it is normal I suppose, when I browse the news and if I see something about Greece I check twice most of time even reading the whole article. And it was the same this time and started with an news-agency focusing on EU mainly news. A six hundre
 Lift Spirits  - 119Lift Spirits - 119 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 How bizarre!How bizarre! by Thanos Kalamidas
A School road marking spelt wronglyWorker
 Show Bizz - 121Show Bizz - 121 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 Douglas' American-meterDouglas' American-meter by Thanos Kalamidas
Reading the other day how “confused” Kirk Douglas felt about the NY Mosque plans and his demand from all the Muslims to condemn the sort of terrorism that brought down the Twin Towers I fell to a series of thoughts that left me totally
 Dino & Anty  - 121Dino & Anty - 121 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 2nd Opinion  - 1222nd Opinion - 122 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 PersOnality DisOrders  - 116PersOnality DisOrders - 116 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 SnakeBoots - 117SnakeBoots - 117 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 Cloning food, greed and miseryCloning food, greed and misery by Thanos Kalamidas
The dilemma is pretty …tempting. From the one side you have millions starving and anything that could help them and save lives it’s worth to try from the other side you have the commercialize science in the name of greed with the starv
 Life Undercover  - 119Life Undercover - 119 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 The monstrous little sisterThe monstrous little sister by Thanos Kalamidas
Her brother demanded from leaders from all around the world, from ambassadors and representatives to participate in her mourning and funeral. He called her a heroin of the nation and a woman example for the generations to come. The truth is that s
 Lift Spirits - 118Lift Spirits - 118 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 Show Bizz  - 120Show Bizz - 120 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 A flotilla of politics as usualA flotilla of politics as usual by Thanos Kalamidas
The Gaza flotilla made it to the headlines once again only this time for a different reason, the United Nations decided to launch a panel that will investigate the incident which left nine people dead and the surprise came from Israel that announc
 Dino & Anty  - 120Dino & Anty - 120 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 Following ordersFollowing orders by Thanos Kalamidas
There is one phrase I always hated because it has become the worst but most commonly used phrase for all short of crimes in history, follow orders. When it comes the time to answer for any kind of horrific actions in all levels the answer remains
 2nd Opinion - 1212nd Opinion - 121 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 PersOnality DisOrders  - 115PersOnality DisOrders - 115 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 But seriously EuropeBut seriously Europe by Thanos Kalamidas
While reporters witnessed the unbelievable act of the French police evicting with unexcused force African immigrants, mainly mothers and kids in a Parisian suburb the French president warns that the French nationality will be stripped from anyone
 SnakeBoots  - 116SnakeBoots - 116 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 Sarah is back, tweetingSarah is back, tweeting by Thanos Kalamidas
In the beginning she was the guest star in a gig called the Tea-Party; then she took over the central stage and the gig turned into a mega-show where the good old ‘values’ that everybody tries to forget became the issue and in the end
 Life Undercover  - 118Life Undercover - 118 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 David Cameron and the Pakistani equationDavid Cameron and the Pakistani equation by Thanos Kalamidas
It was national security, it is damaging the prospects for regional peace and I feel really strange finding myself agreeing with David Cameron and happy he opened his mouth and said some truths doesn’t matter how bitter they are especially t
 Lift Spirits  - 117Lift Spirits - 117 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 Journalism under national securityJournalism under national security by Thanos Kalamidas
To say that the Watergate scandal marked American history is an underestimation of the real effect it had in international history and how much it changed the role journalism with those two tiredly connected. The two reporters who made the scandal
 Show Bizz - 119Show Bizz - 119 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 How bizarre!How bizarre! by Thanos Kalamidas
Bear takes short ride in carThe interior of
 Dino & Anty  - 119Dino & Anty - 119 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 2nd Opinion - 1202nd Opinion - 120 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 2nd Opinion - 1192nd Opinion - 119 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 PersOnality DisOrders - 114PersOnality DisOrders - 114 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 SnakeBoots - 115SnakeBoots - 115 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 When in Greece the revolutionaries evolute to common criminalsWhen in Greece the revolutionaries evolute to common criminals by Thanos Kalamidas
The last few months Greece manages to become headlines all around the world and not for good reason all the time. It was the economic failure and now it is the murder of a known journalist and blogger in the early morning hours on the 19th of July
 Life Undercover - 117Life Undercover - 117 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 When true Finnish poll raises questionsWhen true Finnish poll raises questions by Thanos Kalamidas
Another poll saw the Finnish media the last few days attracting the usual spotlights and one more time I have to express my scepticism for how they contact those surveys and about their timing. Actually I found the timing suspicious. The survey ha
 Lift Spirits  - 116Lift Spirits - 116 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 The man who gave hope and dignityThe man who gave hope and dignity by Thanos Kalamidas
I am one of those very privileges and honoured to have seen Nelson Mandela, have spoken to him and have shaken a hand with one of the greatest men of our life time. And while I’m writing that I can hear you mentioning names like Einstein, Ch
 Show Bizz - 118Show Bizz - 118 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 Dino & Anty  118Dino & Anty 118 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 2nd Opinion  1182nd Opinion 118 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 PersOnality DisOrders  113PersOnality DisOrders 113 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 The Spanish South African one-eyeThe Spanish South African one-eye by Thanos Kalamidas
Tears from both sides and Spain is the new holder of the world cup. Holland for the third time returns home with tears while Carlos, the king of Spain prepares shines his uniform to welcome the heroes. In the meantime South Africa ignoring the fin
 SnakeBoots 114SnakeBoots 114 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 Life Undercover  116Life Undercover 116 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 Stoning human rightsStoning human rights by Thanos Kalamidas
I have no doubt that Iran is a beautiful country with a long history and contribution to world’s culture where there are beautiful hard working people but sadly a state and a society doesn’t judged by its natural beauty or the sweat of
 Lift Spirits  115Lift Spirits 115 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 Show Bizz  117Show Bizz 117 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 How bizarreHow bizarre by Thanos Kalamidas
Ex-hot dog eating champion held in USFormer hot dog s
 Dino & Anty  117Dino & Anty 117 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 2nd Opinion  1172nd Opinion 117 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 Has Israel lost its only Muslim ally or has Turkey found her lost identity?Has Israel lost its only Muslim ally or has Turkey found her lost identity? by Thanos Kalamidas
The incident with the Gaza flotilla raid in May was not the end of a long honey moon between Turkey and Israel but the end of a fragile relationship that survived only because the Americans and their allies in the Turkish army status quo wanted it
 SnakeBoots 113SnakeBoots 113 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 Life Undercover  115Life Undercover 115 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 Lift Spirits  114Lift Spirits 114 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 Show Bizz  116Show Bizz 116 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 But ...seriouslyBut ...seriously by Thanos Kalamidas
Sometimes I feel that my generation really misses the times of the cold war. We lived mainly the end of it and most of the time it is like a heroic fairy tale full of urban legends and myths. And since my generation nowadays controls all the eleme
 Dino & Anty  116Dino & Anty 116 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 Finnish midsummer consumed by alcoholFinnish midsummer consumed by alcohol by Thanos Kalamidas
I have this strange déjà vu feeling around those days that I was thinking exactly the same things a year a go, that I even wrote the same things a year ago. It’s Sunday evening, midsummer weekend and the number of dead in Finland h
 How bizarre!How bizarre! by Thanos Kalamidas
Canada zoo appeals for stolen tiger and camelsA zoo in Canada has pleaded for the safe return of a tiger and two camels that
 The Gs failure to understandThe Gs failure to understand by Thanos Kalamidas
The G8, the G20 and who knows how many other Gs lobbying, met in Canada and they patronized Europe into focusing on growth and national debt. I didn’t hear anybody saying anything about education, culture, tolerance or anything to do with th
 Show Bizz  115Show Bizz 115 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 Dino & Anty  115Dino & Anty 115 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 Mari Kiviniemi and the mellow fruit policyMari Kiviniemi and the mellow fruit policy by Thanos Kalamidas
When Gordon Brown took over the PM’s seat in British government I was strongly opposed and that despite understanding that Britain has a representative democracy and the labours had won the elections therefore the seat belonged to the ruling
 PersOnality DisOrders  112PersOnality DisOrders 112 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 SnakeBoots 112SnakeBoots 112 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 BP's loans from our childrenBP's loans from our children by Thanos Kalamidas
How much you charge an environmental destruction that will take years, probably decades to recover? The amount of life that is going to suffer for the next decades due to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is unaccountable doesn’t matter wh
 Talking about EU visionsTalking about EU visions by Thanos Kalamidas
It was not the report that made me stop and think but the title that headed the report. “Germany's Merkel wary of French EU vision” and when I actually swallowed what the report was saying I started laughing. oddly the title was
 The snake that crawls around EuropeThe snake that crawls around Europe by Thanos Kalamidas
This is one of those times when proven right makes you so sad. When back in late 1980s very few we were talking about the rebirth of racism, prejudice and hate groups in Europe everybody was laughing pointing out that in most countries for example
 PersOnality DisOrders  1011PersOnality DisOrders 1011 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 A nuclear weapons free zoneA nuclear weapons free zone by Thanos Kalamidas
Reading the latest Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) members’ decision for a nuclear-weapons-free zone in the Middle East, I felt a hysterical laugh coming out of my mouth! What’s next? They will declare global peace and the end o
 How bizarre!How bizarre! by Thanos Kalamidas
Pink HitlerAn advert for a clothing shop that features A
 The IMF's shadowThe IMF's shadow by Thanos Kalamidas
It looks like the minute the International Monetary Fund put a foot in Greece cannot keep away from Europe and now with a new force warns Spain – they called it concerns - for problems and the time has come for some radical measures to ensur
 Lift Spirits 1012Lift Spirits 1012 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 The Greek blaming gameThe Greek blaming game by Thanos Kalamidas
Let’s talk about football! I would love to write that and spend the next hour talking about the Europe league, the last games and my favourite football persona José Mourinho but …but the telephone rings and it is some friends from
 SnakeBoots  1011SnakeBoots 1011 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 A P.M with a mission impossibleA P.M with a mission impossible by Thanos Kalamidas
A few days ago, talking about the results of the British national elections I was talking about the old guard of the Labour Party that should reshape and regain control of a party that has been lost in the new-conservatism even though Tony Blair b
