Archive | 2009

Eurovision: the 10 Greek participants revealed

Greek Television, ERT, has confirmed the names of the 10 contenders for their national selection after negotiations with the record companies and artists. One of the most successful nations in the recent history of the Eurovision Song Contest, Greece, goes back to the format of different acts and different songs after some years of internal [...]

Patriarch on Copenhagen Climate Change Conference

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew called for a legally binding international agreement to avert the overheating of the planet, in a letter addressed to the leaders of the international community in view of the UN conference on climate change in Copenhagen. Reaching a beneficial agreement within the framework of the international negotiations in Copenhagen is not only [...]

Ambrosiadou’s husband quits her company

Elena Ambrosiadou, one of the wealthiest and most successful female hedge fund managers, has seen the surprise resignation of her co-founder, chairman and chief investment officer who also happens to be her husband. Martin Coward, a former Goldman Sachs partner who set up Ikos with his wife 17 years ago, said he wanted to move [...]

Onassis Awards bestowed

The Onnassis Awards for Law and Belles Lettres were given here on Monday during a ceremony at the La Coupole Hall of the Institute of France. Lord Thomas Bingham of Cornhill, a member of the British Academy, received the Law award while the Belles Lettres award went to French researcher and Director of the French [...]

Visa-free travel for fYRoM citizens

Greece’s liaison office in Skopje on Monday issued a statement welcoming the recent EU visa liberalisation for citizens of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (fYRoM), noting that the development will reinforce the already close contacts between the citizens of this country and neighbouring Greece. The liaison office added that for the measure to be [...]

Christoforou and Evagorou confirmed performers in Eurovision

As Cyprus is a small island and while the broadcaster was strict to the national final rules about nationality, we see some familiar names. First of all we see Mike Konnaris who composed several NF entries along with the 2004 Eurovision entry, the most recent high ranking of Cyprus in the contest. Oikotimes.com can confirm [...]