Two Greek Public Radio stations are doing special features on Leonard Cohen this week. Kosmos 93.6 that plays World Music is doing a tribute all day today on the occasion of one year of his passing: http://webradio.ert.gr/kosmos/07-11-2016-07-11-2017-in-memoriam-o-dikos-mas-leonard-cohen/ Trito Prog...

Hi all in case that some of our friends are wondering what is the need for a social supermarket or pharmacy in rich Hydra I can assure you that with Greece now in the 7th year of its financial crisis there are many people (unemployed, without social security, homeless) that benefit from the social s...

Finally!

As we say in Greece "κάλλιο αργά παρά ποτέ!" (better late than never)

Hydra didn't forget it's "Λεονάρδο".

Dem

Dear hydriot

the benches on the way to Mandraki are much more
simple than the original plan.

I don't know however what exactly the new plan looks like.

Dem

From the No1118 issue (3-9 May 2017) Les Inrockuptibles En 1991, tu participais à notre album de reprises de Leonard Cohen, I’m Your Fan. Sa mort t’a-t-elle beaucoup affecté ? Nick Cave: Nous le savions malade. Mais ça a quand même été une grande tristesse. Il a été un phare toute ma vie. Quand j’ét...

This is Greek jazz folks!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq_o2Id1CMk

Dem

hi friends the major Greek newspaper Ethnos published on 13th November this article where our friend Panayiotis Rappas and Yiannis Armadouros share some memories of Leonard on Hydra: http://www.ethnos.gr/koinonia/arthro/ta_kalokairia_mas_stin_ydra_me_ton_leonarnt-64652678/ Mr Rappas: "On the day I w...

http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2016/ ... nard-cohen

Dem

the same article is in the Hydra thread - viewtopic.php?f=1&t=37096

All the members of the gang were finally arrested. 4 of them were sentenced to life in prison and the other 5 to many years imprisonment. But you have to know "life sentence" in Greece means in reality maximum 20 years in jail and often less. But it is sure good that justice has been served for Mano...

I had the chance once to ask Leonard what his stance towards death was and he answered that it was "the preliminaries" he was worried about. It seems from his sudden departure that the Universe was kind to him with "the preliminaries". It is a comforting thought. Real Poets never die. Thanks for the...

Dear friends, I am posting here the short intereview (via email) that Leonard gave for the new issue of Les Inrockuptibles magazine in case someone would like to translate it for us in English. The google translator does a poor job and the nuances of Leonard's answers i am afraid are lost. Dem Quand...

I find that the above phrase by Greek journalist Despina Trivoli summarizes succinctly my feelings about the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature. Although I recognize that Dylan's cultural impact is greater than Cohen's. He is Pablo Picasso while Leonard is Henry Matisse. But then again I always prefered...

Dear friends, last year the major Greek newspaper "Kathimerini" published an interview Marianne Ihlen gave to the journalist Evangelia Avlonitou: http://www.kathimerini.gr/818870/gallery/politismos/vivlio/h-mariane-h-ydra-kai-o-erwtas-me-ton-koen I have translated it into English and Allan was so ki...

Hi friends You might be interested to know that Greek police has announced that they have arrested the "leader" of the Georgian gang that robbed and killed unfortunate Manolis in Hydra last August. He was arrested in Athens area on Tuesday while police believe that his wife (the woman who participat...

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x34d5u ... and_travel

Dem