 Dino & Anty 1012Dino & Anty 1012 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 PersOnality DisOrders 1010PersOnality DisOrders 1010 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 Greek talkingGreek talking by Thanos Kalamidas
Even though I’m really proud to be Greek there are times like this last week that I feel really sad for the country I born and embarrassed for what people say for the country that mothered the western civilization. And when Finland’s M
 SnakeBoots 1010SnakeBoots 1010 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 Lift Spirits 1010Lift Spirits 1010 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 Dino & Anty  111Dino & Anty 111 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 Amarynthos raping justice (in Greek)Amarynthos raping justice (in Greek) by Thanos Kalamidas
Τις τελευταίες βδομάδες το ΔΝΤ και η κακομοιριά
 Greece's financial landmarksGreece's financial landmarks by Thanos Kalamidas
Greece is a country reference with historical landmarks not only for the nation but for the whole globe. Great battles, strangles for independence, freedom and democracy, the beginnings of philosophy and science, master personas, inspiring acts. A
 How bizarre!How bizarre! by Thanos Kalamidas
Dreams can help with learningNapping after learning some
 PersOnality DisOrders  109PersOnality DisOrders 109 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 Life Undercover   1010Life Undercover 1010 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 Mini skirts, volcano dust and earthquakesMini skirts, volcano dust and earthquakes by Thanos Kalamidas
For long time I have targeted the Iranian dictators with articles, comments and posts. And sometimes these comments and articles are provocatively angry but I am one of the unlucky ones to have lived the full meaning of a dictatorship when I was g
 SnakeBoots  109SnakeBoots 109 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 Lift Spirits  109Lift Spirits 109 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 But seriouslyBut seriously by Thanos Kalamidas
What an irony, a couple of days before I was writing about the altruism of benevolent institutions like PJ Morgan and here comes Goldman Sachs to prove me right with the Securities and Exchange commission accusing them for fraud. Goldman Sachs is
 Dino & Anty   1010Dino & Anty 1010 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 JP Morgan's altruism, profits and EuropeJP Morgan's altruism, profits and Europe by Thanos Kalamidas
When the entire world is reporting loses, when the number of unemployed international reaches sky heights and the number of people living in pennies is becoming uncountable; doesn’t anybody find it strange that banking companies like JP Morg
 When Barack Obama met Steven SeagalWhen Barack Obama met Steven Seagal by Thanos Kalamidas
US president Barack Obama has warned the world leaders of an increasing danger of a nuclear terrorist attack and I’m wandering where he was when they made all these films back in eighties and nineties and if he knows Steven Seagal! Mr. Presi
 Sarah's tea and mysterySarah's tea and mystery by Thanos Kalamidas
And she’s back, that if she had ever gone and of course I’m talking about Sarah Palin who has managed to squeeze into headlines again. Actually this makes you realize how big problem the Republican party must have if six-pack Sarah has
 PersOnality DisOrders  1008PersOnality DisOrders 1008 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 Artem was Russian not from Malawi!Artem was Russian not from Malawi! by Thanos Kalamidas
The story is that an American woman, a 34 year-old nurse name Torry-Ann Hansen went all the way to Russia and specifically to Vladivostok and adopted a 6 year-old boy from an orphanage; changing his name and taking him to Tennessee USA to offer hi
 SnakeBoots  1008SnakeBoots 1008 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 Vatican's bombsVatican's bombs by Thanos Kalamidas
I was browsing the news and wherever I was looking there were bombs or the Vatican. Bombs in Pakistan, bombs in Russia, bombs in Chechnya and bombs in the Vatican. In all cases bodies were spread all around and I’m talking about innocent bod
 The evolution of a KarzaiThe evolution of a Karzai by Thanos Kalamidas
I admit that I had to check it again and I became more confident to what I was reading after I checked it with a few different news agencies. The Afghani president Hamid Karzai accused UN and EU officials of plotting to put puppet government in po
 Aung San Suu Kyi's ZimbabweAung San Suu Kyi's Zimbabwe by Thanos Kalamidas
Burma’s National League for Democracy (NLD), Aung San Suu Kyi’s party with her agreement I suppose announced that they are not going to participate in the countries election after two decades and organized from one of the worst dictato
 A two ways insultA two ways insult by Thanos Kalamidas
Probably the wrong person but Angela Merkel said to Recep Tayyip Erdogan exactly what the rest of Europe wants to say but is not ready to say yet. Angela Merkel said to the Turkish Prime Minister that Turkey is not suitable for a full EU membershi
 Cousin Benjamin with a lemon meringue pieCousin Benjamin with a lemon meringue pie by Thanos Kalamidas
Seen the photos of the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talking with US President Barack Obama you cannot avoid thinking what the hell are they talking about? I mean, are they talking about the weather? What they ate the night before or w
 A handicap union and a trebling futureA handicap union and a trebling future by Thanos Kalamidas
In an extended survey lately in Norway about possible candidacy of the countr
 Dino & Anty   1008Dino & Anty 1008 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 Jäätteenmäki's riversJäätteenmäki's rivers by Thanos Kalamidas
When you are an outsider Finnish politics give you the sense of total schizophrenia. One day the Prime Minister decides to boycott a supermarket chain because they didn’t have his favourite milk brand when he went for shopping, then a week a
 How bizarreHow bizarre by Thanos Kalamidas
His fortune polishes atheists' reputationWhen Gla
 Father Andrew's churchFather Andrew's church by Thanos Kalamidas
I’m not a religious person, on the contrary – and I have mention it often bef
 Turkey bulling immigrantsTurkey bulling immigrants by Thanos Kalamidas
It’s always the same; the poor pay the crimes of the mighty and the powerful  but the latest news show something about the ethics and the attitude of a nation that aspire to become full member of the European Union, a union that manifes
 Funding a conflictFunding a conflict by Thanos Kalamidas
You often see American Jew comedians blaming their heritage for their self-destructive character and when it is said in a comedy series it makes you laugh but when it comes from a state makes you wander if there is really something going on with t
 Life Undercover  1007Life Undercover 1007 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 Ashton's EU diplomacyAshton's EU diplomacy by Thanos Kalamidas
The new EU foreign policy chief, Baroness Catherine Ashton speaking about her plans about the future of the European Union diplomacy in the European Parliament said emphatically that to build a robust new diplomatic service is once in a generation
 Religious or ethnic the Nigerian murderReligious or ethnic the Nigerian murder by Thanos Kalamidas
The headline is very clear as clear is the blood in the streets of the city Jos in the Nigerian south. More than 200 dead after a machete-wielding Muslim group attacked the Christian community. The police is reporting that this is not the final nu
 How ...bizarreHow ...bizarre by Thanos Kalamidas
Nose scanning techniques could sniff out criminalsWe alr
 PersOnality DisOrders  1005PersOnality DisOrders 1005 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 Sceptic in Euro-sceptismSceptic in Euro-sceptism by Thanos Kalamidas
An odd provocation this week in the European Parliament from Nigel Farage, the leader of the UKIP group – the Euro-sceptics – is the reasons for some thoughts about the way the Members of the European Parliament work and are elected.
 SnakeBoots  1005SnakeBoots 1005 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 Lift Spirits  1005Lift Spirits 1005 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 The dark side of the Turkish armyThe dark side of the Turkish army by Thanos Kalamidas
The latest economic problems of the European Union’s Mediterranean members have overwhelmed us so much so we have nearly missed what is going on with a Mediterranean candidate country and what is going on with Turkey this moment might not fo
 How ...bizarre!How ...bizarre! by Thanos Kalamidas
Elephant 'secret language' cluesResearchers at S
 The Euro-tragedyThe Euro-tragedy by Thanos Kalamidas
And the talk about the Greek economy continues but it seems that nobody cares to listen the Greek prime minister or the Greek citizens, something that makes you wander what really is going on with the Euro and the European economy in general.
 The Bulgarian missilesThe Bulgarian missiles by Thanos Kalamidas
It is only days when I was talking about a cold war déjà vu and here is Russia asking Bulgaria to explain its plans to deploy US air defence missiles on her soil targeting – always according to Moscow – Russia. According to S
 SnakeBoots 1004SnakeBoots 1004 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 Mossad's holidays in DubaiMossad's holidays in Dubai by Thanos Kalamidas
And since there wasn’t enough going on around now we found out that if you have a British passport you might as well be double careful because you might wake up one morning and find out that despite the fact you were all weekend ill in bed s
 Dino & Anty 1005Dino & Anty 1005 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 Burma's Tin Oo is freeBurma's Tin Oo is free by Thanos Kalamidas
Perhaps a step of desperation after the united exclaim from the international community; perhaps a tactical move before the next inhuman strike, perhaps just an accident but Burma’s dictatorial regime let free the vice-chairman of Aung San S
 International Childhood Cancer DayInternational Childhood Cancer Day by Thanos Kalamidas
I think one of the most horrible things in visiting a hospital for cancer treatments is not what is going on with you and your body but the faces of the kids you meet and that strange reaction, plead that comes instinctively; if it is to take some
 How ...Bizarre!How ...Bizarre! by Thanos Kalamidas
Airport Valentine code for secret proposalsAir passenger
 Curling with AhmadinejadCurling with Ahmadinejad by Thanos Kalamidas
The winter Olympics in Vancouver opened carrying the message of international peace and unity while in Haiti they still count dead and Iran’s dictators celebrate thirty years since state terrorism was connected for the first time with Islam;
 PersOnality DisOrders 1004PersOnality DisOrders 1004 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 Torturing international lawsTorturing international laws by Thanos Kalamidas
The British foreign secretary has lost an Appeal Court bid to stop the disclosure of secret information relating to the torture of a UK resident; actually they were forced to release paragraphs of a document that described his time in detention in
 Shopping with Euro in UKShopping with Euro in UK by Thanos Kalamidas
One of the places I visited these last few weeks I was away it was London and the first thing that impressed me after nearly eight years I hadn’t been in the capital of the United Kingdom was …how cheap everything is. A few hours later
 Dino & Anty  1004Dino & Anty 1004 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 But seriously a bit ...personalBut seriously a bit ...personal by Thanos Kalamidas
The last three weeks I have been travelling abroad for personal reasons and I have to admit that I tried to keep away from the news. I decided to distance my self from contemporary miseries, wars and natural disasters. Not that things like that do
 The day television changed the warThe day television changed the war by Thanos Kalamidas
When the invasion to Kuwait started I was in Dubai and for hours I was watching Peter Arnett from CNN in the lobby of a hotel when the telephones stopped ringing. It is amazing when major events like a huge invasion happen, it seems that everythin
 Lift Spirits 1002Lift Spirits 1002 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 How ...Bizarre!How ...Bizarre! by Thanos Kalamidas
Neanderthal 'make-up' containers discovered Scien
 Led Zeppelin, the beginningLed Zeppelin, the beginning by Thanos Kalamidas
And what a beginning! On January 12, 1969 a Zeppelin shown us “the only way to fly” as it was advertised despite the fact that the cover of the record features a black-and-white image of the burning Hindenburg airship.
 About GoliathsAbout Goliaths by Thanos Kalamidas
It is really long time ago when somebody very close to me happened to be in the centre of London when a bomb exploded. Until then this strange feeling of David fighting Goliath had somehow blinded any other sense and logic and somewhere inside I c
 PersOnality DisOrders 1001PersOnality DisOrders 1001 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 SnakeBoots  1001SnakeBoots 1001 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more SnakeBoots, HERE! For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE!  
