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Απαγόρευση συναθροίσεων και μηχανοκίνητων πορειών ενόψει του Final Four
Ενόψει της διεξαγωγής του EuroLeague Final Four Athens 2026, η Γενική Αστυνομική Διεύθυνση Αττικής ανακοίνωσε την απαγόρευση δημόσιων υπαίθριων συναθροίσεων και μηχανοκίνητων πορειών σε περιοχή του κέντρου της Αθήνας από τις 6 το πρωί της 21ης Μαΐου έως και τις 6 το πρωί της 25ης Μαΐου, στο πλαίσιο των αυξημένων μέτρων ασφαλείας για τη διοργάνωση. Σύμφωνα με τη σχετική ανακοίνωση, η απόφαση ελήφθη από τον Διευθυντή της Διεύθυνσης Αστυνομίας Αθηνών και αφορά την περιοχή που περικλείεται από τις οδούς Ριζάρη, Πλουτάρχου, Υψηλάντου, Μονής Πετράκη, Ραβινέ, Βλαδίμηρου Μπένση, Παπαδιαμαντοπούλου, Αλκμάνος, Ίωνος Δραγούμη, λεωφόρο Βασιλέως Αλεξάνδρου, Αντήνορος και Ριζάρη. Όπως επισημαίνεται, το μέτρο επιβάλλεται λόγω της αυξημένης παρουσίας φιλάθλων, αποστολών ομάδων, επισήμων και άλλων εμπλεκόμενων προσώπων στην Αθήνα κατά τη διάρκεια της διοργάνωσης, με στόχο την αποτροπή επεισοδίων και τη διασφάλιση της δημόσιας ασφάλειας. Παράλληλα, σύμφωνα με την αστυνομία, ενδεχόμενες συναθροίσεις ή πορείες στην περιοχή θα μπορούσαν να προκαλέσουν σοβαρή διατάραξη της κοινωνικοοικονομικής ζωής, με προβλήματα στην κυκλοφορία, στην πρόσβαση πολιτών σε υπηρεσίες, επιχειρήσεις και χώρους φιλοξενίας. Η ΕΛ.ΑΣ. σημειώνει ότι το μέτρο έχει περιορισμένη χρονική διάρκεια και εφαρμόζεται μόνο στην απολύτως αναγκαία περιοχή για την ασφαλή διεξαγωγή της διοργάνωσης. Αναλυτικά η ανακοίνωση: «Ανακοινώνεται ότι με απόφαση του Διευθυντή της Διεύθυνσης Αστυνομίας Αθηνών, απαγορεύεται στο πλαίσιο της διεξαγωγής του “EUROLEAGUE FINAL FOUR ATHENS 2026” η πραγματοποίηση υπαίθριων δημόσιων συναθροίσεων και μηχανοκίνητων πορειών στο κέντρο της Αθήνας, από την 06.00΄ ώρα της 21-5-2026 έως και την 06.00΄ώρα 25-5-2026 και συγκεκριμένα στην περιοχή που περικλείεται από τις οδούς Ριζάρη-Πλουτάρχου -Υψηλάντου – Μονής Πετράκη – Ραβινέ- Βλαδίμηρου Μπένση-Παπαδιαμαντοπούλου – Αλκμάνος – Ίωνος Δραγούμη – Λεωφ. Βασιλέως Αλεξάνδρου – Αντήνορος-Ριζάρη. Η ανωτέρω απαγόρευση επιβάλλεται κατ’ εφαρμογή των κείμενων διατάξεων περί δημοσίων υπαίθριων συναθροίσεων και ερείδεται σε ειδική, συγκεκριμένη και επαρκώς τεκμηριωμένη εκτίμηση κινδύνου, σύμφωνα με τις αρχές της αναγκαιότητας και της αναλογικότητας, λαμβάνοντας υπόψη τους χώρους ενδιαφέροντος της εν θέματι αθλητικής διοργάνωσης, καθώς και το χρονικό διάστημα διάρκειας της. Ειδικότερα, κατά το χρονικό διάστημα διεξαγωγής του “EUROLEAGUE FINAL FOUR ATHENS 2026” αναμένεται αυξημένη παρουσία φιλάθλων, αποστολών ομάδων, επισήμων και λοιπών εμπλεκομένων προσώπων στο κέντρο της Αθήνας και ιδίως στην ανωτέρω οριοθετημένη περιοχή. Η πραγματοποίηση δημόσιων υπαίθριων συναθροίσεων ή μηχανοκίνητων πορειών στην εν λόγω περιοχή δύναται να προκαλέσει σοβαρό κίνδυνο για τη δημόσια ασφάλεια λόγω της πιθανότητας συγκέντρωσης μεγάλου αριθμού προσώπων και εκδήλωσης αντιπαραθέσεων ή επεισοδίων. Παράλληλα, τυχόν συναθροίσεις ή μηχανοκίνητες πορείες δύνανται να επιφέρουν σοβαρή διατάραξη της κοινωνικοοικονομικής ζωής, ιδίως με παρεμπόδιση της κυκλοφορίας, δυσχέρανση της πρόσβασης σε δημόσιες υπηρεσίες, επιχειρήσεις, κατοικίες και χώρους φιλοξενίας καθώς και με επιβάρυνση της ομαλής λειτουργίας της πόλης. Το μέτρο κρίνεται πρόσφορο και αναγκαίο, διότι ηπιότερα μέτρα δεν επαρκούν για την αποτελεσματική πρόληψη των ανωτέρω κινδύνων ενώ είναι αναλογικό, καθώς έχει περιορισμένη χρονική διάρκεια, αφορά συγκεκριμένα οριοθετημένη περιοχή και περιορίζεται στον απολύτως αναγκαίο χώρο και χρόνο για την προστασία της δημόσιας ασφάλειας και της κοινωνικοοικονομικής ζωής». Πηγή: ΑΠΕ ΜΠΕ www.ertnews.gr
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Παναθηναϊκός: Σε τελικό στάδιο οι επαφές με τον Νίστρουπ, πρόταση για συμβόλαιο 2+1 ετών
