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| + | [[Image:Iason-athanasiadis-97.jpg|right|thumb|300px|[[Iason Athanasiadis]] reporting for TV]] |
| − | ===January===
| + | '''Iason Athanasiadis''' is a writer, photographer, political analyst, and television producer who has contributed to a range of media, including the BBC, al-Jazeera, Channel 4<ref>http://bjr.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/17/4/29.pdf</ref>, and specializes in the Middle East. Iason was born in [[Athens]], in [[1979]], to a British father (Georgios Fowden) and a [[Greeks|Greek]] mother (Polymnia Athanasiadi) and his full name is Athanasiadis-Fowden. |
| − | *[[January 5]]: 21-year old Police officer, Diamantis Matzounis, is fired upon with Kalashnikov rifles, outside the Ministry of Culture, and is injured as assaults against policemen continue since the shooting death of teenager, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, on [[December 6]], [[2008]]. A caller to a Greek television station claimed responsibility for the shooting in the name of a local far-left group [[Revolutionary Struggle]] which figures on the European Union's list of terrorist organizations.
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| − | *[[January 7]]: Prime Minister [[Costas Karamanlis]] carries out a sweeping reshuffle of his Cabinet as [[New Democracy|his party]] struggles to retain its razor-thin control of [[Hellenic Parliament|parliament]] amid a string of scandals and the worst civil unrest the country has seen in decades.
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| − | *[[January 12]]: Greek shipowner, [[Pericles Panagopoulos]], is kidnapped by three armed men on his way to work in the plush seaside [[Athens]] suburb of [[Kavouri, Athens|Kavouri]]
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| − | *[[January 14]]: Police said that the Greek militant group [[Revolutionary Struggle]] sent a statement to the weekly [[Pontiki]] newspaper saying it carried out a [[2008#December|Dec. 23 shooting attack]] on a riot police bus and a separate [[January 5]] shooting at police in which one officer was seriously wounded.
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| − | *[[January 17]]: 58-year old fan, Sotiris Serafeim, suffers a heart attack and dies in the midst of a fight in the stands following the football game between [[Iraklis FC|Iraklis]] and [[AEK FC|AEK]] at [[Kaftantzoglio Stadium]], [[Thessaloniki]].
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| − | *[[January 19]]: Police officer Diamantis Matzounis is released from the intensive care unit of the Athens General Hospital [[Korgialenio-Benakio National Red Cross]] making a step towards recovery.
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| − | *[[January 19]]: The [[Athens Stock Exchange]] closes at 1,660.04 after losses of 5.14%.
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| − | *[[January 19]]: Greek shipping magnate [[Pericles Panagopoulos]] - who was kidnapped at gunpoint on January 12 - is released.
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| − | *[[January 20]]: Turkish actor, Atilla Olgaç, stirs up controversy after admitting on Turkish TV that he killed 10 Greek Cypriots, including POWs, during the [[Turkish invasion of Cyprus]].
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| − | *[[January 21]]: [[Antros Kyprianou]] is elected Secretary General of [[AKEL]], replacing [[Dimitris Christofias]].
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| − | *[[January 24]]: [[Sophocles Pilavios]] is elected Chairman of the [[Hellenic Football Federation]] (EPO).
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| − | ===February===
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| − | *[[February 4]]: [[Nikos Thanopoulos]] is elected President of [[AEK FC|AEK]].
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| − | *[[February 17]]: The [[Athens Stock Market]] index drops 5.19% closing at 1,603.80.
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| − | *[[February 22]]: Serial armed robber and kidnapper, Vasilis Paleokostas, and his Albanian sidekick escape from Korydallos prison by helicopter.
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| − | *[[February 22]]: [[Panathinaikos BC|Panathinaikos]] win the [[Greek Basketball Cup]] for the fifth year running by defeating [[Olympiakos BC|Olympiakos]] 80-70.
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| − | *[[February 25]]: [[Kostas Douvalidis]] breaks the Greek indoor record for the 60m hurdles with a time of 7.68.
