tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25050825Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:17:33 +0000Europe propagandaCyprusPHLEGMATIC POSITIVISTGeorge Kyriacou's Information Highwayhttp://blog.mesogio.info/noreply@blogger.com (George Kyriacou)Blogger159125http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheMesogioDotInfoBlog?format=skinTheMesogioDotInfoBloghttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25050825.post-1188077147175369120Fri, 21 Oct 2011 17:37:00 +00002011-10-21T19:37:00.805+02:00Skat... ?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheMesogioDotInfoBlog/~3/14GL2L-s9XE/helsinki.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (George Kyriacou)0http://blog.mesogio.info/2011/02/helsinki.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25050825.post-2630971538852000489Sun, 06 Feb 2011 12:20:00 +00002011-02-06T13:20:34.325+01:00Check out this video on YouTube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtwO2tKZmwQ&feature=youtube_gdata_playerSent from my iPhone George KyriacoumesoGio dot InfoPhone: +370 61606541http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheMesogioDotInfoBlog/~3/_CR9NNvd-F0/frank-sinatra-i-get-kick-out-of-you.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (George Kyriacou)0http://blog.mesogio.info/2011/02/frank-sinatra-i-get-kick-out-of-you.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25050825.post-2905279374645627846Tue, 11 Jan 2011 12:47:00 +00002011-01-11T13:47:21.929+01:00- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhoneLocation:Bokšto gatvė,Vilnius,Lithuaniahttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheMesogioDotInfoBlog/~3/y9V5sieN4UU/ahmedinejad-in-3d.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (George Kyriacou)0http://blog.mesogio.info/2011/01/ahmedinejad-in-3d.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25050825.post-6170804022870324332Mon, 20 Dec 2010 14:40:00 +00002010-12-20T15:50:27.881+01:00Vilniaus Diena - LithuaniaEdward Lucas on the end of Eastern European stereotypes Twenty years after the fall of the Iron Curtain, stereotypes about Eastern Europe are finally disappearing, writes Edward Lucas in the daily Vilniaus Diena: "The clichee that governments in Eastern Europe are unstable and chaotic is a thing of the past. Next year the Estonian leader Andrus Ansip, who entered office http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheMesogioDotInfoBlog/~3/xrl6KIsglHo/eastern-european-stereotypes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (George Kyriacou)0http://blog.mesogio.info/2010/12/eastern-european-stereotypes.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25050825.post-635888534708891194Sat, 18 Sep 2010 08:52:00 +00002010-09-18T10:52:00.003+02:00https://www.adbusters.org/files/newsletter/2010/tb5/capitalismlarge.jpgSent from my iPhone George KyriacoumesoGio dot InfoPhone: +370 61606541http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheMesogioDotInfoBlog/~3/22a_vzinl4s/capitalismlargejpg-540720-pixels.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (George Kyriacou)0http://blog.mesogio.info/2010/09/capitalismlargejpg-540720-pixels.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25050825.post-2064365621543104158Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:47:00 +00002010-07-21T16:47:06.155+02:00Simerini - CyprusWorld indifferent to Turkish crimes in Cyprus On Tuesday 36 years ago the Turkish army marched into the north of Cyprus. The conservative daily Simerini writes that the international community's current image of Turkey is too positive: "The country that caused this bloodbath is praised for its good intentions, has become a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, chairs http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheMesogioDotInfoBlog/~3/XsyEL_7yZD4/world-indifferent-to-turkish-crimes-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (George Kyriacou)1http://blog.mesogio.info/2010/07/world-indifferent-to-turkish-crimes-in.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25050825.post-8988907666973365463Wed, 23 Jun 2010 06:11:00 +00002010-06-23T08:11:31.971+02:00Sent from my iPhone George KyriacoumesoGio dot InfoPhone: +370 61606541Begin forwarded message:From: George Kyriacou <gk@mesogio.info>Date: 22 June 2010 08:03:24 EESTTo: Mesogio Blog <leventis.mesogio@blogger.co>Subject: Frank Sinatra ~ I've Got You Under My Skin (with lyrics) 5/5Check out this video on YouTube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab4VD_ll3h0&feature=youtube_gdataSent from my http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheMesogioDotInfoBlog/~3/GEu7Pq1Se-M/fwd-frank-sinatra-ive-got-you-under-my.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (George Kyriacou)0http://blog.mesogio.info/2010/06/fwd-frank-sinatra-ive-got-you-under-my.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25050825.post-2943346098795098591Sat, 22 May 2010 17:11:00 +00002010-05-22T19:13:18.447+02:00Below's a transcript of a short conversation I had with somebody this week: --------------- PERSON: what's snobbish about cool jazz? ME: cool jazz is not snobbish. It's bad ass. It's a cool dude with an attitude.. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheMesogioDotInfoBlog/~3/1O_c07B1YRo/jazz-and-its-snobbish-friends_22.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (George Kyriacou)0http://blog.mesogio.info/2010/05/jazz-and-its-snobbish-friends_22.