Ο Παναθηναϊκός συνεχίζει να κινείται σε «διπλό ταμπλό» αναφορικά με την τεχνική ηγεσία, καθώς παράλληλα με τις διαδικασίες για την ολοκλήρωση του «διαζυγίου» με τον Ράφα Μπενίτεθ, προχωρά και το θέμα του Γιάκομπ Νίστρουπ, ο οποίος παραμένει η πρώτη επιλογή των «πράσινων» για τον πάγκο της ομάδας. Στον Παναθηναϊκό έχουν ξεχωρίσει εδώ και καιρό τον 38χρονο Δανό προπονητή, με τον Φράνκο Μπαλντίνι να έχει αναλάβει βασικό ρόλο στις συζητήσεις, ενώ στην πορεία συμμετείχε ενεργά και ο Στέφανος Κοτσόλης. Ο Νίστρουπ έχει ενημερωθεί αναλυτικά για το πρότζεκτ του «τριφυλλιού», έχοντας συνομιλήσει ακόμη και με τον Γιάννη Αλαφούζο μέσω τηλεδιάσκεψης. Οι δύο πλευρές έχουν προχωρήσει σε εκτενείς συζητήσεις γύρω από το αγωνιστικό πλάνο, τη φιλοσοφία της ομάδας, αλλά και ζητήματα που αφορούν το ρόστερ και τις μεταγραφικές ανάγκες. Ο Δανός τεχνικός εμφανίζεται κάτι παραπάνω από θετικός απέναντι στην προοπτική να εργαστεί για πρώτη φορά εκτός Δανίας, βλέποντας στον Παναθηναϊκό μία πολύ σημαντική πρόκληση για την καριέρα του. Οι «πράσινοι» έχουν ήδη καταθέσει πρόταση για συμβόλαιο διάρκειας 2+1 χρόνων, με απολαβές που μπορούν να φτάσουν έως και το 1,5 εκατ. ευρώ ετησίως μαζί με μπόνους στόχων, ενώ η προσφορά καλύπτει και τους συνεργάτες που θα επιλέξει να φέρει μαζί του. Παρότι ακόμη δεν υπάρχει οριστική συμφωνία, το κλίμα θεωρείται ιδιαίτερα θετικό. Ο μοναδικός «κίνδυνος» αφορά το ενδεχόμενο να επανέλθει η Άιντραχτ Φρανκφούρτης για τον Νίστρουπ μετά τη λύση της συνεργασίας της με τον Αλμπέρτ Ριέρα, δεδομένου ότι ο Δανός ήταν στόχος τους και πριν από λίγους μήνες. Στο «τριφύλλι» πάντως, επικρατεί αισιοδοξία πως οι οριστικές εξελίξεις δεν θα αργήσουν και θα υπάρξει σύντομο συμφωνία με τον Νίστρουπ. www.ertnews.gr
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Greece, Italy, France condemn Israel’s humiliation of Flotilla activists, demand their immediate release (video)
Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir released a video showing detained participants of the intercepted Gaza-bound flotilla being bound and dragged in Israel’s Ashdod Port, writing, “That’s how we welcome the terror supporters. Welcome to Israel.” Flotilla activists who were intercepted by Israeli forces off Cyprus on Monday, are nationals of several countries, among […] The post Greece, Italy, France condemn Israel’s humiliation of Flotilla activists, demand their immediate release (video) appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
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Definite end of “Survivor Greece” after contestant’s injury
The definite end of reality show “Survivor Greece” after the serious injury of one contestant was officially announced by SKAI TV on Wednesday. According to SKAI announcement for “Survivor Greece”, the serious injury of contestant Stavros Floros brought about the premature end of the reality show. It is recalled that 21-year-old player Stavros Floros was […] The post Definite end of “Survivor Greece” after contestant’s injury appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
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The Little-Known Greek College of Oxford, England
The Greek College was a short-lived attempt to create a space for Greek students at the University of Oxford. Credit: babasteve. CC BY 2.0/flickr The Greek College, established in 1699, was a short-lived attempt to create a separate learning institution for Greek Orthodox students at the University of Oxford, England during the 17th century, when there was regular contact between Eastern Orthodoxy and the various Protestant churches. During the seventeenth century and the first quarter of the eighteenth, Anglicans showed considerable interest in the Greek church, and this interest was reciprocated. In 1616, Cyril Lucaris, then Patriarch of Alexandria, commended a young priest, Metrophanes Critopoulos, to the Archbishop of Canterbury. At his own expense, Archbishop George Abbot sent Metrophanes to Oxford to study theology at Balliol College. On his return east, Metrophanes, in spite of an unfavorable report from