TRIBUTE - In Memory Of Konstantino G. Karamanlis

On April 23, 1998 a little after 2:00 am former minister of Foreign Affairs and close associate, Petros Moliviatis formally announced the death of Konstantinos G. Karamanlis. The father of our democracy died at the age of 92 at the Ygeia Hospital from severe heart failure.

The elderly statesman, whose political career spanned five decades, founded the New Democracy party following his triumphant return to Greece from self- imposed exile in Paris in the wake of the collapse of a seven-year military dictatorship in July 1974 .

He served as prime minister four times and was elected twice as head of state.

In December 1974 he ordered a referendum in which 70 percent of the electorate voted for the abolition of the monarchy and the setting up of a presidential republic.

Following his death, his nephew, Costas Karamanlis, the former leader of the New Democracy party and ex-premier of Greece said in a statement: "Constantine Karamanlis, the great and inspired leader, whose creative work changed Greece's destiny has entered history. The vision and principles of our (party's) founder will always inspire and guide us."

Indeed.

Karamanlis is one of Europe's most revered politicians, a conservative patriarch, he not only oversaw the re-introduction of democracy in Greece, but also carved out a niche for our country in the West by engineering its entry into the European Community in 1981.

In an era suffering from a deep political, economic and social crisis, that at the same time is in dire need of proper representation, human resources and national guidance, Greece needs personalities such as that of Konstantino G. Karamanlis, now more than ever.

He will always be remembered.

Jennefier Aniston To Get Married on Crete

According to a report on E-nikos, Jennifer Aniston is planning to marry her boyfriend Justin Therouxin a secret wedding on Crete this June. The report, which was quoting a report from the TMZ site claims that the couple has booked the Elounda Beach Hotel for the lavish affair. Aniston met and apparently fell in love with Theroux, while making Wanderlust in rural Georgia in 2010.

According to the report, Jennifer is not going to remain at the hotel since she still has very strong links to Greece, and especially to Crete, since her father John Aniston (or rather Gianis Anastasakis) was born there. In fact Jennifer lived here for at least a year with her family when she was a toddler.

E-nikos apparently contacted the hotel, but they denied the report, and maybe they did this so as to keep the affair hush hush. We do know that the former star of "Friends" was in Greece recently scouting the island for a suitable location during a recent visit and certainly the Elounda Beach Hotel is one such place.

In any case... we wish the happy couple much love and happiness.

Quotes From EU Leaders That Prove They Know That The System is Doomed

The following scribd file contains 20 quotes from European leaders that prove that they know that the financial system in Europe is totally doomed. (To get a better view adjust the + and - buttons on the bottom on the scibd file.)

20 Quotes From European Leaders That Prove That They Know That the Financial System in Europe is Doomed_PP

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The Mud-Slinging Has Begun In The Countdown To May 6 Elections

We all know that the New Democracy party will win the next national elections, but if you thought for a second that PASOK would give up power that easily... then think again. The system wants to force a coalition government and it has now begun playing very dirty games with the elections. On Sunday we discovered that they are committing election fraud and now the mud-slinging has begun. We are actually accustomed to these types of tactics especially before each election countdown, and know that when PASOK results to this it is because they are trembling with the thought of losing power, nonetheless we still get shocked -and disgusted- when we see their "Yes Men" doing the dirty work for them. In this case it was a "suspicious" report on SKAI channel.

On Sunday SKAI channel broadcasted a story stating that New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras told the French premier that the only reason he is saying he will lower taxes if elected to power is because he wants to win more votes.

Certainly, politicians make grand speeches before every election countdown but the story on SKAI did not specifically say that the French premier said this... they said that "circles" (or rather interests) around the French prime minister said that Samaras said this.

This is bullshit.

This is nothing more than propaganda...  And the reporter that presented this story is doing nothing more than throwing a ball of mud one way... hoping that it will stick to the minds of people.

Hellasfrappe does not usually criticise news reports because we want to believe that after so much "cleansing" happening on every level in Greece, that at some point this would also occur in the journalism industry. Unfortunately we were forced to speak our mind about this because it is obvious that the report only wants to discredit and rather not "report".

Watch the video for yourselves. A reporter from Le Figaro apparently said on Mbambi Papadimitriou's show that "circles around the French prime minister said that this is so"...

So what?

I can come out tomorrow and say that circles around Sakis Rouvas claim that he is married to Psinakis... would this be a news story?

Would it be featured on the nightly news as the prime story?

With what proof?

Are you kidding us!

We applaud New Democracy spokesman Giannis Michelakis for acting quickly and asking the reporter who these circles were, when this was said, and if she was present at the specific meeting When she was placed into a corner she could not give any believable answers.

And we ask? Then why the hell report it as NEWS?

E?

Whose interests are you serving?

The Troika's?

Evangelos Venizelos and the PASOK party?

Who?

You cannot present a news story on a hunch... or because you heard a rumor... where is the facts supporting this?

Indeed you can interpret things, but only after they are presented as proof.

That is different.

It was obvious that you were just throwing mud one way, hoping that it would stick in the back of our minds.

Unfortunately this time it is not going to work because we know the PASOK has mastered the art of mud slinging for years.

We also know that all the channels that support PASOK are the ones that actually believe we suffer from Alzheimer's Disease and forget that this party totally destroyed our economy.

We saw the same tactics being used two years ago when the New Democracy party was in power.

Shame.

