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Petros Filippidis
Petros Filippidis or Petros Philippidis ( el, Πέτρος Φιλιππίδης; born 31 December 1962) is a Greek former actor. Filippidis has taken part in many ancient Greek comedies, such as ''Thesmophoriazusae'' and '' The Birds''. He achieved widespread fame starring in 1993 Mega Channel's comedy television series ''High Rock'' along with actor Tasos Chalkias. Since then, he has taken part in numerous television series as well as in film productions. He is perhaps best known for starring in the Mega Channel production '' 50-50'' with Ava Galanopoulou, Maria Androutsou, Pavlos Haikalis, Sakis Boulas, Vana Rambota and others. In 1986, he graduated from the drama school of the Art Theatre Karolos Koun in Athens and studied at Athens Conservatoire thereafter he completed his stage direction studies at Stavrakos School. After the 15th investigating magistrate of the Athens Court of First Instance was summoned Petros Filippidis to testify on 27 July 2021, he fully denied accusat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athens
Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates and is the capital of the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, with its recorded history spanning over 3,400 years and its earliest human presence beginning somewhere between the 11th and 7th millennia BC. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. It was a centre for the arts, learning and philosophy, and the home of Plato's Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum. It is widely referred to as the cradle of Western civilization and the birthplace of democracy, largely because of its cultural and political influence on the European continent—particularly Ancient Rome. In modern times, Athens is a large cosmopolitan metropolis and central to economic, financial, industrial, maritime, political and cultural life in Gre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Guardian Media Group, owned by the Scott Trust. The trust was created in 1936 to "secure the financial and editorial independence of ''The Guardian'' in perpetuity and to safeguard the journalistic freedom and liberal values of ''The Guardian'' free from commercial or political interference". The trust was converted into a limited company in 2008, with a constitution written so as to maintain for ''The Guardian'' the same protections as were built into the structure of the Scott Trust by its creators. Profits are reinvested in journalism rather than distributed to owners or shareholders. It is considered a newspaper of record in the UK. The editor-in-chief Katharine Viner succeeded Alan Rusbridger in 2015. Since 2018, the paper's main news ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Your Face Sounds Familiar (Greek TV Series)
''Your Face Sounds Familiar'' is the Greek version of the international reality television franchise ''Your Face Sounds Familiar'', developed by Endemol. The show premiered on 14 April 2013 on ANT1. From series 1 until series 4, the show was Live but from series 5, the show will be filmed. Format The show consists of twelve live shows, where ten celebrities (singers and actors) try to incarnate various stars of the Greek and worldwide music industry. The contestants are evaluated by the judges of the show, the audience and the other contestants. The judges have to evaluate the contestants each live from 3 to 12 with 12 being the judge's favorite of the night. Each contestant gives five extra points to one of the other contestants, who was their favorite of the night. The judges' score is combined with the five extra points and that final score is combined with the audience's voting to determine the winner of the night. No one will be eliminating, but the winner will be accordi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katia Dandoulaki
Ekaterini "Katia" Dandoulaki ( el, Κάτια Δανδουλάκη; born May 16, 1948) is a Greek theatre, television and film actress. She is best known for her role as protagonist Virna Drakou on the Greek television series ''Lampsi'' in the 1990s. Katia also starred in the series I Zoi tis Allis, which surpassed 70% of the ratings and in Vals me 12 Theous in 2012 with at least 60% ratings on the Ant1 network. It was the 2012 record for the network. Biography She was the spouse of the Greek intellectual, translator, writer Marios Ploritis, who translated many of her plays, until his death in 2006. Dandoulaki studied English at Boston University for one year (1968) and speaks English fluently. Career Katia Dandoulaki starred in many popular Greek films, like ''Papaflessas (1971)'' with Dimitris Papamichail. She played the role of Marmo Panteou, a young wife, in the classic TV series "Oi Pantheoi" (1977), based on a classic novel by Tassos Athanassiadis. During the 90s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murder On The Orient Express
''Murder on the Orient Express'' is a work of detective fiction by English writer Agatha Christie featuring the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. It was first published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club on 1 January 1934. In the United States, it was published on 28 February 1934, under the title of ''Murder in the Calais Coach,'' by Dodd, Mead and Company. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and Sixpence (British coin), sixpence (7/6) and the US edition at $2. The elegant train of the 1930s, the Orient Express, is stopped by heavy snowfall. A murder is discovered, and Poirot's trip home to London from the Middle East is interrupted to solve the case. The opening chapters of the novel take place primarily in Istanbul. The rest of the novel takes place in Yugoslavia, with the train trapped between Vinkovci and Slavonski Brod, Brod. The US title of ''Murder in the Calais Coach'' was used to avoid confusion with the 1932 Graham Greene novel ''Stamboul Train'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HuffPost
''HuffPost'' (formerly ''The Huffington Post'' until 2017 and sometimes abbreviated ''HuffPo'') is an American progressive news website, with localized and international editions. The site offers news, satire, blogs, and original content, and covers politics, business, entertainment, environment, technology, popular media, lifestyle, culture, comedy, healthy living, women's interests, and local news featuring columnists. It was created to provide a progressive alternative to the conservative news websites such as the Drudge Report. The site offers content posted directly on the site as well as user-generated content via video blogging, audio, and photo. In 2012, the website became the first commercially run United States digital media enterprise to win a Pulitzer Prize. Founded by Andrew Breitbart, Arianna Huffington, Kenneth Lerer, and Jonah Peretti, the site was launched on May 9, 2005 as a counterpart to the Drudge Report. In March 2011, it was acquired by AOL for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ANT1