Abbot, continued to enjoy the praise of Cyril Lucaris and rose to be, in his turn, the Patriarch of Alexandria. That Metrophanes was not the only Greek who wanted to study in England at that time is shown, for instance, by an appeal made in 1621 to the king, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Bishop of London by two others—Gregory, Archimandrite of Macedonia, and Katakouzenos, who asked to be sent to Oxford to study philosophy and theology. Nathaniel Conopius, another protege of Lucaris, who fled from Constantinople when his patron was murdered, was also at Balliol and was expelled from there by the Puritans in 1648. In 1676, the Archbishop of Samos, Joseph Georgirenes, went to England and built a church in Soho Fields for the Greek community in London. He then visited Oxford in July 1677 to raise money for the completion of that church. Anthony Wood, a celebrated English historian and antiquary, wondered whether the Archbishop was not also in Oxford in connection with a scheme for creating a Greek college in the city at Gloucester Hall. “At that time,” wrote Wood, “there was great talk of converting Gloucester Hall into a college for the educating of 20 or 30 Greeks in Acadentical learning.” In any case, it was Georgirenes who wrote a letter to William Sancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury, apparently around 1682, in which he requested that about twelve scholars from Greece constantly be in England “to be instructed and grounded in the true doctrine of the Church of England, whereby they may be able dispensers thereof, and so return into Greece aforesaid to preach the same.” The highest levels of the Anglican hierarchy appeared to show some sympathy and interest in the proposal for a Greek college. However, nothing more came of the initial idea or discussions for the next ten years. Then, early in 1692, the idea reappeared under Dr. Benjamin Woodroffe, the Canon of Christ Church College in Oxford. His interest in the Greek Church can be traced as far back as his twenties. He was allegedly behind the scheme mentioned by Anthony Wood, as discussed in Oxford in 1677, for creating a Greek college at Gloucester Hall. The Greek College takes shape in Oxford Gloucester Hall had for years been in a state of decay. Under the principalship of Dr. Byrom Eaton, it had become empty of any students, and its buildings had fallen into disrepair. Now, on August 15, 1692, Woodroffe became the principal. Workmen began making repairs on the buildings immediately. August 15th was a Monday, and on the following Saturday, the new principal wrote to Edward Harley, the 2nd Earl of Oxford, about the Greek scheme. He wanted to interest the Levant Company (Company of Turkish Merchants) in it as soon as possible. In fact, before the month of August was over, Woodroffe appeared before the Court of the Levant Company, explained the scheme, and got the court’s grant of free passage on the company’s ships for Greek students. Within six weeks of his institution, Woodroffe’s scheme for a Greek college hall had taken shape. Twenty famous Greeks were sent from Antioch and Constantinople to reside at the college. Gloucester Hall was not, however, intended to be just a Greek college. Ordinary Oxford undergraduates were to live there, too. From a blueprint for the hall that Woodroffe sent to Harley in February 1693, it is evident that while the Greeks were to be accommodated in one part of the hall and the ordinary undergraduates in another, both parties were to share in the use of the hall, chapel, and library. The Greek scheme seemed to be off to a racing start, but after this initial thrust, nothing seemed to have happened for a long time. In fact, the scheme was lampooned in Latin elegiac verse, which compared the college to an Oxford ale-house called Rump Hall, making fun of the fact that the Greek scheme was hanging fire and the students showed no sign of coming. This was in June 1693. The first students to receive free passage from the Levant Company did not arrive until early in 1699. The project eventually failed in 1705 due to the objections of the Greek Orthodox Church. There are only fifteen Greeks reported as members, although Greeks attended Oxford both before and after the existence of the college.