SKAI channel is a great channel, with amazing investigative reports and entertaining documentaries.

The fact that they support and have reporters such as Mbambis Papadimitriou in their staff though is a crying shame. He is one of the "key" advocates for the Troika and the PASOK government and has never hidden his admiration for Evangelos Venizelos.

Mr. Papadimitriou... nice try.

The age of mud-slinging is DEAD.

Sas pirame xambari...


This is our opinion... and it is not negotiable.
hellasfrappe

SPECIAL REPORT - April 23rd = Two Years With The Memorandum

Today might be Saint George Day but it is also a dark day for our nation's younger history. It was Friday afternoon, April 23, 2010. The Stock Exchange had closed and the Sunday newspapers were sent off to the printers to be published when all of a sudden every channel in Greece tuned into the state ERT channel to watch (and listen to) former PASOK leader and ex-premier George Papandreou announce his government's decision to seek aid from the support mechanism of the IMF, EU and ECB Memorandum. From a pier on Kastelorizo island, and a backdrop showing the deep blue waters of the Aegean ... Papandreou made the historic announcement and allowed the Troika to come into our lives. Little did we know how much our lives would change.

Two years later, PASOK still continues to argue that it saved Greece and the economy by doing so, as do the other two political parties that endorsed this decision (specifically Dora Mbakogiannis' Democratic Alliance Party and George Karatzaferis' LAOS party) while we say... never before in the history of this nation has Greece ever faced such a terrible crisis.

Was this planned?

Was it part of a wider scheme?

After two years and tonnes of information later we believe that it was.

There is no two ways about it.

PASOK handed over our sovereignty ...

PASOK spit on the Greek Constitution by doing so...

PASOK stepped on our dignity as a people because it never asked us if we wanted this memorandum...

PASOK commercialized and mortgaged Greek national wealth and now we are being threatened with losing Greece's only life vest to recovery...

PASOK institutionalized a regime of foreign occupation and allowed Germany and the IMF to dictate to us.

And by doing so... PASOK irreparably undermined Greece's national interests.

The only word that can describe these acts is one... TREASON.

Why did Greece accept the Memorandum?

Why didn't the government of PASOK negotiate better terms for the Greek people?

Why did George Papandreou go to Kastelorizo Island to announce our entrance to the IMF, and what was going on several miles away?

Who is responsible for the decisions and obligations that are dictated in the Memorandum?

Why didn't the government of Papandreou ask our European allies to perform a hair-cut in the first few months the crisis broke out and why didn't they propose it themselves?

The new leader of the socialists Evangelos Venizelos might believe that Greeks will forget what he said during this period, or how he supported George Papandreou's decision, but this is one thing that society will never forget so he is doing nothing more than ridiculing himself by thinking so.

Nonetheless, PASOK is PASOK... and to understand this party is to understand George Papandreou and we all know... that this is utterly impossible.

This can never be forgotten....

Editors Note - These and many other questions were the center of a recent investigative report conducted by Alexis Papachelas on SKAI television. This specific video is a must watch! And will enable you to find the answers you need to all of these questions. You can watch the rest of the series at SKAI online).

2012 OLYMPICS - Flame To Travel To Kastelorizo Island!

Now here is some good news, the Hellenic Olympic Committee decided to add Kstelorizo to its list of sites where the Greek Olympic Flame will pass before leaving Greece and heading to the UK for this year's "London 2012" summer games. On such a note, the flame will leave the ancient site of Olympia on May 11 following a traditional ceremony, then travel to the island of Crete and following this will be taken for a run on the island of Kastelorizo. The latter island and the municipality is located in the southeastern Mediterranean roughly 2 km from the south coast of Turkey, or about 570 km southeast of Athens and all the eyes of the "petrol world" are glued to this place, not necessarily for the island itself and all its beauty but for its geo-strategic position. When Athens finally claims its full EEZ, Kastelorizo’s presence would make its EEZ contiguous with the EEZ of Cyprus, a factor with great importance now, since there are massive off-shore gas and oil discoveries being made. The tiny island of Kastelorizo with an EEZ benefits the emerging Greece-Cyprus-Israel alliance by making the transportation of Cypriot and Israeli natural gas (via pipeline) or electricity (via cable) to Western Europe possible without the permission of Turkey. The move by the Hellenic Committee is certainly symbolic... but it is sending out its own message to Ankara that clearly says "hands off"!

Greeks All Over The World Celebrate Saint George's Day

Today is Saint George's Day and celebrated by many Christian churches around the world where he is the patron saint. For Eastern Orthodox Churches who use the Julian calendar, April 23 corresponds to May 6 on the Gregorian calendar. Saint George is one of the most venerated saints in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Oriental Orthodox Churches. Immortalised in the tale of George and the Dragon, he is one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers and is the patron saint of Aragón, Canada, Catalonia, England, Ethiopia, Georgia, Greece, Montenegro, Portugal, Serbia, Russia, and Palestine, as well as the cities of Beirut, Ljubljana, Freiburg and Moscow, as well as a wide range of professions, organisations and disease sufferers.

This name is very common by all those baptised in the Christian Orthodox Church and celebrated today by Georges and Georgias all over the world. What this basically means is that almost half of the population of the Greek Omogeneia is probably celebrating their name day today!

The family of HELLASFRAPPE is no exception, we have many family members celebrating today!

Because of this we want to dedicate the following song to then and wish each and everyone a very happy Name day.

Xronia Polla kai Kala!