Antenna, better known as ANT1, is a television network airing in Greece. The alternate spelling is wordplay in Greek; ''ena'' (ένα) is the Greek number ''1'' (one), thus ''ANT1'' is pronounced the same as ''Antenna'' (Αντέννα). It launched on 31 December 1989, and is owned by Antenna Group. ANT1 had been a popular network in Greece for years with its line up of soap series including dramas ''Lampsi'' and ''Kalimera Zoi''. History The first broadcast was on 31 December 1989. Antenna also runs ''Easy 97.2'' and ''Rythmos 94.9'' (a local pop-music radio station in Athens), as well as international networks ANT1 Satellite (from America), ANT1 Pacific (from Australia) and ANT1 Europe (from Europe and outside the Balkans) which broadcast the best of ANT1 programming to audiences abroad. It also owns a stake in Makedonia TV, a TV station with national coverage in Greece, and ''Easy 97.5'' based in Thessaloniki. Programs that were once shown on ANT1 include ''CBS Evening News ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ANT1 Group
Antenna Group, formerly known as ANT1 Group, is a media company in Greece and currently the largest Greek media company. It was established on 2 August 1989 by Minos Kyriakou. Today, his son, Theodore Kyriakou, heads up a media empire whose operations include broadcasting, radio, publishing, digital, educational services, telecommunications and a record label. At the cornerstone of the company is ANT1 TV, one of the largest and most successful private television networks in Greece. ANT1 Group has also expanded its operations abroad, launching international feeds of ANT1 TV for Greek audiences abroad. It now operates stations serving North America, Europe, Australia/Asia and a regional feed of ANT1 Cyprus. History On 2 August 1989, Antenna TV S.A. was established, which was the main unit of the group, after starting in 1988 with Antenna 97.1 and Antenna 97.5 in Thessaloniki (now Easy 97.2 and Easy 97.5 respectively) which stations were established and operate from different compa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lifo (magazine)
LIFO (pronounced La-ee-fo) is a Greek weekly free-press/city guide published by DYO DEKA and distributed in selected spots in Athens and Thessaloniki. It was created by journalist Stathis Tsagkarousianos in 2005 and its first issue was published in December of that year. LIFO.gr initially featured the contents of the magazine but has become a portal that includes news, features on current affairs, culture, a city guide, local news and videos. History The first issue was out in Athens and Thessaloniki on December 1, 2005. The word ATHINA was included in the logo for the first few issues. Being a free city guide, it featured anything of value happening in the Greek capital and included opinions and interviews. In 2007 the website LIFO.gr was created and apart from the contents of the print LIFO, it was updated daily with web only content from its writers. Its original concept included a vibrant community of bloggers who could create their own blog in the platform. In 2010, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athens-Macedonian News Agency
The Athens-Macedonian News Agency (AMNA) ( el, Αθηναϊκό-Μακεδονικό Πρακτορείο Ειδήσεων, ΑΜΠΕ) is a Greece-based news agency. It is a public entity anonymous company. It was founded in 2008 as the Athens News Agency - Macedonian Press Agency S.A. (ANA-MPA SA), under a presidential decree which merged the Athens News Agency (ANA SA) and the Macedonian Press Agency (MPA SA). The company has a nine-member board of directors, of which the majority (five members) comprises representatives of the Journalists' Union of the Athens Daily Newspapers (ESIEA), the Macedonia-Thrace Union of Journalists (ESIEMTH), the Athens Union of Daily Newspaper Owners, the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (and on rotation every three years the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the Panteion University The Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences ( el, Πάντειον Πανεπιστήμιο Κοινωνικών και Πολιτ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
To Vima
''To Vima'' ( el, Το Βήμα, lit=The Tribune) is a Greek weekly newspaper first published in 1922 by Dimitris Lambrakis, the father of Christos Lambrakis, as ''Elefthero Vima'' (Free Tribune). It was owned by Lambrakis Press Group (DOL), a group that also publishes the newspaper ''Ta Nea'', among others in its fold of publications. The assets of DOL were acquired in 2017 by Alter Ego Media S.A. ''To Vima'' is a high-quality newspaper in Greece, and arguably the most influential in political issues; it was published daily until 2011, but since publishes only its flagship Sunday edition, whose current managing editor is Stavros Psycharis. To Vima is historically the newspaper to which prominent politicians would most commonly provide interviews or write articles. Eleftherios Venizelos, Georgios Papandreou, Nikolaos Plastiras, Constantine Karamanlis and Andreas Papandreou are among those who have written for the newspaper. Content The newspaper features as columnists promine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh List of urban areas in the European Union, largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates and is the capital of the Attica (region), Attica region and is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, world's oldest cities, with its recorded history spanning over 3,400 years and its earliest human presence beginning somewhere between the 11th and 7th millennia BC. Classical Athens was a powerful Greek city-state, city-state. It was a centre for the arts, learning and philosophy, and the home of Plato's Platonic Academy, Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum (classical), Lyceum. It is widely referred to as the cradle of civilization, cradle of Western culture, Western civilization and the democracy#History, birthplace of democracy, larg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