 Rhapsody in BlueRhapsody in Blue by Thanos Kalamidas
A very dear family friend who found rest in early 80s and he was one of the Auschwitz survivals was often whistling unconsciously a classic music piece that will bring in my memories his sad eyes for as long I live. The man was led to Auschwitz
 Lift Spirits 1001Lift Spirits 1001 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 But ...seriouslyBut ...seriously by Thanos Kalamidas
For my personal column with the weird and serious of this world, nothing else or even better could start the new decade than the Cesar himself. Apparently I just remembered something I heard ones in a play, there is no need for a script in modern
 Let us talk about hangoverLet us talk about hangover by Thanos Kalamidas
There are many serious things going on now all around the world, naturally most of them depressing; but there is one thing that caught my eye mainly because it was nearly in most of the news sites, blogs and journals. There was a variety of header
 Dino & Anty 1001Dino & Anty 1001 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 Listen for this New YearListen for this New Year by Thanos Kalamidas
Usually every first of January, New Year’s Day we all start with wishes. Peace on earth, that’s basic, very ecumenical, very …wishful! The end of poverty! That’s a good wish but we used it the last …lets see
 And the award goes to...And the award goes to... by Thanos Kalamidas
Fine, this has taken too long! The years before we had a plan but a comment last year has ruined this plan. Usually we see who or what influenced our lives more than anything the year that ends and we write the reasoning naming the persona or the
 Iranian firesIranian fires by Thanos Kalamidas
Iran is on fire and I don’t think anybody was surprised. The clashes are centred in Teheran but it won’t take long until the fire expands to all Iran; with big fires it happens especially when the ground is ready for it, a lot of dry w
 Lift Spirits 931Lift Spirits 931 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 How Bizarre!How Bizarre! by Thanos Kalamidas
Scoffing dinner on gun pointA dozy robber was nicked whi
 The mobility that changed our livesThe mobility that changed our lives by Thanos Kalamidas
In the next few days we are going to decide for the persona or the event of the year and thinking that an article on the news agency ABC caught my eye, 50 things that changed our lives this decade and straight away I thought …one! Mobile tel
 Christmas thoughtsChristmas thoughts by Thanos Kalamidas
It feels strange that it came to me to write a few words for Christmas day. I never felt shy for my believes and I find it easier to believe that there is intelligent life in Mars, UFOs in my backyard and trolls in the Finnish forests than believi
 Cameron's Pandora's BoxCameron's Pandora's Box by Thanos Kalamidas
Usually when I want t write something about a book or a film I leave a few days to go by, it’s like the good wine you let the wine to get some air before start drinking it. And I did the same with the film “Avatar” I watched last
 Dino & Anty  931Dino & Anty 931 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 The fifth ...elementary yearThe fifth ...elementary year by Thanos Kalamidas
I feel that if I say that today Ovi magazine celebrates five years of accomplishments it will be a cliché and the same time is so true. Accomplishments that go far beyond an online publication, accomplishments far beyond the connectivity
 PersOnality DisOrders 920PersOnality DisOrders 920 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 When the poor send a messageWhen the poor send a message by Thanos Kalamidas
Of course Massimo Tartaglia has psychological problems and of course we are going to find out that the last twenty years the 42 years-old Italian has spent most of the time in psychiatric clinics. But I’m afraid the 42 years-old man with the
 Justifying war with a Peace Nobel PrizeJustifying war with a Peace Nobel Prize by Thanos Kalamidas
I have to admit that when I read the phrase “the US must uphold moral standards when waging wars that are necessary and justified,” I felt a bit numb and found difficult to accept in the same phrase the words ‘moral’ and
 Glasnost todayGlasnost today by Thanos Kalamidas
Transparency was a new word and probably a new world that entered our lives sometime back in late 80s thanks to the last soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev and apparently the Russian word, glasnost it was the one that made us rea
 The last or the lost opportunityThe last or the lost opportunity by Thanos Kalamidas
Lars Loekke Rasmussen, the Danish Prime Minister in his opening speech for the UN climate summit in Copenhagen as an opportunity the world cannot afford to miss. The bad news is that the world has missed the opportunity already in Kyoto; the worst
 Jean SibeliusJean Sibelius by Thanos Kalamidas
Even though I keep my distance from the pompous Finlandia, Jean Sibelius has managed to grow in me and become one of my most favourite composers especially with his Tapiola. Actually my love to his music has becom
 The up-Knoxius mediaThe up-Knoxius media by Thanos Kalamidas
Two incidents with perhaps hours difference between them make me really wandering in what short of cannibal times we are living. A court in Italy decided that the 22 year-old student, Amanda Knox and her 25 year-old ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollec
 HIV AIDSHIV AIDS by Thanos Kalamidas
December 1st is the World AIDS Day and this is the message for the occasion from Michel SidibéExecutive Director of UNAIDS:On this World AIDS Day we are filled with both hope and concern. Hope because significant
 A balloon that couldn't liftA balloon that couldn't lift by Thanos Kalamidas
I have said it before that I don’t understand much about economics and that I have never felt the investment fever even though I saw it touching nearly all my friends back in 80s giving to some of them a lot of money but making most of th
 But ...seriously!But ...seriously! by Thanos Kalamidas
The financial events in Dubai proved one more time that our crisis is not only financial, apparently finance might be the top of the iceberg; our real crisis is lack of transparency and it doesn’t matter how much Gordon Brown is pressing the
 The lost dignity of the Greek mediaThe lost dignity of the Greek media by Thanos Kalamidas
Η απόσταση που με χωρίζει με την Ελληνική δημοσ
  A Peace Nobel Prize in Iran's conflict A Peace Nobel Prize in Iran's conflict by Thanos Kalamidas
Iran, its dictators and the puppet president have more than often provoked the international community from the very beginning of their “revolution’s” establishment but this time they crossed the line even with the last that h
 For the Elimination of Violence against WomenFor the Elimination of Violence against Women by Thanos Kalamidas
And let's hope that the beginning of the end is ...here!  
 A Baroness to understandA Baroness to understand by Thanos Kalamidas
Why the surprise? Baroness Catherine Ashton’s name has been circulating the halls of the EU offices, the media computers and everybody who might be interest in EU issues for months; so why now everybody look
 PersOnality DisOrders 918PersOnality DisOrders 918 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 Some are bound to guard ThermopilesSome are bound to guard Thermopiles by Thanos Kalamidas
A few weeks ago a young reporter from Greece contacted me, asking for an interview for a documentary for the Greek television regarding the events of the Athens Polytechnic in the 70s. The email was kindly written and showing a good professiona
 Några är tvungna att vakta ThermopilesNågra är tvungna att vakta Thermopiles by Thanos Kalamidas
För några veckor sedan kontaktade en ung reporter från Grekland mig och bad om en intervju för en dokumentärfilm för grekisk tv angående händelserna i Atens yrkeshögskola (Athens Polytechnic) på
 The Kyoto road to CopenhagenThe Kyoto road to Copenhagen by Thanos Kalamidas
 Which recession ended?Which recession ended? by Thanos Kalamidas
Sometimes when I read about the recession or better about the recession’s recovery in the euro-zone I’m really wandering where they get that and how they are coming with those figures. I mean I look at all those stats and figures and I have to
 SnakeBoots 910SnakeBoots 910 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 Europe's dignity for desertEurope's dignity for desert by Thanos Kalamidas
Back in 80s there was a short of anecdote in Brussels, all the serious decisions were taken in the after-summit semi-informal dinners with all the leaders enjoying their foie gras and French wine while their assistance were running like mad neg
 YLE's boss half truthsYLE's boss half truths by Thanos Kalamidas
From the very beginning I found my self living in Finland I have problems with YLE, the Finnish National Radio Television and this has nothing to do with my linguistic problems and my poor understanding of the Finish or the Swedish language, the o
 Lift Spirits 928Lift Spirits 928 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 A Chavez with persecution maniaA Chavez with persecution mania by Thanos Kalamidas
Perhaps it is just me but I always had my doubts with the Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, he was somehow too good to be true and the same time to crazy to trust. He has the theory alright, I mean the man definitely wants to be remembered as the new Cast
 Några tankar om UN och ZimbabweNågra tankar om UN och Zimbabwe by Thanos Kalamidas
Häromdagen när jag läste nyheterna insåg jag hur tunn är linjen är mellan vad som förvandlar dig från någon som söker efter fred och jämlikhet på jorden, till någon som söker efter krig
 Some thoughts about UN and ZimbabweSome thoughts about UN and Zimbabwe by Thanos Kalamidas
The other day browsing the news I somehow felt how thin is the line that can transform you from somebody seeking for peace and equality to a total war vulture and I have to admit that the thought really scared me and reminded me how many crimes ha
 How Bizarre!!!How Bizarre!!! by Thanos Kalamidas
Challenging a lamppost to a fightA 22-year-old man challenged a lamppost to fight after he was ignored by passers-by in the street. Drunken David Robinson turned on the innocent streetlight after a number of walkers ignored
 For Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in WarFor Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War by Thanos Kalamidas
Usually as a lot of you have guessed and some know here in Ovi magazine we check the calendar for
 Swiss cheese and the Lisbon TreatySwiss cheese and the Lisbon Treaty by Thanos Kalamidas
The British leader of the conservative party David Cameron with his usual pompous style imitating something between Winston Churchill, a cardinal and a clown announced that “never again” to powers being transferred from the UK to Bruss
 A Tanzanian murderA Tanzanian murder by Thanos Kalamidas
Reading in the news that four Tanzanians were sentenced to death by hanging fo
 PersOnality DisOrders 917PersOnality DisOrders 917 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 The Finnish green league of miseryThe Finnish green league of misery by Thanos Kalamidas
It is only weeks since in another article I mentioned how difficult it is and how it hurts to say … I told you! And here we come to say it again and this time I feel like writing it in bold capital letters since I said it again and again
 SnakeBoots 909SnakeBoots 909 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 When Now Meets Then: Art ExhibitionWhen Now Meets Then: Art Exhibition by The Ovi Team
When Now Meets Then… AND WHEN THANOS KALAMIDAS MET AMIR KHATIBAn exhibition that combines paintings, installations, cartoons, creations and ideas.