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25050825.post-3083654181374815909Wed, 05 May 2010 15:45:00 +00002010-05-05T17:45:02.373+02:00Disgrace or justifiable? http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8661385.stm By Malcolm Brabant, BBC News, Athens I have not seen this level of anger for quite some time, but the cuts that have been announced are much more severe this time and people have realised how much these austerity measures are going to hit them in their pockets.This demonstration however, looks better organised too, with clearhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheMesogioDotInfoBlog/~3/azLOJe7QFNM/democracy-was-born-in-greece-and-looks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (George Kyriacou)0http://blog.mesogio.info/2010/05/democracy-was-born-in-greece-and-looks.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25050825.post-4509785177859359738Wed, 14 Apr 2010 10:49:00 +00002010-04-14T12:49:17.679+02:00The problems of young people on the labour market affect society as a whole, the weekly Expresso writes, criticising the lack of groups to represent their interests: "Although they are better educated than previous generations they only end up with precarious ... and poorly paid jobs. It is easy to find young people who earn half of what someone aged 40 who does more or less the same work earns. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheMesogioDotInfoBlog/~3/CpF6sByuM7g/young-people-in-precarious-jobs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (George Kyriacou)0http://blog.mesogio.info/2010/04/young-people-in-precarious-jobs.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25050825.post-2336886352110998894Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:06:00 +00002010-02-01T19:06:33.012+01:00 The Cypriot economy is struggling. It may now follow Greece's negative example, the daily Cyprus Mail warns: "Our tourist industry is tired, bedraggled and overpriced; our civil service over-staffed, over paid and inefficient; and our construction industry overstocked and riddled with debt. We have a communist president and a capitalist depression caused by banks and finance companies. We are a http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheMesogioDotInfoBlog/~3/fjy7NuKW6QQ/cyprus-follows-greece-into-crisis.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (George Kyriacou)0http://blog.mesogio.info/2010/02/cyprus-follows-greece-into-crisis.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25050825.post-7071104274521546319Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:24:00 +00002010-01-18T15:24:20.328+01:00 Keskisuomalainen - Finland Obama's second year will be even more difficult On January 20 US President Barack Obama will have been in office for a year. His first year was tough but the second will be even tougher, the Finnish daily Keskisuomalainen predicts: "The expectations for the 'president of the new generation' were disproportionately high, both in the United States and abroad. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheMesogioDotInfoBlog/~3/SRRYX5trn0g/obamas-second-year-will-be-even-more.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (George Kyriacou)0http://blog.mesogio.info/2010/01/obamas-second-year-will-be-even-more.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25050825.post-1411022102186443784Sun, 10 Jan 2010 14:01:00 +00002010-01-10T15:01:28.135+01:00How to create video storytelling that actually tells a story :: 10,000 Wordshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheMesogioDotInfoBlog/~3/E6QmawJl0TY/how-to-create-video-storytelling-that.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (George Kyriacou)0http://blog.mesogio.info/2010/01/how-to-create-video-storytelling-that.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25050825.post-3455757123299400769Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:49:00 +00002010-01-05T14:51:44.048+01:00 The golden era of journalism has come to an end, Lluís Bassets concludes commenting on the annual report of the Reporters without Borders organisation: "It's difficult to say which year was the best but 1974 is among the candidates. I'm referring to the life of journalists of course. In that year a couple of young and humble journalists managed to bring down the most powerful man on the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheMesogioDotInfoBlog/~3/iWumwzl29rw/good-years-in-journalism-belong-to-past.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (George Kyriacou)0http://blog.mesogio.info/2010/01/good-years-in-journalism-belong-to-past.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25050825.post-6539676164742424799Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:00:00 +00002009-12-08T14:00:25.552+01:00 Πρόσωπο με πρόσωπο! Θύματα φραστικής επίθεσης από το ζεύγος Ταλάτ και τους μπράβους του κατοχικού καθεστώτος φοιτητές του ΜΕΤΩΠΟΥ Κ.Φ.Η.Β.Λονδίνο, 08 Δεκεμβρίου 2009Για άλλη μια φορά οι φοιτητές του ΜΕΤΩΠΟΥ Κυπρίων Φοιτητών Ηνωμένου Βασιλείουαπέδειξαν με τη δυναμική τους παρουσία πως ο αντικατοχικός αγώνας συνεχίζει να έχει δυνατή φωνή και βροντερή παρουσία στο Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο, όσο κι αν http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheMesogioDotInfoBlog/~3/ZMhh2ig9XQg/blog-post.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (George Kyriacou)0http://blog.mesogio.info/2009/12/blog-post.