Posted in Finances/economy, Nothing to do with Skopelos, Politics / history, Travel/ transport, tagged airplane traffic on January 26, 2015| 6 Comments »
Above is a screen grab grabbed yesterday at 5pm. The second below was made today at around 1pm.
Does anyone see the disparity between aircraft traffic into/from Athens and into/from Istanbul(Konstantinopoli)?
Which one is a capital city of a EU member country?
Inside the yellow circles are the cities mentioned.
Images enlarge and are from http://www.flightradar24.com/
Posted in Politics / history on January 26, 2015| 4 Comments »
The winning, left-wing party Syriza has already agreed to form a government with the right-wing Independent Greeks (ANEL) party. Both parties can’t be further apart on many issues (connection state-church, immigration) but they agree on anti-europe and austerity issues. Alexis Tsipras will be the new prime minister in a couple of hours. He will not swear his oath on a bible which is a first in greek history as many other things are a first in these elections. We will keep you posted.
Posted in Politics / history on January 26, 2015| 3 Comments »
The [enlargeable] map above tells it all. The voters in Greece have given SYRIZA an overwhelming mandate to change the course of the country. It is a convincing victory for the left.
Falling short (149) of an outright majority of seats in Parliament where 151 are needed, SYRIZA will have to form a coalition with another party to gain the necessary seats. Will this be a case of “strange bedfellows”?
Today Alexi Tsipras will meet with the President of the Republic who will ask SYRIZA to form a government. Syriza will have a few days to negotiate with another party. If they can not agree with another party, the task of forming a government will fall to the party which came in second.
Locally, Magnisias will be represented by 5 MPs from Syriza (see below) and one MP from Nea Demokratia.
Homeboy candidates Spyros Lemonis polled 4,301 for SYRIZA, and KKE’s Giorgos Anagnostou pulled 759 – neither enough for a seat.
The entry point for the website of the Ministry of Interior’s election tally can be found by clicking here. Then click on the Union Jack in the lower left corner.
