LIFO (pronounced La-ee-fo) is a Greek weekly free-press/city guide published by DYO DEKA and distributed in selected spots in

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 ...

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Thessaloniki Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area, and the capital of the geographic region of ...

. 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 issueLifo first issue
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Content and style

LIFO is known for its alternative approach to cultural happenings, its progressive and tolerant view on social issues and the presentation of Athenian life. One of its longest-running and most popular columns is called The Athenians, where every week one acclaimed person is narrating the story of his/her life. Special publications of LIFO include issues with summer short-stories written exclusively for LIFO by some of the greatest Greek authors, an August magazine, issues on the Most Influential Greeks of each year, and issues that were fully curated by artists such as “Publishers for an Issue” Jean-Paul Gautier, Dimitris Papaioannou and

Dionysis Savvopoulos Dionysis Savvopoulos ( el, Διονύσης Σαββόπουλος) (born 2 December 1944) is a prominent Greek singer-songwriter. Career Savvopoulos was born in the city of Thessaloniki, Greece (December 1944) in a middle-class family. He pass ...

. Pluralism and tolerance in diverse opinions are the main characteristics of the site’s contents, as well as its anti-racist, anti-clerical and socially progressive stance.

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