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25050825.post-8776865306179326623Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:35:00 +00002009-12-03T13:37:33.214+01:00 In the past hackers were hunted down like criminals but recently computer companies have started to seek their services, the daily Sega observes: "The war between hackers and the rest of the world has become part of everyday life. In the beginning they were harmless rebels. Many of them, however, are now using their skills to cheat companies and banks out of their money. In recent times a new http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheMesogioDotInfoBlog/~3/awfzi764sF8/hackers-raise-profits.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (George Kyriacou)0http://blog.mesogio.info/2009/12/hackers-raise-profits.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25050825.post-8568636366689076515Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:04:00 +00002009-12-01T20:04:48.966+01:00...i wonder why.. :-/--- Sent with System SEVEN - the new generation of mobile messaging---http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheMesogioDotInfoBlog/~3/5RTSWTnE2NU/suicide-hotline-in-brussels-transport.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (George Kyriacou)0http://blog.mesogio.info/2009/12/suicide-hotline-in-brussels-transport.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25050825.post-2305995742981825398Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:27:00 +00002009-11-23T18:28:24.655+01:00Politis - Cyprus Katerina Stefanou on France's nationality debate and Cyprus The debate on national identity in France is ground-breaking and salutary, the daily Politis writes, adding that Cyprus could do with just such a discussion: 'As a modern state faced with all its structural and ideological problems it is showing the will to fight a contemporary and important battle: that of defining http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheMesogioDotInfoBlog/~3/X4W1wGiamvI/new-eu-leadership-awakens-expectations.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (George Kyriacou)0http://blog.mesogio.info/2009/11/new-eu-leadership-awakens-expectations.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25050825.post-5025741797316065371Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:50:00 +00002009-11-04T11:50:34.188+01:00Hell Heaven, originally uploaded by gpkyri.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheMesogioDotInfoBlog/~3/6WPQKgFnH4g/hell-heaven.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (George Kyriacou)0http://blog.mesogio.info/2009/11/hell-heaven.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25050825.post-1570562154231013869Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:40:00 +00002009-10-26T21:40:28.828+01:00Just heard one of the most amusing things for a v long time..."PR...it's all about tits and teeth isn't it?"Heheheehhehjehehjehjehh !http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheMesogioDotInfoBlog/~3/7TNxRP4af5c/tits-and-teeth.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (George Kyriacou)0http://blog.mesogio.info/2009/10/tits-and-teeth.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25050825.post-7241321319527083242Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:36:00 +00002009-10-23T19:36:28.398+02:00http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheMesogioDotInfoBlog/~3/taYk93iLLqM/bruxelles-somewhere-near.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (George Kyriacou)0http://blog.mesogio.info/2009/10/bruxelles-somewhere-near.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25050825.post-8265130058106727102Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:17:00 +00002009-10-22T13:18:08.740+02:00Avgi - Greece Europe losing its function as model of press freedom  The international journalist organisation Reporters Without Borders this week published its yearly ranking list on press freedom worldwide. It accuses several European countries of impeding the work of journalists. Kaki Balli comments in the leftist daily Avgi: "I have worked with foreign colleagues for many years and I always http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheMesogioDotInfoBlog/~3/3zTeq3Zy-5s/press-scene-in-europe-gone-haywire.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (George Kyriacou)0http://blog.mesogio.info/2009/10/press-scene-in-europe-gone-haywire.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25050825.post-3950831548798562333Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:40:00 +00002009-10-13T14:40:50.830+02:00 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheMesogioDotInfoBlog/~3/brV02pGeEOQ/syntax-error-funny-exchange-of-emails.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (George Kyriacou)0http://blog.mesogio.info/2009/10/syntax-error-funny-exchange-of-emails.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25050825.post-2380120537515275400Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:05:00 +00002009-10-13T12:06:12.280+02:00Berlusconi in propaganda push to sway foreign presshttp://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/berlusconi-in-propaganda-push-to-sway-foreign-press-1801793.html# By Michael Day in Rome Tuesday, 13 October 2009 The beleaguered Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, has ordered a special propaganda unit to "bombard" the foreign press with good news in an attempt to stem the tide of http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheMesogioDotInfoBlog/~3/VO6XBX3t9M8/berlusconi-propaganda-synonymous.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (George Kyriacou)0http://blog.mesogio.info/2009/10/berlusconi-propaganda-synonymous.html