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  • Placido Domingo turns Allende short story into opera

    Under the baton of Placido Domingo, acclaimed Chilean writer Isabel Allende's short story "Una Venganza" ("An Act of Vengeance") emerges from the printed page as the opera "Dulce Rosa", a production with a Latin heart and Greek tragedy in its soul that premiered Friday in Los Angeles. "Dulce Rosa" is a further effort by the L.A. Opera, directed by Domingo, to bring lyric opera to a wider ...

  • Greek lawyers start submitting case files electronically

    The Athens Bar Association has begun handing out memory sticks to its members that will allow them to electronically sign case files which can now be submitted via an online system that is to be expanded to include all courts in major Greek cities.Some 500 e-signatures have been given out so far, allowing lawyers to provide courts with case documents electronically.The scheme is part of the ...

  • Man confesses to murder of woman in Porto Germeno

    A 26-year-old man has allegedly confessed to killing a 39-year-old woman in Porto Germeno, a small coastal town in western Attica.Investigators responding to a missing ...

  • Muslim Association of Greece receives letter containing sick threats

    The Muslim Association of Greece (MAG) has asked authorities to investigate a letter sent to its head offices in Neos Cosmos, central Athens, threatening violence against Muslims in Greece if ...

  • A disgrace to Parliament

    The events that unfolded in Parliament on Friday, when a Golden Dawn deputy was ejected for hurling insults at his peers, should be a cause for serious concern regarding the direction that the House is taking.It is clear that the ultranationalist party is trying to completely undermine every democratic institution and ideal.It is also clear that Golden Dawn believes that it gains popularity ...


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Commando [DVD]

Commando [DVD]

On any level above that of red-faced guilty pleasure, there is simply no way to defend Commando. A gloriously primitive and cartoonish action vehicle for star Arnold Schwarzenegger, Commando makes no bones about its abject absurdity. It doesn't pretend to be a ... ...

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  • Rioters cause damage attack police after Patra concert shut down

    A group of concert-goers clashed with police in the western port city of Patra late on Friday after local residents complained of the noise coming from a music event on central Ethnikis Antistasis Square.Police were conducting random checks on bars and cafes along the popular nightlife strip when residents complained of a concert that was taking place on the main square.After the event was shut ...

  • Daughter rapist confesses is remanded in pretrial custody

    A 46-year-old Albanian man who is accused of repeatedly raping his 16-year-old daughter over the course of a decade was remanded in pretrial custody by a Thessaloniki prosecutor on Saturday.According to sources, the suspect confessed to raping his daughter and said that he had a drinking problem.He allegedly told the prosecutor that he would molest his daughter while his wife was out at work.The ...

  • Women in Greece aren’t giving up on childbirth—they’re just waiting till 40

    thus : The slight increase in the total fertility rate observed in recent years may, in part, be attributed to a catching-up process following a general pattern of postponing the decision to have children. When women give birth later in life, the total fertility rate tends to decrease at first, before a subsequent recovery. In particular, zooming in on ...

  • Greek pro-drachma party to meet

    A new political party supporting Greece's exit from the euro is due to hold its first meeting. "Plan B" only has about 400 members but its leader, Alekos Alavanos, believes it can offer a new way out for Greece. Mr Alavanos has told the BBC he wants a moratorium on the country's debt repayment, an orderly exit from the Euro and nationalisation of the banks. But the party ...

  • Cypriots Cede The Right to Rebel

    Aphrodite may be angry, but Cypriots are rolling over for austerity measures. Habitually, people will go to extremes to protect their national identity and country from repression, whether threatened from forces within or from the outside. If not dealt with effectively, social oppression will quickly grow and create an underclass where a powerful influential elite will constantly enjoy access to ...

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