 Lift Spirits 927Lift Spirits 927 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 Iran's Turkish advocateIran's Turkish advocate by Thanos Kalamidas
Living in a world where everybody’s acts are questionable and their motives suspicious it makes you wander how suddenly Turkey decided to becomes Iran’s advocate regarding the plans of the dictatorial regime for a nuclear future wha
 How bizarre!How bizarre! by Thanos Kalamidas
Drink-drive chair up for auction Police in the US stat
 Mugabe's power gamesMugabe's power games by Thanos Kalamidas
I have to admit that I hate it when I’m forced to say …I told you and I know that it bothers the person who hears it but it really ...hurts the person who says it. Perhaps because usually is accompanied with bad news. And in this ca
 Dino & Anty 927Dino & Anty 927 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 Who's going to protect our democracy from our democracy?Who's going to protect our democracy from our democracy? by Thanos Kalamidas
Thanks to internet the last few years I’m able to watch Greek television news and actually I have a choice of eight channels including the state one and the most popular private. So a few months ago I was in total shock when I saw the rep
 When it's not a technician who presses the buttonWhen it's not a technician who presses the button by Thanos Kalamidas
When you read that Iran is reaching a deal with the United Nations you can avoid remember the story with the little boy that cried wolf and smile with the new way the Iranian leadership found to delay the coming storm. The international Atomic
 PersOnality DisOrders 916PersOnality DisOrders 916 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 Sarah Palin looking for a job in internetSarah Palin looking for a job in internet by Thanos Kalamidas
Browsing the news a small note in a news-blog really hit me and I had to stop and think about it; Sarah Palin, you must remember the former American vice president nominee, has joined the internet social but mainly job connection network, Linke
 SnakeBoots 908SnakeBoots 908 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 Hamid Karzai's democracyHamid Karzai's democracy by Thanos Kalamidas
This will probably sounds really weird but that the UN-backed Electoral Complains Commission ordered that ballots from 210 polling stations be discounted for me at least it was a sign of …democracy! We like or not we all knew what was goi
 When Iran was seeding demonsWhen Iran was seeding demons by Thanos Kalamidas
The death of over forty people is not something you wish and definitely not something you like to be served for a political agenda doesn’t matter who these forty people were representing, by doing so we are losing perspective of human life. And t
 Dino & Anty 926Dino & Anty 926 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 But ...seriously EuropeBut ...seriously Europe by Thanos Kalamidas
Berlusconi has turned back to the centre of the scene; every circus needs its clown, with his huge ego blaming everybody for his misfortunes and turning himself into a martyr that fights the bad …justice! It doesn’t make sense but in h
 Enemies of the environmentEnemies of the environment by Thanos Kalamidas
The first time I found myself in Nordkapp, the northern cape in Norway looking at the North Sea and the ice of the arctic I was in awe and I consider the moment as a valuable landmark for my life. Looking at the ice that had become a floor on t
 Lift Spirits 926Lift Spirits 926 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 How ...bizarreHow ...bizarre by Thanos Kalamidas
A fugitive in Facebook trap A man on the run, wanted
 Pakistan's AfghanistanPakistan's Afghanistan by Thanos Kalamidas
There was a news flash warning that at least 41 people have been killed in a suicide bombing in Pakistan and that only two days after another series of flashes had crossed my computer screen talking about militants storming Pakistan’s arm
 Justify the Nobel starting with Iran Mr. PresidentJustify the Nobel starting with Iran Mr. President by Thanos Kalamidas
How you call a country where protesting for an election result can cost you your life? I suppose it didn’t take much thinking before the name Iran comes to mind and that even in the front of words like dictatorship. Exactly thirty years f
 SnakeBoots 907SnakeBoots 907 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 A nuclear accidentA nuclear accident by Thanos Kalamidas
On the 10th of October, 1957 at Windscale, Cumberland Britain we have the first nuclear accident in history and the worst reactor accident until …Three Mile Island twenty two years after. Part of the radioactive core at pile One, at Winds
 A Hope Nobel PrizeA Hope Nobel Prize by Thanos Kalamidas
I suppose that there is some sense to the reaction over Barack Obama’s awarded the Nobel Peace Prize but what most of the ones who reacted miss is that is not just the person who was awarded but the spiri
 Lift Spirits 924Lift Spirits 924 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 Thank you Ireland!Thank you Ireland! by Thanos Kalamidas
The Irish voted YES and …so what? Did all the problems with the EU were solved and all the objections were answered this year from the big NO to the glorious YES? Am I living in a different EU and I haven’t realized it yet? Was I in
 Dino & Anty 925Dino & Anty 925 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 The Greek day afterThe Greek day after by Thanos Kalamidas
Days before the Greek national election I wrote an article emphasizing that the result of this election is very critical for all the major political parties in Greece and the period that is going to follow might change the Greek political scene
 PersOnality DisOrders 915PersOnality DisOrders 915 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 How ...bizarre!How ...bizarre! by Thanos Kalamidas
Beatle's essay found 50 years on An essay written by Sir Paul McCartney as a 10-year-old has been found after lying undiscovered in Liverpool's Central Library for more than 50 years. Years before the Beatles receiv
 SnakeBoots 906SnakeBoots 906 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 But ...seriouslyBut ...seriously by Thanos Kalamidas
Greek national elections are here and the Greeks are expected to seriously vote against the Conservative Party and their six years of catastrophic governing in favor of the return to power of the Socialist Party. The Greek Prime minister, Kosta
 GenocideGenocide by Thanos Kalamidas
Gregoire Ndahimana, a former mayor in the city of Kivumu in Rwanda, is accused of the massacre of over 2,000 ethnic Tutsis sheltered in a church that was bulldozed to the ground, killing everybody. Naturally the ex-mayor has declared not guilty
 Costas Gavras on Roman PolanskiCostas Gavras on Roman Polanski by Thanos Kalamidas
Roman Polanski’s arrest in Switzerland has left me with a lot of questions and confusion. I have been following the news in international media since it happened, not to see if he is guilty or innocent, but because I’m confused with the rea
 An answer for the Greek electionAn answer for the Greek election by Thanos Kalamidas
Living abroad means I only reach the latest news from Greece through friends or through the internet, and I have to admit that internet is a real luxury to somebody who has experienced life abroad for decades. To give you an example when I live
 The good Aunt Angela phenomenonThe good Aunt Angela phenomenon by Thanos Kalamidas
The truth is Angela Merkel was never going to lose the office and the odd truth is that the looks of a good aunt really works for her! Walter Steinmeier on the other side reminds me of the Gargamel character from the Smurfs’ cartoons; alw
 Dino & Anty 924Dino & Anty 924 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 Iranian missilesIranian missiles by Thanos Kalamidas
While everybody is talking about disarmament, Iran is testing another missile. This time it’s one with 170 km range and don’t forget that just a week ago the Iranian puppet president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad shocked the west by announcin
 2nd Opinion 9132nd Opinion 913 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 Periscope up for world peacePeriscope up for world peace by Thanos Kalamidas
I was somehow surprised, pleased and sad on the same time when I read the latest announcement from the British labour government and Prime Minister Gordon Brown. I have to admit I think Gordon Brown is the worst ever choice to lead the historic
 PersOnality DisOrders 914PersOnality DisOrders 914 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 Debating Greek democracyDebating Greek democracy by Thanos Kalamidas
Watching the debate between the leaders of the six main Greek parties one night and then a day after watching another debate between the two main opponents – Prime Minister K. Karamanlis and opposition leader G. Papandreou – I have
 Ms Anttila's war on food pricesMs Anttila's war on food prices by Thanos Kalamidas
This was on the news last week but I have to admit that I’ve been waiting patiently to see if anybody was going to react or at least say something about it but ... seriously, absolutely nothing! The Finnish agriculture and forest minister, M
 Middle East ...againMiddle East ...again by Thanos Kalamidas
Another American president, another Palestinian Israeli summit, and since I’m not young I remember a lot of those summits  - a few of them ended up with Nobel prizes – but still no solution. The new American presidents always c
 How ...bizarre!How ...bizarre! by Thanos Kalamidas
Unions take 'stand' on stilettosUnion members have vot
 Barroso, Europe's mistake!Barroso, Europe's mistake! by Thanos Kalamidas
And Barroso it is! The European Parliament representatives, our representatives voted for him in a secret ballot; 382 to be precise, with 219 against and 117 abstained. Does this make Mr. Barroso feel strong, powerful? I doubt it, because the E
 Emperor Vladimir's clothes!Emperor Vladimir's clothes! by Thanos Kalamidas
The emperor is definitely not naked, he’s wearing the white judo uniform and finally he …hinted at the next strike we all suspected! Gently …very judo style! For the ones who might not know this, Judo in Japanese means “
 PersOnality DisOrders 912PersOnality DisOrders 912 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 The long way from EU to ZimbabweThe long way from EU to Zimbabwe by Thanos Kalamidas
I have the feeling that Europe never learns, and that’s one thing I have to admit that is different with the USA, especially when it comes to their foreign policy. When they have a crunch with a nation, nothing can change it, no matter wh
 SnakeBoots 904SnakeBoots 904 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 Legalizing immigrants in EULegalizing immigrants in EU by Thanos Kalamidas
The latest news from the European Commission will most likely surprise everybody. Most likely it will also make the euro-sceptics totally freak out, especially after having spent the last two years talking and arguing about immigration in Europ
 But ...seriouslyBut ...seriously by Thanos Kalamidas
The G20 meeting obviously went well since their main problem was bankers’ bonuses, which sounds a bit dramatic in times of economic insecurity, but the economic ministers put all their efforts into making sure that the bonuses will reward lo
 September 11 attacksSeptember 11 attacks by The Ovi Team
The September 11 attacks or 9/11, were a series of coordinated suicide attacks by Al-Qaeda upon the United States on September 11, 2001. On that morning, 19 Al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial passenger jet airliners. The hijackers int
 Israel settling a provocative actIsrael settling a provocative act by Thanos Kalamidas
Is it a provocative naivety or pure stupidity? These are the questions that will always make us wonder about the decisions that come from the Israeli government. It doesn’t matter which side of the Israeli political world they represent.
 PersOnality DisOrders 911PersOnality DisOrders 911 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 International Literacy DayInternational Literacy Day by Thanos Kalamidas
Today one in five adults is still not literate and two-thirds of them are women while 75 million children are out of school. Since its foundation in 1946, UNESCO has been at the forefront of global literacy efforts and is dedicated to keeping literacy
 Fair payFair pay by Thanos Kalamidas
A few weeks ago, I wrote an article where I called upon the president of the UEFA, Michel Platini, to do something about the unbelievable money some clubs spend on transfers of players, while on the same time there are talented athletes playing
 Munich massacreMunich massacre by Thanos Kalamidas
On 5th of September 1972, at the Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, a group of Palestinian terrorists storms the Olympic Village apartment of the Israeli athletes, killing two and taking nine others hostage. The terrorists, known as Black Sept
 Dino & Anty 921Dino & Anty 921 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 Greece on election fire (in Greek)Greece on election fire (in Greek) by Thanos Kalamidas
Εάν το Πανελλήνιο Σοσιαλιστικό Κόμμα και ο αρχ
 SnakeBoots 903SnakeBoots 903 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 Education, women rights and MaliEducation, women rights and Mali by Thanos Kalamidas
The law says that women don’t have to obey their husbands in everything they say or decide. Both have equal rights in family issues and they are both obliged and responsible for the security and well-being of the family. This is it, and i
 Dino & Anty 920Dino & Anty 920 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 Athens on fire ...again!Athens on fire ...again! by Thanos Kalamidas
This is not the first time, nor the second or the third; all my adult life I remember fires in the summer. The only thing that has changed is that we used to call them forest fires, and now we call them wildfires; there is no forest left! If pe
 But  ...seriouslyBut ...seriously by Thanos Kalamidas
Colonel Gadaffi has thanked his friend Gordon Brown as the welcome festivities continue in Libya for the convicted Lockerbie bomber, Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi. The man received a hero’s welcome from the Libyan people and leadership, led b
 PersOnality DisOrders #10PersOnality DisOrders #10 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 PersOnality DisOrders #9PersOnality DisOrders #9 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 But  ...seriouslyBut ...seriously by Thanos Kalamidas
Mystery still surrounds the whereabouts of the commercial ship Arctic Sea, and a lot of speculation and talk is going on. Including extended suspicions of piracy in the North Sea, keeping Russian and Scandinavian governments in alarm, and the Russ
 Woodstock Festival 1969Woodstock Festival 1969 by Thanos Kalamidas
Woodstock was not just a music festival, it was and still is a generation's symbol. It was the American May, it was the Vietnam War, it was the cold war, it was the beginning and the end of the American dream! Woodstock
 Left-handiness issuesLeft-handiness issues by Thanos Kalamidas
Left handed my self and victim of bulling even from teachers when I was young – 60s was not always sex and drugs and rock & roll. As a result even though I do everything with my left hand I write with my right thanks to “progres
 Political parties' funding, the Finnish abscessPolitical parties' funding, the Finnish abscess by Thanos Kalamidas
Let me get this straight, when the government threatens to close down libraries due to lack of funds, when they say that they have to make cuts in education and health care, it is because my tax money doesn’t go to where it should, but it
 PersOnality DisOrders #8PersOnality DisOrders #8 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 Babe RuthBabe Ruth by Thanos Kalamidas
George Herman Ruth, Jr. (February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948), also popularly known as "Babe", "The Great Bambino", and "The Sultan of Swat", and "The King Of Crash", was an American Major League bas
 Iran on the edgeIran on the edge by Thanos Kalamidas
It might sound surreal and weird, but is the endorsement of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad by Iran’s supreme leader Ayotallah Ali Khamenei and the rest of the clerics’ regime a sign that the end has begun and that the protestors and the opposi
 SnakeBoots 902SnakeBoots 902 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 Indigenous people ...protect them!Indigenous people ...protect them! by Thanos Kalamidas
The term indigenous peoples can be used to describe any ethnic group of people who inhabit a geographic region with which they have the earliest known historical connection, alongside more recent immigrants who have populated the region and may
 Basque guiltBasque guilt by Thanos Kalamidas
Today I might provoke some people a bit, but hopefully I won’t insult any. But a bomb blast in the heart of Madrid last week makes me wonder what separatist and sometimes nationalist separatist groups are doing in Europe nowadays? I mean, le
 PersOnality DisOrders #6PersOnality DisOrders #6 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 A man on the moon and a woman in prisonA man on the moon and a woman in prison by Thanos Kalamidas
It was a small step for him and a giant leap for mankind. But unfortunately, mankind didn’t follow, because 40 years after Neil Armstrong said those words as he made his first steps on the moon, it is 20 years since Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was
 Dick Cheney, the Lord ProtectorDick Cheney, the Lord Protector by Thanos Kalamidas
I have the feeling that it will take decades until we find out what really happened during the George W. Bush era. Conspiracy theories have already been circulating about 9/11, and more are to come regarding the money and oil trafficking, and abou
 The storming of the BastilleThe storming of the Bastille by Thanos Kalamidas
Bastille Day is the French national holiday to commemorate the 14th of July 1789 storming of the fortress-prison Bastille, the event symbol of the uprising of a modern republic and the end of a ruthless monarchy.