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| − | ===March===
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| − | *[[March 4]]: [[Panserraikos FC|Panserraikos]] stun [[Panathinaikos FC|Panathinaikos]] 3-2 in [[Athens]] and eliminate them from the [[Greek Football Cup]].
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| − | *[[March 19]]: Greek-owned cargo ship "Titan", with 24 crew members on board, is seized off the coast of Somalia by pirates.
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| − | *[[March 21]]: [[Panathinaikos]] defeat Italy’s Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo 3-2 sets and qualify for the final of the CEV Cup.
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| − | *[[March 22]]: [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]] defeat [[Panionios FC|Panionios]] 3-2 and clinch their 12th football championship in the last 13 years.
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| − | *[[March 22]]: [[Panathinaikos]] lose 3-1 sets to Russia's Lokomotiv-Belogorie Belgorod in the final of the CEV Cup.
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| − | ===April===
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| − | *[[April 2]]: The [[Athens Stock Exchange]] index reaches 1,740 after gains of 4.4%.
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| − | *[[April 2]]: Both [[Olympiakos BC|Olympiakos]] and [[Panathinaikos BC|Panathinaikos]] qualify for the Final Four of European [[basketball]] after away wins at Real Madrid and Sienna respectively.
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| − | *[[April 5]]: [[Iraklis]] play in the final of the volleyball Champions League where they lose to Italy's Trentino 3-1 sets.
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| − | *[[April 7]]: [[Patriarch Bartholomew I]] meets with US President Barack Obama in Istanbul.
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| − | *[[April 12]]: [[OFI FC|OFI]] lose to [[Ergotelis FC|Ergotelis]] 1-0 and are relegated to the [[Football B Division|B Division]] for the first time in 33 years.
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| − | *[[April 13]]: [[Temuri Ketsbaia]] resigns as coach of [[Anorthosis Famagusta FC|Anorthosis Famagusta]] after five years at the helm. The Georgian had led Anorthosis into the CL Group Stage earlier in the season.
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| − | *[[April 19]]: The hard-line National Unity party win the elections in the occupied areas of [[Cyprus]]. Party leader, Dervis Eroglu, promises to support the ongoing negotiations between President [[Dimitris Christofias|Christofias]] and Talat.
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| − | *[[April 29]]: [[Athens 2004|2004 Olympic]] 20 km walk champion [[Athanasia Tsoumeleka]] tested positive for the blood booster CERA at last year's Beijing Games.
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| − | *[[April 30]]: The Greek weightlifting federation suspended two weightlifters, [[Giorgos Papadopoulos]] and [[Christina Filandrianou]] who tested positive for a banned stimulant during national games this year.
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| − | *[[April 30]]: The [[Athens Stock Exchange]] index hits a five month high after gains of 3.18%, closing at 2,053.74.
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| − | ===May===
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| − | *[[May 1]]: [[Panathinaikos BC|Panathinaikos]] defeat [[Olympiakos BC|Olympiakos]] 84-82 in their Euroleague semifinal matchup in Berlin.
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| − | *[[May 2]]: [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]] win the [[Greek Football Cup]] on penalties, after a 4-4 thriller of a final match against [[AEK FC|AEK]].
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| − | *[[May 3]]: [[Panathinaikos BC|Panathinaikos]] defeat CSKA Moscow 73-71 and win their fith Euroleague title.
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| − | *[[May 5]]: Greece's parliament votes against indicting a former minister Aristotelis Pavlidis in a corruption probe that could have forced early elections on the embattled [[New Democracy|conservative government]]. The vote over an alleged bribery scandal fell short of the 151 ballots required with only 146 lawmakers voting in favor and 144 against.
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| − | *[[May 7]]: A first instance court on [[Rhodes]] issues a ruling nullifying a pair of same-sex marriages conducted [[2008#June|last June]] on the isle of [[Tilos]].
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| − | *[[May 8]]: [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos Piraeus]] announces the club are not renewing the contract of coach [[Ernesto Valverde]] despite the Spaniard leading the club to the league title and [[Greek Soccer Cup|Greek Cup]].
