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Archive - Jul 2009

July 8th

"I will always be Michael Jackson's fan"

08 July 2009 / 14:07:41  
Will the forecast of frontman Eden James come true – “one day music will be distributed like water – you will pay your license fee, in order to use it”? Eden James’ hit “Never Setting Sun” became number one in the Greek TOP 40 after replacing Robbie Williams. The band came to Athens, in order to perform at the biggest Rock Wave Festival in Malakasa park but at the performance day, a pouring rain destroyed all plans. The three members of the band – Eden James, Nathan Newman, and Simon Hall, answered to the questions of Marina Nikolova about their unexpected success in Greece. Today, one day after the memorial concert for Michael Jackson in Los Angeles, we asked “Eden James” to tell us about the influence of his music on them.


Special Forces guarding the construction of a new lanfill near Athens

08 July 2009 / 09:07:34  
The confrontation between locals in Gramatiko and the police are continuing for two days. Yesterday ended with four arrested and four injured policemen.


July 7th

Cyprian president wants Famagusta back

07 July 2009 / 18:07:15  

Dimitris Christofias has sent a letter to the UN general secretary Ban Ki-moon, in which he insists that the closed city Famagusta should be returned to its owners.



Two kidnappers less

07 July 2009 / 15:07:14  

After months of police investigations, two of the four participants in the kidnap of the ship-owner Periklis Panagopoulos from the beginning of January were revealed. The kidnappers demanded a huge ransom to set him free.



The hidden treasures of Lamia, Thermopylae and Kamena Vourla

07 July 2009 / 14:07:16  
Central Greece is slightly underestimated by tourists, but Dilyana Ivanova will give us an idea of how to spend a pleasant weekend, without being disturbed by crowds of tourists.


Radio City will not go off the air

07 July 2009 / 10:07:17  
Two weeks ago 450 journalists working for the big Greek daily newspaper Elefteros Tipos and for radio City were informed that main stockholders of the companies – Theodoros and Yanna Angelopoulos are resigning and will take action for liquidation. Today the journalists made a decision to continue airing their programs on radio City 99.5…


July 6th

Athens is warming up with the Scorpions, Michael Bolton and Carlos Santana

06 July 2009 / 19:07:58  
Few long awaited concerts will take place in the Greek capital in the following days. Today the stage will explode by the guitars of the legendary Scorpions, tomorrow Michael Bolton will make the hearts of his fans beat faster and on Wednesday Carlos Santana will finish us off with his eternal hits.