 Live Aid, 24 years afterLive Aid, 24 years after by Thanos Kalamidas
24 years after the Live Aid concert, a gigantic concert organized by Bob Geldof to raise money for Ethiopia and awareness to Africa’s problems. Boomtown Rats, Sting, Phil Collins, Bryan Ferry, David Gilmour, Paul Young, The Queen, U2, Dir
 But seriously ...G8But seriously ...G8 by Thanos Kalamidas
And that was it, once more the big power nations have met and once more they have all agreed that the environment is in deep trouble and that they should do something about it. And once more they accepted limits on how warm it can get, and once mo
 Burqa: a veil on women libertiesBurqa: a veil on women liberties by Thanos Kalamidas
Sometimes I feel that we are trapped in semantics and victims of our own fear of being prejudice. In doing so we are unfortunately crossing the lines we have put ourselves when it comes to our right to be free and enjoy the fruits of equality and
 Zimbabwe's blood diamondsZimbabwe's blood diamonds by Thanos Kalamidas
From the very beginning when the situation changed in Zimbabwe, I was very careful with what I wrote about it, and I often mentioned that we have to wait and see. Somehow, the cooperation of the dictator Mugabe with the democratic opposition leade
 G-8 leaders focus  on global warmingG-8 leaders focus on global warming by Thanos Kalamidas
 PersOnality DisOrders #5PersOnality DisOrders #5 by Thanos Kalamidas
For more  PersOnality DisOrders, HERE!
 Her name is Palin, Sarah PalinHer name is Palin, Sarah Palin by Thanos Kalamidas
If you thought that the dark empire had disappeared, beaten by the black knight in shining armour, you were wrong. The dark empire is here, ready to strike again. Thanks to the header you never thought that I was talking about the Star Wars sequel
 Obama in Moscow for nuclear talksObama in Moscow for nuclear talks by Thanos Kalamidas
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 The dictators' manualThe dictators' manual by Thanos Kalamidas
It is like the manuals you get for electronic equipment. Everything is there in great detail and I suppose the same happens when it comes to dictatorships. The manual says that after you kill a couple of demonstrators that found the courage to express the
 Americans withdraw from IraqAmericans withdraw from Iraq by Thanos Kalamidas
So is Iraq finally free and ready to protect itself and its democracy? A pop concert in the Baghdad Zoo Park and fireworks in the evening sky say so, but a bomb blast in the center says there is still a lot of work to be done. At least now they ar
 ...a cup of tea!...a cup of tea! by Thanos Kalamidas
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 Fingerprinting FinlandFingerprinting Finland by Thanos Kalamidas
In a Europe where personal liberties have been very important, and on a continent that knows well what it means to be innocent but having a police file from the bitter years before WWII, Finland has decided to add fingerprints to their passports.
 Blog's anonymity and a Greek prosecutor (in Greek)Blog's anonymity and a Greek prosecutor (in Greek) by Thanos Kalamidas
Βρε παιδιά τι παίρνετε εκεί στην Ελλάδα και δεν
 ...and this is July!...and this is July! by The Ovi Team
For this month our choice for blog of the month is:
 EU: the dysfunctional familyEU: the dysfunctional family by Thanos Kalamidas
June started in a really tense way, with the media and politicians everywhere screaming that the euro-skeptics are increasing; the xenophobic groups are gaining more power; and the most extreme parties in Europe are going to be strong in the EU Pa
 PersOnality DisOrders #4PersOnality DisOrders #4 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 Let's talk about record transfersLet's talk about record transfers by Thanos Kalamidas
Football is a sport with a huge financial background that the fans often miss. Actually, the fans are often victims of the unbelievable financial games that are played backstage at the huge football grounds. It has been a long time since I wrote a
 But ...seriously!But ...seriously! by Thanos Kalamidas
The European leaders are insisting to make, or push, the Irish people to sign the Lisbon Treaty; a treaty they rejected in a referendum a few months ago. According to analysts, one reason for rejecting the treaty was a fear of immigrants invading
 The Parthenon Sculptures and the Acropolis museumThe Parthenon Sculptures and the Acropolis museum by Thanos Kalamidas
Parthenon is a global monument and a symbol of western civilization. Parthenon stands in the middle of Athens, the city that took its name from the goodness protector of culture and education for 24 centuries. It will always be there, incised in t
 The Ovi Times - World Refugee DayThe Ovi Times - World Refugee Day by Thanos Kalamidas
 Teheran on fireTeheran on fire by Thanos Kalamidas
Many times I have written, and I strongly believe that democracy finds its own ways and it always prevails in the end. And somehow Iran becomes, or at least I want to believe that it becomes, an example of that. The last presidential election was
 Jarmo Savolainen - a jazz soulJarmo Savolainen - a jazz soul by Thanos Kalamidas
It is always difficult to write something about an artist who has just left us, and it gets even more difficult to write something when this artist is young. Like in the case of Jarmo Savolainen, a brilliant jazz pianist from Finland, who died at just
 Out of AfricaOut of Africa by Thanos Kalamidas
I always had – and still have - my doubts about the motives of humanitarian organizations supported by celebrities. But on the same time I always believed that since the situation is so desperate, every help is good help, even from Hollywood
 How bizarreHow bizarre by Thanos Kalamidas
Pastor's commentsThe president of the Southern Ba
 Stop Child LabourStop Child Labour by Thanos Kalamidas
Living in the 21st century and wondering if two foreign languages, piano lessons and ballet is enough for your little daughter – if it is too much or if you could add something more just to make sure that she will have the best supplies for
 Child Labour in ...picturesChild Labour in ...pictures by Thanos Kalamidas
 PersOnality DisOrders #3PersOnality DisOrders #3 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 The abstinence voteThe abstinence vote by Thanos Kalamidas
Τις τελευταίες μέρες και ειδικά μετά τις Ευρώ-ε
 But ...seriously EuropeBut ...seriously Europe by Thanos Kalamidas
Most of the European member states are heading to the polls for the questionable Euro-parliament elections, but it seems that Europeans have other issues to keep them busy; some of them very serious, others really pathetic. But we’ve better
 He says ...He says ... by Thanos Kalamidas
 Lift Spirits #18Lift Spirits #18 by Thanos K & Asa B
For more Lift Spirits, HERE! For more Ov
 Debates, journalism and other Greek storiesDebates, journalism and other Greek stories by Thanos Kalamidas
Έτσι παρακολούθησα το ...debate των αρχηγών και είδα κα
 PersOnality DisOrders #2PersOnality DisOrders #2 by Thanos Kalamidas
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 A Europe in questionA Europe in question by Thanos Kalamidas
Only weeks before the European Elections, when European citizens elect their representatives into the common parliament, Europe celebrates Europe Day. This is a day that reminds all Europeans of the fundamental principles of the European Union, of
 Talk JusticeTalk Justice by Thanos Kalamidas
I have often written articles about justice and pointed out how unjust justice can be, especially when driven, or better ridden, by other elements, like for instance in the case of the Sharia law. Actually I think that in general there is nothi
 The Berlusconi dramaThe Berlusconi drama by Thanos Kalamidas
“And she stormed into her lawyer’s office, demanding a divorce, but because she wanted revenge before filing for divorce, she put an advert in all the main newspapers, where she said in capitals: I hate you!”
 A Greek president in Helsinki (In Greek)A Greek president in Helsinki (In Greek) by Thanos Kalamidas
Τελικά ποιός κυβερνάει αυτή τη χώρα; Θυμάται κα
 Greece from abroadGreece from abroad by Thanos Kalamidas
Friends and people I meet for the first time often ask me how I feel about my country after living abroad for so long. The usual answer is schizophrenic and then depending of the person I try to explain the love and hate relationship you build wit
 A change that never comes (Greek)A change that never comes (Greek) by Thanos Kalamidas
Περίμενα να περάσουν μερικές μέρες από τον 'σαρ
 While I dream I hopeWhile I dream I hope by Thanos Kalamidas
So this is it, 2008 goodbye welcome 2009! A year full of disasters, wars, tears and blood till the very last moment of one hope. Amazing writing that while I don’t even live in USA but the election of Barack Obama brought hope to the entire
 Wishful thoughtsWishful thoughts by Thanos Kalamidas
I wish I had woken up today and wrote a letter to Santa Claus thanking him for all the presents I got yesterday, thanking him that walking out in the street everybody was smiling, that there were no Mugabe in this world, that there was no war and
 Dino & Anty #29Dino & Anty #29 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 But seriouslyBut seriously by Thanos Kalamidas
It seems that dictators and future dictators don’t get it and never have holidays like busy little ants. And while in Guinea they were burying the former dictator who ruled the country for twenty four years a coup started and long live the n
 Ovi Bad Boys Podcast #140Ovi Bad Boys Podcast #140 by The Ovi Team
Download of the Ovi Bad Boys Podcast is totally free of charge. On the podcast page you will find all of their archived shows, which is a recording of their weekly live show broadcast across the Helsinki region on Lä
 Dino & Anty #25Dino & Anty #25 by Thanos K & Asa B
More Dino & Anty HERE! For
 Lift Spirits #11Lift Spirits #11 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 Thai appetiteThai appetite by Thanos Kalamidas
I know it sounds like a stupid question but what’s the first thing coming in mind when anybody says …Thailand? To most it means endless golden seaside, paradise holidays and exotic food. But do you ever wonder what it means for the peo
 Life Undercover #71Life Undercover #71 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 USUS by Thanos Kalamidas
For me, that can feelSometimes with my mind’s intensityI can feel you in a way thatSeems almost physical.And for you, I can senseSometimes you just exte
 Musharraf's end gameMusharraf's end game by Thanos Kalamidas
The first one has gone and it was about time. Pakistan’s dictator Pervez Musharraf resigned under the pressure of facing charges. Obviously he proved to have a bit of brain and just like Pinochet a few years ago he chose to leave power graci
 ShowBizz #64ShowBizz #64 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 iBiteiBite by Thanos Kalamidas
 Lift Spirits #08Lift Spirits #08 by Thanos K & Asa B
 For More Lift Spirits HERE!For more Cartoons
 iBiteiBite by Thanos Kalamidas
A Zimbabwean journalist said militias loyal to monster Mugabe had gone door-to-door in townships outside the capital, Harare, forcing people to vote. That was
 iBiteiBite by Thanos Kalamidas
Almost every public transport vehicle has a poster of President R G Mugabe - "For total independence & total control". Mugabe is definitely a frea
 Four scandals and a funeral (in Greek)Four scandals and a funeral (in Greek) by Thanos Kalamidas
Τέσσερα σκάνδαλα και μια κηδεία!
