Mayor awards distinction memorials to top students

Open Protection Center Senior Chalcedon in full swing!

23 years of operation and activity in society in the City of Chalcedon completed this year's Senior Center Open Protection, which operates in Chalcedon on December 28, 1986. All these years, has presented important work in the care of their physical and mental health of members served.

The services available are:

1) Social services for the psychological support of members
2) Organised physiotherapy for treatment of related health problems of members
3) Family domiciliary care to service, especially lonely people.
4) Organizing recreational and educational events
5) Activation of members to participate in groups such as the functioning part choir



Open Protection Center Senior Chalcedon, in full swing!

12th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival.

The 12th Documentary Festival is held in Thessaloniki from 12th to 21st March

The Thessaloniki Documentary Festival is carried out every March in Thessaloniki since its inception in 1999 and under the umbrella of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival organization. Through its tributes and retrospectives, the TDF focuses on filmmakers with unique cinematic voices, internationally renowned for their contribution to the documentary genre.

Amongst others, the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival - Images of the 21st Century has held tributes to the work of Werner Herzog, Bruce Weber, Monika Treut, Joris Ivens, Johan van der Keuken, David & Albert Maysles, Pirjo Honkasalo, Stefan Jarl, Kim Longinotto, Barbara Kopple, Julia Reichert & Steven Bognar, Jennifer Fox, Jon Alpert, Arto Halonen, Joe Berlinger & Bruce Sinofsky.

The main programme focuses on documentaries that explore the social and cultural developments in the world. The Thessaloniki Documentary Festival is a non-competitive event. There are two Audience Awards as well as awards in conjunction with ERT3, Amnesty International and the WWF. Films of the main programme are candidates for the FIPRESCI prize for Best Greek and Best Foreign Documentary to one Greek and one foreign film.

FIAKAS of D. Misintzi by the Pella Theater Workshop / Chalcedon performed with success at the Municipal Theater of Pella.

Performances:
Friday, the 19th Feb & 26 Feb
Saturday, the 20th Feb & 27 Feb
Sunday, the 28th Feb

Time: 9:00 pm

FIAKAS: Anthony Charizanis
YANNIS: Tryphon Mazda
EVANTHIA: Barbara Manos
KOKONI FROSO: Voula Argyraki
KAZAMIAS: Anthony Mancha
CHASAPIS: Kostas Karagiannis
EPHRAIM: Dimitris Kaliontzis

Tickets: 5 €

Clean Monday 15/2/2010

It was Clean Monday yesterday and, as every year, we all went to the country to fly our kites!

Some of us wear costumes and we play a traditional game called "gaitanaki" dancing around.

Greece at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Greece is participating at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada with seven athlets:

Thanasis Tsakiris - Flag Bearer (Biathlon), Vassilis Dimitriadis (Alpine Skiing), Lefteris Fafalis (Cross Country Skiing), Maria Danou (Cross Country Skiing), Panagiota Tsakiri (Biathlon), Sophia Ralli (Alpine Skiing) and Stefanos Alexis Tsimikalis (Alpine Skiing).

We wish them GOOD LUCK!