The impression was made by a very large gathering of about 1500 people, organized by Kostis Hatzidakis a few days ago in the central hotel of Athens. Even more impressive was the fact of the large presence of ministers and parliamentarians, of which there were 44 in total, which did not go unnoticed. The interpretation was given by the deputy, who said that “Kostis is familiar from our youth.” The Minister, in fact, did something he was not used to, as he named his close associate, EFKA spokesman Omiros Tzapalos, saying that “he helped a lot with the changes we made to EFKA” and “I will be by his side.” and I will support him in whatever he needs”, effectively announcing that he has … his own candidate in Athens.

Low atmospheric pressure

Relations between SYRIZA and PASOK have recently been very low. In Har. The Trikoupis are deeply troubled by the personal attacks on party chairman Nikos Androulakis, who reminds him at every opportunity that SYRIZA does not… change.

Invitation

A particularly honorable invitation was received by Kyriakos Pierrakakis, who spoke at the Koray History Chair at King’s College London on Friday on “Reform and Leadership in Greece in the 20th and 21st Centuries.” The pulpit, founded during the premiership of Eleftherios Venizelos in 1918 with the support of the Greeks of the diaspora, is valued at a particularly high level, and an invitation to speak is considered “difficult”.

Russian fragment

Another report from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will focus on the symbolic gifts that foreign ministers exchange with their counterparts and other foreign officials. The event will take place at Zappeion on February 1st and 2nd with Nikos Dendias as a speaker. Among the gifts on display is… a rocket fragment! This is a fragment of a Russian rocket that fell in Kyiv when N.Dendias was in the Ukrainian capital on a visit in October last year, as a result of which a meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmitry Kuleba took place in the shelter. After the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece addressed his Ukrainian counterpart, the latter sent him a fragment as a “souvenir” of the meeting, which will be included in the exhibits.

Nicky vs Papandreou

For the hardline neo-democratic public, Andreas Papandreou, so many years after his death, is still the great “political opponent”. This must have been sensed by Niki Kerameos, who, by bringing back the teacher assessment, put back together what Andreas Papandreou canceled in 1982! And he even did it on the eve of the elections, showing that he was not afraid of electoral costs. Although – between us – I do not see this movement in the north of Athens, which is politicized, as having electoral costs, but benefits.