 Hammering Concrete!Hammering Concrete! by Thanos Kalamidas
A brand new exhibition from Thanos Kalamidas.For the full Hammering Concrete! Exhibition, click HERE!
 Photoville: Microsoft walks away from YahooPhotoville: Microsoft walks away from Yahoo by Thanos Kalamidas
Mr Ballmer said Microsoft had raised its original offer from $44.6bn to $47.5bn (£24.1bn) - $33 per share. But he added that Yahoo had insisted on at least $53bn, or $37 a share - more than Microsoft was prepared to pay.
 iBiteiBite by Thanos Kalamidas
There has been outrage in Italy after the outgoing government published every Italian's declared earnings and tax contributions on the internet. They were t
 Lift Spirits #02Lift Spirits #02 by Thanos K & Asa B
Lift doors slide open, you enter, press the button and then face that awkward proximity to a stranger... perhaps this will lift your spirit.
 iBiteiBite by Thanos Kalamidas
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has said that he probably made mistakes in his first year in office by failing to explain his policies sufficiently. But in a live TV interview he also defended his presidency, saying
 Top Pakistan militant calls truce!Top Pakistan militant calls truce! by Thanos Kalamidas
A top Taleban commander in Pakistan has ordered his followers to stop all attacks in the country. Baitullah Mehsud is the man the Pakistani authorities say ordered the killing of Benazir Bhutto.Pamphlets containing his order app
 1969: Earth's Epic Year1969: Earth's Epic Year by Thanos Kalamidas
You could say that 1969 was an epic year for modern human history. By July humanity had conquered space with man landing on the Moon and the Soviet Union sent a space probe to Venus; back on Earth John Lennon, with Yoko Ono, sang “Give peace
 Rice makes surprise visit to Iraq!Rice makes surprise visit to Iraq! by Thanos Kalamidas
Ms Rice said she saw a “coalescing of a centre in Iraqi politics” and that leaders of the various Iraqi factions were more united than ever.She arrived in the city a day after Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr threatened
 The Papal blessingThe Papal blessing by Thanos Kalamidas
For more Photoville HERE! For more Cartoons,
 Lift Spirits #01Lift Spirits #01 by Thanos K & Asa B
Lift doors slide open, you enter, press the button and then face that awkward proximity to a stranger... perhaps this will lift your spirit.
 Should I stay or ... GO home!Should I stay or ... GO home! by Thanos Kalamidas
 Olympic race to the White HouseOlympic race to the White House by Thanos Kalamidas
Here it is again… something about Barack Obama that makes me stop and think, ‘What did he say?’ This time it was all about the Beijing Olympic Games and his call for President George W. Bush not to go to China for the Opening Cer
 ShowBizz #53ShowBizz #53 by Thanos K & Asa B
An arrogant rooster, a sycophant pig, a wiseass dog and an intelligent tortoise are just some of the stars of Thanos and Asa's Show Bizz.
 Brown and the economy fearsBrown and the economy fears by Thanos Kalamidas
The British Prime Minister said a 2.5% fall in March, recorded by the Halifax, should be seen in the context of 10 years of big increases and low interest rates. He added that the government was not a "spectator
 Finland's "Les Liaisons dangereuses"Finland's "Les Liaisons dangereuses" by Thanos Kalamidas
I have often said that I love theater. I love theater and I like cinema, but nothing can compare to the experience of a theater play. A film, any film, however well made and however expensive, has nothing on a play i
 Life Undercover #57Life Undercover #57 by Thanos K & Asa B
It is time to change the sheets... our inquisitive duvet-loving hero has some female company now asking the great questions of life, religion and the universe.
 Where is the end, Mugabe?Where is the end, Mugabe? by Thanos Kalamidas
The day the people of Zimbabwe were voting I wrote an article asking the people of Zimbabwe to be calm and that Mugabe will do anything and everything not to lose but he will know that he lost in the hearts and brains of the Zimbabwe people.
 Testosterone in the airTestosterone in the air by Thanos Kalamidas
It seems that the Finnish government has turned lately really …erotic, if not exotic, and that definitely makes a few faces smile knowing that there’s something different than the usual politics of Finnish life. You could say that Finn
 What Really Happened?What Really Happened? by Thanos Kalamidas
 Missing the forestMissing the forest by Thanos Kalamidas
I never pretended to be an expert on US politics and embarrassingly I have to admit that I learn a big deal on what’s going on in the White House and Capitol Hill from a television series called the “West Wing”. But I have to adm
 It's not all Harry PotterIt's not all Harry Potter by Thanos Kalamidas
I’m going to borrow an intro Asa has used because I feel like it works perfectly with what I want to write. Did I like the Harry Potter series? Yes! Do I believe Harry Potter series helped children’s literature? No! Actually, regarding
 2nd Opinion #462nd Opinion #46 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 Monochromaticic: For SaleMonochromaticic: For Sale by Thanos Kalamidas
The world in which we live is not black and white, but through the eyes of Thanos K it suddenly becomes monochrome with a splash of humour.
 2nd Opinion #452nd Opinion #45 by Thanos K & Asa B
He is bad ...really bad! Seriously, I think you'll need a second opinion after this.
 ShowBizz #52ShowBizz #52 by Thanos K & Asa B
For more ShowBizz HERE!
 Dino & Anty #16Dino & Anty #16 by Thanos K & Asa B
Dino is a vegetarian virgin dinosaur and his best friend is Anty, a carnivorous nymphomaniac ant.More Dino & Anty
 2nd Opinion #442nd Opinion #44 by Thanos K & Asa B
He is bad ...really bad! Seriously, I think you'll need a second opinion after this.For more
 ShowBizz #51ShowBizz #51 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 Bulgarian reportBulgarian report by Euro Reporter
Ex-King Mavericks to Form New Party The parliamentary group of mavericks that split from the ranks of the former king's cent
 2nd Opinion #432nd Opinion #43 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 Blogs, sex and liesBlogs, sex and lies by Thanos Kalamidas
Η Ελληνική κυβέρνηση του κ. Καραμανλή όλο
 Life Undercover #56Life Undercover #56 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 iBiteiBite by Thanos Kalamidas
"This race is very close, it's very contested," Clinton said, "I've won some, he's won some. Each of us has to get to 2025 delegates. So of course every single race is important."
 The Tsipras phenomenon (in Greek)The Tsipras phenomenon (in Greek) by Thanos Kalamidas
Καιρό τώρα σκέφτομαι να γράψω κάτι για το
 When I had enough (in Greek)When I had enough (in Greek) by Thanos Kalamidas
Όταν πριν από ένα χρόνο περίπου αποφάσιζ
 iBiteiBite by Thanos Kalamidas
Democratic hopefuls Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton remain neck and neck and are battling for every vote.For every damn penny I would say according to the rumors at least! ****************************Mike H
 Long live the new archbishop! (in Greek)Long live the new archbishop! (in Greek) by Thanos Kalamidas
Ο θάνατος του Αρχιεπισκόπου Αθηνών Χριστ
 iBiteiBite by Thanos Kalamidas
Egyptian security forces have pulled back from the border with Gaza after an apparent failure to reseal it. Palestinians seemed to be still crossing freely in and out of Egypt for a third consecutive day, to stock up on supplies in defiance of a block
 Reporters in crisis (in Greek)Reporters in crisis (in Greek) by Thanos Kalamidas
Δημοσιογραφία σε κατάσταση υστερίας.
 2nd Opinion #412nd Opinion #41 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 Life Undercover #55Life Undercover #55 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 2nd Opinion #402nd Opinion #40 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 Life Undercover #54Life Undercover #54 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 Suicide justice (Greek)Suicide justice (Greek) by Thanos Kalamidas
Πριν τα Χριστούγεννα έγραψα ένα άρθρο με
 iBiteiBite by Thanos Kalamidas
Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili has a commanding lead in the country's snap election but it is unclear whether he has avoided a presidential run-off, the opposition said there was serious violations and called
 2nd Opinion #392nd Opinion #39 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 A wish for 2008A wish for 2008 by Thanos Kalamidas
When writing an article of the most important events for the year 2007, I think I wrote is what I wish and want most for the year 2008. You see, I have lost all my hopes for peace on earth soon, I don’t think anymore for the end of criminali
 2007, as tears go by2007, as tears go by by Thanos Kalamidas
The year 2007 has been extremely strange for me, Ovi magazine turned daily and that meant following all the news all the time just to be contemporary with international events. Of course that also had its dark side;
 Comical, but tragic (In Greek)Comical, but tragic (In Greek) by Thanos Kalamidas
Πριν από λίγες μέρες με επισκέφτηκε Έλληνας που
 iBiteiBite by Thanos Kalamidas
At "Meet Mike Huckabee" event Friday morning in Pella, Iowa, the former Arkansas governor and surprising leader in Iowa clarified comments he made Thursday night suggesting that, in the wake of Benazir Bhutto
 Life Undercover #53Life Undercover #53 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 Life Undercover #52Life Undercover #52 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 Art in Politics EditorialArt in Politics Editorial by The Ovi Team
I think a theme like 'art and politics' is one of the most suitable for the thematic Ovi magazine and there are so many angles I’m sure we will not even reach a fraction of them. But, after all, this has never been the role of Ovi
 A wonderful three yearsA wonderful three years by Thanos Kalamidas
I find it hard to believe that three years of Ovi magazine are behind us, three for you all, four for us with all the planning and the preparation. Ovi magazine was born and grew up in the era off blogs and personal journals and this is the reason
 An Ovi Christmas CardAn Ovi Christmas Card by The Ovi Team
Ovi magazine takes a deep breath and wishes everybody one of the following: Boas Festas! Buon Natale! Buorit Juovllat! Chestita Koleda! Craciun fericit si un An Nou fericit! Feliz Navidad! Fröhliche Weihnachten! Glædel
 2nd Opinion #382nd Opinion #38 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 Recognize the contribution of immigrationRecognize the contribution of immigration by Thanos Kalamidas
Would anybody ever imagine that England, with its language that has spread all over the world and with countries all around the globe that have English as the official language, that the day would come when there will be traffic or municipality si
 2nd Opinion #372nd Opinion #37 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 Line-dancing between the Seasons of the FabricsLine-dancing between the Seasons of the Fabrics by Thanos Kalamidas
There are some nights, just like this nightwhen the hopes are like threads that fly,I think that I can see all my thoughts and all the painsa glance in the dark sky, white snowflakes
 ShowBizz #50ShowBizz #50 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 Life Undercover #51Life Undercover #51 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 ShowBizz #49ShowBizz #49 by Thanos K & Asa B
For more ShowBizz HERE!