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| − | *[[May 8]]: Former Greek transport minister, [[Christos Verelis]], resigns his seat in [[Hellenic Parliament|parliament]] after a prosecutor ordered a corruption probe into a bus contract to Neoplan, a subsidiary of German truckmaker and industrial company MAN AG.
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| − | *[[May 14]]: [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos Piraeus]] play a friendly in Hanoi, losing 1-0 to the national team of Vietnam.
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| − | *[[May 16]]: [[Angeliki Exarchou]] crushed her national record in the women's 200 breast with a time of 2:27.39 during the first night of long course meter swimming at the Czech Grand Prix. Her performance wiped out the 2:29.44 national mark she set back in [[2005]].
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| − | *[[May 18]]: Greece confirms its first case of H1N1 flu, a student who returned from the United States a few days ago. He was first taken to the hospital by his father in the early hours of the day after experiencing a cough and high fever. After initial tests were conducted, he was told to return home but was later taken by ambulance to the [[Sismanoglio Hospital]] after the second test conducted at the [[Hellenic Pasteur Institute|Pasteur Institute]] came out positive, showing he had swine flu.
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| − | *[[May 18]]: The United States announces that it is listing [[Revolutionary Struggle]] as a foreign terrorist organization after the Greek leftist group attacked US diplomatic and business interests.
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| − | *[[May 18]]: [[Alexander the Great]] is named "the greatest Greek of all time" in a poll of viewers of Sky TV. Surprisingly, Dr [[George Papanicolaou]] wins second place while [[Theodoros Kolokotronis]] finishes third.
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| − | *[[May 29]]: Former [[King Constantine II|King Constantine]], 68, undergoes a successful heart bypass operation at a private hospital in north London
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| − | ===June===
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| − | *[[June 1]]: [[Panathinaikos BC|Panathinaikos]] defeat [[Olympiakos BC|Olympiakos]] 91-84 and win the [[A1 Division|A1]] [[basketball]] championship in Greece for the seventh time in a row.
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| − | *[[June 4]]: Greeks and Cypriots, along with other Europeans, go to the polls to elect their MEPs.
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| − | *[[June 17]]: 41-year old police officer, Nektarios Savvas, is shot dead in the Patisia section of [[Athens]], while guarding a witness in the case against the [[Revolutionary People's Struggle]].
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| − | *[[June 20]]: The Acropolis Museum opens to the public.
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| − | *[[June 20]]: Greek-born photo-journalist [[Iason Athanasiadis]] is among a number of foreign journalists arrested in Iran following the disputed presidential poll. He was on assignment for the Washington Times where he has been covering the post-election protests.
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| − | *[[June 22]]: The immediate closure of [[Athens]] daily [[Eleftheros Typos]] newspaper and its sister radio station [[City 99.5 FM]] is announced after billionaire businessman [[Theodore Angelopoulos]] and his wife [[Gianna Angelopoulou-Daskalaki]], the former head of the organizing committee for the [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens Olympics]], decided to end their involvement in publishing.
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| − | *[[June 22]]: The Greek extremist group [[Revolutionary Sect]], claims responsibility for the fatal shooting of officer Nektarios Savvas in a proclamation contained in a CD disk left for Greek daily [[Ta Nea]].
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| + | Athanasiadis is based in Istanbul. He is fluent in Arabic and Farsi and has been a regular visitor to Tehran over the past decade. |
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| − | *[[January 5]]: [[Evangelos Depastas]], athlete ([[800m]] and [[1500m]]).
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| − | *[[January 13]]: [[Aristides Louvaris]], footballer.
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| − | *[[January 13]]: [[Thanasis Saravakos]], footballer.
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| − | *[[January 18]]: [[Danae Stratigopoulou]], singer, songwriter, musician.
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| − | ===February===
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| − | *[[February 2]]: [[Giorgos Pantelakis]], former President of [[PAOK FC|PAOK]].