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China Installs World’s Largest Floating Offshore Wind Turbine
Three Gorges Dam, one of China’s megastructures. Credit: PVCG / CC BY-NC 2.0. China has installed what officials describe as the world’s largest floating offshore wind turbine in deep waters off the country’s southern coast, marking a major step in renewable energy technology. The project, called the Three Gorges Pilot, was deployed near Yangjiang in Guangdong province by China Three Gorges Corporation. Company representatives announced the installation in a statement released May 3. The 16-megawatt turbine was designed for offshore areas where water depths make traditional fixed-bottom wind farms difficult and expensive to build. Unlike conventional offshore turbines anchored directly into the seabed, the new system sits on a massive semisubmersible floating platform secured with advanced mooring technology. Turbine built for deep-sea conditions The turbine has a rotor diameter of 827 feet (252 meters), while the blade tip reaches more than 886 feet (270 meters) above sea level. Engineers said the platform was developed to withstand harsh marine conditions, including waves higher than 66 feet (20 meters) and wind speeds up to 164 mph (264 kph), equivalent to a Category 5 hurricane. To stabilize the structure, developers installed a mooring system that combines suction anchors, heavy anchor chains, and high-strength polyester cables. The platform also uses ballast controls and monitoring systems to maintain balance and reduce drifting in rough seas. China has installed what officials describe as the world’s largest floating offshore wind turbine off the coast of Guangdong province. The 16-megawatt Three Gorges Pilot can withstand Category 5 hurricane-level winds and generate enough electricity to power 4200 homes annually. pic.twitter.com/pZZDXRRc86 — Tom Marvolo Riddle (@tom_riddle2025) May 20, 2026 Engineers equipped the turbine with a 66-kilovolt dynamic subsea cable designed to move and flex with the floating structure while transmitting high-voltage electricity underwater. The cable uses a wave-shaped design with reinforced armor layers and fatigue-resistant insulation to handle constant motion in the ocean. Most of the turbine was assembled at Tieshan Port in southern China before being towed offshore for final installation and testing. The project could expand offshore wind development At peak operating capacity, the turbine is expected to generate about 44.65 million kilowatt-hours of electricity each year. Based on figures from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, that would be enough to power roughly 4,200 average American homes annually. The installation highlights growing interest in floating offshore wind technology, which many energy experts see as an important tool for expanding renewable power generation. Large areas of the world’s strongest offshore winds are located in waters too deep for traditional wind farm foundations. Floating turbines present major engineering challenges because the structures must operate continuously while moving with waves and ocean currents. Engineers must protect turbine components from long-term stress while maintaining stability and safe blade clearance above the water. Supporters say projects like the Three Gorges Pilot could help open deeper offshore regions to commercial-scale wind energy development, especially in countries with limited shallow coastal areas suitable for fixed-bottom turbines.
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