 Life Undercover #50Life Undercover #50 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 A uniformed crimeA uniformed crime by Thanos Kalamidas
Drew Paterson’s case seems that it came to remind us how much and how many women suffer nowadays and furthermore it came to remind us of the special problems people in uniform are dealing with. Please, I don’t want to be misunderstood,
 2nd Opinion #362nd Opinion #36 by Thanos K & Asa B
For more 2nd Opinion HERE! For
 iBiteiBite by Thanos Kalamidas
In a decision that could affect gun control laws across the nation, the Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to carry a gun.Wishful thoughts!
 Brazil raped for one monthBrazil raped for one month by Thanos Kalamidas
Speechless and in real anger were my reaction a few hours ago after reading what happened in a Brazilian prison with a 15-year-old girl. The young woman was put in the same cell with 20 to 30 men and for one month she was repeatedly sexually abuse
 Real Politik in ...Annapolis!Real Politik in ...Annapolis! by Thanos Kalamidas
This is it! It is just a week before the meeting for the Palestinians in Annapolis, USA; the Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert met with reporters and tried to give them his optimism for a final result till the end of 2008 despite the last minute
 ShowBizz #48ShowBizz #48 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 Africa's psychopathAfrica's psychopath by Thanos Kalamidas
The man is definitely a joke and even though there are a few jokes going around in the international political scene at the moment; here I’m talking about the worst of them, Zimbabwe’s Mugabe! In most countries and in most societie
 The Swiss and the Iranian nuclear plansThe Swiss and the Iranian nuclear plans by Thanos Kalamidas
I have the idea that the Security Council and the EU suggested something to Iran under the threat of more sanctions for its nuclear program, Iran and the puppet president, in the beginning, refuse and when the second wave of sanctions is visual th
 Life Undercover #49Life Undercover #49 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 Ki-moon, you failedKi-moon, you failed by Thanos Kalamidas
For nearly a year I have been writing and screaming that when the UN finally arrives in Darfur it will be just too late. Unfortunately a top UN official, using the old 'lack of logistics' excuse, announced that the joint UN-African Union p
 A memory from the Polytechnic in AthensA memory from the Polytechnic in Athens by Thanos Kalamidas
Η πορεία του 1980 για το Πολυτεχνείο, ήταν η τε
 2nd Opinion #352nd Opinion #35 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 Circling the drain?Circling the drain? by Asa Butcher
On Thursday one of our readers felt the need to pose the question: Is Ovi's quality circling the drain or is it just me? Well, it was certainly a question that caught my eye and has prompted this response.As co-editor of O
 Andreas, we lostAndreas, we lost by Thanos Kalamidas
Ανδρέα ...χάσαμε! Με έκπληξη και χωρ
 ShowBizz #47ShowBizz #47 by Thanos K & Asa B
For more ShowBizz HERE! For more Cartoons HERE!
 World Diabetes DayWorld Diabetes Day by Thanos Kalamidas
According to the World Health Organization, in 2006 at least 171 million people were diagnosed as suffering from diabetes. Diabetes in one of the top five most significant diseases and, in combination with the other
 Life Undercover #48Life Undercover #48 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 Please ...shut up!Please ...shut up! by Thanos Kalamidas
In the end it took a …king to say exactly what I have wanted to say for long a long time now. Let me make this a bit clearer: an Iberia-American summit took place last week in Santiago, Chile, and the often-interrupting Venezuelan leader Hug
 2nd Opinion #342nd Opinion #34 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 I want your... EurosI want your... Euros by Thanos Kalamidas
What does it mean when a fashion model refuses to be paid in US dollar but insists on being paid in Euros emphasizing that the US dollar is not a strong currency? To many probably nothing, but to bankers it raises a most likely huge, gigantic ques
 ShowBizz #46ShowBizz #46 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 Another dark day for PakistanAnother dark day for Pakistan by Thanos Kalamidas
A few months ago I was criticized because in one of my articles I was referring to General Musharraf as one of the worst dictators and I was sure that he has no intention to let Pakistan know democracy; after all, he was the last in a long chain o
 2nd Opinion #332nd Opinion #33 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 ShowBizz #45ShowBizz #45 by Thanos K & Asa B
For more ShowBizz HERE! For more Cartoons HERE!
 Life Undercover #47Life Undercover #47 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 2nd Opinion #322nd Opinion #32 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 Hillary making historyHillary making history by Thanos Kalamidas
For a long time many said that what is missing for the position of the American president is either a black or a woman, and it seems that their wish is coming true at least to a certain point, since a black man and a woman are the favourite candid
 ShowBizz #44ShowBizz #44 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 Something changingSomething changing by Thanos Kalamidas
Over the last few months something has changed in Helsinki and even though in the beginning I believed it was just me lately coincidences started becoming more often to stop my doubts. But I think it is better explain what I mean with an example.
 OS, Windows or Linux?OS, Windows or Linux? by Thanos Kalamidas
I don’t know who created Earth, but at the moment I’m angry with the one who created three environments for my digital life and a couple of more sub-environments to make sure that I am in really deep shit! To give
 Life Undercover #46Life Undercover #46 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 A presidential companionA presidential companion by Thanos Kalamidas
What is more tempting to write about: Mr. Sarkozy’s divorce or Mikhail Gorbachev’s return to politics with a new political movement in Russia? I will try to avoid the semantics and similarities in both cases but let’s see what ma
 2nd Opinion #312nd Opinion #31 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 Brazil's Mr. LocoBrazil's Mr. Loco by Thanos Kalamidas
What makes a 21-year-old man send a letter to a judge begging for an extension to his imprisonment because there is nothing for him outside of the prison bars? The young man, in perfect mental and physical health, has a very strong argument: if he
 Life Undercover #45Life Undercover #45 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 Hope wantedHope wanted by Thanos Kalamidas
Over the last months I have had the feeling that everything goes wrong and I really hope this feeling is just temporary and nothing to do with reality. But again, reading what's going on around the world makes you feel a bit depressed. It'
 2nd Opinion #302nd Opinion #30 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 ShowBizz #43ShowBizz #43 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 Lost in murderLost in murder by Thanos Kalamidas
My favorite Finnish literature book has long been Väinö Linna’s Under the North Star, when I finished the trilogy my first reaction, since I’d read it in English and not in its o
 2nd Opinion #292nd Opinion #29 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 A sumo mountainA sumo mountain by Thanos Kalamidas
However strange it may sound, out of my Japanese experiences what I enjoyed the most is sumo and after so many years I still watch it every time I have the chance! As a fan of football and classic sports, I never really liked boxing or wrestling.
 Greek elections (in Greek) 3/3Greek elections (in Greek) 3/3 by Thanos Kalamidas
Το τι συμβαίνει αυτή τη στιγμή στο ΠΑΣΟΚ ε
 Greek elections (in Greek) 2/3Greek elections (in Greek) 2/3 by Thanos Kalamidas
Για την παρουσία του κυρίου Καρατζαφέρη τ
 Greek elections (in Greek) 1/3Greek elections (in Greek) 1/3 by Thanos Kalamidas
Ο λόγος που απέφυγα να γράψω κάτι για τις ε
 The Little Rock NineThe Little Rock Nine by Thanos Kalamidas
What happened in Little Rock Central High School in 1957, in the US state of Arkansas I think is well known in many ways, including a number of films and books either for the Little Rock Nine or from references to the events.
 The King of HorrorThe King of Horror by Thanos Kalamidas
It just happened that in the last few days I decided to read again a book entitled Insomnia and you guessed well if you thought Stephen King is the author! It is the story of a seventy-year-old man who’s suf
 Life Undercover #44Life Undercover #44 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 Sibelius' magic secretsSibelius' magic secrets by Thanos Kalamidas
There is only one way to appreciate Jean Sibelius' music: Close your eyes and let his music fly you into the forest. Johan Julius Christian ‘Jean’ Sibelius was born December 8th 1865 and died exactly 50 yea
 The creation of a monsterThe creation of a monster by Thanos Kalamidas
How can you negotiate and trust somebody who took over a country with a military coup using all the resources the state gave him, exiled or imprisoned all the opposition with a lot of questionable disappearances and
 Chinese executional tricksChinese executional tricks by Thanos Kalamidas
As we get closer to the Olympic Games year criticism is coming more often about different things, therefore Peking had to do something, even if that something is just for show. The Chinese Supreme Court has ordered judges to be more …sparing
 ShowBizz #42ShowBizz #42 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 Jewish Nazis?Jewish Nazis? by Thanos Kalamidas
I think it is a couple of years ago when Asa and I were talking about racism and traces of Nazism in the most unexpected places because of an article Asa was writing for Ydin magazine and some research led us to some unexpected results. The strang
 Russian poker with a marked deckRussian poker with a marked deck by Thanos Kalamidas
Is the end of the last emperor who came in from the cold getting closer and is he going to give up power easily or is he going to become a puppeteer in the long Russian tradition that not even the Soviet regime stopped? The Russian Prime Minister,
 Following ordersFollowing orders by Thanos Kalamidas
General Petraeus, the latest US military commander in Iraq, has faced heavy criticism in Congress while reporting on the non progress of the US targets in the country for security and stabilization of life. Actually the general must be a very brav
 Wishful thought and a financial horrorWishful thought and a financial horror by Thanos Kalamidas
Imagine going to the bakery early one the morning to buy three small hot bread rolls. For three euros you get them with butter and a nice cheese that will make them a good breakfast. The smiling baker takes the three euros and wishes you a good mo
 9-11 for the right reasons9-11 for the right reasons by Thanos Kalamidas
Is this how it is going to be from now on? Bin Laden will send a video calling us to worship Islam as the only solution for our survival and George W. Bush calling us to fight terrorism harder by helping Iraq? Is this really what comes from 9-11?