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| − | *[[February 4]]: [[Aleka Paizi]], actress
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| − | ===April===
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| − | *[[April 18]]: [[Babis Kotridis]], footballer
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| − | *[[April 20]]: [[Beata Asimakopoulou]], actress
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| − | ===May===
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| − | *[[May 9]]: [[Evgenios Spatharis]], master of the shadow theatre ([[Karagiozis]]).
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| − | *[[May 9]]: [[Theodoros Exarchos]], actor
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| − | *[[May 25]]: [[Nana Georgiou]], [[Cypriot]] actress
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| − | *[[May 26]]: [[Michalis Papayiannakis]], politician, MP, MEP.
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| − | ===June===
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| − | *[[June 10]]: [[Stelios Skevofilakas]], footballer
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| − | *[[June 24]]: İsmet Güney, Turkish-Cypriot designer of the [[flag of Cyprus]].
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| − | [[Category:Years]] | + | A graduate of Oxford University<ref>[http://www.opendemocracy.net/author/Iason_Athanasiadis.jsp openDemocracy Author -Iason Athanasiadis<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>, Iason has written for the Christian Science Monitor, the Financial Times, the International Herald Tribune, the Sunday Telegraph, The Guardian, the Toronto Star, the Washington Times, and Australia's leading current affairs magazine The Diplomat.<ref>[http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/author.aspx?id=86 World Politics Review |Iason Athanasiadis<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He studied Arabic and Modern Middle Eastern Studies at Oxford University (BA, 2:1) as well as Persian and Contemporary Iranian Studies at Tehran's School of International Studies (MA). |
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| | + | He was a Fellow at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University from 2007 to 2008.<ref>http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/pageone/2007-08release.html</ref>. He is an [[Aristotle Onassis Foundation]] scholar. |
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| | + | He spent a year living in Damascus, then another year in Cairo, getting a taste of two of the Arab World's great cultural and political capitals. In addition, he lived for four months in Qatar, a rapidly-developing emirate on the Persian Gulf. A year's break in Athens in 2003-04 allowed him to work for BBC World during the buildup to the Olympics as well as produce a travel program for Greek TV. In addition, he covered Turkey and [[Cyprus]] for several newspapers. |
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| | + | After the Olympics, he moved to Tehran and the biggest developing story in the Middle East. During this time, trips to Afghanistan and Iraq broadened his understanding of the region and its unreported dynamics. |
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| | + | He was arrested in Tehran on [[June 20]] [[2009]] after being charged with 'illegal activities' in the course of his reporting on the disputed Iranian elections. No details of his alleged crime were released. |
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| | + | ==Some articles by Iason Athanasiadis== |
| | + | *[http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/article.aspx?id=582 World Politics Review: "Russia Steps Up Diplomacy in Renewed Bid for Middle East Influence"] |
| | + | *[http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/GD22Ak02.html Asia Times Online: "A troubled triangle: Iran, India and Pakistan"] |
| | + | *[http://www.globaljournalist.org/magazine/2004-2/no-longer-shielded.html Global Journalists: "Press Cards No Longer Shields"] |
| | + | *[http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=2522 Center for Research on Globalization: "Iran Deploys its War Machine"] |
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| | + | ==References== |
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| | + | ==External links== |
| | + | *[http://www.iason.ws/ Iason Athanasiadis's personal website] |
| | + | *[http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/reports/07-2NRsummer/p33-0702-athanasiadis.html Nieman Report: A Photo Journalist Immerses Himself in the Story Being Told] |
| | + | *[http://www.payvand.com/news/06/jan/1071.html Iason Athanasiadis photos at Tehran's Artists Forum: Asia Minor Photographs] |
| | + | *[http://www.journalisted.com/iason-athanasiadis Journalisted - Articles by Iason Athanasiadis] |
| | + | *[http://www.ocpcmagazine.com/thismonthaug08/thismonth.html Athanasiadis on cover of OCPC magazine] |
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| | + | [[Category:Journalists|Athanasiadis, Iason]] |
| | + | [[Category:1979 births|Athanasiadis, Iason]] |