 From a slap to murderFrom a slap to murder by Thanos Kalamidas
A few weeks ago the foreign community in Finland, especially the Greeks, read in the papers that a musician of Greek origin, well-known in the circles that follow ethnic and music events in Finland, had violently killed his wife, mother of two inf
 The last guillotinedThe last guillotined by Thanos Kalamidas
Does the name Hamida Djandoubi mean anything to you? He was a Tunisian immigrant who tortured and killed his girlfriend and for that reason he was sentenced to death by a French court in Marseille and was sent to the guillotine on September 10th 1
 "The most beautiful parts of me""The most beautiful parts of me" by Thanos Kalamidas
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 ShowBizz #41ShowBizz #41 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 Banning dignityBanning dignity by Thanos Kalamidas
I know, I know, I’m going to be my usual cynical self but it was about time for the General Secretary of the United Nations to remember why he’s actually there and move from the fancy New York receptions to Darfur. Really, has anybody
 The long daily roadThe long daily road by Thanos Kalamidas
It was sometime last July, a weird period for me because of a problem with my daughter’s health that kept us really tense, when it came the time for the next monthly issue of Ovi magazine. It was the period we were dealing with the copycats
 Fires...in GreekFires...in Greek by Thanos Kalamidas
Τελικά είτε μου αρέσει είτε όχι, νιώθω υποχρεωμ
 Democracy unveiledDemocracy unveiled by Thanos Kalamidas
Who makes more sense: a president with a wife that covers her head with a veil due to her faith, or a president who often talks with god and this god told him to invade a country? I presume the answer is quite simple and to unveil the protagonists
 Who's the property?Who's the property? by Thanos Kalamidas
Why Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki became angry with Hillary and Carl Levin is a big mystery to me; he even went as far to say that the Democratic Senators were acting as if Iraq was their property. I’m going to be a bit cynical, but
 2nd Opinion #282nd Opinion #28 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 iBiteiBite by Thanos Kalamidas
Two men who tried to hijack a Turkish plane have surrendered after all 136 passengers and crew escaped unharmed. From the plane to …midnight express!!!
 Some anniversarySome anniversary by Thanos Kalamidas
Over the last few days we have often watched on the news how India and Pakistan celebrated their 60th independence anniversary from the British. It seems I don’t really remember how they celebrated their 50th anniversary, but it was really i
 Which... wows!!!Which... wows!!! by Thanos Kalamidas
'Where are the wows' is something I often talk about with Asa and he has written a couple of very good articles about it, always referring to the lo
 Hungary ReportHungary Report by Euro Reporter
Koreans ate… Hungarian dogs!Under different circumstances this would sound more like a joke than a report and unfortunately helps all kinds of prejudices and stereotypes. South Korea's Ambassador to Hungary Eom Seock-Jeong ha
 And that was June 2007...And that was June 2007... by The Ovi Team
Well, what did you make of that month? The world thought it was bidding farewell to Tony Blair, but within hours he was back in the headlines in his new job, and everybody in the Northern Hemisphere was patiently expecting the start of summer,
 Greek-reportGreek-report by Euro Reporter
Attica’s worst fire in decades The worst forest fire in more than a decade ravaged some 3,000 hectares of Mount Parnitha, one of the few oases of g
 Life Undercover #38Life Undercover #38 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 Life Undercover #37Life Undercover #37 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 iBiteiBite by Thanos Kalamidas
US President George W Bush is expected to receive an enthusiastic reception in Albania when he becomes the first US president to visit the Balkan nation. Is America s
 ShowBizz #34ShowBizz #34 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 Negotiating survivalNegotiating survival by Thanos Kalamidas
It is a strange feeling leaving the solution of a major problem to the ones who are mainly responsible for the problem and, furthermore, who stubbornly refuse to recognize it. Angela Merkel is seeking for the improvement of the Kyoto Protocol in c
 Troubles and demonsTroubles and demons by Thanos Kalamidas
There is an old saying: when you sow troubles, you grow demons. Somehow this is what’s going on in Iraq - how it started and how it still goes on is going to bring a lot of demons before the end. And it is not that I like to blame everything
 Three Finns in a boat & an IranianThree Finns in a boat & an Iranian by Thanos Kalamidas
I hope Jerome K. Jerome can forgive me but I cannot avoid it and I’m also really sorry for not being able to avoid laughing at the Iranian education system - you are probably wondering what the hell I’m talking about. The Iranian navy
 ShowBizz #33ShowBizz #33 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 2nd Opinion #202nd Opinion #20 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 Life Undercover #35Life Undercover #35 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 Human rights don't have a colourHuman rights don't have a colour by Thanos Kalamidas
The issue of human rights in China isn’t complicated. Unfortunately the global situation regarding human rights has made it so. China is guilty for violating human rights and all the NGOs and human rights’ organizations are totally
 Dino & Anty #14Dino & Anty #14 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 Captains Ahab and EvaCaptains Ahab and Eva by Thanos Kalamidas
I don’t write critics often because, as a principal, I believe that what you like and what you don’t like is very personal and that even goes to what the majority consider classics. Asa very correctly pointed out in the past that even
 iBite French styleiBite French style by Thanos Kalamidas
France's new President-elect Nicolas Sarkozy has called for unity after a bitterly-contested campaign. The conservative won a clear victory over his socialist rival Segolene Royal, gaining 53% o
 ShowBizz #32ShowBizz #32 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 Public relations for a...Stalin!Public relations for a...Stalin! by Thanos Kalamidas
Imagine working in a public relations firm and one day the door opens and Stalin asks you to take over his P.R. and improve his image abroad. Imagine he has all the excuses for the murders and holding a whole nation under an iron fist – dict
 2nd Opinion #192nd Opinion #19 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 What's up Mr. Annan?What's up Mr. Annan? by Thanos Kalamidas
The best way to start this is with a scream! But let me rephrase it: the former General Secretary of the United Nations Kofi Annan warns that the aid targets for Africa “will be missed” unless more is done. This is the part you start s
 Life Undercover #34Life Undercover #34 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 It reminds me of StalinIt reminds me of Stalin by Thanos Kalamidas
On my first visit to Estonia I visited a habitat museum where you could see buildings and houses through Estonian history. It was very nicely made in a beautiful park that gave you the chance to enjoy the green nature. In the very same museum and
 Farewell SlavaFarewell Slava by Thanos Kalamidas
It is a month ago since many of us watched on our television screens a very old Mstislav "Slava"* Rostropovich walking with the assistance of the Russian president Vladimir Putin and entering a Kremlin hall where he celebrated his 80th b
 ShowBizz #31ShowBizz #31 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 Mexico's abortionMexico's abortion by Thanos Kalamidas
You cannot ignore what happened in Mexico City lately. After long debates where the Roman-Catholic church, even the Pope himself, played a major role, the city’s lawmakers voted to legalize abortion. The abortion-right group emphasized that
 2nd Opinion #182nd Opinion #18 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 ShowBizz #30ShowBizz #30 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 Life Undercover #33Life Undercover #33 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 ShowBizz #29ShowBizz #29 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 iBiteiBite by Thanos Kalamidas
Voting in state elections in Nigeria have been extended after many polling stations opened hours late, causing chaos and frustration for voters. Electoral chief Maurice Iwo assured Nigerians that "people who are alr
 2nd Opinion #172nd Opinion #17 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 Life Undercover #32Life Undercover #32 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 Life Undercover #31Life Undercover #31 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 Conspiracy of silenceConspiracy of silence by Thanos Kalamidas
Following the release of a report on child abuse in India, the Minister for Women and Child Development, Renuka Chowdhury said: “In India there’s a tradition of denying child abuse, it doesn’t happen here is what we normally say.
 Dino & Anty #13Dino & Anty #13 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 ShowBizz #28ShowBizz #28 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 A dark blue government & the jolly greensA dark blue government & the jolly greens by Thanos Kalamidas
Finland’s electoral system leads to coalition governments where the small parties often play a very decisive role. For the last government the Christian-Democrats and the Swedish Party were the ones who managed to enter government and suppor
 iBiteiBite by Thanos Kalamidas
Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has condemned the UK as "arrogant and selfish" for refusing to apologise for the Royal Navy captives crisis. And
 And that was March...And that was March... by The Ovi Team
"Beware the Ides of March," was the soothsayer’s warning to Julius Caesar, but what was so bad about Ovi’s March 15th article about joint accounts? Some people worry too much…one of those is Thanos by the looks of h
 Motive ...football (in Greek)Motive ...football (in Greek) by Thanos Kalamidas
Όταν μοναδική πηγή πληροφόρησης από την
 2nd Opinion #162nd Opinion #16 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 It was better in BrusselsIt was better in Brussels by Thanos Kalamidas
Romano Prodi should know that when he left his seat in the EU commission for Italian politics that the game has totally different rules and the often sensitive balance he had to keep with the EU members is not the same fragile balance he has to ke
 Life Undercover #30Life Undercover #30 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 ShowBizz #27ShowBizz #27 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 Stop the slave tradeStop the slave trade by The Ovi Team
On March 25th 1807, two hundred years ago, the parliament of the United Kingdom passed an act with the name “An Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade” and with this act brought an end to the trade that had started in 1562 during Eli
 An EU middle-age crisisAn EU middle-age crisis by Thanos Kalamidas
For months now I’ve been wondering why my middle-age crisis hasn’t reached me. I have seen it with people I know, they are reach this age, just around 50, when they realized that now we start the countdown - from one day to the next th
 Idiots playing warIdiots playing war by Thanos Kalamidas
There is no doubt that everybody plays war games in the Gulf and that the protagonists are the Anglo-Americans from one side and the Iranians from the other. There is no doubt that the Iranians want to show that they
 2nd Opinion #152nd Opinion #15 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 Feel embarrassedFeel embarrassed by Thanos Kalamidas
Two incidents on the very same day have left me speechless and embarrassed for my fellow humans. The first happened in Belgium a couple of months ago but only came out over the last few days due to the decision of 700 Belgian couples to symbolical
 Who says they are refugees?Who says they are refugees? by Thanos Kalamidas
Many times I have asked myself what identifies a refugee and it seems that the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has recently asked the same question. The UNHCT says that there has been an ‘abject denial’ around the world of the humanitarian i
 A very expensive rejectionA very expensive rejection by Thanos Kalamidas
Without any hesitation or surprise, the Israeli prime minister rejected any recognition of the new Palestinian unity government and declared that it recognizes only the Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas. The US have react
 ShowBizz #26ShowBizz #26 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 The Ovi CookbookThe Ovi Cookbook by Thanos Kalamidas
Welcome to Greek cooking!Now don't think that Greek
 Life Undercover #29Life Undercover #29 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 Reforming a...fence!Reforming a...fence! by Thanos Kalamidas
For the ones of my generation who thought that the Berlin Wall was the last wall to separate people and societies, the Israeli wall was definitely a disappointment and a monument to the fact that people don’t learn. When the US started build
 Jacques in the Foreign LegionJacques in the Foreign Legion by Thanos Kalamidas
Will anybody remember the French president Jacques Chirac let's say…in twenty years? The question came to mind while reading about his decision not to seek a third term in office in April’s elections.I have my
 Whack the dogWhack the dog by Thanos Kalamidas
There is an old story about a servant who was very badly treated by his master. The story says that the master was giving him the hardest jobs, never paid him well or appreciated him and that often when he was returning drunk he was hitting him. T
 ShowBizz #25ShowBizz #25 by Thanos K & Asa B
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 Burning monuments (Greek)Burning monuments (Greek) by Thanos Kalamidas
Τελικά η μακρόχρονη απουσία μου από την Ε
 Literal discriminationsLiteral discriminations by Thanos Kalamidas
I don’t usually judge critics for the simple reason that I strongly believe that to like or dislike a piece of art is a totally personal decision and I have often doubted expressions, such as, "This is a c
 Life Undercover #28Life Undercover #28 by Thanos K & Asa B
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